* Forum format / no romance / episodic stories / tarot reading that really works
Ren Hui's adoptive mother left her an old tarot deck and a bank card with an astonishing balance.
Ren Hui took the opportunity to laze around at home, becoming a cyber ghost online.
She lurked in forums, boredly scrolling through all sorts of outrageous help posts:
[Help! My cat's been missing for a week. I think he doesn't love this family anymore TT], [What's my dream girl's sexual orientation? Waiting online, this is pretty urgent], [I have an interview tomorrow. Would getting down on my knees and kowtowing to HR improve my chances of getting hired?]
Ren Hui, who was extremely bored and very kind, quietly drew tarot cards and carefully answered each post.
The missing-cat poster had some strange details. Ren Hui hesitated before replying, "Maybe try... He could be playing BDSM somewhere in a corner."
Three days later, the original poster excitedly shouted: Found him! He's actually playing bondage games with a stray cat! Right on the garden swing you mentioned!!
The post asking about someone's orientation had a complicated spread. Ren Hui carefully chose her words: "She may appreciate a connection between souls more than any particular gender."
A week later, the poster thanked her: "She said she's asexual! But she thinks I really understand her! We've become best friends!"
As for the one who wanted to kneel before HR... Ren Hui advised him to just act normally.
The next day, the poster shared the good news: "I didn't kneel! They even said I seemed composed, and I got the offer!"
Encouraged by the positive feedback, Ren Hui grew more confident and started looking for new posts to read and answer with tarot. Then she glanced at her account balance.
Wait, wait. Was the money on the card automatically going down?!
Wait, wait. Why did huge sums quietly appear in her account after every reading?!
After a few more times, Ren Hui finally understood: The card burned through money, but if she used tarot to help people solve their problems, she could earn a windfall!
She gradually became a mysterious legend on the forums. Then one day, a roundup post compiling all her replies suddenly went viral:
"Her profile is empty, but every reading is eerily accurate... What kind of immortal is this??"
"I used to call tarot superstition. I apologize! Reader, are you taking clients? Name your price!"
"So the cards could even figure out that cat's weird fetish?? Is this scientific?!"
Overnight, Ren Hui gained a million followers and was forced to become an occult influencer discussed across the internet.
Looking at her exploding inbox and the analysis posts trying to uncover her real identity, Ren Hui saw black and typed a pinned statement with trembling hands:
"...You've really got it wrong. I'm a genuine materialist. Believe in science and oppose superstition!!"
[Reading Guide]
1. This is not a strong female lead story.
2. No romance for the protagonist. Supporting characters have romances.
3. Follow the progression from beginner tarot to mastery, and you'll really learn tarot by the end (confident).
4. It's fine if you don't want to learn. You can just read it as a collection of short stories.
5. May contain horror elements.
6. Episodic stories. The protagonist provides the clues but is not the main narrator of the stories.
7. If you have questions about the book, feel free to leave a comment in the author's column (*σ´∀`)σ
Theme: Believe in science!
