Who in the world does not know you?

Chapter 31 How is this possible?

Ye Zi had seen fortune tellers who roamed the streets and alleys before, but it was rare to see those who set up stalls. Those fortune tellers were always dressed as Taoist priests, and usually had a young apprentice by their side.

The young apprentice held a white banner, while the fortune teller gently shook a delicate little copper bell to attract attention. With a furrowed brow and a slight smile, he swindled the money out of the innocent.

These people probably don't set up stalls often, perhaps because they're afraid of having trouble running away if their scams are exposed.

Ye Zi didn't understand how the divination money was used for fortune telling, but at that moment she felt as if she had become Yun Luobai's little apprentice, colluding with him in evil deeds.

Aunt Yang looked at the divination coins arranged in a nine-square grid on the red cloth, and then at the divination coin that Yun Luobai had pushed in front of her, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Young Master Yun, what is this?"

"Place this unused divination coin on top of any of the divination coins arranged in the nine palaces. There's no need to be nervous; just do as you please."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Yang hesitated for a moment before reaching out and pinching the divination coin between her fingertips. After a slight hesitation, she placed it in the southeast corner, thus creating a position in the nine-square grid of divination coins where two coins were perfectly overlapping.

"Aunt Yang, is there a reason why you placed the fortune-telling money here?"

"I can't really explain it..."

When do you usually take the bracelet off your wrist?

"I use it for washing clothes, cooking, or doing other heavy chores. Because I love it the most, I'm afraid of getting scratches or other damage, so I always take it off when I'm doing chores."

"Can't you remember when you last took it off?"

"I can't remember, because I always have work to do throughout the day, so I often take it off... Sigh, I'm getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be..."

Aunt Yang's voice sounded somewhat frustrated. She knew that her way of expressing herself would make the two young people in front of her think that she was careless, or even that she did not value the gold bracelet that she brought from her parents' home as part of her dowry. But she just couldn't remember it, and the more anxious she became, the less she could remember.

Yun Luobai glanced at the Nine Palaces Divination Coins on the red cloth, and then spoke slowly.

"The eight trigrams represent the southeast, which corresponds to the Xun position and the element of wood. It signifies the movement of wind and the arising of intangible changes. Wood ignites when it encounters fire, and burning wood burns even more fiercely when the wind blows. As the wind passes through the dust, spring is born. Metal resides in the spring of all things..."

Not only were Aunt Yang completely confused by Yun Luobai's words, but even Ye Zi, who was sitting next to him, felt that he was just being deliberately mysterious.

"Young Master Yun, I am but a woman, and I do not understand what you mean..."

"If I'm not mistaken, your kitchen is made of earth and doesn't have tiles on the floor, right?"

"Yes... our family isn't exactly well-off these days, so I've overlooked these things. I hope you'll forgive me for mentioning them..."

Aunt Yang smiled sheepishly, her calloused, calloused hands clenching together.

"The wind blows, dust settles, and spring arrives; gold resides in the life-giving energy of all things..."

Yun Luobai repeated what he had just said. Aunt Yang opened her eyes wide and looked at Yun Luobai, who was smiling. For a moment, she seemed to understand what Yun Luobai wanted to express.

"Could it be that Young Master Yun means my lost gold bracelet is in the kitchen? But I searched the house thoroughly before coming here and found nothing..."

"Aunt Yang, it's all up to you."

"I'll go home and look again... Thank you very much, Young Master Yun. What's the fee for the divination?"

"Ten coins."

"well……"

Aunt Yang took out her money pouch, pulled out ten coins, and neatly placed them on the table. Then, she got up with a smile and left, preparing to go home to look for the bracelet, as the divination indicated by the Cloud Falling White.

Thank you for your patronage.

Watching Aunt Yang's departing figure, Yun Luobai smiled again, and then pocketed the ten coins he had earned from fortune telling on the table.

Ye Zi, who witnessed this scene, always felt that Yun Luobai had a treacherous look on his face. She never believed in fate or ghosts and gods, so naturally she did not approve of Yun Luobai's divination skills.

"Did you lie to her?"

"Hey, how can you talk like that? What do you mean by lying? This is divination."

"Then tell me, how did you manage to divination with just a few coins to find out that her lost gold bracelet was in the kitchen?"

Ye Zi got up and sat opposite Yun Luobai. She was very curious about Yun Luobai's daily ramblings. This fortune-telling stall should not last long, but he seemed very confident. Did he think everyone else was a fool?

Seeing that Aunt Yang had already gone far away, Yun Luobai, having nothing else to do, decided to explain his divination skills to Ye Zi.

"You saw Aunt Yang, right? She's over fifty and has a full figure. Since that bracelet was part of her dowry from her family, the bracelet would have been a rare find. In the past, young women had delicate, snow-white wrists, but now that she's older and has gained weight, her wrists have become thicker. So the possibility of that gold bracelet slipping off and getting lost is actually quite low."

"and then?"

"Let me ask you a question: If you were washing clothes by a stream, and you wanted to take off your gold bracelet to make it easier to work, where would you put it?"

Ye Zi rolled her eyes and gave the answer without much thought.

"Naturally, it was wrapped in a handkerchief or silk handkerchief that I always carried with me and kept in my bosom."

"Then why don't you just leave it lying around?"

"Of course, what if you lose it?"

"You see, it's essentially because you're by the river, unfamiliar with the surroundings, so you wouldn't easily leave this gold bracelet in the environment. After all, it's a delicate and exquisite object, unlike a wooden basin for washing clothes, which is more conspicuous and less likely to be lost."

"That only means her gold bracelet was more likely lost at home. How do you know it was in the kitchen?"

"If she were washing clothes in the yard, even if she temporarily took off the bracelet and placed it on the ground, she could find it quickly when she remembered. It's not that she couldn't remember, but that she was unsure, because she had already searched all over the house without success, which proved that she might have put the bracelet somewhere before. But when she looked again and couldn't find it, it made her feel like she might have remembered it wrong."

"So what? Does that bracelet grow legs and run away by itself?"

Ye Zi scoffed at Yun Luobai's remarks. She felt that she was not as easily fooled as Aunt Yang, so she reminded herself not to fall for Yun Luobai's tricks.

"The bracelet couldn't possibly grow legs and run away, so it's only possible that she moved it without her noticing, which is why she couldn't find it when she went to look for it. Since she couldn't find the bracelet, it proves that the bracelet had been moved from an inconspicuous place to an inconspicuous place without her noticing, which is why it wasn't so easy for her to find it."

As Yun Luobai spoke, he took down the divination coin that Aunt Yang had placed in the southeast corner (Xun position) and examined it closely, his gaze becoming increasingly gentle.

Ye Zi's delicate eyebrows furrowed together, and a hint of disbelief appeared on her pretty face.

"How is this possible?"