"Okay." I obediently nestled down on him.
Yu Longting said, "Draw a divination stick, this is the easiest, Beichen."
"Snake Lord, please hold on a moment." Beichen fished in the sleeve of his Taoist robe and handed something over, "Here."
He pulled out a cyan jade container.
The container was filled with divination sticks, also made of cyan jade.
To the untrained eye, the jade appeared exceptionally clear and moist, with outstanding water quality.
It was indeed a top-quality Old-pit glass type.
If one looked with the Spiritual Eye, they could see a faint glow emanating from the cyan jade container.
Yu Longting took it and let me draw one.
After I drew one, he didn't ramble on about the divination in archaic language like a fortune-teller would, but told me directly, "It's an omen of great misfortune."
My heart skipped a beat and my face turned pale as I reached for my phone.
I pulled my phone from my pocket, and it took me three attempts to unlock the password.
I opened the recent calls and redialed my mom's number from her last call.
The phone was in an unattended state.
I dialed several times in succession.
Still, it was in an unattended state.
"She might be busy, so she didn't answer my call." I made excuses, though I was already panicking inside.
Yu Longting, considering my feelings, followed my lead, "That must be it. Try calling again after a little while."
"Mm." I nodded weakly and responded.
The village where Granny Wu lived.
The weather was actually not bad, although there were clouds in the sky.
But when the clouds were scattered by the wind, there were occasional bursts of sunlight.
Yu Longting fastened all the buttons on my coat before allowing me to get out of the car.
Wu Zhenglin was airing quilts and was startled when he saw me, "On such a hot day, you... why are you wearing such thick clothes?"
"Is your grandmother home?" I wasn't in the mood to explain my current state, I just asked Wu Zhenglin directly.
Wu Zhenglin shook his head, "Grandma went to the market, but if you're here to pick up goods, I can help. I'm quite familiar with the inventory in the storehouse."
"Okay, let's go to the storehouse together, I'll pick a few things and leave." I said urgently.
Wu Zhenglin gave me a glance.
He walked ahead to lead the way.
In the storehouse, I quickly picked a few items.
Wu Zhenglin sat at a small table, taking notes with a pen on what materials I had taken.
Seeing I was done, he was quite surprised, "Is that all?"
"That's all." I said.
Wu Zhenglin took out a white cloth bag.
He grabbed a handful of rice from the bag and put it in his pocket.
This guy was asking for rice divination.
I found it somewhat amusing, "I've never seen a man ask for a rice divination before."
"My grandma says my fate is suited for rice divination. Maybe… it's because I cultivated the Sword of Evil's Bane in my past life, which is why I seem to carry a feminine destiny in this life." Wu Zhenglin curled his fingers femininely as he joked with me.
If it were any other time, I would definitely have been amused, but now I could only manage a forced smile.
Wu Zhenglin also felt awkward and stopped being mischievous.
He escorted me to the door and met up with Yu Longting.
Yu Longting and I didn't linger, we placed all the materials for the Yin Yang Life and Death Embroidery in the trunk of the car and continued on to the airport.
When we reached the airport, my phone suddenly received a WeChat message from Wu Zhenglin.
[Wu Zhenglin: !!!]
He sent three exclamation marks.
Then, a long voice message followed.
Luckily, I brought my headphones. I took them out and put them on, then heard Wu Zhenglin's urgent voice from the headphones, "Damn, Su Wan, do you know what happened to the rice in my pocket? It turned red!! And it sprouted!! Do you know what this means?"