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412. Marriage fortune: Good luck!
Fortunately, the mediation room separated Fu Xuan from the fortune tellers, otherwise it would be hard to imagine how many ripples her anger, which changed everyone's stereotype of her as "confident and calm", would cause.
I admired Fu Xuan's firepower output against Sui Yang throughout the whole process. Kong successfully pieced together various information.
She knew very well that when faced with Sui Yang's attack, apart from relying on the Judge, she could only seek help from the only club member on Luofu who specialized in psychic powers. If she wanted to minimize the pace and impact of this incident, Kong was her only choice.
Although there were some differences in the part where she hoped the man would help her, the final result was the same.
"Phew...I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Exhausted both physically and mentally, Tai Buxiang's sweat soaked her white stockings, and the gold lines on her socks dimmed, as if half of her body had just been pulled out of the water. The data stream from the Qiongguan Formation no longer washed her brain, but the nerve shock caused by the confrontation with Sui Yang still lingered in her brain in the form of phantom pain, causing her brows to twitch slightly.
Having been seen in such an embarrassing way, she was too lazy to use honorifics to maintain her image in the eyes of Hollow.
"As expected, you have guessed my thoughts. The doctor has arrived just in time. In this case, the general will surely not ask about my situation... It will be good for everyone."
Her eyes wandered for a moment, and after the headache subsided, she looked at the teasing Sora and the "don't look at what's inappropriate" Paimon, and knew what was going on.
It had nothing to do with Luofu's righteousness. From now on, they could barely be considered to be communicating with each other in a private sense...
After all, if she didn't appease her colleagues, they would all become anxious about her ability and physical condition. Kong, who witnessed everything and lent a hand, not only owed her a debt of gratitude, but also had a handle on her. If he could profit from it and use her as a springboard, he could further influence the entire Taibu Division.
But his bearish view was like helping the girl next door pick up the vegetable basket that had fallen on the ground while taking a walk. He had no intention of exploring the benefits of the matter in depth, which made Fu Xuan feel relieved, but also a little regretful.
She herself couldn't explain it clearly. When she hinted to Qingque to contact the doctor, did she really want to take this opportunity to get closer to him? It is said that showing a hidden side of yourself and being a little "coquettish" can help increase the opposite sex's desire to protect you...
...If you take your political future into consideration, asking for help urgently can be considered as acting like a spoiled child.
And since he had already called them over, this was a good opportunity to show how gentle and soft he was. When Fu Xuan saw Kong's half-smile, his stubborn nature came back. He pinched his waist, and the words of sincere thanks turned into mutters:
"…I was careless for a moment and didn't get enough rest, so it found my weakness… The Qiongguan Formation observed its movement trajectory, but I didn't expect it to dare to come back and attack…"
0 "This can be considered a tactic. But the target it chose is a bit... overconfident. It would be fine if it chose a civilian, but isn't it courting death to target the head of a department?"
"You may not know Sui Yang well enough, Doctor. The greater the fluctuations in emotions and the stronger the emotional energy, the more they covet it. I have been conscientiously guarding my post for several days, and I have a lot of resentment in my heart, so it has targeted me."
Ba casually summoned a force field and handed Sui Yang, which had been compressed into a "pill", to Kong:
"The powerful Sui Yang is obsessed with those special people, and this guy is no exception."
He made excuses for being possessed, and his tone even carried a hint of pride that he himself believed it - Fu Xuan's stubbornness was breathtaking.
9 "Let's just take it as it is." Kong smiled and pinched his chin.
He does have a way to deal with stubbornness - but today's main target is not Taibu, and he will not completely forget about the jackdaws and companions waiting outside just because of Fu Xuan's white legs standing apart.
㈤ “…Tsk.”
Thinking that Kong was still teasing her, Fu Xuan knew that it would be hard to pretend that she hadn't heard what the girl said just now.
Whether she wanted to test the doctor's attitude or to find an excuse for her behavior, she had to make it clear that it was Sui Yang who aroused her deepest desires, and it was not these monsters who added drama.
If I continue to be so arrogant and not expose my weaknesses to the man in front of me, I'm afraid I won't have such a good opportunity again:
"Doctor, in order to fight against the Sui Yang drilling into the depths of my spiritual consciousness, I have gone through 22 meetings with you. Among them, only two hexagrams had the least loss. You chose the most auspicious one. I am glad that you think the same as me."
…What on earth am I talking about?
Fu Xuan was often ordered by his colleagues to "speak human language", but he never took it seriously. After all, quoting classics is also a kind of ability.
Until today, she wanted to thank Kong properly, but she found that once she stopped talking to him as a Luofu official, and just spoke from the perspective of a woman who admired and loved him, she was as poor at finding her words as a babbling child.
But Kong seemed to have seen through all her disguises. He still pinched his chin, smiled for a while, and then returned to the warmth that made her body relax. "It's just a small favor. Taibu, in addition to thanking me, don't forget to spare your subordinates, especially Qingque. She risked being fired to lead us here. Her method was quite clever."
"Of course I won't treat them unfairly. As for Qingque, huh, I took this opportunity to test her. She really has some talent... If I am promoted to general, this position of Taibu... humph."
Talking about ambition in front of the person you like is a big taboo, but in the relaxed atmosphere, Fu Xuan almost didn't keep his mouth shut - Qingque dodged her. After she had calculated several times, she was sure that this guy had some capabilities. This accidental exposure of her background was really a small blessing in disguise.
"She's probably not ready for this responsibility yet. You'll have to work hard for a while."
"It's just talk. She doesn't have such intentions. She would rather stay in the position of fortune teller for the rest of her life. It's not certain whether the general will agree to my abdication. In addition, the news of my miscalculation has been reported by someone with ulterior motives. I'm afraid I will have to let the general fool me for a while."
Fu Xuan put Sui Yang into the magic weapon, and seemed to have adapted to being alone with Kong - just now, under her constant glances, Paimon finally "consciously" floated out from the side window, leaving them more space to talk.
I just don't know if she will tell her companions outside about the ugly scene of her jumping on the doctor just now... Well, there is no need to tell her fortune specifically about these trivial details. It is her destiny to have such a disaster.
If everything could develop in the best possible way, it would actually kill the fun of life.
"I think General Jingyuan will make his own decision and won't tolerate slander from villains... Since the Grand Astrologer is fine, I will..."
"…Doctor, are you in a hurry to report to Judge Jackdaw?"
He won't say things nicely, but he will definitely get jealous - this is Fu Xuan, whose little emotions were brought out by Sui Yang.
Although the gift from Master Boshi allowed Fu Xuan to have the power to travel through the mysteries of the starry sea, it was indeed a "torture device" that put a huge strain on the body. Moreover, during the constant calculations, if one frequently saw the figure of a person and saw his and his countless happy futures, one would easily be immersed in the constantly occurring "illusions" and find it difficult to distinguish the boundaries between the "present" and the "future".
In the hexagram, the doctor had already been her other half. Even though after the passage was opened, she saw countless women stealing her limelight and making her not as happy as she had initially imagined in the future, she still firmly believed that they would be together and would not be influenced by external forces.
Fu Xuan wishfully believed that Kong should like her as much as she liked him. But today's hasty solitude forced her to realize the cruel truth - the current doctor didn't know her well enough, and even if he helped her many times, it was just to thank her for being the only one who supported Wumingke among so many doubting voices in Luofu.
Kong made a move to push the door open, but Fu Xuan immediately grabbed him from behind. For Taibu, this was as much progress as crawling from the Mariana Trench to the sea level. Although there was still no progress, at least it was not a negative number.
"Don't worry, I will personally hand this villain over to the judge... Phew, the doctor must think that I am a weird woman, right? There is a reason for this."
There was a hint of desperation in her voice:
"All 163 predictions I made will lead to you being together without exception... I have been immersed in them so many times that I can no longer tell what stage our relationship has reached..."
When Kong slowly turned around, she turned her face slightly to the side again, her pupils fluctuating - at least this time her eyes did not avoid.
"Judge Jackdaw asked you out, I know that. I also figured out that you and the foreigner outside the door have a marriage relationship. Normally, with my pride, I can't share a man with so many women, but..."
She tried her best to calm her breathing. Her remarks just now sounded a little bit like a nagging woman. She was a person who was admired by others for her ability to foresee and plan everything. Even if she complained to the doctor and gave him a brief account, she should not express too much emotion to him. Doing so would only result in her not being able to complete the most perfect lines in the hexagram.
Just like playing GALGAME transfer QUN:臼〓∏0$肆々_八丝㈡↑⒐^∩炩㈤, once the option is wrong, you can go to other routes. She didn't dare to bet that she would miss the opportunity to "complete the illustrated book" because of a small mistake.
"In this tangled mess of threads, I can never escape your shadow. I have thought about doing something to dislike you and distance myself from you, but in the end...if I don't really like you, which girl can tolerate the fact that every time I tell fortunes, I get a man who is destined to overwhelm me?"
Later, her voice became more coquettish: "We are each other's destiny - although you still have a lot of 'destinies' and significant others, I don't hate that kind of future."
"...What exactly did you predict?" After Fu Xuan revealed everything, Kong almost felt dizzy.
He remembered the divination joke that he and Mona had done together.
The great astrologer Miss "No Chicken Toast" predicted that she would have a bloody disaster today, so she invited a famous traveler to help guard her at home for a day.
As expected, she suffered a bloody disaster...
Fu Xuan would definitely not be able to laugh after hearing this tasteless joke, because the scene was so similar - at that time Mona clearly knew that she could not escape the bloody disaster, but after realizing that the target was Kong, she immediately followed the divination plate happily. Even if the bloody disaster did not have to be so "tragic", she insisted on making this "tragic" fate come true, highlighting the idea that "destiny is predetermined."
With the previous experience as a lesson, Kong had to do his best to calm the emotions of the future victim - he had actually long realized that Fu Xuan could devote so much energy to him, it must not only be for Luofu's safety, but also driven by her longing for a better life in divination.
"I predicted some trivial matters. I know you hate fatalism, so I predicted your fate from someone else's fortune. I can't see your shadow. There are so many branches in the future, and I can't influence many of them."
Obviously, Fu Xuan had the scent of a young girl, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Kong gradually turned into... the kind where an old couple hugged and kissed each other, but after getting excited they were unable to go into the house to complete the final steps - charming and a little resentful, which almost made Kong stand still.
How many times did she experience the hexagrams to learn such a lethal micro-expression?
"...I calculated from Judge Jackdaw that I would receive your help and take our relationship a step further...I didn't expect it to be in such a dangerous way. I won't let Sui Yang possess me on purpose just to attract you."
"Fortunately, you didn't try to use extreme methods to attract my attention... But this is too abstract. I can't understand it. Even if 'the Dharma Eye is All-Seeing', it shouldn't be as specific as you said—"
"Please explain it in your field of expertise, Doctor. I downloaded data from the quantum computer and used my third eye to render it. I imaged the prediction in my brain. The content was only shown to me in a more specific way."
She stopped tilting her head and quietly raised her chin. Suddenly, she lowered her hands and pinched each of her legs. The texture of the white silk fabric overlapped with the transparent skin color, and the golden print - in fact, the deformable chip of the fabric glowed when squeezed. This primitive yet high-end temptation shocked Kong, who was full of question marks.
"In the future, every time you come to see me, I know exactly where you like to pinch me the most. I can even predict the sense of touch..."
"...If you test me like this, I really can't help it."
蒐?索⌒/:]⑤'¢⑦◇(}◆“Fu Xuan felt relieved when she saw Kong tense up as if facing a great enemy. Although she didn’t have as many sharp weapons as the girls Kong had just met in the hexagram, she had two of them, which were enough for her to tie up Kong and make him look back every few steps.
"From the divinations of others, if you can't help it, Doctor, we will stay in there for at least half an hour, which will make the nameless guests realize something is wrong and will also affect your subsequent itinerary... Unfortunately, even if I am willing today... for your own good, I am afraid I can't satisfy you."
Having regained his composure, Fu Xuan, who put his hands on his abdomen and clearly had done nothing, confirmed what he was thinking again, and a big stone finally fell to the ground.
“…There’s no need to explain it in such detail!”
"My divination skills are different, I'm afraid you might misunderstand."
Having received a satisfactory "reply", Taibu almost followed the divination images intertwined in her memory and relaxed. But before taking the step, she coughed twice, and with a rosy face, she reminded herself repeatedly in her heart - it's not the right time yet, and the brewing time must be just right.
413. Five equal parts...
"Master Bu! Are you okay?!" Seeing Fu Xuan walking out of the mediation room safely, Qingque almost rushed over and hugged his old boss on the spot.
Her relationship with Fu Xuan had not yet reached the point of hugging each other, it was simply that the information flow of the Qiongguan Formation was too huge, and it made her head buzz. She was thankful that Fu Xuan was able to regain consciousness and hold on - he was really gifted at being a fortune teller, and if he had persisted for another hour or so, she would probably have been shot in the head.
"Don't get too close, it's disrespectful."
Perhaps because Qingque finally stopped pretending to be stupid and helped her once, Fu Xuan's attitude towards her became much more tolerant:
"The fortune teller is also the master of ceremonies. Don't forget that."
“是9,啊4,但有人在8社交网站上发2了一点4可能对太卜您3不利3的言论……0”5,<
"It's just speculation, no blame."
"Thank you for your kindness, Master!"
Both of them are very smart and naturally will not undermine each other. I think Fu Xuan arranged her to be the operator because he valued her ability to be wise while appearing foolish.
But Qingque immediately smiled bitterly and wiped the cold sweat off her forehead when Fu Xuan turned his back... She only regarded her boss's appreciation as a burden.
It was true that she had thought of a clever plan this time to minimize the losses and help her boss kill two birds with one stone, but in the future, it would be better not to assign such things that require her to use her brain and take risks... If the fortune teller found out that she was demoted on purpose, she was afraid that she would be promoted again and would never be able to make a profit again.
"Jackdaw, this is the Sui Yang I caught. Throw it back into the furnace. The Gongzao Division is in urgent need of resuming production."
The judge who had been waiting anxiously felt a strange sense of discomfort when she heard Fu Xuan's words, as if Fu Xuan was urging her to work and couldn't bear to see her running around with the doctor.
"A military officer will take it to where it should go... but not inside the furnace. I still need to interrogate it."
"No need to interrogate it. I was distracted and missed some of the secrets of the department. It is best to return it to the furnace immediately so that it can keep the secret. Please understand."
"I'm sorry, Grand Diviner, the Ten Kings Division has a rule that anyone who takes Sui Yang must first go to the Karma Hall to enter the file..."
"It's wartime now, Jackdaw. I don't want to make things difficult for you. After the Gongzao Division has survived this, I will ask Master Gongshu to take out Suiyang and you can interrogate him. In addition to this one, I also want the one brought back by Judge Huo Huo to appear where it should appear."
Ordinary people would be in shock after being attacked by Sui Yang, but both Xiao Guizi and the short man in front of him were very calm. They were smart and took the initiative to make plans and participate, which made Jackdaw feel that he was worrying about nothing.
"...I understand, but as soon as martial law is lifted, please come to our company to help prepare the files."
"can."
This was the end of the conversation. Another exchange of interests and confrontation between the two companies came to an end. Besides the fact that the timing was indeed bad, the presence of Sora also made them not want to show off their usual Six Imperial Balances too much. It would be a waste of time to let their favorite people see the quarrel between the companies.
Of course... their battle over the temporary ownership of the doctor ended with Fu Xuan's failure. In Luofu, it is a first come first served society, and even the fortune teller cannot take away someone's rights.