The Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Character is Still Alive Today - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Fortune Telling

After descending Gui Ming Mountain, Bai Yao and Luo Qi first found an inn.

During this time, to make traveling easier, Luo Qi changed back into men’s clothing.

At the clothes shop, Bai Yao saw several well-tailored men’s outfits and felt itching to try them on, but Luo Qi stopped her.

Luo Qi said: “Yao Yao, you don’t need to change. I will protect you.”

Bai Yao silently accepted the halo’s radiance and obediently put the clothes back.

Then, Luo Qi turned to the other side. She picked up several women’s outfits in different styles, spread them out in front of Bai Yao, and said: “You choose, I’ll buy.”

An offensive of money from a sugar daddy!

But how could I possibly let you spend so much?

Bai Yao looked at Luo Qi and politely declined: “No need, no need. The one I’m wearing is quite…”

Luo Qi pulled two bags of silver from her sleeve and placed them on the table: “I have many more silver notes. These silver pieces are a bit heavy; it’s best to spend them.”

I can do this.

The difficulty is removed for me. Please feel free to spend lavishly.

Bai Yao picked up the clothes: “Thank you, sugar daddy.”

After changing and walking out of the shop, Bai Yao walked behind Luo Qi, swirling her flowing skirt. Looking up at Luo Qi’s dashing appearance, Bai Yao once again sighed at how perfect the Female Lead’s setting was.

In women’s clothes: devastatingly beautiful. In men’s clothes: setting hearts on fire.

After a few steps, the back that was setting fire to Bai Yao’s heart stopped.

Luo Qi turned back to look at her, then reached out her hand: “Do you want to hold hands? Otherwise, it’s easy to get…”

Before Luo Qi could finish the word “separated,” Bai Yao stepped forward, grabbed her pinky finger, and smiled: “Yes!”

The midday heat of early summer was slightly oppressive, but Bai Yao’s fingertips were cool, soft and icy as they wrapped around the finger.

Luo Qi turned back and nodded. After walking a few more steps, she enclosed Bai Yao’s small hand in her palm, just as she had when they first held hands.

The customs of Shi Yu were open, not as conservative as traditional ancient times. The two of them walking hand-in-hand in the crowd did not attract too much attention.

Bai Yao, as usual, looked around at the antique scenery along the road and failed to notice the faint, consistent smile on Luo Qi’s face ever since they started holding hands.

After walking for a while, they reached Lingnan. The two seemed to have stumbled upon another market; the streets here were very lively, with many small fortune-telling stalls on both sides.

As Luo Qi led Bai Yao past one stall, a small flag blocked Luo Qi’s path.

The fortune teller, wearing a gray cloth hat, smiled and said: “This young master, would you like to have your fortune told?”

Luo Qi shook her head, planning to move on, but the fortune teller extended the flag again and said: “Whether it’s for career or marriage, I am the most accurate fortune teller on this street.”

The young child behind the fortune teller also ran up to help: “It’s true, my master is super accurate.”

Bai Yao, standing behind, laughed: “If you’re the most accurate, why is there no one in front of your master’s stall?”

Just as she finished speaking, two young women walked past behind her. One pulled the other and said: “Shall we try this one?”

The other woman turned to look at the flag behind the fortune teller’s stall, shook her head, and whispered: “Looks unreliable. Let’s try somewhere else.”

Watching the two young women turn away, Bai Yao looked up at the flag behind the fortune teller.

On the white cloth, in black letters, it read: “The All-Knowing of Three Realms, A Heavenly Deity Descended.”

Reflect on yourself. Is your bragging too inflated to take flight?

Bai Yao said: “Others who call themselves ‘All-Knowing of the Jianghu‘ are already impressive. Why do you claim to be the ‘All-Knowing of the Three Realms’?”

The gentleman only smiled, raised his hand to stroke a non-existent beard on his chin, and said: “Those common folk only understand the current world, while I can see through the cycles of reincarnation.”

Bro.

Stop bragging.

You clearly can’t even tell if the person in front of you is a man or a woman.

Bai Yao smiled, preparing to pull Luo Qi away, but the gentleman urgently said to Bai Yao: “I know, Miss, you should not be here.”

Bai Yao’s footsteps paused, and she looked back at him. The fortune teller continued: “And you should not be alive right now.”

Bai Yao’s heart tightened. Luo Qi had quickly turned around to shield Bai Yao. Her long sword was unsheathed, instantly held horizontally across the man’s shoulder.

The young child beside him was terrified and reached out to hold onto Luo Qi: “Hero, please spare us! Please let my master go!”

“Hey, no, no, no! I’m just a fortune teller!” The man raised both hands in surrender: “I’m talking about this young lady’s fate; I’m not saying I want to harm her.”

Sensing no internal energy from the man, Luo Qi shifted her sword and asked in a deep voice: “Why did you say that?”

With the sword at his throat, the fortune teller swallowed, raised his right hand to rub the side of his neck a few times, then rubbed his nose, and darted his eyes around.

Key points:

• Touching the neck.

• Rubbing the nose.

• Eye-darting.

• Undoubtedly lying.

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Unwilling to listen to his nonsense any longer, Bai Yao was about to speak, but the gentleman pointed at her and said: “This Miss has a very heavy aura of death on her. I suspect she has recently experienced a situation like escaping death.”

Bai Yao raised an eyebrow: “And what else?”

The gentleman squinted, looked at her carefully, and added: “But it’s very strange. The death aura on the Miss seems different from ordinary people; it looks particularly deep and impossible to dispel. Yet, outside that death aura, there is a faint circle of good fortune entwined.”

The fortune teller concluded: “It seems Miss is a kind-hearted person who has recently done a good deed.”

Wow. That’s pretty close to the truth.

Bai Yao casually asked: “Then what should I do next?”

The fortune teller looked at Bai Yao, displaying a strange smile.

Ah.

I understand.

It’s just the routine of paying money to ward off disaster, right?

Bai Yao found it amusing and was about to take out some jewelry from her sleeve, but then heard the fortune teller say: “There is no way.”

Bai Yao was stunned: “…”

The fortune teller smiled: “I, Xiao, just said that the death aura on the Miss is different from ordinary people and cannot be dispelled.”

I, Xiao?

Luo Qi, standing in front of the stall, frowned at his words and moved her long sword closer to the man’s neck.

“Hey, stop!” The fortune teller frantically dodged, saying as he moved: “It’s not entirely hopeless! Miss, if you do more good deeds and accumulate more good fortune, it will still be useful! Look at that Fuyuan Inn ahead, it has a lot of good fortune!”

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He’s even throwing in advertisements?

Bai Yao was amused by the fortune teller’s rapidly changing expressions and reached out to pull Luo Qi’s hand back.

Luo Qi lowered her sword at Bai Yao’s insistence and took out a silver ingot, placing it on the stall.

When they reached the entrance of Fuyuan Inn, Luo Qi stopped. She looked down slightly at Bai Yao and asked: “Yao Yao, how about we stay here?”

Bai Yao nodded: “Okay.”

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Of course it’s okay.

Even if it wasn’t okay, it would have to be.

Once the plot starts, there’s no stopping it.

Counting carefully, by the time they entered Lingnan, their journey had mostly aligned with the timeline in the original book.

So, when Luo Qi suggested staying at Fuyuan Inn, Bai Yao was not surprised at all.

As the Female Lead of The Young Master Becomes the Phoenix, Luo Qi, in addition to her entanglement with the Male Lead Qin Wufang, was destined to meet two high-quality Male Supporting Characters. And one of those supporting characters makes his first appearance at Fuyuan Inn.

As soon as they walked into the inn, Bai Yao saw the few burly men wearing sleeveless tops.

The weather had recently warmed up, and street pedestrians were wearing thin clothes, but such revealing garments were still rare.

Looking further at the strange hairstyles of the burly men, with their hair tied high into several small braids, Bai Yao was even more certain of their identities.

While Luo Qi was busy settling their luggage, Bai Yao said, “I’m going to buy some fruit,” and slipped out alone.

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Walking a few meters to the side, Bai Yao grabbed the fortune teller who was about to close his stall.

The man was startled by the sudden grab. He turned around, saw it was Bai Yao, and forced a surprised and awkward smile: “Miss, why have you returned?”

Bai Yao leaned in toward the fortune-telling stall and said: “Xiao Pingguo (Little Apple)?”

The fortune teller was startled: “How do you know my name?”

He glanced back at the young child behind him, quickly cleared his throat, and said formally: “I, Xiao Ping, don’t know what Miss is talking about.”

However, his initial reaction had revealed everything.

Xiao Ping, whose real name was Xiao Pingguo, was the Heavenly Master in The Young Master Becomes the Phoenix. Of course, that was much later. Right now, the unappreciated Xiao Ping was still just a fortune teller dragging his stall around.

In such a classic angst novel, Xiao Ping was a very fantastical existence. He wasn’t a trickster or a liar, but truly seemed to be born with the ability to perceive people’s fortunes.

Bai Yao hadn’t expected to run into him here.

Bai Yao smiled mischievously: “Then, Master Xiao Ping, I want to ask you something. What about the marriage destiny of the person next to me just now? Did you see anything?”

Xiao Ping sat back down on his seat upon hearing this and said: “That young master is quite striking in appearance. I did take a few extra glances and saw a little something.”

Bai Yao asked: “What did you see?”

“That young master originally had a very stable marriage line, but it has temporarily failed to connect.”

Oh, that must refer to Qin Wufang.

Xiao Ping added: “But don’t worry, another marriage line has faintly appeared.”

The Male Supporting Character is about to debut, so the second line must have appeared.

Bai Yao pondered and asked: “Master, do you know what should be done if one wants to completely sever that stable marriage line?”

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Having gotten her answer, Bai Yao smiled, thanked him, and turned to return to Fuyuan Inn.

Watching Bai Yao walk away, Xiao Ping shook his head and clicked his tongue.

The young child next to him asked: “What’s wrong, Master?”

“I’m wondering why a handsome young master would have such a stable marriage line with a man,” he pondered, then added: “But fortunately, the new marriage line that has appeared for him, the partner is a young woman.”

The young child seemed to half-understand and asked: “Are we going back up the mountain now?”

Xiao Ping smiled: “No. While she’s still at Fuyuan Inn, we’re going to the capital, Shangjing.”

The young child wondered: “Who is she? Why are we going to Shangjing?”

“We must go to Shangjing to see General Yun Yingnan. And then, we can start living the good life of eating meat every day.”

The young child didn’t understand the specific reasons, but hearing that their diet would improve, he immediately clapped his hands and laughed.

Xiao Ping opened his satchel and pulled out a book. He turned to a portrait tucked between the pages, whose face matched the person who had just stood in front of his stall.

Xiao Ping looked at the portrait and smiled slowly: “I’ve found his lost young daughter, you see.”