Chapter 456: Chapter 463: The Tables Have Turned
Su Nian took a bite of the peach, swallowed, and then changed the subject.
"When I read fortunes, I like to look into a person’s past karma. How about I tell you about yours?"
Although An Ruxue was a bit confused, she nodded doubtfully in agreement.
After all, her life and future were in Su Nian’s hands. She didn’t dare to argue.
"You were born into a wealthy family. Your father’s astrological chart is associated with fire, which means his profession is related to fire. He’s a chef, isn’t he?"
Hearing this, An Ruxue was surprised but still puzzled. She simply nodded. "My dad did indeed start as a chef to get to where he is today."
Back in the day, her father used his excellent cooking skills to work his way up from being a mere kitchen hand in a restaurant. Step by step, he managed to open his own grand hotel, and then a whole hotel chain.
That was how their family came to live the comfortable life they had now. But what did any of this have to do with her current situation? Su Nian continued, "Your father was meticulous and cautious back then. It wasn’t easy for him to get to where he is today."
An Ruxue listened as the woman opposite her repeatedly brought up the fact that her father had once been a chef.
Her volatile temper began to flare up. What she hated most in this world was anyone bringing up the past—bringing up the time when her father was just some lowly cook.
It always made her think of her life back then: living in a shabby rental, eating discounted, expired food, or even other people’s leftovers.
Her mother back then wasn’t the high-society woman she was now. When buying groceries, she would insist the vendor throw in a free head of garlic or a handful of scallions.
Now, with Su Nian bringing up her history, she was instantly reminded of her own wretched past.
Her expression soured. Agitated, she couldn’t stop herself from interrupting Su Nian.
"I know my dad used to be a chef, and that we had it rough! What more do you need to read from that?"
Su Nian said calmly, "When you were young, you were the one being bullied at school. But now that you’re an adult, you’ve come to enjoy bullying others instead. Don’t you find that ironic?"
Su Nian’s gaze was profound, as if she were looking right through her at someone else. An Ruxue couldn’t help but shiver, her heart pounding in her chest.
"I wasn’t bullying her on purpose! I was just playing some harmless pranks, just teasing her a little!"
Su Nian found this amusing. "If you hadn’t done such awful things yourself, why would you have ended up in this state?"
"Groveling here, begging me... you still don’t know, do you? Your father made his fortune because he saved a CEO’s daughter from being bullied. He did it because she reminded him of you. And now, you’ve become the bully."
An Ruxue was deeply mortified.
Su Nian continued, "Time flies. The roles from back then have been reversed."
"Haven’t you noticed? Your family’s situation has been declining for a long time. Have you ever wondered why?"
An Ruxue had been listening intently, but now, hearing Su Nian link these two things together, she could no longer contain herself.
"Stop spouting nonsense!"
But her denial was a poor attempt to hide the truth, and inwardly, she was trembling uncontrollably.
’It seems... it’s true.’
After the first time she bullied someone, her father’s sighs at home grew more frequent. More and more, and more.
The family still maintained a glamorous facade, but in reality, things were far from what they used to be.
’But is all of this really because I bullied someone?’
’Could something so... supernatural, so coincidental, really be possible?’
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