Chapter 159
Chapter 159
This was my first time interpreting a hexagram, and it was a real-world application at that.
I couldn’t be one hundred percent certain that I had interpreted it correctly.
However, when the first hexagram appeared, it already displayed an opposition between Yin and Yang.
This indicated that Meng Yifan and Tao Xiaoyu were bound to have a falling out.
Therefore, my calculation that Tao Xiaoyu would die was very likely to be valid.
Given Meng Yifan’s short fuse, he would undoubtedly take extreme measures once he discovered he was being cuckolded.
And based on my understanding of him, he probably wouldn’t let the other man off the hook either.
So… Tao Xiaoyu might actually be hacked to death by him.
But Song Xiaotian still didn’t believe my conclusion and asked how I had arrived at it.
I explained to him, “In the primary hexagram, there are two yao that can represent Tao Xiaoyu in this incident: one is the Wife and Wealth Yao, and the other is the Self Yao.”
Within the Six Yao system, there are the Six Relations: Self, Official Ghost, Wife and Wealth, Children and Grandchildren, Parents, and Brothers.
These Six Relations center around ‘Self.’ The other five are all things that ‘Self’ can influence or that can influence ‘Self.’
These five relations can symbolize many people or things.
In this context, Wife and Wealth represents Tao Xiaoyu, while Official Ghost represents Meng Yifan.
“The Wife and Wealth is suppressed by the Year, the Month, and the Day. Furthermore, there are no yao to support or generate it. Thus, the Wife and Wealth Yao isn’t just weak; it has been suppressed to death.”
Being ‘suppressed to death’ doesn’t always mean the client’s physical death, but in this specific incident, I could only interpret it as Tao Xiaoyu dying.
If she weren’t dead, the worst that would happen is a falling out with Meng Yifan, after which she would no longer receive his money. In that case, the Wife and Wealth Yao representing her should only show up as ‘weak’ in the hexagram.
Moreover, considering the actual situation, even if she fell out with Meng Yifan and lost his financial support, she currently has another man pursuing her. Given her standards and her greed for money, she wouldn’t be dating this man if he were broke. This man’s financial strength must either be on par with Meng Yifan’s or even greater.
Therefore, even without Meng Yifan, she still has a sugar daddy. She shouldn’t be ‘suppressed to death’; she should only be ‘weak.’
“According to the hexagram, the Wife and Wealth Yao representing her is suppressed to death, and the Self Yao representing her is also suppressed to death. I can only conclude that she dies…”
Actually, there were a few other things I didn’t mention.
For example, the Official Ghost representing Meng Yifan has entered the Day Tomb.
What does it mean to ‘enter the tomb’? It is when all things mature and are stored in a vault, much like a person’s life ending as they are buried in a grave.
A grave is a very small, enclosed space. In divination, however, it shouldn’t be understood literally as just a grave. It can also refer to many other things, such as being trapped by a certain matter, being unable to act freely, or a person being confined in a closed environment from which they cannot escape.
Since Meng Yifan has entered the Day Tomb, I could only interpret it as him going to prison…
Connecting everything together, it formed a complete sequence of events: “Meng Yifan kills Tao Xiaoyu and is subsequently sentenced to prison.”
However, there was still one suspicious point I couldn’t understand.
In the hexagram, the Wife and Wealth Wu-Fire generated the Official Ghost Xu-Earth. Among the Five Elements, Fire Generates Earth. In this context, it means she ‘generates’ me, implying I benefit from her.
This would mean that in reality, Meng Yifan obtained something from Tao Xiaoyu.
This was the part I couldn’t wrap my head around.
Firstly, for someone like Tao Xiaoyu, who only knows how to take and never how to give, what could she possibly provide to Meng Yifan?
Secondly, since Tao Xiaoyu is dead, what benefit could a dead person possibly give to Meng Yifan?
My studies were simply too shallow; there were still too many things I didn’t understand and couldn’t explain.
Hearing that Meng Yifan might end up in prison, Song Xiaotian was stunned on the spot. “Maybe… we shouldn’t tell him after all.”
I felt torn. “If we don’t tell him, are we just supposed to keep him in the dark?”
We were his brothers; keeping him in the dark wasn’t an option.
But if we told him, he would end up killing someone and going to prison.
What were we supposed to do?
“How about this? Call Tao Xiaoyu right now and tell her to meet us outside the restaurant,”
Song Xiaotian suggested. “Then, tell her to break up with Meng Yifan on her own. If she refuses, we’ll show him the photos we just took.”
I thought it was a solid plan. Song Xiaotian and I walked out of the restaurant, and I pulled out my phone to call Tao Xiaoyu.
The call connected quickly, and Tao Xiaoyu’s voice came through.
“Chen Mo?”
“It’s me.”
With a grim expression, I stared back into the restaurant and asked, “Where are you right now?”
Tao Xiaoyu replied, “Why? What’s up?”
I was losing my patience. “Just tell me where you are.”
Tao Xiaoyu usually looked down on me. She saw me as someone who just worked for Meng Yifan, making me somehow inferior in her eyes.
But at this moment, she sounded a bit guilty. “I’m… working overtime. What is it? Why are you looking for me?”
I snapped. “Working overtime? You’re working overtime with another man in a restaurant! What’s next, working overtime at a hotel? Get your ass out here right now! I’m standing right outside!”
There was a long silence on the other end before she hung up.
A moment later, Tao Xiaoyu emerged from the restaurant. When she saw me, her face was a mix of panic and shock.
“Chen… Chen Mo, what are you doing here?”
“Never mind why I’m here.”
I didn’t give her the time of day. “You explain why you’re here first! Who is that guy?”
Tao Xiaoyu still tried to cover it up. “He’s my boss… we’re just having dinner to discuss work. You’re misunderstanding things.”
I was fuming.
Her stubbornness was unbelievable.
Before I could even start shouting, Song Xiaotian lost his temper first. “Do you need a bouquet of roses to discuss work? Do you need to be all over each other to discuss work? What kind of shady-ass business are you two talking about!”
“Meng Yifan treats you so well. He’s given you his heart and soul, and you’re out here doing this? Have you no conscience?”
Song Xiaotian’s intensity completely stunned Tao Xiaoyu.
She didn’t dare show her usual shrill, unreasonable personality in front of him.
“I…”
She froze in place, her eyes welling up with tears as she put on a weak, fragile act. “I was wrong. I just lost my mind for a moment. I’m sorry. Please, don’t tell Yifan.”
I roared, “What’s the use of apologizing to us? Do you think this is just some minor mistake? You’re being despicable, do you realize that? You took advantage of the fact that Meng Yifan loves you. You bully him every day and find every possible way to drain his bank account, and now you’re doing this? You-!”
Honestly, if she weren’t a woman, I would have punched her right then and there.
“I… I already know I was wrong, but it’s not entirely my fault!”
She actually started trying to justify herself. “He’s never home. He’s always busy with his work. If he hadn’t neglected me, I wouldn’t have made this mistake. Fine, I just won’t do it again, okay?”
Holy shit.
Is this even how a human being talks?
“Bullshit!” Song Xiaotian exploded on the spot. “Do you have any idea what he’s been through lately? He almost lost his life! He was only staying away because he was afraid of dragging you into it!”
“His business is in shambles, and he’s working himself to the bone every single day like a pack animal. He’s out there playing the fool and sucking up to people just to make money-money for you to spend! And you have the nerve to say that!”
“I swear, I’m going to beat the life out of you today!”