Chapter 845: 424: People Only Want to Hear the Good Stuff (Third Update)

On the first day, Lawrence Winters hurriedly passed through Chinatown, waving as he left with nothing but a Red Envelope, but leaving behind a legend. Jeannie, Sally, and Maria knew a lot of people in Chinatown, especially Jeannie, who was quite famous there.

All three of them boasted about their "little sister" Lawrence Winters and his fortune-telling skills among their friends.

Today, everyone was talking about two things over tea and meals: first, troublemaker Ah T is back, and second, a fortune-telling wonder woman, a "Super Girl," has come to Chinatown.

Lawrence Winters never told these people his name, so they all tacitly called him "little sister."

The kind-hearted Sally, with great tact, didn’t tell anyone where Lawrence Winters was staying, so he could return to his little inn and enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep without interruption.

Early the next morning, when he brought his folding table and two folding chairs to set up stall in the same spot as yesterday, he found that a crowd was already waiting.

Lawrence Winters: "..."

He looked at everyone, nonchalantly nodded, "Good morning, could you please step aside a bit?"

The people automatically made way for him.

Lawrence Winters went in and set up his stall in the same spot as yesterday.

When he put up the sign and lit three sticks of incense again, Sally’s friend Maria rushed over first, excitedly shouting, "Wonder Girl! Is it my turn today?"

Lawrence Winters smiled and nodded, "Hello Maria, what would you like to know?"

"I want to ask when I can get married!" Maria said straightforwardly, "I’m different from Jeannie; she has many options, but I don’t have a single one!"

Lawrence Winters covered his mouth and laughed, "... Not a single one, and you want me to predict marriage for you, Maria? Don’t you think that’s asking too much?"

"Not at all! Wonder Girl can figure it out! Otherwise, why would we call you Wonder Girl?!" Maria said excitedly.

Lawrence Winters kept his smile, glanced at her, thinking, she really knows how to talk.

They put you on a pedestal, and whether you get burned by the fire, that’s not her concern...

Compared to yesterday’s Sally and Jeannie, it was obvious that Maria was not on the same page.

He would have to remind Sally when he had time.

Lawrence Winters lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "Thank you, Maria, for thinking so highly of me. Let me give it a try then. Oh, and you’ll need to pay first."

Maria paused and pointed at Lawrence Winters’s cardboard sign, "Doesn’t it say no charge if it’s not accurate?"

Lawrence Winters tilted his head, "... So you mean you’re sure I’m going to be wrong, and you don’t plan to pay? If that’s the case, what’s the point of the reading, right?"

"No, no, no, that’s not what I mean... Yesterday, you charged Jeannie after the reading, right?" Maria said awkwardly.

The onlookers started to stir.

"Is it that she can’t do it?"

"Little sister, don’t bite off more than you can chew!"

"Is it really that magical? —It’s all about the money!"

Lawrence Winters sat steady, not at all disturbed by the murmurs, and said calmly, "It’s my business, and I decide how the payment goes. You don’t have to pay, and there’s nothing more to say. Jeannie paid me after I told her what she needed to do."

"Since you don’t even have one option, of course, I can’t comment on the previous matters."

Lawrence Winters shrugged, suddenly not looking so out of place.

Maria thought she was seeing things.

She rubbed her eyes and looked at Lawrence Winters again; she was still that tacky girl just arrived from back home, weren’t all newcomers like that?

She gave her a disdainful side glance, reluctantly took out five hundred US Dollars and placed it on Lawrence Winters’s folding table.

Yesterday, Jeannie even knew to use a red envelope to package it nicely for her.

Maria just slapped the cash on her face, clearly not very tactful.

No wonder she doesn’t even have one option.

Lawrence Winters thought to himself but didn’t take the money. He looked at Maria lightly and said, "Hmm, you can take your money back; I can’t earn it."

Maria widened her eyes, "Little sister, what do you mean! Yesterday, you said so much to Jeannie, and she only gave you five hundred US Dollars! I added a hundred more, and you still won’t tell me?!"

As she spoke, she angrily slapped a hundred-dollar bill on top of the five bills.

Lawrence Winters pulled the corners of his mouth, stood up and stepped aside, saying, "Miss Maria, as I said, it’s free if it’s not accurate. Also, I don’t take money from another world. Your money, I can’t handle it."

"Why?!"