Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 57 - 56 Oh my, is there a hidden plot? (2 more updates)

"Little girl, do you still charge money for this? Aren’t you too heartless?"

"Yes, this auntie is already so pitiful, how much trouble is it to do a fortune-telling for her? It’s so hard for her to earn money."

"If you ask me, it should be done for free!"

...

Not far away, some stall owners who had similarly been subjected to moral blackmail saw Yun Ran being surrounded by many people, and a feeling of indignation arose.

Though their abilities were limited, and they weren’t all scammers, they also earned their money through hard work.

Why should they sympathize with and offer free services to someone pitiable? Not cheating already counts as their greatest kindness!

But they dared not step forward to speak out. After all, they needed to earn a living and couldn’t afford to destroy their own livelihood.

Just when they thought that Yun Ran, being watched by so many people, would be too embarrassed to charge, Yun Ran took the money from the woman’s hands.

This scene deeply stung those who liked to stand up for what they considered justice; they felt disrespected.

But in such a public setting, they could do nothing more than stir up trouble; they couldn’t rush up to Yun Ran and teach her a lesson.

They could only secretly start to call the police; some even took out their phones and recorded the scene, uploaded the video, and called on the public to condemn this act.

Yun Jinyang, seeing Yun Ran taking the money, frowned slightly, knowing Yun Ran was smart.

Why was she acting so foolish now, in the face of public outrage? She should at least pretend a bit.

Besides, she didn’t need these 2000 yuan; why trouble herself and give others leverage over her?

Yun Ran had already sat back down and gestured for the woman to sit as well.

Then, she placed a turtle shell containing several copper coins in front of the woman, "You shake it!"

The woman, having had her fortune told before, had never done it this way.

She shook it hard, causing the copper coins to fall out, then she handed the turtle shell back to Yun Ran.

The onlookers couldn’t understand what the divination showed; even the ’fellow practitioners’ were clueless.

The woman’s sorrowful voice rang out, "Master, where exactly is my daughter?"

But Yun Ran did not immediately answer the woman; instead, she asked indifferently, "Have you ever regretted it?"

The woman was taken aback, thinking Yun Ran was asking if she regretted losing her daughter.

Tears flowed like rain, "I regret it, I deeply regret it. If I hadn’t let her come here to study, I wouldn’t have lost my daughter."

"No, I’m not asking about that," Yun Ran continued, "I’m asking about the time you stole someone else’s child, causing them the immense pain of separation by life and death. Now, having tasted this pain yourself, do you regret it?"

Hearing this, those who were dissatisfied with Yun Ran were stunned; the atmosphere suddenly became as explosive as a droplet of water in hot oil.

"What does that mean? What stealing a child? Oh my god, is there a hidden plot?"

"Damn, there have been some outrageous news online previously, intentionally stirring public anger but ending with a major twist, making us blame ourselves.

I didn’t expect to see this in real life too. If it’s true, then isn’t it exploiting our kindness!"

"I knew it. This old lady came up begging on her knees, playing moral blackmail. Could she be good people? It was only because everyone was so worked up that I didn’t speak out."

...

The woman, startled by Yun Ran’s words, but perhaps too used to her act, felt as if it was real.

Suddenly, with a sad face, she looked at Yun Ran, "Master, how can you wrongly accuse me like this? I just want to find my daughter, even if you can’t find her, I won’t ask for a refund."

If those around her had deeply believed the woman before, now, upon hearing these words, a sense of discomfort suddenly arose.

A person desperate to find her daughter to the point of near madness, willing to grasp at any possibility, how could she say such leading words?

Yun Jinyang narrowed his eyes; he had believed this woman to be extremely pitiful before, though he wasn’t very sympathetic nor did he take any action.

But subconsciously, he thought Yun Ran shouldn’t have taken her money, which was rare compassion on his part.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly pitiful woman was such a great actress; she had even deceived him, which ignited a fury in Yun Jinyang.

"Your Children Palace shows that you have only one son, but that child died shortly after birth. So, tell me, where did your daughter come from?"

The woman, shocked, looked at Yun Ran, not expecting to encounter a true master today, someone who could discern even her past actions.

"Master, you... I have a daughter, don’t malign me."

The eyes of the public are sharp. The woman’s behavior at this moment, who couldn’t understand.

The sympathy that had been exploited turned into a sword of anger.

But just like those radical people who couldn’t come forward and beat Yun Ran earlier, now they also couldn’t rush to vent their anger on this woman.

"Damn, what kind of person is this, disguising so well and deceiving so much of our sympathy."

"No, I must report this. This kind of child trafficker, why should they still receive community care?"

"It serves her right that her in-laws didn’t want her; they must have seen her maliciousness long ago!" freēwēbnovel.com

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When exploited sympathy turned into an angry sword, many irate people truly spoke the cruel words.

"I won’t have my fortune told! Give me my money back!"

The woman could no longer sit still and wanted to escape, but Yun Ran had taken her money to punish her guilt-free exploitation of others.

"I never leave a fortune-telling session unfinished."

Though the woman was reluctant to part with the money, she feared more the public wrath she had incited and quickly tried to stand and run away, only to discover in terror that she couldn’t move her body.

"The person you shared a hospital room with, you switched their child. They suffered the immense pain of losing a child because of your selfishness.

However, heaven sees the truth. The child you stole, inheriting her biological parents’ genes, was exceptionally bright and successfully came to Hai City to attend high school.

Probably you didn’t expect that this child, not resembling her parents much, was strikingly similar to how her great-great-grandma looked when young.

If not for this child feeling pity for you, her foster mother, and begging her birth family to spare you, do you think you’d still be free and easy?

You were driven out not because you insisted on finding the child, but because your in-laws found out that their grandson had been replaced by an unrelated granddaughter.

You must have had suspicions and known that the truth had been revealed, everything you’re doing now is just self-deception!"