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 Riley, are you going get your fortune

and sighed “I guess I know why so many people

helpless as I do know, I can

nothing else, maybe it will

“Well, my

accompanied Charlie to the

the booth was a lean old man with leathery dark skin, thinning gray

be in his 70’s or 80’s, rubbing his

had a

old man asked him “Does this gentleman want to ask

nodded and said, “I want to ask if

“Come on, hold your

thought of his daughter while shaking

sticks rattled around the tube as he shook, until one

and quickly

down at the words on it, and said, “Tonight is a night of the Lantern Festival, with

the lantern…?

old man smiled slightly, and said unpredictably

need to cancel this fortune, then please

you drew and grant a better fortune

concluded the old man was a

a Taoist

of blessings, this is a

Tao Sect disciple

be like a monk saying he

itself

Mr.Riley didn’t know any of

it would cost