What kind of divination am I doing?

"Does this really work?" Charlotte asked rhetorically.

Lu Qiao sighed helplessly, "Just learn it! It'll definitely work!"

"I have to attend these classes for three more days? What's the point of learning them?!"

Lu Qiao explained, "I can hand-make the Ivan! No, you wouldn't understand if I said it like that. Have you read Battle Through the Heavens? It says things change every thirty years, never underestimate a young man's potential, you can hand-make the Buddha's Wrathful Lotus!"

"Wow! I'll learn it!" Charlotte happily rushed out.

Not long after, Liu Lian entered the room and grabbed Lu Qiao by the ear.

"Ouch, what's wrong?!" Lu Qiao shouted helplessly.

Liu Lian released her grip and asked, "Where did you find this girl?"

"What's wrong?" Lu Qiao covered his ears.

Liu Lian said angrily, "She doesn't even know the basics of chemistry? And what kind of haphazard books did she read in school? I asked her to come to me to persuade her to give up, but she comes out saying she's willing to learn the Burning Technique from me?"

"For her, it's just the Burning Technique!" Lu Qiao said.

"Do I really have to teach this lesson for three more days? I'd be driven crazy before I could even teach her!"

Luqiao was really exhausted and waved his hand, saying, "Just consider it disgusting of me, but you'll have to bear with it for two days."

"You..." Liu Lian punched Lu Qiao in the stomach.

By the time Lu Qiao recovered, Liu Lian had already disappeared.

Lu Qiao couldn't even remember whether he was asleep or had fainted from the pain.

When Luqiao woke up the next day, he felt unwell all over.

What happened last night is still vivid in my mind; the refusal to teach and the unwillingness to learn have become a major problem.

Lu Qiao, who had just gotten up, was still thinking about how to solve the problem between the master and his apprentice.

In fact, Lu Qiao had a backup plan; Monica had already taught him the art of forgetting.

If all else fails, Liu Lian is the department store manager anyway, so chemistry won't be of any use for now.

Borrow the fragments in your mind for a day, return them after the Dragon Clan Tournament, or even have Monica make a direct copy.

Of course, this is a last resort, since such a thing could easily expose the existence of an alien race.

Lu Qiao, scratching his head, got up to wash up. He glanced at his phone and saw that it was completely out of battery.

Luqiao took out a charger from his bag and plugged it into the socket at the front desk to turn it on.

Looking at the time displayed as 9 PM, I knew I hadn't been transferred to the United States yet.

While adjusting the time, Luqiao started brushing his teeth.

Lu Qiao saw Liu Lian walk in from the door, carrying a mug to get some water.

Lu Qiao thought that he had probably finished talking yesterday, but now Liu Lian was here again.

Presumably because of the bet, Lu Qiao could only try to appease her: "I know that the child's reading habits might be a bit messy, but she seems to be quite sensible and eager to learn. Just bear with her a little longer, it'll be over in two more days, and how much she learns is up to her ability."

Liu Lian looked at Lu Qiao with a puzzled expression and said, "This child is quite good, and has a real talent for learning. He did have some problems at the beginning, but those problems have all been resolved now."

"Huh? You're not saying the opposite of what you mean just to annoy me, are you?" Lu Qiao asked, puzzled.

"What sarcasm? Never mind, I'm going to get busy!" Liu Lian fetched some water and walked out the door.

Lu Qiao wiped his face and immediately followed, only to see Charlotte and Liu Lian still lecturing, indicating they hadn't slept all night.

Lu Qiao looked at his phone, which had just been turned on and was charging. The time displayed was 6:00 AM.

Lu Qiao looked at the two of them: "Didn't you two stay up all morning?"

"Good morning, store manager!" Charlotte replied excitedly.

Lu Qiao looked at the two people in front of him. After Charlotte greeted them, she leaned in to continue listening to Liu Lian explain the cause and effect to her.

Luqiao tried listening to it, but found that he couldn't understand it.

In one night, in just over six hours, you learned the periodic table and then took off?

Lu Qiao patted Liu Lian on the shoulder: "Wait? Didn't you tell her to come see me last night, saying she shouldn't study anymore? Has she changed that much?"

Liu Lian rolled her eyes at Lu Qiao: "I taught you well, you've all learned it!"

Charlotte smiled and said, "The teacher praised me; I learn so fast!"

Lu Qiao looked at the situation and smiled helplessly: "It's good that you can concentrate on your studies. Then I'll buy you breakfast!"

After finishing his conversation, Lu Qiao went to the Sheraton in Chinatown. Along the way, Lu Qiao was still thinking about the 300 yuan meal budget, wondering if he would embarrass himself if he ate the full amount.

But when Luqiao arrived at the Sheraton, before he could even greet the receptionist, Liu Bo ran over from the department store next door.

"My daughter didn't come home all night, is she alright?" Liu Bo asked.

"I taught them all night, so I'm just making them breakfast," Lu Qiao replied.

"Take more, I'll eat too! Don't pack it up, just give me a cart to take with me!" Liu Bo waved for the menu and ordered double portions of the entire page.

Ten minutes later, a food cart was pushed over.

Liu Bo paid the money and pushed the cart, with Lu Qiao following beside him.

Walking down the street, Liu Bo pushed his suitcase and said, "Brother Luqiao, thanks to your antics yesterday, my business has improved by at least 20%!"

"Really? That's great!" Lu Qiao replied.

Liu Bo smiled and said, "Many people are asking about you. They all come to me asking if I'm a master at treating insomnia."

"That's great!" Lu Qiao said with a cheerful smile.

"I was really at my wit's end with your questions, so I came up with a solution. I took apart the sachet you gave me and put a little on all the four-piece pillow sets we sell at our department store. Guess what? They all sold out!" Liu Bo gave Lu Qiao a thumbs up.

Lu Qiao was stunned when he heard this. Those things were priceless dragon scales. Although the whole dragon was currently in his castle, if he won the competition, he would have to pay for fifty years of his work for free.

But the things that even the black cat coveted, this guy ended up applying to his pillowcase.

"You've used it all up?" Lu Qiao exclaimed excitedly.

"I left one-third for Liu Lian. I'm not stupid, so I wanted to ask if there's any left?" Liu Bo smiled, clearly eyeing the business.

Lu Qiao knew that last night before going to bed, he confirmed that Charlotte had worn away about one-fifth of the dragon scale.

Charlotte, having followed the dwarf adventurers for several years, even styled the dragon scales into powder.

The area that was wiped off was a depression that fit his head better; Luqiao slept on it last night.

Liu Bo still wanted it, but Luqiao didn't want to give it to him anymore.

"Oh dear, I don't know what to say about you!" Lu Qiao exclaimed at this moment.

"What's wrong?" Liu Bo asked.

"Just sell the four-piece set, don't do this. You know, the spices in that sachet were something I begged for, they're more expensive than gold!" Lu Qiao complained.

"What the hell? It can be more expensive than gold?" Liu Bo was confused after hearing this.

"It's golden nanmu ash!" Lu Qiao couldn't say dragon scales, so he just made up an excuse.

Liu Bo's eyes widened upon hearing this: "Wow, ten grams of gold for one gram of Phoebe zhennan wood! Brother Luqiao, you're really generous! No wonder it's so calming."

"It's not that I'm willing to give it up, it's that you are! You gave it all away just to sell some bedding sets!" Lu Qiao replied.

Liu Bo was taken aback, clearly regretting his actions: "Ah! Never mind, never mind, I've troubled you with my eldest daughter!"

After Liu Bo finished speaking, Lu Qiao subconsciously clutched his waist; the punch Liu Lian had thrown the night before still throbbed faintly.

Upon arriving at the castle, Liu Bo opened the cart and placed the food on it.

"Baby, dinner's ready! Wait, who's this? Isn't this the one you're supposed to teach who came to Luqiao yesterday looking for the cat?" Liu Bo looked at Charlotte.

Liu Lian spoke up: "Come here, disciple, this is your grandmaster!"

Liu Lian was starting to adapt to local customs and began to get used to Charlotte's chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur).

"Greetings, Master!" Charlotte greeted sweetly.

"Cheng, you're so thin, eat more!" Liu Bo took out various foods from the cart.

Charlotte didn't care about any of that. She grabbed whatever food she saw and kept asking about the lessons while she ate.

Liu Bo turned to Lu Qiao: "Brother Lu Qiao, why did you let your employees dress like that?"

Lu Qiao was taken aback; how come the father and daughter were saying exactly the same thing?

Lu Qiao was about to speak, saying that it was Charlotte's own choice.

The next second, Monica stretched and came out the door: "Breakfast is served! Thank you, manager."

"Awooo!" the black cat yelled as it sat on the table.

Liu Bo laughed: "We've found the cat! But this cat can't eat human food."

Liu Bo grabbed the black cat with both hands and held it in his arms. The black cat struggled and meowed.

Liu Bo naturally couldn't understand it, but Lu Qiao heard it clearly.

"Make it put me down! I want to eat breakfast!"

Luqiao was thrilled; someone actually dared to deal with Black Cat.

But after thinking about it, it makes sense. Apart from Liu Lian and Liu Bo, everyone else at the scene knew, to some extent, that this cat was different.

Monica knew the black cat was Lady Aini, but Charlotte only thought it was Lu Qiao's pet.

Luqiao has found someone who can bully the black cat, and he watches silently.

Liu Bo carried the black cat into the room, looked around, and found the cat bowl, and naturally saw the cat food.

I filled the cat's bowl to the brim and pressed the black cat's head in front of the food: "Eat up, little kitty!"

The next moment, the black cat couldn't help but start eating.

Liu Bo did what Wang Ming did back then, and Lu Qiao also knew that the cat food contained palatability enhancers.

So the black cat didn't want to eat, but its instincts wouldn't stop it.

Lu Qiao could have imagined that after he turned into a rat, he would be unable to move when he saw a sausage.

Lu Qiao chuckled to himself, feeling he had finally gotten his revenge for what he had done during that time.

The black cat is quite a big eater, so even without it this time, Luqiao can still have a decent breakfast.

Luqiao brought over a chair, sat down, and started eating.

So as not to disturb Charlotte and Liu Lian, there was no food on the table.

The cart was piled high with food, and everyone gathered around it to eat.

Monica then took out her phone, stood in front of the food cart, and pushed the bridge to move it.

Lu Qiao then took several photos of the crowd, posted them on his social media, and added captions.

Seeing that the black cat had eaten most of the bowl, Liu Bo walked out satisfied, sat down next to Lu Qiao, and ate breakfast with the others.

At this moment, Liu Bo whispered in Lu Qiao's ear, "Brother Lu Qiao, with you and yourself, that means the shop has to support three people and a cat. Can you afford it?"

"Well, barely!" Lu Qiao explained helplessly.

"Brother Luqiao, no offense, but have you ever thought about how your shop will make money?" Liu Bo asked.

"Making money?" Lu Qiao blurted out subconsciously, thinking that he was already making a lot of money, but he was too embarrassed to say how he made it.

Liu Bo then spoke up: "To be honest, I think turning your shop into a convenience store, or even a breakfast shop, would be a million times better than that fortune-telling place your aunt runs. If all else fails, you could just set up a breakfast stall next door, selling some fast-moving consumer goods. Just push a couple of carts there like that, try it for a few days and see which one sells better, then convert that into the shop."

"Thank you for your kind offer, but my aunt told me not to do anything rash before she left. Whatever it is, it is. My aunt might come back and continue driving. I'm just temporarily taking over and I don't dare to do anything reckless," Lu Qiao replied, using his aunt's name as an example.

"I was just saying it offhand. If it really doesn't work out, we can give you two areas near the entrance and give it a try. We'll just give you a small profit. As for your aunt complaining when she gets back, we'll talk to her then. Of course, we don't have to do this business. I've actually been thinking about it for a while now. I don't know how you make money with that stuff. Do you need me to introduce you to some connections? With your skills, if I could give you some pointers, making money wouldn't be too difficult!" Liu Bo explained.

Lu Qiao could only smile wryly after hearing this, and replied, "When we're really so poor we can't even afford to eat the northwest wind, we'll come to you for help right away."

"Sure, it's alright. You're young, brother. You have plenty of time to turn things around. As long as you want, Cheng Peng and I will definitely help you," Liu Bo said with a smile.

Liu Bo was about to say something more when someone came in through the door.

A large group of foreigners walked in, taking pictures with their phones and cameras.

Monica then stood up, pointed inside the castle, and called everyone in fluent English to come in.

Charlotte immediately stood up as well, intending to attend to the business.

Lu Qiao pointed at Charlotte: "Sit down. You only need to study for the next three days. Sleep when you're tired!"

"Yes, manager!" Charlotte sat back down.

One second Liu Bo was mocking Luqiao for having no business, and the next second the castle was packed with people.

"Are these foreigners here to buy things? Why are there so many people so early in the morning?" Liu Bo asked rhetorically.

Lu Qiao didn't really know how Monica sold her things, but he got up out of curiosity, grabbed a box of char siu, and said while eating, "Why don't you come and see for yourself?"

Lu Qiao led Liu Bo to stand by the window of the castle and look inside.

Monica was seen explaining things to the guests one by one, and during this time, her hand would intentionally or unintentionally brush against the foreigners' foreheads.

Liu Bo naturally had no idea what had happened, but Lu Qiao saw it all clearly. Sure enough, Monica, that money-grubber, wouldn't do business in a simple way.

Monica directly read and rewrote the other person's memories.

At first, the other party was lured over because of lust, and then became their ATM.

But how did they manage to do that?

The black cat, having filled its stomach with cheap cat food, meowed once in the room.

Lu Qiao heard Black Cat's explanation: "Leave the most beautiful emotions from the other person's memory, and then put them into the current memory. It's addictive to experience that feeling again. Then set a minimum cost, and the other person will keep repeating the same thing. That's Monica's trick."

Luqiao pondered, wondering how the black cat knew about this.

The black cat then launched into a rapid-fire monologue, as if it could read Lu Qiao's mind: "Remember Monica's twenty-three charges? One of them was altering diners' memories to make them addicted to the bar. I've even wondered if I was altered too!"

Liu Bo pointed into the room and said, "I...I'm not seeing things, am I? A hundred dollars for a card? A thousand five hundred for a crystal ball?"