Chapter 199
Chapter 199
That morning, all of us went to the shop.
After discussing it for a while, I took out my phone and dialed Wang Guofu’s number.
The phone rang several times before Wang Guofu finally picked up.
“Who is this?”
“Hello, Master Wang. I was referred to you by someone. I was hoping you could help me change my luck.”
There was a moment of silence on the other end.
“Hello. Who referred you?”
Wang Guofu was being cautious.
I said, “Liu Jing referred me. She’s my cousin. She told me before that you were a true expert. I’m in business, but things have been hard lately, and my financial luck has been pretty average, so I wanted to ask you to take a look.”
Mentioning Liu Jing was actually very risky.
After all, Liu Jing had been killed by Wang Guofu. If I pretended to be Liu Jing’s relative, it would be extremely easy to arouse his suspicion.
But if we casually made up a referrer, and Wang Guofu happened to remember every single one of his clients, then I would be exposed on the spot.
So we decided to do the opposite and say I was Liu Jing’s relative. A move that risky might actually make him think there was nothing wrong with me.
On the phone, he fell silent again for a while before saying, “Ms. Liu, Liu Jing… I remember her. Has she been well lately?”
This old fox was testing me again.
I answered honestly, “Sigh. She passed away.”
He sounded shocked. “Passed away? How could that be? When I saw her before, I didn’t notice any signs of illness.”
I sighed and said, “Suicide. My cousin had depression. She couldn’t get past it, so she killed herself.”
Wang Guofu exchanged a few polite words with me over the phone, telling me to accept his condolences, then asked, “So what kind of business are you in? You want to change your luck, is that right?”
I said, “I do import and export trade. My company is out of town. I don’t know if there’s something wrong with the company’s location, but business has never really improved. I believe in this kind of thing, so I wanted to ask you to help me take a look.”
Seventh Master had said that I had to claim I was in business if I wanted to lure Wang Guofu out.
Professional Feng Shui masters like him loved doing business with merchants the most, because merchants weren’t short on money and paid generous fees.
Wang Guofu said, “I understand. But it isn’t convenient for me to go out of town recently. You may have to wait a while.”
I said, “No problem. I just happen to be back in Lanjiang City these next couple of days to visit family. Why don’t we meet for tea first, and you can take a look at my Birth Date and Time?”
Wang Guofu laughed. “Big boss, you’re trying to test whether I’m a fraud, aren’t you? I can understand how you feel. No problem. I’m currently at a teahouse over in Huangshikou. If it’s convenient for you, please make the trip over.”
The moment I heard the place, I was delighted.
Wasn’t that near Seventh Master’s place?
“All right. Please wait for me a bit. I’ll head over right away.”
After hanging up, I said to Seventh Master and the others, “I’ve set it up. And Wang Guofu is currently right in Seventh Master’s territory.”
Seventh Master froze for a moment. “In Huangshikou?”
I nodded.
Song Xiaotian immediately called for us to get in the car. “Then what are we waiting for? That bastard walked right into our sights. If the police can’t deal with him, we’ll deal with him ourselves!”
Two cars headed straight for Seventh Master’s territory. Anning was in the car too.
We soon arrived near Huangshikou. Before the cars even entered the area, they stopped by the roadside.
When I got out, Seventh Master grabbed me and warned, “Whatever you do, don’t tell him your real Birth Date and Time. Make one up. Otherwise, he can use your Birth Date and Time to do all kinds of things.”
I nodded, then walked toward the teahouse alone.
After arriving at the teahouse, I called Wang Guofu again. He said he was in a private room on the second floor.
I quickly found the room and knocked on the door.
Soon, a man of about fifty came to open it for me.
The man had a shifty, treacherous face, yet his smile was warm and approachable. “Hello, I’m Wang Guofu. May I ask your surname?”
I froze where I stood and forgot to answer him for a moment.
Because inside the private room, I saw someone else as well-Du Yunting!
I was instantly dumbfounded. What was he doing here too?
Could it be that the one who had walked straight into the line of fire… was me?
At that moment, Du Yunting noticed me too. He looked at me curiously, his expression showing nothing out of the ordinary.
“Master Wang, hello. My surname is Chen. Chen Mo…”
I forced myself to calm down and asked with a smile, “Do you have another guest? Am I interrupting you?”
Wang Guofu smiled. “Not at all. This Mr. Du is also a major businessman. His company is one of the most famous enterprises in your Lanjiang City.”
From the look of it, Wang Guofu had no idea he’d been tricked.
I braced myself and walked in, then shook hands with Du Yunting.
“I hear Mr. Chen is also in business.”
He smiled and asked, “May I ask what line of business you’re in?”
I said, “Import and export trade. Just a small company. I wouldn’t dare compare myself to Mr. Du.”
Du Yunting smiled. “You’re flattering me. I only just took over the company myself. I might not even have as much experience as you do. Look at me, going on and on-I almost forgot you’re here to see Master Wang. Master Wang is a man of real ability. You can trust him completely.”
Wang Guofu pushed a teacup in front of me and said, “Mr. Chen must want to give me a Birth Date and Time first and test me, am I right? In that case, ask away. If I, Wang, can’t accurately name some major events from the first half of your life, you can splash this tea right in my face later.”
I smiled and gave him a Birth Date and Time.
Of course, I had made that Birth Date and Time up on the spot.
After listening, he took paper and a pen from his briefcase and began calculating the Four Pillars for that Birth Date and Time.
This Wang Guofu truly did have real knowledge. He listed out a great many things on the paper.
But before he finished, he suddenly stopped and looked up at me. “Mr. Chen, you said you’re in import and export trade. What’s the name of your company?”
I froze. The name of my company…
Crap. I hadn’t thought that far ahead.
I hurriedly made up a name off the top of my head.
He nodded thoughtfully and continued writing and sketching on the paper. But very soon, I realized that what he wrote next was completely different from what he’d written before. The more I looked, the more wrong it seemed.
What he’d listed out earlier had indeed been the steps for reading a fate through the Four Pillars and Eight Characters. But what came afterward was the method for interpreting a hexagram in Plum Blossom Numerology.
I had seen Seventh Master use Plum Blossom Numerology before, so I could make out a few clues.
The essence of Plum Blossom Numerology lay in the word “flexibility.” Anything seen before one’s eyes could be used to cast a hexagram. One could even silently think of three numbers and use those to cast one.
The more I watched, the more alarmed I became. This old fox-he was actually casting a hexagram for himself!
It seemed the Birth Date and Time I’d just given him had already been exposed as fake.
That Birth Date and Time likely didn’t indicate a life suited for business, which was why he had asked me the name of my company just now.
He knew I was lying, and therefore knew I had come with ill intent. So right there on the spot, he cast another hexagram for himself.
After a long while, he looked at me. “Mr. Chen, how many people did you come with?”
I smiled. “Just me, of course.”
His expression turned rather unfriendly. “You’re lying.”
I forced myself to stay calm. “Master Wang, what do you mean by that?”
He said coldly, “There are five of you. Aside from you, there are three men and one woman. One of them is the Old Man.”