Lili, however, was having none of it. Slamming her hand on the table, she stood up.
"This person is a liar. I told my daddy not to trust any damn fortune teller. But he insisted, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't come here! How could Daddy let this person scam him?!"
Jia Boyan finally looked at the raging woman. She reminded him of someone else. Many, many years ago, a woman had pointed at him and said something similar.
"Heavens? What heaven? I would like to see who can stop me!" Her voice was forever etched in his mind, and for her stubbornness, a lot of people, including herself, paid dearly.
He chuckled. Even after thousands of years, humans were still the same deep down.
"Are you laughing? Do you think this is funny?" Lili's chest hurt from how angry she was.
She really shouldn't have let her father convince her to come here!
"If you were sure about the relationship you have with your boyfriend, why did you come here? Isn't it because you know deep down that something is wrong? You just want to ignore your intuition, and you need a valid reason for that." The smile was gone from his gaze, and it was replaced by an indifferent look.
"I ..." She did not have a comeback. She knew he was right. She needed someone to assure her that nothing would go wrong.
"Humans are all like that. You think you are strong enough to escape fate. But you give in at the end, and the only thing you have left are the scars caused by your own stubbornness!"
"Seer Boyan...is there something that can be done? She and him..."
Jia Boyan raised his hand to stop the other girl.
His eyes landed on the crystal on the table. It was glowing again.
That person... She was back?
A soft smile formed on his face, but then it was gone as quickly as it had come.
The cycle was just repeating itself once again. What was the use?
"Seer..."
Jia Boyan finally looked up at both women. Without a word, he pointed at the door.
"Leave," he said coldly.
"Don't think any of this is over. I will let my daddy know how much of a fraud you are, and he'll..."
Lili was still talking when her friend dragged her out of the damp room.
As she was being dragged out, she bumped into someone.
Lili's eyes lit up when she saw the man. He was a really attractive young man, and even though she was madly in love with her boyfriend, her heart skipped a beat when she saw his face.
"Sir, are you here to see the fortune teller? Let me tell you, there's no need to waste your time with this person! He's a fraud!"
Lui Zhiyuan blinked, confused, but before he could say anything, her friend dragged her away completely.
Lui Zhiyuan strolled into the room, and his gaze fell on Jia Boyan, who had his eyes closed.
He looked at the crystal and then back at Jia Boyan.
Is he already knew.It seemed like he
"You rarely tell people's fortunes... who is that person?" He could tell that the girl who left wasn't happy with the prediction.
Lui Zhiyuan took a seat comfortably, his eyes fixed on Jia Boyan.
It was almost impossible to tell what this man was thinking, and he didn't want to look away in case he missed something.
"Her father did me a favour once. So I'm paying him back. As for whether she'll listen or not... that's up to her."
Lui Zhiyuan sighed, thinking of how to state the real reason he was here.
Jia Boyan told him he wouldn't help further, however....
"What are you doing here, Lui Zhiyuan? You are disturbing my business!" Jia Boyan's eyes finally snapped open.
Lui Zhiyuan swallowed a gulp, his heart beating fast against his chest.
He had rushed here, hoping to get information from Jia Boyan, but knowing this person, would he even tell him anything?
"She's back." It wasn't a question. It was a statement.
"So? That was the point of the ritual. She got lucky and came back early this time. What else?" Jia Boyan said this without a single shift in his expression.
"Don't you care about where she is right now? I just want to know....I want to know where she is. Her family situation, what is it like? Will she have a good life? Is it wrong for me to be worried about these things?" Lui Zhiyuan asked passionately.
He had always watched her from afar. It brought him some kind of comfort, knowing that he could help her from afar, even though he couldn't go close.
But this time, he didn't even know where she was. How could he be relaxed?
"I am not a stinky rich boss with resources to waste. Why do you need to find her?"
"Jia Boyan, you know...."
"Lui Zhiyuan, do you really think that finding her will be good for either one of you? I told you, I have no control over who she will be reborn as. She could even be reborn as a man. What are you going to do about that? And no matter what you can't approach her, so what's the point?" Jia Boyan raised an eyebrow, waiting for the response of the other man.
Lui Zhiyuan stood up, unable to stay calm anymore.
He looked straight into Jia Boyan's eyes and started to talk again.
"You were her closest family member. She trusted you the most. Don't tell me that you don't want to make her life better, not even a little bit."
Lui Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow, as if he was challenging the other man.
Jia Boyan looked away, his emotions clearly hidden behind a calm look.
"You've broken the will of the heavens before, and it triggered an unending curse. Do you think that you both can bear to do it a second time? It's best to leave things the way they are. Finding Lingyi... will not change anything, Lui Zhiyuan. Do not cause even more trouble for her!"