Chapter Fifteen: Young Master, You Are Being Unreasonable

No choice! Xiao Hua was scared too. What was wrong with this little mistress’s mind, thinking of slaughtering her? That would be such an unjust death.

Although Xiao Hua was just a dog, dogs have rights too, you know.

Seeing the look in Zhang Xiaorui’s eyes and her expression, Xiao Hua instinctively moved closer to her doghouse. “They can’t see me, can’t see me—I’m an invisible dog,” she thought.

As Xiao Hua pondered this, Zhang Xiaorui seemed to know what she was thinking. With an innocent smile, she reached out a delicate hand and gently stroked Xiao Hua’s head.

“Xiao Hua, you see, it’s been so long since I’ve had a full meal, let alone meat. From a humanitarian perspective, I really don’t want to eat you.

But, alas, I’m just so hungry. How about you sacrifice yourself for me? We can’t both go down together, right? I think it’s better if you put aside your little self for the greater good.

I promise to arrange a grand funeral for you and hold a ritual to help you find peace after. You should, maybe, perhaps, have no objections, right?”

Hearing this, Xiao Hua felt a chill run through her body, perhaps a reflex.

“This little mistress is such a troublemaker, always coming up with nonsense, and now she’s set her sights on me, Xiao Hua. Is this really okay?”

Xiao Hua barked a few times at Zhang Xiaorui.

Zhang Xiaorui curled her lips into a smile, her eyes gleaming with mischief but no malice: “See? My Xiao Hua is really sensible. Hearing how hungry your owner is, you’re so eager to offer yourself to help me.

Xiao Hua, I’m truly touched. Your great kindness, your owner acknowledges and gratefully accepts it.”

At that moment, Xiao Hua wanted to howl out loud: Little mistress, please behave like a human!

Her heart sank, knowing this was the end of her doggy life. No matter how much she resisted, Zhang Xiaorui reached out her hand.

“Good girl, Hua Hua. I’ll remember your kindness. Just sacrifice yourself, okay? Be good now.”

Xiao Hua was on the verge of tears. This woman didn’t seem like a good person at all! Little mistress, why aren’t you acting like a human?

Closing her eyes, Xiao Hua stopped struggling. Yet after a long wait, she realized she hadn’t been harmed. She slowly opened her eyes.

Zhang Xiaorui had already left, not looking back as she said:

“Xiao Hua, I was just joking with you earlier. You’re the one I found and took in. From now on, this master will protect you.

You’ll eat well and live comfortably with me. But no more chewing on my charger, understood?”

Xiao Hua barked a few more times at Zhang Xiaorui, as if to say:

“There are countless masters in the world, but my little mistress is the best. My little mistress is beautiful and kind-hearted. The dog loves you.”

Perhaps even Xiao Hua hadn’t realized that the kind and beautiful little mistress she praised had, just moments ago, almost ended her life to eat her as meat.

Of course, Zhang Xiaorui wouldn’t really harm Xiao Hua. She was hungry and poor, but she would never actually do such a thing.

Then again, isn’t there always an exception? Isn’t there a saying that when a person is crazy, they are capable of anything?

Zhang Xiaorui returned to her room to charge her phone. The screen showed it was charging, so it wasn’t broken—just out of power.

“Looks like I need to buy a new phone first. Otherwise, it’ll really affect my ability to make money. I only streamed for two or three hours and earned five thousand yuan.

It seems fortune-telling streams really work. Otherwise, why would so many people fight tooth and nail to become streamers? It’s all about making money, right?”

Thinking this, Zhang Xiaorui was full of confidence for her future fortune-telling streams. After all, she was a genuine metaphysics expert.

Starting a live stream to tell fortunes was a piece of cake for her—easy as pie, a breeze.

Even Zhang Xiaorui herself didn’t know that since her stream ended, her exploits were truly going viral online.

On Weibo and various short video platforms, clips of Zhang Xiaorui’s three divinations were being reposted everywhere by netizens.

One blogger, out of curiosity, posted some of Zhang Xiaorui’s best moments from the stream on Weibo.

At first, the blogger didn’t pay much attention after uploading the clips.

But only two hours later, the comments exploded like ants in a frenzy.

It caused a sensation across Weibo: “Whoa, is this real? This girl is really a powerful master?”

“Yeah, yeah! Did you see how she solved a supernatural case with just a wave of her hand?”

“Hey, I know this girl! Isn’t she the one who totally embarrassed Master Huang?”

“Oh, there’s a story behind this? Can someone upstairs explain in detail?”

One netizen then recounted Zhang Xiaorui’s impressive feats against Master Huang, spilling every detail as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

At the time, Master Huang’s live audience was quite large. After watching Zhang Xiaorui’s videos, everyone felt they had found the real deal.

They all flocked to the Douyu platform to search for Zhang Xiaorui’s account. After her stream ended, she had just over 400 followers.

But thanks to the rapid spread online, her followers surged quickly.

From 400 to over 500, then 600, and soon reaching over 900.

When she went live again, Zhang Xiaorui was shocked, utterly bewildered.

She never expected her followers to grow so much by her next stream. For her, this was certainly a good thing.

More followers meant more money. For someone already in debt over three million yuan and tasked with revitalizing Qingfeng Temple, more fans couldn’t be too many.

That single stream had ignited the entire internet, an effect Zhang Xiaorui could only have dreamed of.

“Breaking news: a mysterious master appears on Douyu platform.”

“Breaking: Does the world really have such phenomena beyond science?”

“Breaking: Is a metaphysics master’s fortune-telling stream hype or genuine?”

“Breaking: Is metaphysics fake, or is there truth to it?”

At this moment, the police also issued an official statement on Weibo.

The announcement stated that Huang Buhan and his brother Huang Shang were suspected of murder, robbery, and fraud, and that the case had been confirmed and was awaiting trial.

Several other announcements related to Zhang Xiaorui surfaced, and her name quickly rose, becoming a hot topic.

Yet at this moment, Zhang Xiaorui acted as if nothing had happened. After charging her phone, she prepared to go down the mountain to the city to buy a new phone, then head to the mall to get some food and drinks to reward herself properly...