After a hot pot meal, Zhao Yan spent over three hundred yuan.
She had to admit, the cost of living in Jiang City was truly high.
On the way back, Zhao Yan rode her electric scooter, enjoying the feeling of the breeze on her face. Suddenly, a signboard came to mind.
"I've got the name!" Zhao Yan exclaimed excitedly.
Wu Jiaxin, her face pressed against Zhao Yan's back, asked, "What name, Sister Zhao?"
Zhao Yan replied, "Wocao Master!"
"Many netizens commented 'Wocao Master!' under that video. I think it's great for an account and a signboard. It feels very down-to-earth."
Wu Jiaxin savored the name and nodded, "As expected of you, Sister Zhao."
"Heh heh, what do you think?" Zhao Yan said softly.
Wu Jiaxin replied, "I think it's good!"
"Then it's settled," Zhao Yan said softly.
Wu Jiaxin hummed, then suddenly heard something and said to Zhao Yan, "Sister Zhao, do you hear someone shouting 'Stop, thief!'?"
Zhao Yan listened intently, and indeed, she did.
As a righteous woman of the new era, how could she turn a blind eye to such a thing?
"Hold on tight, Jiaxin!" Zhao Yan said seriously and accelerated.
As they rode forward, the shouts of "Stop, thief!" grew clearer.
She saw a man running towards the green belt of the residential area.
Zhao Yan immediately stopped the scooter. "Jiaxin, you stay here and watch."
"Sister Zhao, be careful!" Wu Jiaxin said nervously.
Zhao Yan smiled. "Don't worry, your Sister Zhao has studied traditional martial arts."
Zhao Yan quickly sprinted off. In less than a minute, before the man could escape the residential area's green belt, he was apprehended.
"Trying to run, thief?" Zhao Yan said.
The man, pinned to the ground, tried to move but found the person holding him to be incredibly strong. He twisted his head with difficulty, his face crestfallen, and said, "Miss, you've got the wrong person. I'm the one who was robbed!"
"Damn it!" Zhao Yan quickly released her grip and looked ahead. Another man was running further ahead.
She quickly chased after him and, in less than a minute, caught up and pinned him down.
The man who had been robbed caught up and looked at the thief Zhao Yan was holding. "Thank you, miss."
He squatted down, took the wallet from the thief's hand, rummaged through it, and handed Zhao Yan three hundred yuan.
"This is my thanks."
Zhao Yan waved her hand. "No need to thank me."
As she spoke, Zhao Yan glanced at the man's face, her brow furrowing slightly.
"Lately, have your nose hairs been trimmed and then grown back, only to grow again every few days?"
The man was taken aback. He thought, "This beauty's focus is so strange." He touched his nose, recalled for a moment, and nodded. "It really is. In the past week, I've trimmed my nose hairs almost five times, and they always grow out of my nostrils."
"How did you know that!"
Zhao Yan said seriously, "Your physiognomy is off. You have a sign of financial loss."
"The nose is the chief of the five facial features. In physiognomy, it is the treasury of wealth. The nose governs wealth, provisions, and fortune, and in the five elements, it is positioned as earth."
"Hair belongs to the wood element, and wood overcomes earth, which is inauspicious. Hair frequently growing from the nose, being trimmed and regrowing in a short period, indicates financial loss is imminent."
"Your being robbed today is just the beginning of your bad luck!"
"Ah? You don't say?" The man was amused by Zhao Yan's words and couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing the man's disbelief, Zhao Yan didn't get angry. "The thief is yours now."
Zhao Yan pulled the thief up from the ground, her hands firmly gripping his wrists.
The man took the thief from Zhao Yan's hands, needing both his hands to restrain him.
He was very surprised. What did this person eat to grow so strong? The thief was like a child in her hands.
Zhao Yan said, "I live on Huangjing Seventh Street. If you walk towards the end of the street, you'll see a shop selling lamb noodle soup. I'm at the shop opposite it."
"What happened to you is no small matter. It could easily lead to financial loss and even endanger your life."
"That's all I have to say. You'll believe it later. It's best to deal with this as soon as possible. I'm leaving, bye!"
With that, Zhao Yan turned and jogged back in the direction of Wu Jiaxin.
The man watched Zhao Yan's retreating back, somewhat bewildered.
"Could she be a scammer?"
"No, if she were a scammer, she wouldn't have refused the money. But this whole story is a bit too mystical."
Without dwelling on it further, he dialed the police.
"How did it go, Sister Zhao? Was the thief caught?" Wu Jiaxin asked as Zhao Yan ran back.
Zhao Yan replied, "He was caught, but the person who was robbed seems to be in a rather unusual situation."
"What's unusual about it? Did the thief stab him?" Wu Jiaxin asked, startled.
Zhao Yan waved her hand. "He had a sign of financial loss, followed by a potential disaster. It's quite ominous!"
"Is it that serious?" Wu Jiaxin covered her mouth.
Zhao Yan nodded and motioned for Wu Jiaxin to get on the electric scooter.
After Wu Jiaxin got on, Zhao Yan rode the scooter back towards the shop.
Back at the shop, they pushed the electric scooter inside. Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Zhao Yan pulled up a small stool.
"Xiao Heizi, go over there. We have work to do," Zhao Yan said to the black cat on the table.
The other cats were playing with balls, but the black cat liked to lie on the table.
The black cat walked to the other end of the table, stretched, and lay down, its eyes half-closed, watching Zhao Yan.
"Sister Zhao, I've applied for it. You'll need to give me the verification code on your phone later." Wu Jiaxin pulled up a small stool next to Zhao Yan and sat down.
Zhao Yan checked her phone. "573321!"
A moment later, Wu Jiaxin handed her phone over. "Done. It's bound to your phone number. Download Dou Le."
"I've contacted the classmate who recorded the video on WeChat. He's agreed to drive traffic to us in the video comments."
Zhao Yan used a universal key to steal her neighbor's Wi-Fi and downloaded Dou Le.
"That's great. We should treat him to a meal later."
After downloading Dou Le, she logged in.
【Wocao Master!】
"Sister Zhao, should our first video be an introduction?"
"For the second video, let's edit today's footage and post it to test the waters!"
"Then let's start recording," Zhao Yan said.
Wu Jiaxin said "Okay," opened her phone, pointed it at Zhao Yan, applied a light beauty filter, and added a rabbit ear accessory.
Zhao Yan cleared her throat and said into Wu Jiaxin's camera, "Hello everyone, I'm Zhao Yan!"
"I am the master from the video '[This is Metaphysical Detective].' Babies who want me to read their fortunes, remember to click follow!"
"For fortune-telling and physiognomy, I am a professional! Love you all!"
With that, Zhao Yan winked at the camera.
"Beautiful!" Wu Jiaxin laughed.
"Let me see." Zhao Yan stood up and took a look, nodding. "It's quite good."
"Sister Zhao, I've posted it," Wu Jiaxin said.
Zhao Yan replied, "Okay!"
After Wu Jiaxin posted the video, she looked troubled. "Sister Zhao, our videos need to be edited on a computer."
"When we go out to do things, we'll definitely need to record and stuff. Using a phone doesn't feel right. We need to buy equipment."
"I checked online. A decent laptop costs over four thousand yuan. We also need to buy a DSLR camera."
"A good DSLR camera costs over ten thousand yuan."
Zhao Yan thought for a moment. "How about we buy second-hand ones? Once our finances improve, we can buy new ones."
Wu Jiaxin replied, "Mm, second-hand is fine, but second-hand items can be tricky."
Zhao Yan smiled. "Don't worry, I have a friend who knows a lot about this. I'll WeChat him later!"