Chapter 1 What Women Are Hiding From

I knew what the women were trying to avoid. The group of little ghosts hadn't made themselves invisible to me; I could see them touching the women's bellies.

Yes, it was a group, not just one, very small children. Some had enormous heads, and some were completely without form.

These were all the children the women had conceived and aborted. They didn't want to leave, and they stayed with the women, waiting for them to become pregnant again so they could push out the new fetal spirit and take over the fetus's body to be born themselves.

However, the woman hadn't given birth to a single child. She'd aborted every pregnancy, so there were already four or five fetal spirits following her.

To be so young and already have had four or five abortions, how little self-respect did this woman have? I really didn't know what to say. Even those working in special establishments like Jasmine and her friends wouldn't be so wicked, would they?

The more abortions a woman had, the more fetal spirits would follow her, and the fetal spirits would always try to get her pregnant again by any means possible. It was a vicious cycle, so of course, the woman would never have a peaceful day.

"You, you stop pestering me! I'm not your mother, I don't want to be your mother, get lost, all of you get lost!"

At first, the woman was just trying to avoid them, but after realizing that these little children were only pestering her and couldn't actually harm her, she started to get bolder and began to scold and drive them away.

I sighed and said, "I advise you to treat them a little better. They really can't do anything to you, but they can make it very easy for you to get pregnant."

"What do you mean? I've taken all possible precautions, but I keep getting pregnant. Is it because of these things? They're following me, so I keep getting pregnant?"

"Yes, until your body has problems and it's no longer possible for you to get pregnant." I laid the facts before her without any reservation.

"Master, Master, please save me! Master, save me!" The woman suddenly knelt down in front of me, grabbing my pant leg and begging me to help her drive away these hateful little ghosts. She didn't want to get pregnant now, and she didn't want to be pestered by these little ghosts forever.

Seeing that I remained cold and didn't seem inclined to grant her request, the woman actually started to tear open her clothes, saying that as long as I could help her get rid of these little ghosts, she would agree to anything I wanted.

I shook my head and told her to put her clothes back on quickly.

"Those following you are indeed little ghosts, but they're also your children. Can't you think about them at all?"

"They've made me suffer so much, why should I think about them? I didn't ask them to be reincarnated here with me, I didn't want any children, they came on their own.

Do you know how much my frequent pregnancies have delayed my plans? The last coal mine owner was so rich, and he clearly showed that he was interested in me, but I actually threw up while serving him, and it was so disgusting that he immediately lost interest and didn't want to see me again.

And there was Boss Zhang. If I hadn't gone for an abortion, how could I have missed out on Boss Zhang?

I'm so beautiful, I could have lived an enviable life, but these hateful little ghosts make me pregnant all the time, causing me to lose so many opportunities. I'm being kind to them by just telling them to get lost. If I were a little more ruthless, I'd find a master to eliminate them all.

Yes, find a master to eliminate them all."

The woman's eyes flashed with a fierce light. I knew she wasn't joking. There were indeed some Feng Shui masters in this world who weren't afraid of karmic consequences. As long as there was money to be made, they would do anything.

If I didn't solve the woman's problem today, then these little children would soon be scattered by other Feng Shui masters.

Although I loathed this woman, I didn't want these innocent little children to lose their chance at reincarnation.

"Alright, I can help you send these little children to the afterlife, but you are their mother after all. This is your last day together, can you treat them a little better?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, then asked me, "If I treat them better today, can you send them off for free? Since you want to do a good deed, then do it all the way. I don't have any money right now."

"You really don't have any money?"

"Not any money to give you, not any money to send them away. Are you satisfied with that? I have an appointment with Young Master Liu the day after tomorrow, and I need my money to buy clothes and cosmetics. I can't go see Young Master Liu dressed like a beggar, can I?"

I was so angry that I wanted to slap her. How could there be such a shameless woman in this world?

However, despite being angry, I was still able to control my emotions. To give these innocent little ghosts one last bit of warmth, I agreed to the woman's request.

The woman sat on the bed, forcing a smile. "Children, come play, Mommy will play games with you."

The little fetal spirits had never heard their mother's call before. They rushed into the woman's arms, one after another. At first, the woman was very scared, but the ugly fetal spirits all had adorable big eyes and were trying their best to please their mother. After looking at them for a long time, they did have a bit of charm. The woman slowly started to play with these children as well.

"You stay with your children for today, I'll come back later."

After coming out of the young woman's room, I went to the divorced older woman's room. All three women were in this hotel, just arranged on different floors.

Unlike the young woman, as soon as I knocked on the door, the divorced woman immediately became alert, hiding behind the door and asking who I was, why I was knocking on her door, and whether I was up to no good.

"I'm telling you, don't even think about hurting my child. No one can hurt my child. I will definitely give birth to him, I will give birth to him healthy and raise him healthy. No one can hurt my child.

I've already ruined the eldest, his head is full of finding a partner. He can't live without marrying a wife, and he doesn't put his mother in his eyes at all.

I'm counting on my second son for the rest of my life. Don't even try to persuade me to have an abortion. No matter what anyone says, I'm definitely going to give birth to this child."

I hadn't even entered the room, and the divorced woman had already stated her position. Judging by her nervous, jumpy attitude, it seemed that many people had tried to persuade her to get rid of the child before.

To be honest, her son was already at the age to talk about marriage, and she was almost fifty, even in a divorced state. I really didn't recommend that she have another child. Not to mention how dangerous it was to give birth at an advanced age, even if she could give birth smoothly, how would she raise this child in the future?

She was a middle-aged woman, would she take care of the child or go to work to earn money? The cost of raising a child was so high now, was she really sure she still had the ability to raise another child?

But I definitely couldn't say these words now. If I said I didn't recommend her to have this child, then I wouldn't even be able to enter this door today.

"You've misunderstood me. Childbirth is originally a woman's freedom. The decision to give birth or not is up to you. The opinions of anyone else are just for reference. I'm not your son's friend, nor am I a leader from your workplace. I'm just a fortune teller."

"Then help me calculate whether my second son can become an official?"

The woman suddenly pulled open the door, startling me again.

The young woman from before was too young, but this old woman was a bit too old, wasn't she? I could believe it if she said she was sixty.

"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't know you were a master. I thought it was those colleagues from my workplace coming to persuade me to have an abortion again. I apologize for my bad words earlier, Master. Please don't take it to heart. Come in, come in quickly. You have to take a good look at my child. A master once said that my child was not simple and would soar to great heights in the future."

"Your child..." I looked at the woman's belly, not knowing what to say next.

The child in this woman's belly had no fetal soul at all.

I wasn't sure whether the fetus's body was developing normally, but this child was definitely not recommended to be born. A fetus without a fetal soul, even if the body developed normally, would be born a fool.

"How's my child? You can tell he's not an ordinary person, right? I knew it, this time I'm definitely carrying a dragon, much better than our eldest."

"Auntie, can I be so bold as to ask, who is the father of this child?"

"What, you need the child's father's *bazi* to tell the child's fortune?" The woman clearly didn't want to say.

Actually, this child had no fate to calculate at all. How could you calculate something for a child without a fetal soul? But at this time, I could only bite the bullet and say, "That's right, I really need the birth dates of you and his father to calculate the child's situation."

"You're not trying to fool me and deliberately get me to talk, are you? I've also had my fortune told before, and it was quite accurate, but they didn't ask me who my parents were."

I smiled and said, "Of course it's different. When you had your fortune told, you were already a complete person. The master could see you, your face, your palm, could ask for your *bazi*, your name, and a lot of your other information. Combining all of this, they could naturally deduce your fortune for a period of time.

But the child in your belly hasn't been born yet, and many things about him are unknown and uncertain. If there's not even information about the parents, then there's really no way to calculate the fortune."

The woman frowned and thought for a while, finally nodding. "What you said does make sense. I can give you the child's father's *bazi*, but you must keep it a secret for me. I promised the child's father that I would keep this secret buried in my heart. I won't tell anyone, not even the child himself, I won't tell him who his father is."

I was really impressed. Her son's girlfriend made the right choice to break up with her son. If she had to face such a mother-in-law every day, she would probably be driven crazy.

"Write down the birth dates of both of you first." I didn't agree to any of her conditions.

The woman hesitated for a moment, but still wrote it down, only writing the *bazi*, not writing the names. But when I saw the birth dates of the two, I was shocked.

The father of the child in this woman's belly was actually a young man who was a few years younger than her son. I looked at the old woman in front of me again, wondering why that young man was so desperate.

"Actually, it's not what you think."

Perhaps seeing that my expression was a bit exaggerated, the woman took the initiative to explain, "I have feelings for the child's father, he just doesn't know that I'm thirty years older than him.

I know, I do look quite old now, but I wasn't like this before. I'm like this now because I'm pregnant with a child, and my body's nutrients are being absorbed by the child, so I look a bit old. Actually, I used to be very beautiful. Although I'm almost fifty, I look like I'm in my thirties, and with makeup, many people say I'm my son's sister.

I met the child's father online. He especially admired that I was young and knew everything, and I was good at all kinds of housework, much better than his girlfriend who couldn't do anything.

After chatting online for a while, he tried to invite me to meet. At first, I didn't dare to, afraid that he would think I was old, but later he kept praising me for being beautiful online, and I slowly stopped thinking so much.

That day, he called me and told me that he had quarreled with his girlfriend. He drank a lot of alcohol alone and really wanted someone to comfort him, wandering alone in this city, not knowing who to tell his troubles to.

I was really worried about him at the time, afraid that he would do something stupid, afraid that something would happen to him, so I went to find him, and then, some things happened that night.

All of this is fate. It was God who let us have that night, it was God who let us have the crystallization of love. I must give birth to this child and let him grow up happily."

I could only sigh in my heart. If you must insist, you might actually be able to give birth to the child, but are you sure you have the ability to let the child grow up happily?

"Does he know you're pregnant with his child?"

"I told him."

"What was his reaction?"

"He didn't react, he hasn't replied to me. He doesn't answer my calls either. I know he's under a lot of pressure, so I sent him a message telling him that I would take care of everything about this child alone, without burdening him, without affecting him. He can pretend that none of this ever happened."

I really didn't know what to say. The situation with that young girl earlier was already shocking enough, but this old aunt had shattered my values even more.

Mi Tianying, what exactly are you trying to do? What exactly do you want to express, what information do you want to convey? Can you be more direct? This riddle of yours is really hard to guess.

"Master, I've already given you the *bazi*, can you help me calculate my child's fortune now? The one I ruined earlier, it's because his father's genes weren't good. No matter how I taught him, he just wouldn't listen. This time I specially selected good genes, he will definitely be promising, right?"

Promising? What kind of promising can a fool be?

However, since she asked, I had to pretend to calculate. But as soon as I started calculating, I was completely dumbfounded.