Chapter 26: Isn't That Just Ghostly?

No matter what Jiang Muyu said, the user "Never Cry" on the other end maintained a single attitude.

"I’ve already gifted you a Carnival, so you’d better solve this for me right now! Tell me where my girlfriend is; I’m going to find her immediately!"

The man’s demeanor was incredibly arrogant, clearly intending to be a nuisance.

-[What girlfriend? Didn't you break up? She’s an ex-girlfriend now.]
-[A decent ex should act like they’re dead. Why are you still pestering her?]
-[Is this guy a domestic abuser? He looks terrifying...]
-[No wonder she wanted to break up and leave, even blocking all contact. I would’ve done the same.]
-[Little Feather, don’t calculate it for him. Don’t let a person like this go and harass her.]

"What do you people mean by that?" "Never Cry" grew annoyed, pointing at his phone screen. "That’s my girlfriend! She wanted to have my children! What do you know? What’s wrong with me wanting to find her? I paid money, so you have to find her for me!"

Jiang Muqing watched the man’s furious display on the screen and silently lit a candle in his heart for him. Given Jiang Muyu’s personality, this guy was probably in for some trouble.

Sure enough, a second later, Jiang Muyu flashed a polite but awkward smile. "Alright, since you’re insisting on this reading, I’ll calculate it for you. Aside from your ex-girlfriend’s current location, is there anything else?"

Hearing Jiang Muyu relent, the man’s expression softened slightly. He thought for a moment and asked, "Streamer, since you’re so capable, can a child that was aborted come back?"

Jiang Muyu paused for a moment. She had expected the man to ask some bizarre questions, but this was beyond her expectations. "...The way you put it, if they could really come back, wouldn’t that just be a haunting?"

"Never Cry" scoffed and sneered, "I knew you were young and didn't have any real talent. Whatever, just see where my girlfriend is."

Jiang Muyu didn't hesitate for a second. "Take the 109 bus from the nearest stop to your home to the high-speed rail station, then take the T661 train to H City. Once you get off at the train station, transfer to a bus for thirty minutes to Tiannan Station. After you get off, follow that small path heading west for an hour, and you’ll be there."

"Never Cry" was stunned. "You’re saying my girlfriend went to H City? Why would she go there?"

"Do you even know where your girlfriend’s hometown is?" Jiang Muyu asked.

The man fell silent and shook his head.

Jiang Muyu slammed her hand on the table and said, "There you go! Hurry up and go now, or you’ll miss your train. What if your girlfriend leaves because she’s watching my stream? Go, go, go!"

"Right, I’m going!"

"Never Cry" scrambled up, and after the camera shook, the connection was cut.

-[Streamer, why did you tell him? Won't that young lady get hurt?]
-[That guy clearly has something wrong with his head. Isn't this just pushing her into a fire pit?]
-[Does anyone know his girlfriend? Get her out of there, don't let them reconcile!]
-[Wait a second, I’m in H City, and the address the streamer just gave sounds a bit wrong...]
-[I live in H City too, and the address Little Feather gave seems to be...]

Jiang Muyu smiled. "Oh, babies, don't worry. You've been watching my stream for so long, don't you know who I am? Relax, relax..."

Even though she said this, some in the stream couldn't accept it, and the live viewer count dropped by five hundred.

"..."

Jiang Muyu reached out with an imploring hand. "Don't go! Babies, trust me! Don't go! Don't leave me!"

Jiang Muqing: "...Someone sent a gift."

"Oh?"

Jiang Muyu wiped away non-existent tears and looked at the screen. "Thank you, 'Flowers Bloom Rich,' for the Carnival! Thank you! You can apply for a connection now!"

The imploring hand transformed into a flying kiss. It was too late to win back the hundreds who had left, so she had to deal with the donor now.

The connection was established, and a middle-aged couple appeared on the other side. Their eyes were red-rimmed, and the moment they saw Jiang Muyu, they looked as if they had found hope.

"Master, hello. We heard you are incredibly accurate at fortune-telling, so we specifically requested a connection. We hope you can help us find our daughter..."

Jiang Muyu waved her hand. "I’m no master. Please send me your daughter’s birth date and time, along with a photo, via private message."

"Okay, okay."

-[Looking for a daughter? How old is she?]
-[Didn't the police just find a female body at the scene earlier? Could it be your daughter?]
-[Damn, the IP addresses are both in Jing City. Could it really be such a coincidence?]
-[This couple has been looking for their daughter for months. I saw some information...]
-[Last name Li, twenty-three years old, from Jing City. It couldn't be that coincidental, could it!]
-[Er...]

The couple on the other side saw the comments in the stream after sending the birth details, and their faces turned deathly pale in an instant.

"What are you saying? Could our daughter really have..."

-[Uncle, Auntie, don't panic yet. It could be a coincidence; the police are still investigating the scene.]
-[Same last name, both twenty-three—that's too much of a coincidence. You two should contact the police now.]
-[Indeed, I just checked the missing persons registry for Jing City, and there was only one young woman listed. It’s likely their daughter.]
-[My deepest condolences...]
-[Ah? I can't accept this result!]
-[Little Feather, say something! It can't really be that coincidental, right?]

Jiang Muyu did a quick calculation and looked at the two crumbling figures on the screen. "Don't worry, you two. The body the police found is not your daughter. Your daughter is still alive."

Hearing this, the couple finally let out a sigh of relief.

"That's good..."

"Master, then where is my daughter now?"

Jiang Muyu didn't answer directly. Instead, she asked, "Since we’ve connected today, it’s fate. Why don't you tell me a little about your daughter?"

-[What is Little Feather doing? Doesn't she know where she is? Why won't she say?]
-[Is she stalling for time? Streamer, just tell them, the uncle and aunt are really worried.]
-[At least she's alive, that scared me.]
-[Why are we telling stories now? But it's fine to listen for a bit.]

The couple didn't understand why Jiang Muyu had suddenly brought this up, but since she knew their daughter's information, they figured it wouldn't hurt to talk.

"Actually, our relationship with our daughter isn't very good. We weren't responsible parents. When she was young, we only focused on making money. By the time we started paying attention to her, she was no longer that well-behaved little girl... She started rebelling, fighting with us, dating early, and stopped going to school. This time, she left after a fight. By the time we realized what happened, we couldn't contact her anymore..."