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Qiao Xin carried two large bags of Chinese medicine and, after waiting for a long time without seeing the goddess appear at the school gate, his eyes were filled with surprise. "Sis, turns out you're running a stall here?"

He addressed her as 'sis' right away.

Chu Yuening quickly got up from the low stool and walked over to the dessert stall. She took the apron hanging on the cart with a smile. "Yeah, I've been running this stall all along. That day, I had something to attend to, so I went to Chongzhong High School."

Upon hearing this, a look of regret flashed across Qiao Xin's youthful face. "I'm sorry, my two friends went to the police station to report it. Did they cause you trouble?"

Chu Yuening finally understood why Shi Boren had asked her to give a statement. So there had actually been a complaint! She glanced at the two male classmates behind them, who looked rather embarrassed.

Chu Yuening smiled. "It's alright. Reporting suspicious individuals to the police is every Hong Kong citizen's responsibility!"

After saying that, she reached into the glass cabinet and tapped the dessert price list. "What would you like to have today? My treat."

Relieved that the goddess wasn't angry, Qiao Xin relaxed. He studied the menu for a while before ordering. The two classmates behind him also wanted to order, but with just one look from Qiao Xin, they shrunk back, too scared to speak.

Chu Yuening packed his order and handed it to him. Seeing that he was carrying two large bags of medicine, she asked, "So you didn't have classes today to buy medicine?"

"The medicine is for my elder brother," Qiao Xin said, recalling the situation at home, which made his head hurt. "My brother suddenly turned into a vegetable without any warning. The family is in chaos now, and both my parents are in bad moods. I took leave to lend a hand."

"I see." Chu Yuening glanced at Qiao Xing's face and confirmed that he indeed had a brother who was currently enduring hardships but would eventually encounter a benefactor to turn his fortunes around.

She didn't delve deeper into the matter.

"Take good care of your parents first. Your brother will eventually be alright."

Qiao Xing was puzzled but before he could inquire further, he was pushed aside by a young man.

The young man first examined the dessert stall before noticing the signboard hanging outside the glass cabinet. He then asked, "People say that the fortune-telling here is very accurate. Is it true?"

Qiao Xing froze, recalling what his friend had just mentioned.

He had been so focused on observing people that he hadn't paid attention to his surroundings earlier. Now, he noticed the signboard indicating fortune-telling services.

Could it be...

The goddess... was truly skilled in fortune-telling?

Inside the stall, Chu Yuening tilted her head slightly and asked the young man, "What do you wish to have your fortune told?"

The man seemed a bit embarrassed. "I'd like to have my fortune told about my marriage."

"One hundred dollars for a reading. Is that acceptable?"

Shan Caijun froze. He had only acted on a whim to get a fortune reading, not expecting it to be so expensive. "Can't you make it cheaper?"

He opened his wallet, revealing a thousand dollars inside.

Assuming nothing unexpected happened, that should be just enough for him to return to Malaysia.

But with a hundred dollars spent on this fortune-telling, he worried it might not be sufficient.

"No can do," Chu Yuening smiled. "But if the prediction doesn't come true, you don't pay. It's up to you whether or not you want to try."

"Predictions that don't come true are free?" Shan Caijun pondered for a moment, then hesitated. "That's too vague. How would I know if it's accurate or not?"

Chu Yuening was confident. "If what I predict doesn't happen the same day, it will come true the next. And if it still doesn't, you can ask for a refund."

This reassured Shan Caijun.

"Well, I've heard from several vendors that your fortune-telling is quite accurate. Let's give it a try."

"Come in and take a seat." Chu Yuening then turned to Qiao Xing, standing beside her, and said apologetically, "I don't have time for a chat right now."

"No worries, go ahead with your business," Qiao Xing replied, stepping aside to create a path for the young man, not wanting to disturb them.

For some inexplicable reason, Qiao Xing decided to stay.

The two male classmates whispered behind him.

"A hundred yuan per reading? That's really expensive."

"If fortune-telling is so profitable, I should try setting up a stall too."

"Brother Star, you fell for it, didn't you? She really does scam people with her fortune-telling besides selling sweet soup."

"That guy is so gullible, hook, line, and sinker."

Qiao Xin found the situation annoying and wanted to stop them, but he knew it was futile to silence these two. Back when he transferred from England to Chongzhong High, he had no friends and thus ended up playing along with these classmates.

But after spending some time together,

Qiao Xin realized that people with vastly different values couldn't truly be friends.

After Chu Yuening asked the boy to sit down, she observed him and said, "From your appearance, I can tell that you come from an affluent family, a second-generation wealthy kid. Your parents love each other, and your family has always been harmonious since you were young."

The two male classmates whispered to each other.

"One minute she drops a bomb, and the next she concludes that he's rich just because he complained about a hundred yuan? Isn't that contradictory?"

"Wouldn't a rich second-gen have more than a thousand yuan in his wallet?"

Qiao Xin was also surprised. Based on Shancai Jun's behavior just now, a fortune-teller who relied solely on observing someone's facial expressions wouldn't dare to definitively claim that he was from a wealthy family.

Shancai Jun pondered for a moment and then candidly admitted, "My family does have a good financial standing. My parents made some money through business and decided to immigrate to Malaysia together."

Sang Caijun, intrigued, added, "You must have recognized my shoes, right?"

Despite not donning any prominent brands when he came to Hong Kong, he was particular about his footwear and wore a pair of designer shoes.

Otherwise, there would be no explanation for how Chu Yuening could deduce his family background the moment he sat down.

"Did you say you wanted a fortune on your love life?" Chu Yuening didn't answer immediately. Instead, she interlaced her fingers and smiled faintly. "Your romantic luck has been terrible since childhood."

"You've pursued ten girls in total, but none of them agreed to be with you."

This left Sang Caijun truly perplexed.

After all, these were his youthful secrets. Due to his lack of girlfriends, he had once felt inferior among his peers.

That sense of inadequacy was something money couldn't alleviate.