On the second night, Qi Yan and his roommates went to a famous hot pot restaurant. They ordered a table full of food and ate happily.
“I must say, it’s the best to have hot pot and drink cold beers on a summer night.” The eldest one scooped two slices of mutton and took a sip of beer. “Qian Qian, what’s your plan for the future?” Qi Yan’s name sounded like Qian, so everyone liked to call him Qian Qian.
“I’ll go with the flow,” Qi Yan didn’t like to drink beer, but today was a special day. He didn’t want to be a wet blanket so he drank with them. His cheeks were slightly red but his eyes were bright. “I only have to feed myself.”
He was still an infant when his master picked him up. He brought him to the temple and realized that he had a missing toe on his right foot. Then, the master made a police report, but no one came to look for him. Everyone in the town was poor, uneducated and had many children. Perhaps they abandoned him because they didn’t want others to gossip about a disabled child.
There was no charity organization at that time. Seeing that no one came for him, the master raised him out of pity.
The master had taught him a lot of things and insisted on sending him to school. Before he passed away, he nagged at him to go to university and put a house under his name. The house was located in Capital City.
He didn’t know when he’d sneakily bought a house.
Thinking about this, Qi Yan pinched his nose and smiled at the three brothers, “I haven’t told three times of fortune this month, why not do one for each of you?”
The eldest and the second eldest waved their hands. They knew that Qi Yan had a habit of fortune-telling, but as someone who grew up in the new Chinese era, they believed in Science more.
Wang Hang, who was close to Qi Yan, was interested, “Qian Qian, do it for me.”
Qi Yang stretched out his arm and opened his palm.
“Brothers also need to pay?” Wang Hang held his wallet and looked at him in disbelief.
“We are brothers, so we have to be clear about money,” Qi Yan tapped his shoulders, “I take the money and donate to those in need on your behalf.”
“You shouldn’t be called Qian Qian,” Wang Hang took out five hundred yuan and put it in his hands, “You should be called ‘money-grabber’”.
“You have to discuss this with my master,” Qi Yan waved the money in his hands and smiled, “But are you sure you want to communicate with him?”
“It’s better not to disturb his peace,” Wang Hang waved his hand, “Hurry up and tell my fortune.”
Qi Yan kept the money and said slowly, “You should have a sister, but an accident has taken that away.”
Wang Hang kept waving his hand, “That’s not accurate. It’s only me in the family, where is there a sister?” He knew it, Qi Yan did not look like a sage at all. How would he know how to tell others’ fortune?
The eldest and the second laughed as they watched. They weren’t even fighting for the meat in the hot pot.
“Be patient, I’m not done yet.” Qi Yan scooped a piece of cooked mutton into his bowl. When he saw Wang Hand’s doubtful gaze, he put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said, “But your family has done a lot of good. Your ancestors might have met a kind person before. All the good deeds have protected your family, so your life is better than most people. As the saying goes, even if you have good fortune, you have to appreciate it. A lot of people had ancestors who had done a lot of good, but they didn’t live up to it and wasted all the blessings.”
Up to this point, Qi Yan’s eyes were focused on the top of Wang Hang’s head. He saw some faint purple and red mist in the air. He was stunned, had his skills improved?
In the past, he was only able to see the ups and downs of others’ life from their faces, but he would never be able to see their “fortune”. According to fantasy novels, this was a direct level up from training to enlightenment. The improvement was unbelievable.
Wang Hang saw that Qi Yan was staring at him with a strange look and without speaking. He felt anxious, “Qian Qian, what did you see?”
“I saw that your luck is good in this life. As long as you don’t do bad things, you’d have good fortune,” At this point, Qi Yan touched his head, pretending to be an expert and said, “Your life is so good that it makes people envious.”
“Well, I am more skilled at being reborn than others.” No matter what Qi Yan said was true or not, Wang Hang was satisfied after hearing that.
The eldest and the second shushed them, “Third and Fourth Brother, are you done? Look at the ground, your faces have fallen off, do you still want them?”
“I didn’t say that, Qian Qian is the one who said I have a good life,” Wang Hang pointed at Qi Yan, “Even if it’s shameless, it’s Qian Qian, not me.”
Qi Yan shook his head and sighed, “You are all dumb mortals, how would you understand the loneliness of a sage?”
“Tsk!”
“Stop disgusting us, do you still want to eat?”
“Sh*t, my mutton! Qian Qian, when did you scoop so many pieces of mutton into your bowl!”
Qi Yan’s eyes became alert, “When an expert makes a move, can you still detect it?”
The three roommates squinted and responded to his shameless words.
They finished eating late and went home with the smell of hot pot on their bodies while humming a song drunkenly. The only one who was still sober was Qi Yan so he put them to bed. When he finished washing up and saw that they didn’t vomit and their breathing was normal, he went to bed with relief.
Someone sleep-talked in the middle of the night. Qi Yan turned around in a daze and looked out of the window. His face was completely lit by the moonlight.
A few days later, the four boys from Dorm 4605 moved out of the dormitory and went their separate ways.
As the golden son of the family, Wang Hang went home and received his family’s warm care. The most direct expression of love was to give him a lot of allowance and food.
“Grandma, I can’t eat anymore,” Wang Hang put his hand on his stomach and leaned back on the chair while listening to his family’s gossiping.
A girl from some family got together with a scumbag and was cheated money and sex. Even the entire company’s share was stolen.
“That’s why we have to be more careful,” Mother Wang sighed, “The girl from that family is so beautiful and so energetic, how did she meet such a person.”
Father Wang nodded to express his agreement.
But Mother Wang had still not recovered from her anger, “If I didn’t miscarry our daughter last time, she would be about the same age as that girl. If someone were to lie to her like that, I’d kill him…”
“Mom!” Wang Hang jumped out of his chair and said, “What did you say?!”
Daughter? Miscarriage? The news was so big that he found it hard to believe it.
Mother Wang just remembered that her son was there and composed herself, “You know the girl?”
“No, I mean the last sentence,” Wang Hang carefully observed his mother’s expression, “Did you really…”
Had a daughter and lost her?
Mother Wang’s voice was low, “It was more than twenty years ago, why did you ask?” She felt her heart ache thinking about her daughter that was already formed in her womb. She didn’t want to talk about it anymore.
Wang Hang saw that his mom’s face looked bad, so he didn’t continue asking. Instead, he fell back into his chair in shock.
“You should have had a sister, but an accident took it away.”
When Qian Qian told her that last time, he didn’t take it to heart. He didn’t expect it to be true. Could it be…that Qian Qian could actually tell fortune and was secretly a sage?
After returning to his room, Wang Hang called Qi Yan excitedly and wanted him to tell his fortune again!
When Qi Yan received Wang Hang’s call, he was telling fortune for a mother and son. Actually, he was telling the fortune of the son, but the son was impatient and the mom was polite. Even though she doubted his words, her attitude toward him was good.
“Mom, do you still believe in this in this era,” The boy looked at Qi Yan with resentment, “Even if you want to look for a fortune-teller, you should get one who looks like it. This one is not much older than me, what does he know?” He meant that this boy did not look like someone who knew how to tell fortune.
Qi Yan smiled and did not say anything. He glanced at the boy.
Great, young man, you’ve attracted my attention.
Hence, just as the boy’s mom was going to apologize, Qi Yan spoke.
“Ling Lang’s fortune is pretty good. When he was four years old, he avoided a disaster related to water, luckily someone had saved him. When he was twelve years old, there was another disaster, but he also avoided it unharmed. As the saying goes, if you survived a catastrophe, you’d have good fortune later on. Ling Lang has survived two disasters in his life, he will not suffer again in the future.”
Even though the boy didn’t remember what happened when he was four, his parents always talked about it. They said that he had fallen into a small river, but luckily a retired soldier passed by and saved him. He still remembered the incident that happened when he was twelve vividly. He had just graduated primary school and was hit by a car on the way home. However, he survived miraculously. He only twisted his leg and didn’t suffer any big injuries.
At this moment, the boy felt guilty inside. When he looked at Qi Yan’s fair face, he adjusted his posture subconsciously, but he was still stubborn, “It’s just a coincidence. Who hasn’t fallen down or fought with others when they were young.”
Yes, this must be it. This kind of scam had already been exposed in books, he would not believe it!
