The student nad Dong Lan who recently started to see weird things, mostly predictions, was the sa guy who had been sent by her adoptive mother, the fortune-teller, to travel from world to world.
It was unknown whether his appearance at Jiang Li's current mission world was a coincidence.
However, before Jiang Li took over as Zheng Xiang, he was already in that world, born to a normal middle-class family who managed to send him to good schools from kindergarten to college. The young man led a normal life, albeit his personality was a bit different from before, being geeky and serious, instead of goofy and sarcastic in words.
In the original plot, he was rely ntioned as sobody who liked Xia Ling, the campus beauty of Liu De's harem. He was studying at the sa university as her, albeit they were from two different departnts. The difference in their courses, of course, did not impede him from courting her.
Unfortunately, his crush never liked him back because he was quite cowardly, stoic... and boring. His faults were further highlighted when Liu De appeared. Or more like, he beca the object of comparison so that the male lead would appear much better.
Dong Lan was not that wealthy... He was not able to gift her precious bags and pieces of jewelry or bring her to famous concertos and elite gatherings. He was not as cheerful and humorous... or as attractive... At least, not personality-wise.
But Liu De was different. He was the opposite. The man was even a popular star, sothing she could brag to everyone she knows. And so the girl naturally fell for him and rejected her dull schoolmate.
In this lifeti though, Dong Lan's path started to stray away from the original when a man who introduced himself as Jiang Li more than half a year ago barged into his life, giving him all sorts of counseling and advice.
Months ago, he could not be called a campus male god since his hairstyle and getup were always bland or weird. People only rembered him for having a serious face all day long and high grades. However, ever since Jiang Li sent soone to him, a middle-aged guy who never introduced himself to him, he transford into who he was today. The personality did not change that much, but his appearance did. Perhaps, it was a natural result that he beca more confident and more used to being the center of a group and of attention.
Dong Lan beca soone that could pique the interest of girls. Inherently, he did not change and was still as solemn as before. But hey, serious guys had an edge too! Coupled with a handso face, whatever they said could easily sound sincere and moving.
Seeing that his crush was gradually warming up to him, Dong Lan felt thankful towards Jiang Li and since the man did not ntion why he was helping him, he just silently vowed to return the favor once he formally entered society.
As for the other weird changes in him...
'Why am I seeing things like this?' The young man felt puzzled as he studied the letterings floating in front of him. Since he was silent and lost in his thoughts, the mbers of his thesis group took that chance to watch so funny videos on the laptops.
'The first ti I experienced this is when I approached Xia Ling in the cafeteria and one of her female classmates is trying out palm reading on her. While it helped gain so favorable impression which I felt grateful for, it's still quite scary to suddenly experience words or knowledge appearing in my field of vision or mind...'
Dong Lan couldn't associate his experiences to his profession from the previous life since he couldn't even recall it. Perhaps, his mories would take a while to co back to him, just like how he was only recovering his ability to divine.
For now, since he was not sure, he didn't delve much into it, only pondering about the recent revelations he got.
'It says not to rush... But I'm not really rushing anything... Perhaps, my weird ability is a bit faulty?' He frowned, considering another angle, 'Maybe I touched sothing dirty recently so I'm being haunted... Should I get soone to help ? But when I went to a temple, I ended up learning that the abbot there didn't know how to exorcise spirits and barely knew how to interpret kau chim sticks.'
Dong Lan almost sighed, relieved that the texts hovering before him finally vanished. He felt like a normal person again. Except, he hadn't forgotten what he saw.
It seed that deep down, the young man still had retained a bit of his tendency to be prudent about things so he ssaged Jiang Li and consulted him. Of course, he did not ntion his gained abilities lest the other mistook him for an escapee of a ntal hospital.
'I just called Mr. Jiang yesterday. I hope he doesn't beco annoyed that I'm bothering him again.' The text was sent, mostly asking again for advice when one felt that he was being impatient.
...
The reborn student's ssage was naturally delivered to the intended receiver. Unfortunately, Jiang Li was dealing with his own matter so he had no chance to check his phone.
Since the girl had an idea about his intentions for her, Jiang Li did not bother concealing it. He acted as if he had just not been accused of sothing ridiculous and drove her towards a clubhouse he owned.
Along the way, he made sure to lighten the mood by playing songs and trying to speak with her. Yet she also made sure to shower him with sharp words that did not include profanities or vulgar words. Her statents were simply as deadly and sharp as ever. The anger on her face was also genuine, with even a hint of killing intent.
"You're so fierce" he lightly said, which seed to have angered her more.
"You think a bastard like you deserves a good treatnt?! No! Gosh! You are a kidnapper! A scourge of society who should at least be subjected to a Russian Sleep Experint!"
Jiang Li twisted his body a bit to the side, nearly plastering himself on the car window to his left. The girl's fist just nearly grazed his shoulder. There was a follow-up attack targeting his side again so he slightly bent his upper body down, inwardly complaining to himself about the treatnt he was getting.
She said he was kidnapping her, but she also did the sa to her earlier. Fine, he was a bit guilty, since he accused her of bringing him sowhere without asking for permission, yet he was now doing the sa.
But she ntioned the Russian Sleep Experint. Does she want him to evolve into sothing evil due to a lack of sleep?
"I can be evil, just not through the way you wanted." He replied.
"Scourge! Are you that threatened because I discovered your bad intentions!?"
He laughed after seeing her look around in a frantic manner.
After shaking his head. He told her, "Don't panic. I an no harm. I simply want to clarify so things with you and I need a few witnesses. You leave helpless since you don't listen to reason. Actually, if you want, you can just have your bodyguards and people follow us. They should be at least capable of tracking this car and our destination."
The woman quieted down, seemingly thinking about what he said.
A mont later, because she kept her silence longer than normal, he realized that sothing was wrong.
'Shoot.' The sceneries beyond the car window kept changing. Within the black-grey car speeding along the wide road under the bright streetlights and traffic lights, a man smiling wryly scolded himself for subconsciously using hypnosis on his beloved passenger.
...
Not long after, the two arrived in the clubhouse. Erging from the various vehicles were a group of n and won who seed to be her guards. He nodded at them. He saw the girl visibly relaxed due to their arrival.
Afterward, she resud her barrage of words for him and her glares.
Towards the artistic insults coming from her mouth, he only smiled and greeted the people inside. He then sought out Wen Hui. The man agreed to a private and serious talk with Selena Tang after giving Jiang Li a suspicious glance.
tools in a fortune-telling technique commonly practiced in a Taoist or Buddhist temple. The flat sticks have poetic verses that a priest would help interpret on behalf of the querent (the one asking questions).
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