CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 17: SOMEONE STOLE THE LIFE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOURS

Jiang Ci’s eyes widened.

"What do you mean?"

"Can luck be taken away by someone else?"

He had never heard of such a thing before.

[Oh my, I feel like I’ve heard something incredible in this livestream room.]

[Is luck what I think it means?]

[What happens if luck is borrowed?]

...

Because of Mu Yunchu’s simple sentence, a storm was stirred up in the livestream room.

People probably heard such an unbelievable thing for the first time, so their reactions were intense.

[Does it mean that the person took away the luck of someone with whom they are fated, and that’s why the fated person is living so miserably now?]

Mu Yunchu nodded.

This netizen’s guess was basically correct.

A person’s destiny is very complex, with elements such as five-element magnetic fields, destiny stars, and so on...

For a simple example, a person generally has a zodiac element, divided into gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and can even be further divided into stems like Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, etc.

For example, if a person’s true element is Yi wood, it indicates they are suited for creative things.

Wood lacks water, being close to water brings vitality, which makes it a live wood.

Some wood needs pruning; wearing some pure gold jewelry can achieve this pruning effect.

Even for people with different elements, their suitability for various types of work also differs.

For instance, people who love fire can do jobs like livestreaming or cooking.

As for those who love water, the simplest thing is to open a beverage shop...

Of course, this is quite complex, no possibility can be judged from a single aspect, but from the overall five elements.

But what Mu Yunchu wants to express is that everyone has this thing called luck.

This includes spouse-favoring destinies, which essentially involve borrowing luck.

This usually isn’t problematic, as both parties lend and repay, and can even complement each other.

But this isn’t the case for Jiang Ci in front of us.

His luck has been stolen, not only won’t it be returned, but it also damages one’s virtue.

Seeing Jiang Ci’s increasingly grim face, Mu Yunchu used simpler words to explain.

"Simply put, someone stole the life that was supposed to be yours."

Jiang Ci: !!!

He understood right away.

[I’ve only read this line in novels before, I didn’t expect it to sound so terrifying in real life.]

[So there’s a person who took the place of the destined one to make a living online and stole his original wealth and prosperity, causing the destined one’s current downfall?]

[Who the hell is so shameless, aren’t they afraid of retribution for doing such unscrupulous things? Streamer, tell me who it is, I’ll avenge my future husband right now!]

Jiang Ci: "..."

Mu Yunchu did not immediately answer the agitated netizens in the livestream room, but looked up at the still-stunned Jiang Ci.

"Actually, your original luck was very good; the person who stole your luck should be having a vastly different life than originally. Think carefully, anything strange happened around you recently?"

Jiang Ci opened his mouth hearing this.

His brain wasn’t exactly blank, but it was certainly muddled.

"Can I say, every day I’m either livestreaming or on my way to figuring out how to livestream."

He doesn’t even have time to go out, eating instant noodles bought online and delivered to his door.

He doesn’t see a single person all day, so nothing strange happens.

"But to be honest, I do see a lot of weird things online."

All sorts of oddities...

Mu Yunchu: "..."

[Hahaha, why do I feel like laughing at such a crucial moment, hubby, turns out you’re a comedian.]

[But I have to say, I think you’re right.]

Jiang Ci, hearing others laugh at him like this, coughed a little awkwardly.

He felt like he shouldn’t be making jokes at a time like this.

But Mu Yunchu was completely unaffected by the situation.

Still watching him serenely.

Jiang Ci couldn’t laugh anymore.

He even thought Mu Yunchu looked a bit scary now.

Those calm eyes seemed to see right through him.

Making his heart feel fuzzy.

But at the same time, he began to focus on thinking about things that met Mu Yunchu’s earlier requirements.

But after a while, he shook his head somewhat frustrated.

"Honestly, no, I have very few friends."

Even my online chat buddies can be counted on one hand.

Mu Yunchu sighed a little helplessly.

"I remember you said earlier, when you started livestreaming, there was a period where your traffic was good, right?"

"So that means you didn’t always have such bad luck."

That sentence seemed to flip a switch in Jiang Ci’s mind, releasing memories locked away.

"Now that you say it, I recall, it’s not just livestreaming, since that time, every aspect of my life has been quite unlucky."

While it can’t be described as choking on cold water, it’s not much better than that.

But because there were too many stressful things every day, he completely forgot about it.

"And before?"

"Before, I was doing okay..." Jiang Ci fell into reminiscing.

Just like Mu Yunchu said.

Aside from his face, he’d always been quite ordinary.

His grades in school were average, but he got into the university he longed for.

His university studies were average too, and he spent his attention on clubs, yet he barely passed exams every semester.

Finding a place to live was an even bigger stroke of luck; the current place he lives in is in such a good location and still so cheap...

Thinking of this, he grew more and more excited.

"It really was like that, I used to be quite lucky indeed."

Mu Yunchu then asked, "So what did you do the day before your livestream traffic dropped?"

"I treated my roommate to a meal."

[Huh? Why?]

"For no particular reason, we were both into livestreaming, but his popularity was mediocre, earning almost nothing daily, working himself to death for just a few small tokens. At the time, he couldn’t even afford a meal, and seeing him pitiful, I thought I’d treat him to some barbecue to console him."

[And then?]

"Then we both got pretty drunk."

"The next morning, when I woke up, he was already livestreaming. He changed to a new style, but his popularity skyrocketed."

Jiang Ci spoke a bit sorrowfully.

So the saying goes, fortunes change hands.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have borrowed ideas and tried different livestreaming styles later.

Jiang Ci still hasn’t realized anything, but Mu Yunchu caught the key information from his words.

"Are you saying that after that week, you started having terrible luck, while your friend’s livestream took off?"

From Mu Yunchu’s gaze, Jiang Ci inexplicably felt a chill.

But still nodded in response.