Chapter 43: Girlfriends' Tea Party
Bai Xinrui's slender jade fingers flicked lightly on the clear and transparent surface of the crystal ball, and the crystal ball rotated at a uniform speed on the base with inertia.
With a proud smile on the corner of her mouth, she looked at the people in the room, calmly put down the small golden scepter inlaid with rubies in her hand, took out three crystal with very irregular shapes in yellow, purple, and white, and an oval green ghost from the pocket of her wide black dress, and placed them on the four corners of the velvet, and then slowly raised her head, as if from this moment on, she already had the eye of Odin who knew life and death.
Under the intently gaze of her classmates, in her white water lily-like palm, suddenly there was an aunt's red rectangular box painted with a mysterious pattern, as if it grew out of the palm of her hand, and the blood-red box lined the whiteness of the girl in black.
Bai Xinrui took the 78 cards out of the box and placed them face up in the center of the black velvet.
The delicate and beautiful tarot cards are not made of what material, the whole deck of cards has a parchment roll like an old background, mysterious and gorgeous, the card surface is as thin as a blade, the front pattern is covered with a layer of crystal film, similar to the stained glass in the church, giving people a feeling of seeing the world through the multicolored prism in the kaleidoscope, and the reverse side is as smooth as jade, and the tentacles are smooth and cool.
The most amazing thing is that the drawing technique of this set of tarot cards is completely different from the common illustration style that emphasizes color impact on the market, which is a three-dimensional 3D effect with the principle of perspective, and the composition and painting style of each tarot card have both the mysterious and dignified oil painting, and the lifelike Disney animation.
A whole deck of cards spread on the table, than a 3D blockbuster contains a richer amount of information, the blue sky, the field, the night, the storm on the card are textured, even shaped, sound, flavorful, story, a gaze between the ears, as if you can hear and see the wind blowing on the sea on these cards, bring the insects in the wilderness, the fierce battle of the golden iron horse, or the sacred music in the church...... The strong sense of the picture that almost wants to suck people in is inexplicably creepy, awe-inspiring, but you can't take your eyes off it.
"The Pictorial Key Tarot, a variant of the Waite Tarot, was released in Italy in 2008 and is very expensive because of its rarity."
Chenchen's whispering couldn't escape Bai Xinrui's ears, she deliberately turned her head to look at him, her expression was mocking, as if to say, "You are so amazing, you can even see this!" And as if to say, "Don't shut up yet, you want to be smart here?" ”
"It will take at least half an hour to carefully calculate a set of more complicated tarot card formations," Bai Xinrui's voice was slightly babyish, delicate, and the noisy hall quieted down. "What about how we play today, cut down the complicated and simplify, only use 22 of the big Arcana, each person asks a question, draws a card, and I will divinate and solve the card......"
Without waiting for everyone to react, she neatly put the unused cards back into the card box, and then, the jade palm covered the remaining small stack of cards.
These two hands seem to be really contaminated with some kind of magical spiritual power of the crystal, dancing a mysterious Tai Chi trajectory on the black velvet, gently but decisively destroying the tarot cards that were originally neatly stacked in an instant, scrambling, fusing again, scrambling again, and fusing again......
After making sure that the position of each card had changed sufficiently, the slender fingers with burgundy nail polish brought them together again, washed them, and then clasped them in the palm of their hands.
Beautiful one-handed cut cards, and then handsome rotation ninety degrees, and put back on the table, so repeated twice, the black velvet on the table of the vertical appearance of three stacks of cards, Bai Xinrui picked up the middle stack, in turn on the left and right two stacks to complete the final shuffle, a set of actions flowing, from a distance, beautiful like a fairy playing the piano in the drums.
The table was crowded with people, and the whole table was densely surrounded by classmates, however, no one dared to step forward and sit on the chair opposite Bai Xinrui, as if it was a chair with magical power, and sitting on it, the glory and disgrace and joy of fate would be so easily discerned and revealed.
Some people, despite their strong curiosity, are convinced that this game of divination, which was once strictly forbidden by the Holy See in the Middle Ages, is indeed heresy, and they have not yet gathered the courage to ask about the future.
William walked over from the end of the table with a smile and said, "Since no one wants to be the first to ask for fortune tonight, I can only throw bricks and stones." ”
Bai Xinrui raised her eyes that had been brushed with thick black mascara, and a pair of lacquered pupils met the dazzling golden eyes behind the half-white mask, and those eyes carried the melancholy and charm of an eighteen-year-old boy, which no one could escape.
Bai Xinrui was still reserved and noble, but there was a deep smile in her eyes.
She stretched out her palm, pointed to the high-backed leather chair across from her, and made a gesture of please.
William sat down.
"Yes, the first soothsayer, I have always been very polite, tonight, only you can draw two cards and ask two questions, Senior William, what is your question?"
She quietly changed the rules of the game for William's appearance, however, it was all done without leaving a trace, and it was natural.
After a moment of silence, William said, "I want to calculate whether this year's college application is going well." ”
Bai Xinrui frowned slightly, she knew that for a twelfth-grade student, college application was equivalent to a turning point in fate. This is indeed a crucial event in life, but she is not worthy of William in her heart. Entering the top Ivy League school, for an all-round god like William, is a self-evident result, what to do with wasting a fortune calculation opportunity?
She remained silent, moved her fingers slightly, twisted the stack of cards that were originally facing her vertically, twisted 90 degrees clockwise, and faced the diviner and fortune teller at both ends of the table, she said: "Repeat your question silently in your heart, and cut the cards at the same time." ”
William solemnly cut the card once.
Bai Xinrui twisted the stack of cards 90 degrees again to become vertical, and then, with a stroke of her slender fingers, the stack of cards immediately turned into a fan shape.
"Draw a card, please." She gave simple instructions.
William drew a card without hesitation, and turned it over on the black velvet, it was an upright "Emperor", and everyone let out a low cry, as if this was what they expected.
"Congratulations, William, this Fire Elemental card is true to your kingly spirit. It symbolizes passion, perseverance, leadership, and great success! ”
William's eyes lit up, and although there was not much emotion on the other half of his mask, the curvature of his lips was enough to indicate a good mood of smugness.
The onlookers were excitedly restless, and the handsome and excellent student president was admitted to a prestigious school, which was naturally the glory of the school, and it was also a good thing that the people wanted and expected.
"Cut, side door." Vivien glanced at Bai Xinrui from the corner of her eye.
Tonight, the giant palm of fate made her an opponent in Vivian's costume competition, and with Bai Xinrui's canvassing, I don't know if her plan to protect the two and fight for three can be successfully achieved.
"What's new in calculating such a well-known result?" Despite Vivi's muttering, her feet were stared at by something invisible.
Bai Xinrui ignored her, and looked at William with a calm smile, she didn't tell him that the emperor in this card, wearing battle armor under his gorgeous robe, symbolizes that his success comes from hard work, and the scepter in his hand not only represents justice and self-discipline, but also symbolizes male charm and single-mindedness in treating her partner, and all this is the definition of the perfect man in her heart.
What really made William hesitate was the following question, he opened his mouth, it seemed a little difficult to speak, and after half a minute, he said with determination: "Can you get a perfect love in the near future?" ”
Recent? Why is it necessary to add a time limit to this question?
Bai Xinrui's hand stroked the little golden wand on the table, and William was still thinking about Luo Yuyou?
I saw him holding an empty fist against one side of his cheek, and behind the cold white mask, a pair of bright eyes looked coldly at the fan-shaped tarot cards on the table.
Under the dusty crystal chandelier, the ruby at the tip of the wand shimmered, and radiant star-like flarings fell on William's black gown and the intricate neckline of his Victorian shirt.
After hesitating for a long time, William drew one of the cards he had spread out, and carefully turned it over, and it turned out to be a reversed "judgment".
Even though William had gone through the wind and waves and seen the world, in an instant, the grace on his face was instantly replaced by panic and confusion.
The card passed a faint sense of foreboding to Bai Xinrui, and after looking at it for a long time, she muttered: "The card of this card is judgment, choice and transformation, and the reversal represents ......."
She didn't say the next words, maybe it would be better to interpret it from another angle, Bai Xinrui thought for a while: "On the card, angels are piercing out of the clouds, and the horns in their hands symbolize salvation and warning. The reverse projection of this card on love illustrates ...... Feelings are empty, and the spirit is in the confusion of constant search......"
Bai Xinrui admits that the last sentence is nonsense, and this is the taboo of fortune tellers, but with her vision and life experience of a thirteen-year-old girl, she really can't give a satisfactory ultimate answer.
If the reversed judgment card implies the sins that the angels cannot redeem, what is there to redeem William, a wise and wise model citizen?
William didn't finish listening to Bai Xinrui's words, he got up from his seat thoughtfully, his expression was inexplicably trance, and his life was originally clear and beautiful, and a smooth road was confused by the ambiguous words of the tarot cards.
Zhou Quanru was like him, and at this time, he even forgot to say thank you to the diviner.