A master?
Su Jiaojiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
Since coming down the mountain, she had only read one person’s fortune. The one who would call her “master” must be that person—
She swiveled her chair around.
Sure enough, standing two meters away was the elderly woman from yesterday.
“Master, it really is you!”
The old woman’s eyes welled up with tears of excitement as she hurried forward, about to kneel and kowtow to Su Jiaojiao.
Su Jiaojiao stood up swiftly, supporting the old woman by the arm and helping her up before she could bow.
“Elder, speak standing up. There’s no need to kowtow.”
She smiled and released the old woman’s hand.
The old woman nodded repeatedly.
Wiping her tears, she expressed endless gratitude to Su Jiaojiao.
“Master, thank you for your great kindness! If I hadn’t met you yesterday and received your guidance, my little grandson would have drowned!”
“If it weren’t for you, my little grandson might have been gone!”
“If he were gone, I wouldn’t have the face to live either!”
As the old woman spoke, the shop assistant who had warmly welcomed Su Jiaojiao earlier also walked over.
The young woman, not yet thirty, held the old woman’s arm, comforting her while looking at Su Jiaojiao in surprise.
“So you’re the master my mother-in-law said was so amazing?”
Before Su Jiaojiao could respond, the old woman eagerly took over.
“Yes, Meiyu!”
The old woman glanced at her daughter-in-law.
“Yesterday, this master passed by and just by looking at my face, she said our Xiaohui would face a calamity yesterday—if he didn’t survive it, he’d be gone!”
“She also said your sister-in-law is the source of family chaos, and to stay away from her if we didn’t want our family to fall apart!”
As she spoke, the old woman began wiping tears again, her voice choked with emotion.
“And it turned out the master was right about everything!”
“That black-hearted sister-in-law of yours, she deliberately sent me to cook and then chased Xiaohui outside to play!”
“If I hadn’t noticed in time, and if your brother Dali hadn’t jumped into the reservoir to rescue Xiaohui from sinking to the bottom, something terrible would have happened yesterday!”
Lin Meiyu listened to her mother-in-law’s words, her eyes also filled with anger!
Yesterday, as soon as Xiaohui was sent to the hospital, she and her husband rushed over. The doctor said there was water in his lungs, and if he hadn’t been rescued in time, the child really would have been gone!
They had thought it was just an accident, but who knew it was actually their sister-in-law deliberately trying to harm Xiaohui!
Their sister-in-law had clearly heard the master’s words alongside her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law had kept Xiaohui at home out of fear something would happen, but their sister-in-law had heartlessly chased him outside!
Lin Meiyu clenched her fists, cursing bitterly.
“She actually wanted our Xiaohui dead! What right does she have to hate us?”
“Does she hate you, Mom, for favoring us and helping us take care of the child? We have indeed troubled you, but we give you two thousand yuan every month for your expenses!”
“They live at home, but they never contribute a single cent to the household expenses. You use that monthly allowance to cover everything!”
“They’re essentially living off me and my husband, eating and drinking what we provide, and occasionally helping us look after Xiaohui. Does she really think we’re taking advantage of her?”
Lin Meiyu grew more aggrieved as she spoke, her eyes reddening with anger.
“What I hate most is that fortune-telling isn’t something the police would believe. No one can prove she deliberately tried to kill our Xiaohui. Otherwise, I’d definitely sue her and send her to jail!”Su Jiaojiao looked down at Tuantuan, who was obediently clinging to her leg.
She could understand Lin Meiyu’s anger.
If anyone tried to harm Tuantuan, she would also make them wish they were dead.
Su Tuantuan was curiously watching Lin Meiyu. Sensing his mother’s gaze, he looked up and gave her a sweet smile.
His eyes curved happily.
Wow! Mama! That little brother didn’t die, Mama saved him!
Su Jiaojiao also smiled, gently ruffling his little head.
“Lin Meiyu, what are you doing? Spreading feudal superstitions at the workplace—do you still want this job?”
Just as Lin Meiyu was choking back tears in anger, a tall, thin man walked over from her right side.
He was Lin Meiyu’s colleague.
Lin Meiyu was warm and welcoming, with excellent service skills. In just three months since she started, her performance had far surpassed his, a veteran employee, which left him quite resentful.
He had never gotten along with Lin Meiyu, and now that he had caught her in a compromising situation, how could he resist stirring up trouble?
Crossing his arms, he swept a cold glance over Lin Meiyu and her mother-in-law, his eyes filled with arrogance as if he were superior to them.
When he looked at Su Jiaojiao, he didn’t give her a friendly expression either.
After all, in his eyes, Su Jiaojiao was nothing but a scammer who preyed on the elderly.
He turned back to Lin Meiyu with a sneer.
“This is a high-end jewelry store, not some countryside gossip spot. Don’t bring your mother-in-law here to cry and make a scene! If you lower the store’s prestige and drive customers away because of you, can you take responsibility?”
Lin Meiyu, already overwhelmed with grief and anger, couldn’t hold back when she saw Zhao Shufeng picking a fight.
“Zhao Shufeng, you’re just an employee too. Who do you think you’re looking down on? What’s wrong with being from the countryside? Go back three generations, and everyone’s family were poor farmers! What do you have to be so arrogant about?”
“Meiyu—”
The old lady, who preferred to avoid conflict, quickly tugged at her daughter-in-law’s sleeve.
Before Lin Meiyu could say more, the old lady stepped forward, forcing a smile as she spoke to Zhao Shufeng.
“Young man, I’m sorry. It was wrong of me to come find my daughter-in-law during her work hours. I’ll leave right now and won’t disturb your work again. I apologize for the trouble!”
Zhao Shufeng’s gaze shifted to the old lady.
He frowned.
“Elderly lady, as an outsider, I shouldn’t really say this. But I overheard part of your conversation, and I think there’s something seriously wrong with your family!”
“A child goes to play in the water and falls in—that’s just because the child is young and doesn’t know any better. How does that have anything to do with your eldest daughter-in-law?”
“It’s not like your eldest daughter-in-law pushed your grandson’s head into the water, so blaming her is just ridiculous!”
He glanced dismissively at Su Jiaojiao.
“Hah, just because someone spouts some mystical nonsense, you actually believe your eldest daughter-in-law is the source of your family’s troubles and insist she maliciously caused your grandson’s death? Isn’t that laughable?”
He scoffed.
“You say your eldest daughter-in-law wanted to harm the child? Well, I say it’s because you usually treat your daughter-in-law poorly and do terrible things, so heaven is punishing you through your grandson! Since no one has any proof, anyone can just talk nonsense, right?”
Lin Meiyu and her mother-in-law turned pale with rage. “Zhao Shufeng, you’re talking nonsense!”
Su Jiaojiao raised an eyebrow.
Hah, so this fire could still spread to her?
She calmly observed the man’s facial features.At this glance, she suddenly curled the corner of her mouth, “You’re just spouting nonsense without any proof, but I’m not. I have evidence.”
Zhao Shufeng hadn’t expected this fraud to dare respond, and he laughed in anger!
He turned to look at Su Jiaojiao, “What evidence do you have? Show it to me.”
Su Jiaojiao lazily gazed into Zhao Shufeng’s eyes, “Your evidence of murder—do you want me to bring it out?”