Chapter 19

“Doctor Su, we’re here!”

He Li arrived early with her son, and Ding Lanhui came along too.

Ding Lanhui had no idea Doctor Su had branched into a new service—reading people’s fortune for the day... the medical term being “health checkup.”

This service was truly wonderful.

Because of Su Fuling’s earlier warning, although Ding Lanhui had lost half her principal, she had sold half her stocks ahead of time. That half included both principal and profit, so she actually hadn’t lost anything.

Now, hearing He Li speak of all Su Fuling’s miraculous abilities, she truly believed in Doctor Su without a shadow of a doubt.

As for age—there were old men all over the streets, yet none possessed such abilities.

Ding Lanhui hadn’t come empty-handed; she’d brought food she’d made herself.

She knew Su Fuling didn’t accept money, so she made food instead.

He Li naturally hadn’t come empty-handed either; she’d baked bread and cookies herself.

Su Fuling looked at the things on the table, and in the end didn’t refuse.

For Hong City people, these things probably wouldn’t put any pressure on a family.

“Thank you,” Su Fuling said with a smile.

He Li quickly waved her hand. “Doctor Su, this little gesture means nothing. I still want to treat you to a meal.”

Su Fuling said, “That won’t be necessary. I go home for dinner every day.”

He Li said, “I’ll come by often from now on and bring food for Doctor Su.”

For a master like this, she naturally had to try to get close. At critical moments, this could save lives. And Doctor Su was far more approachable than those masters. Despite having such great abilities, she didn’t put on airs at all. If it were those masters praised by wealthy families, they wouldn’t pay attention to people like them.

A good master like Doctor Su had to be held tight and never let go.

Seizing the moment when Su Fuling seemed to be in a good mood, He Li quickly asked Su Fuling to check her and her son’s health.

“Now Liangzai and I don’t dare go anywhere without checking with Doctor Su first. Sorry to trouble you, Doctor Su.”

Su Fuling smiled and said, “It’s my duty. Please sit down, let me look.”

Su Fuling scanned as usual, checking whether the other party was a mission target today for elimination.

Then she was surprised to find that He Li had become a mission target, and even Ding Lanhui was one of the mission targets, but Li Liang was no longer one.

The first two were understandable—perhaps they had a headache or some incident today—but how had Li Liang changed? His wound was still on his arm.

“System, what’s going on? Li Liang is clearly injured, why isn’t he a mission target?”

Merit System: “Yesterday you already recommended a treatment method for him and received Merit Points.”

Su Fuling heard this and naturally recalled yesterday’s events. Yesterday she had tentatively given Li Liang a bottle of ointment to treat his wound, gaining 1 Merit Point. This verified that she could take over patients others had treated and gain Merit Points.

So now the system meant that Li Liang had already accepted her treatment, and after she gained Merit Points from it, Li Liang was no longer a mission target.

She couldn’t earn more Merit Points from Li Liang’s wound now.

“You really do keep strict control.”

Merit System: “You humans are the most cunning. My master’s friend devised a patch scheme. This rule is to prevent the host from deliberately delaying patients’ conditions to repeatedly farm Merit Points.”

Su Fuling: “...” Could she say she hadn’t thought about that at all? A doctor deliberately delaying a patient’s condition for money—her grandfather would haunt her dreams.

She wondered how badly her predecessor had screwed over the system master’s friend.

Li Liang saw Su Fuling hadn’t spoken and grew nervous. “Doctor Su, nothing bad will happen to me, right?” He had to be afraid. When Doctor Su spoke, bad things happened to him. And in such a ridiculous, laughable way of being attacked—if he told anyone, he’d be laughed at.

Su Fuling shook her head. “No, you’re in good condition. Recovering well too, no problem going out now.”

Since he wasn’t a mission target, that meant no new injuries today.

Hearing this, Li Liang was overjoyed. “Mom, see? I told you I could go out, you didn’t believe me.”

He Li also breathed a sigh of relief, laughing happily. “Of course I only believe it when Doctor Su says so.”

Just as she finished saying this, Su Fuling saw the symbol on Li Liang’s head change, becoming the red symbol of a mission target.

Su Fuling: “...” This could actually change?!

He Li, unaware of these changes, happily asked Su Fuling to examine her.

Su Fuling calmly continued to take He Li’s pulse, then said to the beaming He Li, “Ms. He, you’d best pay attention to your health today.”

He Li: “...!!!”

“No, Doctor Su, you’re not trying to scare me, right? And I’ve always been careful—how could... how do I avoid this?”

He Li was truly scared. Last time she’d almost been slashed along with her son. When Doctor Su spoke, something serious was bound to happen. “Doctor Su, save me. I’ve been so unlucky lately.”

Su Fuling had no idea what problem she would encounter, but connecting it to Li Liang’s change, it was probably something they’d encounter together. She didn’t rush to use that detection slot, but asked: “Do you have any special plans today? You originally weren’t planning to bring Li Liang, but now you plan to bring him along?”

Li Liang heard this and stared at Su Fuling with wide eyes.

No way—Doctor Su could even see this? She still said she wasn’t a master? Fooling fools!

He Li and Ding Lanhui were also stunned, both looking at Su Fuling in surprise. At this moment, both their eyes held only deep admiration. He Li said excitedly, “Doctor Su, you can even see this? Auntie Xiang and I were going to find that bastard Qiang to settle accounts today. You said before that Liangzai should be careful until his wound healed, so I wasn’t planning to bring him. But now you say he can go out, so of course he has to come... Doctor Su, are you saying we’ll be in danger this time?”

Su Fuling said, “I don’t know how much danger, but I just saw he was in pretty good condition today, and now I notice his complexion looks a bit off.”

“Ah?” He Li quickly looked at her son Li Liang.

Ding Lanhui said, “Doctor Su, if there’s danger when we go this time, we shouldn’t go?”

Su Fuling said, “I don’t know, but if you want to be safe, better pick another time.”

Doctor Su’s calculations were so accurate that Ding Lanhui and He Li, and even Li Liang who had always been half-believing, didn’t dare not believe.

He Li quickly said, “Then we won’t go. Let him off cheap today!”

Ding Lanhui and Li Liang both decided not to go. Money was important, but safety was more important.

Su Fuling watched as the symbols on the three changed, none of them today’s mission targets anymore. It seemed the danger was indeed when they went to find that bastard Qiang. As long as they didn’t go, they could avoid the danger.

Su Fuling: “...” Did this count as finding another way to use the system’s function—seeking fortune and avoiding misfortune?

Indeed, as long as the system’s functions were used well, they were immensely powerful! No wonder the system got exploited—she couldn’t help herself either...

Ding Lanhui asked, “Doctor Su, if we don’t go, will we be safe?”

Su Fuling said, “At least that’s what I’m inferring now.”

The three breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Doctor Su could see the problem, and they knew the problem, they could follow Doctor Su’s advice and avoid it.

Doctor Su was really amazing!

Today’s visit wasn’t wasted—they should come every day from now on!

The three were satisfied, planning to go have a celebratory meal first. As for settling accounts with someone, they still needed to come find Doctor Su to pick an auspicious day.

Master Zhao watched the three leave from the side, and quickly came over to find Su Fuling. “Little sis... ahem, Doctor Su, you really saw they were in danger today?”

Su Fuling said, “These things are all inferences. Whether to believe is up to you.”

Master Zhao thought to himself that if it weren’t for his own personal experience, with Doctor Su’s answer, he would really think it was a fellow practitioner’s perfunctory response.

After the three left Su Fuling’s stall, Ding Lanhui suddenly remembered something important. “Oh no, An Hui is going to find Ah Qiang to settle accounts today—will she be in danger?”

An Hui was a mahjong friend of theirs. She’d lost a lot on stocks this time, even more than He Li. Because An Hui’s family was better off, she’d invested more this time.

He Li said, “Let her be. We don’t have a good relationship with her anyway.”

Ding Lanhui said, “Don’t say that. We’ve known each other for so many years, and she’s having a hard time too. We should still tell her, and others too. A reminder when we can—it counts as doing good.”

He Li was tough on the outside but soft inside. Thinking about knowing each other for years, although they often opposed each other, she didn’t want to see An Hui get hurt. “Fine, you call her and tell her.”

Li Liang said from the side, “An Hui might not believe it.”

An Hui naturally didn’t believe it.

When she received the call, she was already prepared and about to leave.

Hearing Ding Lanhui say she wasn’t going to find bastard Qiang to settle accounts, and something about a fortune-telling master saying there was danger, she scoffed. “If fortune-telling masters were that good, how did you still lose money following them?”

Ding Lanhui said: “It’s because I didn’t listen to the master before.”

An Hui said, “Then your master didn’t teach you to get rich from stocks either. Why do you still believe this stuff? You don’t dare go, then don’t go. I’ll go myself. I’ll go with my husband and child, and other mahjong friends who were scammed. There are many of us, and so many mahjong friends—what is there to fear? That’s it.”

Then she hung up.

He Li was furious. “Look at her attitude—as if she’s the only one with a husband. Marrying a rich husband, what’s so great about that? I don’t have a husband, and your husband isn’t as rich as hers, but your daughter is more accomplished than her daughter.”

Li Liang, who couldn’t hold his own in comparison, tried hard to minimize his presence.

Among his mom’s mahjong friends, he really did count as unsuccessful. So even when comparing children, he could only borrow Auntie Xiang’s daughter for comparison.

Ding Lanhui said, “What do we do now?”

He Li said, “What can we do? She hung up—how do we contact her now?”

Ding Lanhui said, “Let me try contacting others.”

Calls went out—either the other party didn’t believe, or no one answered.

In the end, it was all for nothing.

Li Liang comforted, “Auntie Xiang, maybe what Doctor Su said wasn’t about getting hurt at bastard Qiang’s place—maybe she meant we’d encounter something on the way there, nothing to do with others.”

He Li said, “Maybe so. We’ve been pretty unlucky lately. And even if we told them, no one believes now. Can’t stop everyone.”

Actually, He Li herself knew these people couldn’t possibly believe. Otherwise she wouldn’t have suffered losses herself back then—she hadn’t believed Auntie Xiang’s words at first either.

These people going to find bastard Qiang now might be able to get some losses back, which would make everyone feel better. Who would give up the chance to get money back because of a fortune-telling result?

Ding Lanhui sighed. “Hope nothing happens.”

As for going to stop them in person, the three of them absolutely didn’t dare. What if it was just them having an accident, nothing to do with others—wouldn’t that be jumping into the fire themselves?

...

An Hui led her husband and daughter, along with the mahjong friends she’d rallied, and they all got on a bus, heading in force to find the big scammer bastard Qiang.

Bastard Qiang’s real name was Xu Faqiang, an old stock investor. Usually he made big money from stocks and lived well, making the mahjong friends envious.

Xu Faqiang was generous, so he had good relationships in the mahjong parlor. This time he said he had insider information, and told everyone how much he’d invested, so these people believed Xu Faqiang’s words.

At first they didn’t believe—everyone only invested a little to try—and the stock really did go up every day. Slowly everyone increased their stakes.

Originally when they made money, some wanted to pull out. Xu Faqiang said there was an even bigger peak coming, that could make people rich overnight. So everyone waited for that day to make big money before pulling out. Some people, to welcome this peak, really put in all their savings.

Who knew this Xu Faqiang was a scammer—the information he gave was fake.

If everyone lost money together, that would be fine—at most curse bastard Qiang a few times to vent, then accept their bad luck. But some people heard bastard Qiang on the phone, saying he had already spread how much information to get people to buy stocks.

This was clearly a setup. No one was willing to be tricked into losing so much money.

But no one had evidence, and the police wouldn’t get involved. So they could only come find bastard Qiang themselves to settle accounts, make him compensate everyone a little for their losses. At worst they could beat up bastard Qiang.

After getting on the bus, everyone discussed indignantly. They started planning tactics—how to approach bastard Qiang when they saw him, how to negotiate conditions.

Some people who hadn’t received He Li’s call did ask about He Li. Because He Li was quite fierce, and her son was in a gang, he was a big asset for this operation.

An Hui heard them asking about He Li and sneered. “Don’t count on that coward. Got scammed and doesn’t dare cause trouble. Even had Ding Lanhui call me saying not to go. Telling me not to go either.”

“Ah, she called me too—said some fortune-telling master said this operation was dangerous, told us to go another day.”

“If fortune-telling masters were useful, would they still lose money?” An Hui’s words hit the nail on the head, leaving everyone with no more doubts. What fortune-telling master—if they were really that good, could they still lose money?

Didn’t expect He Li to not only be scammed by bastard Qiang, but now to be scammed by those swindlers too. Really getting more and more useless.

“Didn’t expect her to become like this now.”

“Couldn’t be because she got scammed and lost her nerve, right?”

“Definitely—that’s her son’s wedding money, all gone now. I’d go crazy too.”

Everyone sighed, then thought about how miserable He Li was, and suddenly felt they weren’t that miserable.

After all, many people only lost their own money—their families still had some savings.

Only An Hui was silent, because she’d invested more money than He Li. If not for her thick family background that could cushion the blow, she really wouldn’t know what to do now.

Thinking about losing so much money, her heart ached.

The bus headed straight for Xu Faqiang’s home.

Xu Faqiang’s family had some money—they lived in a high-end residence.

The car sped along the way.

When they arrived downstairs, the person An Hui had hired to watch came running over. “You’re late—bastard Qiang ran. Just got in a taxi heading to the Wharf, probably going to invest in the Mainland.”

“What?! How did he know?” An Hui said angrily.

Her husband quickly patted her back. “Honey, calm down.”

An Hui said angrily, “How can I calm down? He’s taking our scammed money to the Mainland to be a big boss and invest and make money—how can you tell me to calm down?”

The watcher said, “You guys made such a big commotion, he probably heard the wind. I tried to stop him, but he hired bodyguards...”

Hearing this, everyone got anxious.

An Hui was bold—otherwise she wouldn’t have invested so much before. She immediately directed everyone back on the bus, heading straight for the Wharf to chase him.

This was the morning rush hour—lots of cars on the road.

The bus didn’t dare go too fast.

Behind them, a group kept urging. “Faster! Can you even drive?!”

“If bastard Qiang gets away, we won’t pay your fare!”

An Hui was somewhat strategic, directly telling the driver, “If we catch bastard Qiang, I’ll give you three thousand!”

At these words, the driver immediately floored it.

Speeding all the way, as they approached the Wharf, a large truck came from the opposite direction...