"What's wrong with Miss Taohua? Is she only selling her art, not her body?" I asked, somewhat provocatively.

The madam laughed and said, "How should I put it? It's not entirely yes, and not entirely no. Let's just say, Miss Taohua is too famous, so in some ways, her say is more important. She treats customers differently. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Oh, I understand," I nodded. "It depends on her mood! If she likes someone, anything goes. If she doesn't, she might not even grace them with her presence just for tea."

"That's about the gist of it." The madam's smile was strained. She sensed that I wasn't here for the girls, but to cause trouble.

I ignored the madam and started walking inside, heading towards Miss Taohua's room.

Even though I'd only been here once, I knew which room Miss Taohua was in. After all, Moli Hua had worked here for quite some time.

"Young master, young master..." The madam quickly grabbed me. "What's the rush, young master?"

"I'm going to let Miss Taohua take a look at me, see if she finds me pleasing. Since you can't decide for Miss Taohua, I'll have to ask her myself."

"Not today," the madam refused directly.

"Oh? Why not?"

"Miss Taohua already has a client today."

"Oh, who is Miss Taohua's client today?"

"Me." A short, fat middle-aged man strode in from the entrance, followed by six or seven bodyguards.

Seeing him like this, I laughed. Bringing bodyguards to a place like this, how insecure was this guy?

"You're Miss Taohua's client?" I walked straight towards the man.

"That's right, I'm Miss Taohua's client. What about it? You want to compete with me?" The short, fat man glared.

Despite his unremarkable appearance, everything the fatty wore was expensive. He was much more impressive than the bald-headed Boss Zuo.

I chuckled. "You guessed right, that's exactly what I intend to do. And you'll definitely give Miss Taohua to me."

The short, fat man snorted. "You haven't asked around, when has Xu Fatty ever given up a girl in Hongyuan? It's always been others giving me the girls they had their eyes on. No one has ever dared to snatch a girl from me."

"There's a first time for everything. How about I give you a new experience today?"

My provocative tone was obvious. The madam's face turned liver-colored. She pulled at me and winked, telling me not to argue. It wasn't a big deal if I got beaten up, but a fight in the Hongyuan lobby would hurt her business.

I patted the madam with a smile, telling her not to worry.

"It's okay, don't worry, we definitely won't fight."

The madam clearly didn't believe me. No one in the entire hall believed me, because the bodyguards behind the short, fat boss had already surrounded me. Some even flicked out retractable batons, just waiting for the boss's order to beat me to a pulp.

I remained calm.

"Boss Xu, if I told you that me stopping you from seeing Miss Taohua today is to save you, would you believe me?"

"No." Boss Xu lit a cigarette and blew smoke in my face.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to order his men to beat me up, as if watching to see what tricks I could pull.

"Boss Xu, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet?" Boss Xu looked at me with amusement.

I smiled. "Of course, we're betting on Miss Taohua. Whoever wins, gets to spend time with Miss Taohua tonight."

"How do we bet?"

"Best two out of three, to see how accurate my predictions are."

"For example?"

"For example, Boss Xu will make a fortune within five minutes, a very large fortune. Even someone of Boss Xu's status and position would be so happy that he'd laugh out loud."

"Oh?" Boss Xu immediately became interested.

Everyone likes good news. I said Boss Xu was going to make a fortune, so Boss Xu was naturally happy, and his hostility towards me decreased a lot.

Of course, I wasn't trying to curry favor with Boss Xu. No one can curry favor with others in this way. The reason why I said he'd make a fortune was because he really would make a fortune soon.

"If it's really as you say, and I really make a fortune within five minutes, then I'll cover all your expenses in Hongyuan tonight."

"Boss Xu is generous." I glanced at the time. "There are still four minutes left, coming soon."

Boss Xu also looked at his watch. Now, not only Boss Xu and his bodyguards wanted to see what the outcome would be, but even the madam and the other girls and customers in the hall were looking over here, wanting to see if it was really as I said, that Boss Xu would make a fortune within five minutes.

Judging by their expressions, if Boss Xu really made a fortune later, they would probably all rush over to have me read their fortunes as well.

Four minutes, three minutes, two minutes, one minute, less than a minute left, but nothing had happened yet.

The onlookers were a little disappointed, thinking that I was just talking nonsense, and not really able to predict the future. Only Boss Xu was still watching me with interest, not looking anxious at all.

Finally, with thirty-five seconds left, Boss Xu's phone rang.

"Okay, got it." After answering the phone, Boss Xu only said this one sentence and hung up.

His phone had good privacy, and the people around him couldn't hear what the person on the other end of the phone said at all. Everyone could only see a smile slowly appearing on Boss Xu's face, and then he waved his hand, "Everyone here, without exception, all expenses are on me."

This time, even the madam's expression changed.

This was Hongyuan, after all. Although it was located in this dilapidated old district, the expenses at Hongyuan were definitely no lower than those glitzy places outside. To cover the expenses of all the customers today, how generous was that?

Although the people in the hall hadn't heard what was said on Boss Xu's phone, no one doubted the fact that Boss Xu had made a fortune.

"Master, please take a look at me too. Tell me which direction my god of wealth is in? When will I be able to make a fortune?"

"Count me in too. The family fortune my parents left me is almost gone in this Hongyuan. Tell me when I'll be able to make a fortune."

Immediately, customers crowded around me, not just customers, even the girls from Hongyuan rushed over to have me read their fortunes.

I didn't look at the people crowding around, just waved my hand casually. "Let me finish the bet with Boss Xu first. What I said first was correct, now, let me say the second thing."

"Quick, quick, what else is going to happen?"

"Yes, tell us quickly."

The surrounding crowd was starting to get a little rowdy.