The general manager screamed in agony, while Sister Xu stood nearby, utterly stunned.
Sister Xu didn’t even think to help the general manager; she stiffly turned her head to look at Su Qingqing.
At that moment, the only thought in her mind was whether Su Qingqing’s mouth had really been blessed by some divine light.
Under the general manager’s pain-twisted gaze, Su Qingqing stood at the door, spreading her hands and shrugging: “See, I told you, you’d hit a streak of bad luck today. Don’t worry, just wait a bit longer—within three days, you’ll surely meet your end. I’ll be sure to come to the funeral feast on time.”
The general manager was in unbearable pain, and as he looked at Su Qingqing standing at the door smiling at him, he suddenly felt she seemed like a demon.
“You… you…” He clutched his rear with one hand while pointing at Su Qingqing with the other, unable to form words.
Su Qingqing kindly added: “Of course, if you want to save your sorry life, you can come find me within three days. I’ll help you dispel the malevolent energy, but my fee is eighty million.”
Su Qingqing left, flicking her sleeves as she went, without taking a single cloud with her.
Even Sister Xu couldn’t help but shiver involuntarily. She said to the general manager: “Um, General Manager Li, wait here for a moment. I’ll go out and call someone for you, and get an ambulance!”
“Wait!”
General Manager Li only managed to shout that one word before Sister Xu dashed out like a whirlwind, yelling: “Someone come help! General Manager Li’s rear got impaled by a chair!”
General Manager Li: “…” Damn it, he had never been so humiliated in the company in his entire life!!
He suspected Sister Xu did it on purpose to protect Su Qingqing, but he had no proof!
After Sister Xu called out, other company staff naturally went to help General Manager Li, while she strode off in the direction Su Qingqing had gone.
“Wait, you don’t have any scheduled events today—what are you planning to do?” Sister Xu called out, stopping Su Qingqing just as she was about to reach the company entrance.
Only now did Su Qingqing speak her first words to Sister Xu since they met today: “Good morning, Sister Xu. I’m glad I can still see you today.”
That word “still” was particularly telling, and Sister Xu shivered for no reason.
Speaking of which, Sister Xu immediately recalled the local car radio news she’d heard on her way to work this morning.
Last night, a chemical plant on the road she often took to drive home had exploded. Fortunately, it was late at night, and no vehicles or pedestrians had passed by—aside from the workers on duty inside the plant, there were no other casualties.
When Sister Xu heard the news, her heart raced a little. She quickly pulled out her phone to check and found that the exact time of the explosion coincided perfectly with when she’d been driving home from Su Qingqing’s place.
If she hadn’t listened to Su Qingqing’s words and felt it was bad luck, and hadn’t taken a different route last night…
Thinking about it, goosebumps broke out all over her body, and a chill ran down her spine. She felt nothing but lingering fear.
She leaned closer to Su Qingqing, lowered her voice, and said somewhat nervously: “You… why did you suddenly remind me last night to take a different route?”
Su Qingqing’s expression was serious and earnest, but the words she spoke sent chills down one’s spine.
“Because last night your face was covered in a dark aura. If I hadn’t warned you, you would have died. You’ve realized you dodged a bullet today, haven’t you?”
Sister Xu’s scalp went numb. If Su Qingqing had said something like that before yesterday, she would have thought this young lady was having another one of her episodes.
But after what happened last night, she had no choice but to believe it.
The company entrance wasn’t the place to discuss such things, so she pulled Su Qingqing into her car and asked: “Where do you need to go? I’ll drive you, and we can talk on the way.”
Su Qingqing thought for a moment and said: “I need to go back to the Su residence to pick something up.”
“Let’s go, I’ll take you.” Sister Xu temporarily set aside her work at the company and drove Su Qingqing over without a second thought.
On the way, Sister Xu hesitated repeatedly but finally couldn’t hold back and asked: “Qingqing, why do you suddenly know all this stuff? Can you read people’s fortunes and tell their fate?”
Su Qingqing shrugged: “Actually, I’ve always known how. Back then, I had food to eat at the Su residence, so I just didn’t bother showing it.”
Metaphysics was also a craft. In her Metaphysical Cultivation World, there were also countries made up of ordinary people.
Those who failed at cultivation and came down from the mountains to live among the world all thrived spectacularly, earning fortunes by solving all sorts of problems for people. Their lives were even more comfortable than on the mountain.
So Su Qingqing knew very well just how valuable her metaphysical skills could be here.
Sister Xu: “…”
Faced with Su Qingqing’s answer, Sister Xu was momentarily speechless.
How was it both absurd and yet perfectly reasonable?
In the end, she could only let out a helpless sigh and say: “No matter what, it’s thanks to your warning that I dodged that disaster. I don’t have much sway at the company, but from now on, whatever you need, I’ll do my best to help.”
“Thank you.”
Su Qingqing politely thanked her and sat there coolly and quietly, looking almost demure.
It was hard to imagine that a girl with such striking, bold features and such a quiet, well-behaved demeanor could speak with such force and follow through on every word she said.
Before long, they arrived at the neighborhood where the Su family lived.
The Su family’s neighborhood was the most expensive villa district in the entire S-city’s wealthy enclave. The houses here were all standalone villas with small gardens, exquisitely and beautifully designed.
Sister Xu’s car was stopped at the neighborhood gate. The security guard at the entrance said politely, “Hello, may I ask if you have an appointment or an invitation?”
Sister Xu leaned back slightly, revealing Su Qingqing in the passenger seat, and said to the guard, “Just dropping someone off to pick up some things.”
Su Qingqing had lived here for so many years, and the security guards here all knew her.
But after seeing Su Qingqing, the guard said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Miss Su is already a former resident of our community. If you don’t have an invitation, I’m afraid I can’t let you in.”
Sister Xu couldn’t help but gasp sharply: “Hiss, Qingqing, your Su family really knows how to play hardball. You’re already a former resident—they won’t even let you back home.”
Sister Xu naturally assumed that Su Qingqing had come home to ask for help after losing so much money.
In reality, Su Qingqing had returned to the Su family to retrieve the original owner’s jade pendant and to investigate the full story of how the Su family had found their real daughter.
If it weren’t for the original owner’s lingering obsession—refusing to merge with her until it was resolved—she wouldn’t have bothered with these messy affairs at all.
Su Qingqing didn’t get angry at being stopped. She asked the guard politely, “Could you trouble yourself to call the Su family? Just say I’ve come back to pick up some things.”
The guard nodded: “Of course.”
Two minutes later, after making the call, the guard opened the gate: “The young lady of the Su family said to let you in, and that you’re very welcome.
However, the Su family is currently holding a family banquet, so only you are allowed to enter alone.”
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