Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 664 - 271: The Trap
When Su Ziceng saw who had come, she was a bit amused yet also couldn’t help but feel less disappointed because of the visitor’s arrival.
It seemed that only fortune tellers like Junior Wang from Yu Hua’s God Stick, who made a living off divination, dared to cause trouble in the face of "destiny".
"Hey, I’m saying, Su Ziceng, after all the back and forth between us, we’ve developed quite a solid friendship," Junior Wang grumbled. If it weren’t for his apprentice reminding him, he would have missed the opportunity for a free meal and drinks at the luxurious wedding banquet on the cruise, which also offered a grand prize of a global travel excursion.
"How did you get up here?" Su Ziceng was genuinely curious. Junior Wang did not have an invitation, and the security on the ship was tight today. Ordinary people could only look on from below the cruise ship, with no way to get on board.
"I know your father, Su Qingzhang, he recognized me and let me in," Junior Wang boasted, but he didn’t forget the matter at hand. "Miss Su, don’t blame me for scaring you, but you cannot marry that young master from the Hang Family."
Su Ziceng has always been half-skeptical about Junior Wang’s words, and today, of all days—her wedding day—the expected guests didn’t show, and the one who shouldn’t have, did.
"Are you going to tell me again that I won’t live past twenty-five and that I’ll bring misfortune to my parents?" Su Ziceng said irritably, about to send Junior Wang outside the cabin.
"It’s good that you remember. If you marry Hang Yishao, when you die, he’ll end up a lifelong widower. The Hang Family cannot be without descendants, you know, in a little while..." Junior Wang spoke with firm conviction; this time, he wasn’t just talking nonsense.
After mentioning the past events to Su Ziceng last time, he felt something was amiss, so he followed her advice and went to Karuizawa in Japan. He found the nunnery on top of the mountain and also found Yamamoto, who was sometimes lucid and sometimes insane.
"You say I would cause harm?" Su Ziceng dared not ask further, how could it be that Junior Wang’s expression was growing more and more serious and didn’t seem to be joking at all?
The fortune teller stepped in further, and that’s when Su Ziceng realized that his steps were very sluggish. His Yuhua Eyes were covered in splashes like burst Yuhua stones, more numerous and conspicuous than before. This proved that he had recently exerted his powers.
"You," Su Ziceng quickly stretched out her hand to guide the way for Yu Hua’s God Stick.
"Do you still remember the Life Swapping Technique? Yamamoto did indeed search for your mother. He swapped your mother’s life; to successfully swap lives, you need the ’love’ of both parties involved as the seal. The love your mother had for you, the love you returned to her, she gave the rest of her life to you," Junior Wang hastened back to Country Z after listening to Yamamoto finishing his tale.
"This has nothing to do with whether I marry Yishao or not," Su Ziceng, after listening, was immersed in the turmoil within her heart.
"The most important point, which I haven’t made clear to you, is that your mother asked me to swap the rest of her life. When she gave birth to you, she only had seven years left to live." Yu Hua’s God Stick still remembered Qiao Chu’s expression when he told her the length of her life span.
It was that expression that made Junior Wang decide to swap her life. Qiao Chu’s face still wore a warm smile, and the short seven-year lifespan didn’t hinder her love for her daughter.
"I believe that seven years is enough for my precious baby to be reborn from the fire. Every mother knows her daughter best. They are connected by blood, they are both women, they have experienced all love and despair in the world, they see through the infatuations of both men and women. Many years ago, Qiao Chu already knew that her daughter would not let her down. Phoenix Nirvana, Panlong Revival, even with only seven years, is enough to fulfill the uncompleted long-cherished wishes between mother and daughter."
"Seven years," Su Ziceng chuckled bitterly, it turned out it was only seven years. Suddenly, she no longer resented Pello and stopped hesitating about marrying Hang Yishao.
A year later, she didn’t know in which place, corner, or position, those two men would slowly forget about her.
This is fate; Qiao Chu, with her own strength, reversed the heavens’ decree, but she did not have such courage—to harm Hang Yishao for a lifetime for her own selfish desires.
"Thank you for coming to remind me," Su Ziceng gratefully saw Junior Wang out, handed him over to a nearby waiter, and instructed him to take care of the junior fortune teller.
Although this banquet would be missing a bride, she did not want to ruin the ceremony, which also belonged to "destiny’s" maiden voyage.
