A Laxidasical Fortune-Teller Gets Rich in the Stars

Ji Qianxi inherited a desolate planet, and there was a prophecy across the stars that it would be destroyed in an interstellar war.

Ji Qianxi swished her Taoist robe and scolded, "Nonsense! Nobody understands fortune-telling better than I do!"

You want to fight on my planet? Either you'll lose your fortune, or you'll work yourself to death. :)

Ji Qianxi calculated with her fingers. "How can this be a desolate planet? Look at all these resources waiting to be mined. It's practically a ball of gold!"

She couldn't mine it all by herself, so she had to go out and recruit people. She'd stop anyone she saw and spin them a line: "Young man/young lady, you have remarkable bones. I calculated that we're destined to meet. You should join me in developing this planet and achieving great things."

The uncles, aunties, grandpas, and grandmas she stopped in their tracks: ?

Who are you calling a young man or young lady?

After that, several rare energy deposits were discovered on Ji Qianxi's desolate planet, and plunderers began arriving in droves, eager to make a move.

Then people were astonished to discover that the desolate planet was packed with the best and brightest in the galaxy.

That guard at the gate was none other than the Empire's most decorated general?

That soldier on lookout wasn't the Federation's top commander, with off-the-charts mental strength?

That farmer growing vegetables wasn't the famous number one spirit-plant cultivator in the galaxy?

Even that construction worker out in the fields... wasn't he the galaxy's top architect? They said he'd built several famous tourist planets, and had even personally designed the imperial palace.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Wasn't this supposed to be a desolate planet? Why were there so many bigwigs here?

Ji Qianxi smiled. "As a lazybones, of course I had to gather a group of capable people to develop my planet for me."

Later, the media interviewed her and asked how she'd managed to gather all these bigwigs.

Ji Qianxi answered with a sincere expression, "It was obviously fate. If I had to say, maybe I'm just good at talking?"

The bigwigs all chimed in: "That's right. We're going to build the greatest planet in the galaxy! We'll punch the Empire and kick the Federation!"

Ji Qianxi: "...Wait, wasn't the goal for me to lie around and count money?"

The bigwigs nodded. "If the Federation and Empire are willing to pay tribute, we can let bygones be bygones."

The Federation: ?

The Empire: ?

Everyone across the stars: ?

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A little planet-building, a lighthearted, face-slapping slice-of-life story with redemption. The heroine is a little ray of sunshine.

Theme: Believe in science. If you stand straight, you needn't fear a crooked shadow.