The results of the re-examination came out. Chu Yang was ranked 5th nationwide, which was better than she had expected. Chu Yang felt quite lucky.
That evening, Chi Yan came to see her and gave her a gift to celebrate her entering the finals – a bracelet.
"Help me put it on," Chu Yang held out her hand.
Chi Yan took out the bracelet and put it on her. After putting it on, he even kissed her hand, "I hope my girlfriend wins an award in the finals too."
Chu Yang smiled very happily, "I'll try my best."
Chi Yan said, "Of course no matter what the result is, you're the best." He didn't want to pressure her, and his girlfriend was indeed excellent enough.
The finals would be broadcasted live nationwide, and there would also be on-site quick response questions etc. The top three winners would be selected from the ten finalists, who were the most outstanding talents nationwide.
Professor Li Deyong had not expected Chu Yang to enter the finals. Although he had high expectations of her, the competition was extremely difficult, and the finals selected the top ten nationwide. He had not imagined Chu Yang would be even more outstanding than he had anticipated. She was really worthy of being his student.
Recently, Li Deyong felt very proud to have such an excellent student.
"Chu Yang, do you want me to give you some targeted guidance?"
Chu Yang was silent for a moment, "Teacher, would guidance be useful?" She felt the competition questions had no direction.
Li Deyong also fell silent for a moment, "It seems useless, hahaha." Li Deyong patted her shoulder, "Do your best, you're already very outstanding so don't stress yourself too much."
"OK."
Li Deyong was about to leave but paused and asked, "There's no problem with me taking this road today right?" He pointed to the Science Road beside them.
Chu Yang said, "...No problem."
Li Deyong felt relieved, "That's good then. Contact me if anything comes up, I'm leaving first."
"Alright, thanks teacher."
The finals would take place in a month, around the time of final exams and start of the holidays. Ever since she had that afternoon nap at Chi Yan's place, she would often go over, sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays the two of them would study together at Chi Yan's place. For this, Chi Yan had specially prepared desks like those in the library in his study room.
Moreover, it was quite near to the place Chu Yang tutored students, which was convenient. That wasn’t all, when she was tired from studying, she could go straight to the guest room next door to rest.
One day, Chu Yang met a customer: Since you’re a witch, surely you can do more than just fortune telling?
Fortune Teller Witch: What services does the customer require?
Yun: The host is female right? Since you’re female, you must really hate mistresses*. Does the host have any ways to deal with mistresses? Like some vicious voodoo dolls, curses or nightmares? *mistress as in extramarital affair
Fortune Teller Witch: ...Sorry, I only provide fortune telling services.
Yun: I have money, is 100k enough?
Fortune Teller Witch: Sorry, I only provide fortune telling services.
Yun: 200k!
Fortune Teller Witch: Sorry. Being strong yourself is the best way to deal with enemies, don't be superstitious, believe in science. Thank you.
Yun: ...??? You're a fortune teller witch asking people to believe in science?
Chu Yang ignored her and turned away, but unexpectedly that person screenshotted what she said and posted it online.
Original Post: A fortune teller host actually told me not to be superstitious and to believe in science? This is the acclaimed accurate fortune teller, Fortune Teller Witch? [Screenshot]
When this post came out, it instantly attracted a huge viewership on a certain forum. Everyone found it hilarious.
"Hahaha, this host must be a comedian right."
"Although...I feel she’s not wrong eh. [Crying Laughing emoji]"
"Host: Although I can tell fortunes, I still believe in science [doge]"
"Isn’t this that super trending host from before?"
"No more supernatural events since the founding of the nation, nothing wrong with believing in science! [doge]"
"The end point of science is theology, no problem."
The person who made this post had originally expected people to question the credibility of Fortune Teller Witch, but unexpectedly everyone felt there was no issue and even discussed it as a joke post.
This post was also reposted, with everyone treating it as a laughing stock. There were fans who screenshotted it to show Chu Yang, and even expressed stronger faith in the host.
Chu Yang knew at one look who it was. To her, real ability was the effective method to retain fans, hence she did not mind such things. Her customer flow remained steady.
On Saturday morning, as usual Chi Yan drove Chu Yang back to her apartment. Just as they entered the estate, the security guard said, "Yesterday at Block D, a delivery man entered a resident's home and saw the woman home alone, he almost assaulted her. Thankfully the woman had an alarm installed at home and we also rushed over in time, which is why nothing happened to that household. The man has also been taken away by the police, I heard it wasn’t his first offense.
I just wanted to remind all of you, especially girls, to never let strangers into your home. As for deliverymen, we can’t exactly stop them outside or the residents would complain about us too. We do make the deliverymen confirm with the residents before letting them in, brother, you have to protect your girlfriend well too. Especially since your girlfriend is so pretty, sometimes there are weird stalkers around."
Chi Yan nodded and held Chu Yang’s hand. "Thank you."
Back home, Chi Yan said, "If I'm not around and someone knocks on the door, never open it, then call me or the police. Also for deliveries, tell them to hang it outside. Some will wait outside so be wary if that person has left."
Chu Yang listened attentively, "I see. They taught this in school too."
"Mm."
Unexpectedly, soon after this conversation, something happened that very afternoon.
At 2pm as usual, Chu Yang went to a student's home for tutoring. While waiting for the lift, she encountered a deliveryman.
Recalling the security guard's words that morning about the deliveryman incident, Chu Yang specifically took a look. She entered the lift and pressed her floor number, the deliveryman also pressed a floor above hers.
"Hey beauty, you live here?" That man suddenly spoke to her.
Chu Yang ignored him.
"Beauty, don't be so cold."
The security guard who witnessed the earlier incident was watching the CCTV monitor and saw in the lift feed that the handsome guy's girlfriend from that morning was being spoken to by a deliveryman.
The guard immediately called Chi Yan, "Bro, I'm the guard. I saw your girlfriend in the lift at Block C on the monitor, someone's hitting on her, f**k he's trying to touch her! 7th floor 7th floor, hurry to Block C, something's happening!" The guard called for another patrolling guard on the walkie-talkie.
"Received."
Chi Yan had already rushed out.
"Beauty, you're so gorgeous, do you have a boyfriend? Let's exchange contacts." That man suddenly tried to grab Chu Yang's hand. Chu Yang dodged to the corner, "Don't move, there's a camera up there."
Chu Yang pointed at the CCTV camera above. The man froze for a bit but did not give up, "I didn't do anything, just wanna make friends."
