Shocking! A master of metaphysics has been mind-reading!

"The masters I consulted before, I asked them to find a way for me to be my sister's scapegoat, but when they found out, they all said it was impossible. But there are only a few ways to release a water ghost, and after searching high and low, I found that only you, only Master Xia, can do it!" The shop owner's voice choked with emotion. "So, Master Xia, I beg you!"

"Ever since I learned the truth, I have felt like I am living in sin day and night. I am in great pain. In the middle of the night, I always dream that she is wandering around outside my house in a crazy way, and then my mother chases her away with a broom."

"I will never forget the way those aunties looked at me when they talked about her. Every time they said that I should give her some of my food, it would be a good deed. At that time, I really thought it was a good deed, but now I realize that it wasn't a good deed, it was atonement!"

"Both my parents died of cancer, and they both suffered the most painful kind. Now I believe too much in karma and retribution. Every time I comfort myself and think that these are the sins of my parents and I shouldn't have to bear them, I think of the scene where I was dragged down and then let go."

"If my sister can think like that, how could I! If it weren't for me, they would have had to undergo IVF to give birth to me, and my sister wouldn't have suffered so much. She was sold at such a young age. At least, at least she could have grown up a bit more and had a chance to escape."

"Actually, there are others even if you weren't there." Xia Wange's voice was calm yet tinged with cruelty. "Although it's not nice to say it this way, what has happened is already destined. Rather than exchanging lives, we should do more good deeds."

Xia Wange glanced at a yellowed piece of paper posted at the shop entrance, which read: "If you are experiencing financial difficulties, you can come in and take a bowl of instant noodles for free."

She pointed inside and said, "Let's go inside and talk. I'll take your order."

The shop owner's eyes lit up, but when he saw the lush and green Lu Gen growing on the table inside, he hesitated for a moment. Although he was prepared to die, it was Lu Gen that he had raised for more than six years! He still hoped that it could live well as a spiritual creature.

"Don't worry." Xia Wange saw through the shop owner's concerns at a glance. "I'll just call it Lulu."

"Alright, alright, alright, I was overthinking it and judging you by my own petty standards." After saying that, the shopkeeper hurriedly invited the two inside, brewed some excellent tea and served it to them, and then said, "This shop was left to me by my parents. I will sell it as soon as possible, and once we have agreed on how to exchange lives, I will donate all the money."

"No need," Xia Wange said. "I'll send her to be reincarnated when the time comes."

"That's very difficult and mentally taxing. I've infiltrated many metaphysical groups, and I know it requires a lot of effort..."

"That's not something you should be concerned about," Xia Wange said. "Since you know me, you should know that I'm quite good at this."

After a moment of silence, the shop owner mustered his courage and said, "This is my birth chart. I've looked it up on Baidu. My birth chart is actually very suitable for exchanging the life of a water ghost. Here, my day pillar is Bingzi, and I also have inauspicious stars like Xianchi, Yangdao, and Jinshen. This is a drowning affliction..."

"Why don't you just look it up on Baidu? Why are you even asking me?" Xia Wange listened to the other person pointing at his birth chart and talking eloquently. For the first time, she put herself in the shoes of a doctor when a patient pulls out Baidu and coolly analyzes the condition on their own.

One sentence made the shop owner shrink back. He whispered, "I've also consulted many people online, and they all say the same thing: be careful of water, that I'm prone to drowning, and that I have no control over the Seven Killings here..."

"What do you mean 'uncontrolled'? Your Seven Killings isn't even a proper chart; it's not even revealed in the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Sigh, never mind, I won't explain this Bazi to you." Xia Wange simply put the paper aside. "Where did you get this Bazi chart?"

"My mom gave it to me," the shop owner said, stunned by Xia Wange's words.

"Alright then," Xia Wange said seriously, "I can only say that this birth chart is incorrect; it's not your true birth chart."

"How could that be? I'll Google it..." Seeing that Xia Wange was about to yell again, the shop owner quickly changed his tune, "Then what's wrong? At most, the time is wrong. My mom would never forget my birth date."

"Your mother won't," Xia Wange said, taking another look at the paper with the birth date and time written on it. "But the buyer might make a mistake."

Upon hearing this, the shop owner was stunned for a moment. It took him a while to process what those words meant before he finally realized what they meant. "Buyer?! My mom? Buyer? I am..."

"Judging from your appearance, you were trafficked. You should know that, according to market prices, the money from selling a girl wouldn't even cover the cost of IVF. They're just making up an excuse to explain your origins," Xia Wange said. "Moreover, I observe that you have inherited a trace of good deeds from your parents and relatives. Your biological parents were very good people."

"Then, didn't you say before that you could tell from my face that I have an older sister? Could it be that I have a biological sister...?"

"You call the buyer 'Mom and Dad,' so that girl is practically your older sister."

"She's kind of like my sister... but not my biological parents. Was I abducted?" The shopkeeper kept repeating these words, his state fluctuating between crying and laughing, almost insane. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "Master, my biological parents, where are they?"

"I can't tell without a real birth chart; you'll have to find it yourself," Xia Wange said regretfully.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qiu glanced at Xia Wange in surprise. "Without a real birth chart, you can't tell?"

He remembered that Xia Wange had encountered a similar situation before, and in the end, she easily resolved it using other methods.

When his gaze met Xia Wange's eyes, Lu Qiu instantly understood what Xia Wange meant.

It's not that I can't see it, but I want to give the shop owner something to look forward to; I guess his parents probably also...

Thinking of this, Lu Qiu sighed silently in his heart.

Good luck tricks people.

"Okay, I'll find it!" The shop owner suddenly stood up and hurriedly ran to the warehouse behind the shop. He came out with an iron shovel shortly afterward. He sat back down opposite Xia Wange and placed the shovel at his feet.

Seeing his posture, Xia Wange asked, "What's going on?"

"Go dig up their graves!" The shopkeeper's voice was laced with rage. "I took care of those two until their deaths, even breaking pots and keeping vigil, and paid to have them buried together! They said they wanted a traditional burial, so I specifically buried them in the village. Every year when I went to pay my respects, I went through all sorts of trouble, reversing my car every time. When Master Xia goes to rescue my sister, I'll go dig up their graves!"

"Still want a proper burial? I'll dig them up, burn them, and scatter their ashes!" The shop owner immediately stood up. "No, I'm going to dig them up right now and scatter their ashes in that river. I want my sister to know that she got her comeuppance for bullying her parents!"

The day's events ended with Xia Wange preparing a list for the shop owner, and the shop owner driving away aggressively with a shovel in his hand.

According to the shop owner, nothing else is as important as digging up graves and scattering ashes right now.

Although she was angry, the shop owner quickly prepared Xia Wange's things, loaded them into a car, and asked her when she was leaving.

Xia Wange doesn't really care about timing when doing things. Since everything is ready, she'll set off.

So the group got on the shopkeeper's bread cart and wobbled their way toward the river in the village.

Halfway there, it started to rain, so everyone had to change their route.

"Master Xia, we might have to stay overnight in the town in front of that village, and it will take another two hours to get there the next day." The shop manager skillfully turned the steering wheel, and the car swayed and bumped along the muddy road.

Xia Wange said, "I saw on the app that there's a fairly well-developed village not far from yours, with hotels and such. Let's stay there, and I'll go check it out tomorrow."

It's her habit; whenever she needs to get things done, she'll scout out a location if she has the chance.

"I know the village you're talking about." The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment. "You can stay there, but you have to make sure the door is locked. It's full of small hotels, and it's easy for things to get stolen."

"It's nothing," Xia Wange said.

She shares a room with Lu Qiu; how could any thief possibly steal anything from Lu Qiu's place?

The shop owner initially wanted to offer some advice, but then he realized that he was being narrow-minded. With Master Xia's abilities, what kind of thief could possibly steal anything from her?

"Okay, then I won't stop and will get going. I should arrive around 8 p.m.