"This is not divination at all, this is a means of business operation, and this is shameful cheating!"
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Mona trembled with anger and almost had the urge to pick up the wine bottle and wave it at Gu Sanqiu's face.
"This is divination. This is just a possibility, but I chose another way to achieve the result I want."
Gu Sanqiu said with a smile: "Perhaps, you can say that this is a secret method of commercial divination?"
"There is no such way of divination!"
"Yes, I created it newly."
Gu Sanqiu said the words in a matter-of-fact tone that made Mona's blood pressure rise.
"It's unbelievable. Is this the Gu family's generation of incense devotees?"
"Yes, this is a modern incense person. You don't think that our Gu family are some weird old-fashioned people."
Gu Sanqiu smiled, took out another wine glass and placed it in front of Mona.
"Buy you a drink."
"I don't drink. Drinking will affect my control over my destiny."
"This is not wine, this is a drink."
Gu Sanqiu shook his head and said, "Do you understand Shuangdan Pot? I can drink whatever I want."
Mona hesitated for a while: "Okay, I hope you won't joke with me on such a trivial matter."
The flask was tilted, and the black juice made a "chichi" sound when it was poured into the cup.
Mona's expression froze, and just when she was about to ask what the other person was giving her to drink, a sweet and refreshing fragrance penetrated into her nasal cavity.
"It tastes so sweet. How much sugar did you put in it?"
Mona raised the cup and smelled it and said in shock: "This much sugar is enough to support a normal person's daily consumption."
"This is not a drink, this is a precious energy supplement!"
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"...Although I don't have the heart to tell you the truth, I still want to say that this is an ordinary drink."
I always feel like I've gotten a glimpse into just how miserable Mona's daily life is.
The real king who has no money to eat is worthy of his reputation.
If this hip flask hadn't been a normal product he bought in Liyue Port, Gu Sanqiu would have wondered if he had encountered some classic urban novel plot. He could pick up the ultimate leak in anything he bought, such as after pouring water.
It will become a fine wine.
But the content inside is indeed no ordinary drink.
Item: Coke
Source: A creature in a mysterious place that uses cola as its sinews and fine wine as its flesh and blood.
Note: The more ferocious the creature, the mellower the taste of the cola brewed in its body. It can be drunk separately when used with a double bile pot. Of course, there are also people who like the unique taste of cola.
"Well, could you please give me more of this energy supplement? It's really important to me."
Mona was a little embarrassed: "Although I know it's a bit excessive to ask you to give me such a precious thing for the first time we meet, but I still..."
"Okay, that's all."
Gu Sanqiu interrupted the other party and took out a full bottle of Coke from his arms and handed it to the other party.
"This is a pure drink, which is what you call an energy supplement. It's given to you without any additional conditions."
If things continue like this, Gu Sanqiu is afraid that he will come up with weird links like "black stockings to pay off debts" if his brain breaks out.
He didn't want to be included in some "Special Cases of Liyue in the Past Ten Years" textbook by Yan Fei.
"Did you really give it to me? Thank you very much!"
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Mona happily took the Coke bottle, and then lightly drew a charm with her right hand.
"Well, there is actually nothing in it. The Fengxiang people are indeed gentlemen."
"Why are you so skilled? Hey, don't tell me that someone has used this method to do evil things to you before..."
Gu Sanqiu's face twitched. He originally thought that Zhenjun was just joking around because he didn't have money to eat. Not many outsiders knew this kind of key information.
Now it seems...could it be said that someone already knows how to win over or even abduct this astrologer?
But abduction is abduction, if Mona has the idea to deal with them, they'd better be prepared to face the punishment of an excellent astrologer.
"No, no, no, this is not a matter of proficiency or lack of proficiency. These are the abilities that an outstanding young girl traveling around the world should possess."
When this topic was brought up, Mona glanced at Gu Sanqiu with a rather complacent look, which probably meant something like, "My sister has walked more roads than you have eaten."
"Including how easy it is to run out of food when traveling around the world?"
That's right, this is no longer a question of whether you can have enough to eat, but whether you can have food to eat.
"ah?"
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"Did I show it so obviously?"
"It's not a question of whether it's obvious or not."
Gu Sanqiu was thinking about his words. Although he was a straight man with a cosmic alloy level, he still had the emotional intelligence to save face for the opposite sex he met for the first time.
"It's that this message is clearly written on your face."
Ok, wording failed.
"Well, that's it."
Mona drew circles with her fingers in frustration: "I don't want to use divination to make a profit for myself, so many times my wallet is empty and I have no extra financial income."
Is this the "girl who travels around the world all year round"? Gu Sanqiu took a sip of wine silently.
If this were an achievement item in a game, this achievement would definitely be of the yin and yang type, designed specifically to mess with the player's mentality.
"Speaking of which, your strength should not be weak. Why don't you go to the Adventurers Association and place an order or something."
"Even if there is no mercenary group to fight monsters, the tasks of collecting and finding lost objects should be extremely easy for you."
"I know you don't intend to make money from divination, but for these simple tasks, it's enough to rely on your strong intuition as an astrologer."
"No way... whenever I go to the Adventurer's Association, there are so many people who want to come to me for divination of this or that. In the end, I might not even be able to get the quest, and I'll end up being beaten by a bunch of boring guys.
Harassment.”
Mona gritted her teeth and said, "And those outrageous young men in Liyue are looking for people to stay with me in various places just to treat me to a meal?"
"Just kidding, I am the great astrologer Astorogis Mona Megistus. Don't I know what they are planning?"
Gu Sanqiu choked, then looked at Mona with a speechless expression.
"Since you know what they want to do, wouldn't you go out to eat and drink, and then find an opportunity to counter them and run away?"
"No, astrologers have self-respect. I will not do such a dirty thing just for the sake of food and drink!"
"So how did you manage to say such positive words on an empty stomach..."
Gu Sanqiu shook his head: "Then let me ask you a question, which does not involve divination."
"You wanted to ask me about that stone at first. Did you want to know about it personally, or was it driven by someone behind it?"
"Just because I want to know, because fate shows fluctuations in that object."
Mona said: "I have seen too many stable and steady destinies. Being able to observe those erratic and even weird destinies will help improve my abilities."
"I see."
Gu Sanqiu was very satisfied with this answer. At least it was in line with Mona's character and was not a reason that sounded like nonsense.
So he threw out a banknote.
"This is 10,000 molas, to subsidize your living expenses. Consider it as a reward for answering questions."