Chapter 36: My Eyes Can See the Future

"What!?" Shen Lingxue was startled: "Are you sure you didn't get it wrong? Fang Xiu's ability is to foresee the future?"

Li Wenhao nodded: "Our surveillance equipment is professional-grade. Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao were ordinary people before, so the likelihood of them discovering they were being monitored is virtually zero. Therefore, we can rule out the possibility that they were acting over the phone.

Moreover, Fang Xiu just said something else."

At this point, Li Wenhao couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"What did he say?" Shen Lingxue asked.

"He said two more guests would be arriving shortly."

"What!? Two guests? Could he be referring to..."

The two exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Li Wenhao spoke slowly, "Fang Xiu has a very limited social circle, and since he's an orphan with no relatives visiting, the guests he mentioned are most likely referring to... you and me."

Shen Lingxue fell silent.

A moment later.

Her lips moved slightly, "Is there truly such a thing as the ability to foresee the future? Even if there is, it shouldn't appear in a first-tier Spirit Tamer." "

"Indeed," Li Wenhao nodded. "The more powerful the ability, the more restrictions it has. Take the spatial ability user we interviewed earlier, for example. Although he could teleport, as a first-tier Spirit Master, he could only teleport ten centimeters. After ten centimeters, his spiritual energy would deplete, and he would need to wait an hour before teleporting again.

Ten centimeters in an hour—that teleportation ability is slower than a turtle crawling.

For someone like him with spatial abilities, to apply teleportation in combat, he'd at least need to advance to second-tier.

If Fang Xiu possesses the ability to foresee the future, as a first-tier Spirit Master, his situation shouldn't be much better than that spatial ability user. He might only be able to foresee what happens in the next second, yet he managed to foresee that you and I were coming to find him. How long has it been?"

"Don't jump to conclusions," Shen Lingxue said solemnly. "Perhaps it's a coincidence, or maybe someone in the Investigation Bureau leaked our whereabouts."

"Investigator Shen, what do you think would happen if we didn't go find Fang Xiu today? Wouldn't his prophecy be broken?" Li Wenhao suddenly suggested.

Shen Lingxue gave him a look as if he were an idiot: Our mission is to investigate Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao. Now, just because he made one phone call, you don't want to go? How will you explain this to Director Wang when you return?

What if this is all part of Fang Xiu's plan? Won't people laugh at us to death in the future?

Moreover, if Fang Xiu can truly predict the future, then after he joins the Investigation Bureau, how much of a role will he play? You must know that, right?"

Li Wenhao gave a sheepish smile: "I was just saying that offhand, to see if his predictive abilities are really that accurate. Of course I'll go."

"Let's go." Shen Lingxue opened the car door, and a breeze blew her hair against her fair cheeks.

"I'll see for myself whether this future prediction is real or not."

The two got out of the car and walked straight toward Fang Xiu's home.

When they reached the fifth floor and were about to knock on the door, they found it ajar and opened it with a push.

The two exchanged glances, unsure whether Fang Xiu had foreseen this or simply failed to close the door properly.

Upon entering the house, they saw a handsome man with a straight posture and a calm expression brewing tea.

It was Fang Xiu.

There were three teacups on the coffee table, one in front of Fang Xiu and the other two beside him. Steam was rising from the cups, clearly from freshly boiled water.

Upon seeing the teacups, Shen Lingxue and Li Wenhao were startled.

Was it true foresight? Or were there surveillance cameras outside the community?

At that moment, Fang Xiu spoke.

"Miss Shen, Mr. Li, please sit down."

Upon hearing these words, their astonishment grew even more intense.

They could confidently say that this was their first meeting with Fang Xiu, and they had never met before.

Moreover, as members of the Investigation Bureau, their identity information was confidential and certainly not something Fang Xiu could access.

Shen Lingxue, being bold and confident, took the lead and sat down on the sofa, staring at Fang Xiu with a scrutinizing expression.

"How do you know our surnames? And how did you know we were coming?"

Fang Xiu ignored Shen Lingxue's scrutiny and suspicion, remaining calm as he replied, "My eyes can see the future."

Hearing Fang Xiu admit it outright, the two were overcome with shock.

However, though Shen Lingxue was stunned, her doubts remained unresolved.

"You can see the future? How can you prove it?"

"Both of you are from the Investigation Bureau. Your visit had two purposes: first, to investigate the mysterious domain of the Bai Liu Academy, and second, to assess whether my abilities and those of Zhao Hao are sufficient to qualify for membership in the Investigation Bureau." Fang Xiu spoke calmly.

"Mr. Fang, this does not prove that you can foresee the future. Our purpose for coming here is easy to guess—you simply needed to have prior knowledge of the Investigation Bureau." Li Wenhao shook his head and said.

Fang Xiu turned his gaze to Li Wenhao and continued calmly, "You've been secretly in love with Shen Lingxue, and you've already written a love letter, which you've placed in the left pocket of your shirt. The contents are: 'Lingxue, by the time you read this letter, I'm afraid I'll already be dead. In truth, there's something I've always wanted to tell you...'"

"Stop it!" Li Wenhao suddenly stood up, his face flushed, and stopped Fang Xiu.

Shen Lingxue looked at Li Wenhao in surprise.

Li Wenhao hurriedly explained, "Investigator Shen, you know me. This Fang Xiu is definitely making things up. I really didn't write a love letter. I..."

"Enough." Shen Lingxue gestured for Li Wenhao to calm down.

"I've received many love letters throughout my life, so I'm not surprised you'd do something like this. However, from what you're saying, it seems you intended to tell me only if you were to die in the line of duty. That part does surprise me, but there's no possibility between us."

Li Wenhao's face grew even redder: "I know, I just..."

"So you really wrote a love letter? Let me see it." Shen Lingxue reached out her hand.

"I... I..."

"What 'I'? I need to check if the content matches what Fang Xiu said!"

Li Wenhao sighed and reluctantly pulled an envelope out of the left pocket of his shirt.

Shen Lingxue took the envelope, opened it, and quickly scanned the first few lines. The shock on her face grew more intense.

Because the words on it matched exactly what Fang Xiu had said.

She tossed the love letter back to Li Wenhao and stared intently at Fang Xiu, saying, "Given Li Wenhao's personality, if he intended for me to find out only after his death, he certainly wouldn't have shown this love letter to anyone else.

However, knowing the contents of the love letter doesn't mean you can predict the future, after all, the love letter wasn't written in the future, but in the past."