Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 270 This is not a fantasy
Before Du Anrao could finish speaking, Uncle Wu, a tall and imposing man who was particularly rugged and imposing compared to the others, exclaimed in surprise.

Mr. Xu's expression also turned serious, but unlike those around him who rushed to question him, he instead expressed suspicion...

"Did someone leak the information to you beforehand that there's a gold mine buried beneath the wasteland in the northern suburbs?"

Du Anrao chuckled: "Do you think that's possible? There were so many people bidding at the time, and every single one of them had more connections and backgrounds than me. If someone had leaked the information beforehand, how could they not know something that I could find out?"

That makes sense, but if you really look into it, Du Anrao isn't without a background either. Mr. Xu looked at Du Desheng again.

Du Desheng saw through his thoughts at a glance, and was both amused and annoyed: "Don't look at me like that. You all know my personality better than anyone. I won't deny what I did, and I won't admit to what I didn't do. I was busy preparing for my wedding with my wife recently, and I didn't have much time for important matters. Where would I have found the time to mess around with these things? Besides, if it were really me, would you people not be able to find out a single trace?"

Mr. Xu and the others remained silent, though their words, though crude, were true and indeed the case.

"Even if we could get advance notice about the land, what about that rock? I can't possibly have scanned that rock beforehand and know there's treasure hidden inside, can I?"

As Du Anrao said this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

[Oh no, how could I forget? I just took over the auction house not long ago. What if these big shots investigate and find out about this? Wouldn't they really think I colluded with Old Master Wen and saw that stone beforehand?]

Du Anrao then belatedly realized that there was a flaw in her example, and it seemed that she had been indirectly tricked by her unreliable master again.

The master, who was leisurely taking a nap under the big tree in the Taoist temple, exclaimed, "Achoo! Who's talking about me?!"

But as it turns out, Du Anrao's worries were completely unnecessary. Even if she had the opportunity to get in touch with the rough stone in advance, there is still no instrument that can accurately see the color, water content, and texture of the jadeite inside. As long as the stone is not cut open, no one can be sure whether there is any treasure inside or what kind of treasure it contains.

"So how do you know all this?"

"Calculated."

"Calculated?" Several people present frowned slightly. "Just like what happened at Jiangyu Plaza before?"

"Yes." Du Anrao met their increasingly sharp gazes without fear. "May I ask how much you uncles heard about Madam Kou's matter?"

The group exchanged glances and said truthfully, "A lady had just left when we arrived."

These people arrived at the scene right after Madam Shen left, and they heard everything that had happened at Madam Kou's house.

"The reason that lady left in such a hurry was because she spoke rudely to my grandmother, who is today's bride. However, I pointed out that her husband was having an affair behind her back. Today also happens to be the day her husband's illegitimate child was born. She was in a hurry to go back and argue with her husband and his mistress and illegitimate child, so she ran away first."

"This..." The group stared wide-eyed in surprise, then looked at Du Desheng again for confirmation.

“What An’an said is true. If you don’t believe it, you can have someone check it when you get back.”

After hearing Du Desheng's words, the group reluctantly believed him.

“That Mrs. Kou just now, she brought up the fact that my grandparents had no children, so I exposed all the unpleasant things about her family’s offspring, making her shoot herself in the foot.” Du Anrao paused here, “But before that, I didn’t know them and had never seen them before.” Mr. Hu, who looked like he was straightforward, frowned and said in a deep voice, “You’re not trying to say that you calculated all of this, are you?”

"That's right. Otherwise, how can I explain knowing about these family matters that even the parties involved might not be aware of?"

"...Perhaps you had investigated them before."

"Why would I investigate them for no reason? Besides, there are so many guests attending my grandfather's wedding today. If I could really predict the future and know in advance that these two would be secretly cricketing at my grandparents in the backyard, and that I would happen to run into them, and investigate their life stories in advance so that I could be prepared for any eventuality, wouldn't that prove my ability even more?"

Mr. Hu wanted to say more, but Du Anrao interrupted him again.

"Uncle Hu, are you also suggesting that perhaps those two were my shills?"

Mr. Hu: "..." Damn it, how did this little girl know what I was going to say?
"Leaving aside how bored I must have been to choose this time and place to cause such a scene, did those two families look like they were acting? In other words, if they were acting, could they really have fooled so many eyes here?"

Mr. Hu was not exactly a genius, and when he heard Du Anrao's words, he was speechless, unsure whether to agree or disagree.

The others also frowned, seemingly weighing the veracity of Du Anrao's words in their minds.

Mr. Xu stared at Du Anrao for a long while before asking, "After saying so much, what exactly do you want to say by calling us here today?"

"Uncle Xu, have you ever heard of the Infinite Flow technique?"

"Infinite flow?" Mr. Xu didn't understand why Du Anrao would suddenly steer the conversation in this direction, but he still answered truthfully, "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it."

Du Anrao raised her eyebrows in surprise. Mr. Xu had heard of this thing, which was an unexpected surprise for her. After all, this thing had only been around for the last ten years or so. Some people of their age probably had never even heard of it. Mr. Xu was already quite fashionable.

"The so-called infinite flow is that there is another independent world outside our world. Those worlds are filled with killing schemes, cruelty and bloodshed. People in our world, let's call it the real world, will be pulled into that world for certain reasons. They need to survive in that world through certain means in order to return to the real world. Otherwise, they may die in it."

"This..." The group looked at each other, puzzled.

"It sounds exciting, but it's just a fantasy. There's no such thing as another little world in this world."

"But what if I said this wasn't a fantasy?"

"what?!"

Du Anrao met the surprised and inquisitive gazes of the crowd with a serious expression and a firm tone: "This is the real reason I have gathered you all here today. Not long ago, I suddenly sensed a change in the world. After calming my mind and calculating with my fingers, I predicted that in the next six months to a year, the entire world will face a huge disaster."

"And the starting point of this disaster was that some ordinary people were silently pulled into these infinite flow worlds."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of many people present changed.