The Charismatic Charlie Wade

“Sounds good, Uncle Riley.”

Mr.Riley was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of a small fortune-telling stall on the side of the road not far away.

Aurous Hill itself is an ancient city, and most of the people here have the habit of seeking fortune-telling, so there are a lot of fortune-tellers on the streets and in the alleys.

During the spring season most every street in the old city is overrun with fortune-teller booths spaced every ten steps along the road.

In addition, there are also many fortune-tellers who run their business from their homes.

These kinds of tellers generally use the so-called gimmick of inviting the upper body of the gods, specifically to help people see gossip of their fortunes, and sometimes to help people drive away evil spirits.

They also do the most work to exorcise evil spirits from children.

The older generation is much more superstitious, fearing their children will be frightened when they encounter the unclean of the world, and then cry uncontrollably.

So they look for a fortune teller.

In general however, the younger generation does not believe in these superstitions.

Some of the older intellectuals are also dismissive.

Originally, Mr.Riley was dismissive.

He’d been abroad for so many years, and never cultivated a belief in superstition, but today his right eye kept jumping and twitching.

With his daughter participating in a military operation in Syria, he was very anxious.

Seeing the fortune-teller, his mind suddenly focused on a hexagram.

So he said to Charlie “Charlie, if you have something to do, please go ahead, I’ll take a look over there.”

him pointing toward the fortune-telling booth, “Uncle

“I guess I know why

helpless as I do know, I can only put my hopes

maybe it

said “Well, my plans aren’t important,

nodded, and accompanied Charlie to the

of the booth was a lean old man

in his 70’s or 80’s, rubbing

a

him, but before he could speak, the old man asked

“I want to ask

“Come on, hold your daughter firmly

hurriedly grabbed the tube, and thought of

of bamboo sticks rattled around the tube as he shook, until one

his eyes and quickly picked up

words on it, and said, “Tonight is a night of the Lantern

will douse the lantern…? What

man smiled slightly, and said

cancel this fortune, then please pay

nullify the fortune you drew and grant

old

a Taoist

for randomness of blessings, this is a Buddhist

Tao Sect disciple to say words like

would be like a monk saying

logic itself is

didn’t know any of

heard the other party say it would