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nTranslator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

nYang Yong Kang had never been this nervous.

n“Special number, 15.”

n“The lottery numbers are: 02, 04 12, 14, 17, 24 & 15.”

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nYang Yong Kang’s mind was blank as if something had smashed his head. But at that moment, Yang Yong Kang suddenly remembered what little boss had told him.

n“Mr. Yang, you must buy the lottery ticket when you reach the school. Your luck is off the charts.”

n“How would he know? Unless little boss really knew how to read people’s fortunes?”

nYang Yong Kang was stunned. Even if he didn’t believe it, he still had to.

nLuck?

nAlthough Yang Yong Kang sort of believed in it, the person who told him that was Little Boss. If it wasn’t Little Boss who told him that, he wouldn’t even stop at the lottery centre.

nHe would also never have bought lottery tickets in the first place.

nYang Yong Kang rubbed his eyes as he analyzed the numbers on the TV screen. He then looked at his own lottery ticket.

nThe numbers matched.

n*Grunting noises*

nYang Yong Kang gulped. He wasn’t going to be able to sleep tonight.

n…

n“Mr. Yang, you should listen to yourself and continue to buy lottery tickets, right?” Lin Fan had initially wanted to use Mr. Yang as an experiment to test his fortune telling skills but now he didn’t have to anymore.

nLin Fan could safely say that his fortune-telling abilities were nothing that he imagined- it was capable of defying the laws of nature.

nHe was going to reach greater heights from now on.

n“Right, I’ll just read your fortune. Nothing too complicated.” Lin Fan suddenly realized that something was amiss when he read Mr. Yang’s fortune.

n“What is going on? I thought I read that Mr. Yang had unparalleled luck? How did it turn into a smooth sailing life? This wasn’t logical at all.”

nLin Fan couldn’t make sense of it, so he brushed it off. Maybe he’ll understand it in the future.”

nLin Fan took out his phone and accessed Weibo to catch up on the happenings around him.

n“Damn. My fan base only increased by 6 followers? That’s way too little.” Lin Fan was disappointed. The name that he had was not too bad. Why didn’t the number of viewers match up?”

nLin Fan saw two comments on his post.

nUsername: Autumn Sword Fish Killer: HAHA! The fortune tellers of today have finally caught up with technology and have started using Weibo as a site to do business. How retarded!

nLin Fan wasn’t too happy to see that comment. That user was just out to humiliate him.

nLin Fan laughed as he read the second comment. There were still people who believed in him.

nWeibo user, ‘Joy in Chaos’: Wang Ming Yang, Male, born on 4th October 1991, born between 3-5 pm. Please read my fortune.”

nLin Fan’s post had been there for just an afternoon, and there was already one person who wanted their fortune read. It wasn’t a bad start after all

nLin Fan started calculating and reading his fortune following the data that the person provided.

nThe encyclopedia was awesome. Fortune telling was so easy with it.

n“Oh? This person’s fortune reading looks good. Looks like everything is fated.”

nNow wasn’t the time to be in awe. Lin Fan immediately got on with sending a reply.

n“Your desire to gamble will take control over you, and will make you bankrupt.”

nThis wasn’t too direct, but any sensible person could directly tell what it meant.

nAfter Lin Fan made a few corrections, he sent out another Weibo post.

n“Free online fortune readings, last two days!”

nLin Fan immediately closed his Weibo after he did that as he prepared to sleep. His fortune telling journey would officially begin tomorrow.

nLin Fan was so contented with the encyclopedia. It was almost a dream come true.

nLin Fan was like any other young person who wanted to get rich. However, he had to put in a lot of hard work to achieve that.

nIf he wanted to make a fortune, all he had to do was to take Mr. Yang’s lottery ticket. After all, it was as simple as conning Mr. Yang of his lottery ticket after he had bought it. It wasn’t difficult to pull off for Lin Fan, but it would be a major dick move if he did that.

nThe next day!

nDing Dong!

n“Who’s that knocking on my door this early?” Lin Fan asked groggily.

n“It’s me, Old Man Tian!” Fraud Tian shouted from outside.

n“I’m coming, I’m coming. Why this early though?” Fraud Tian walked in with a bag of things as Lin Fan opened the door.

n“What is this?” Lin Fan rubbed his eyes as he asked.

n“Didn’t you say you wanted to team up with me to read people’s fortunes? I brought over all my little gimmicks and gadgets.” Fraud Tian opened his bag and dumped out everything.

n“What are all these things? There’s even a compass in here!” Lin Fan was stunned as he saw all the fortune reading tools in front of him.

n“You’ll sometimes need to read people’s Feng Shui. You can’t do without all these fortune-telling gear.”

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nLin Fan stared helplessly. All these gimmicks were useless to Lin Fan. He was more interested in having his own shop. The biggest concern was the expensive shop rental prices in Shanghai.

nFraud Tian and Lin Fan were both broke. They had no capital, to begin with.

nFraud Tian and Lin Fan were busy for the whole day until around 4 o’clock in the afternoon. They had finally finished what they needed to do.

nThey set up shop at their original counter. The only difference was the signboard which read ‘Divine Master Lin’.

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nRed Star Primary School.

nLin Fan’s stall got a lot of attention from the people walking by.

nAt that moment, Fraud Tian stood on a chair and hollered at the top of his voice.

n“The iron-mouthed Master Lin, ladies and gentlemen. With one word he’ll tell life and death, wealth and poverty!”

nLin Fan wondered what Fraud Tian was going to say. As he started talking, Lin Fan immediately stopped him. Fraud Tian was so unreliable.

n“Little boss has opened his stall.”

nLin Fan’s scallion pancakes were legendary in that area. Everyone would remember how delicious his pancakes were. As soon as they saw him open his shop, they all rushed over.

n“Little boss, I’ve been waiting for you to open your shop since morning. But now that you’re here, we can finally buy some scallion pancakes…” one of his regular customers said before taking a look at the new signboard which stunned him.

n“Eh? Little boss, what happened?”

nLin Fan gave a sly smile and said, “I’ve changed my profession. I now specialize in fortune reading.”

n“Ah! Why did you ever do that? There’s no future in fortune reading. Your scallion pancakes are way better!” Lin Fan’s scallion pancakes were the life of all the regular customers.

nMore and more people gathered around Lin Fan’s stall as they rushed over to buy scallion pancakes.

nAll the regular customers got the shock of their lives when they found out that Lin Fan had wanted to change profession.

nLin Fan’s stall started becoming more crowded. All the people around him were trying to convince Lin Fan to sell scallion pancakes instead.

nIf Lin Fan had followed their advice and continued selling scallion pancakes instead of doing fortune reading, he would definitely be struck by lightning.

n“Little boss, you can read my fortune. But you must make me a scallion pancake once you’re done.”

n“Yes, that’s right. I’ll pay for the fortune reading and the pancakes but I have to get the pancakes.”

n…

nLin Fan felt like giving up after hearing all that. His scallion pancakes couldn’t possibly be that good, could it?

n“Guys, I’m really not going to make any more scallion pancakes. I’m just a fortune-teller now. If anyone is interested, please do try.” Lin Fan said.

n“Little boss, please pity us. We need your scallion pancakes. Fortune reading is a scam and it can’t possibly beat your scallion pancakes.”

n“Yea! This whole fortune-telling thing is all just a hoax.”

nLin Fan looked at Fraud Tian helplessly. If this were to continue, his fortune telling business would not survive. He might not even be able to fulfill his mission requirements.

nA loud sound emanated from far away while the crowd was trying to persuade Lin Fan to continue selling scallion pancakes.

nThe voice sounded extremely excited.

n“Little Boss…”

nAs Lin Fan turned to see who it was, the corners of his mouth curved upwards.

nHis savior had finally arrived.

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