Chapter 16: One Glance Back, and Fate Is Sealed for Three Lifetimes

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Chapter 16: One Glance Back, and Fate Is Sealed for Three Lifetimes

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he raised his eyes and waited for the three of them to react.

Yu Shenliu and the other two were not stupid. With Chen Yuan putting it this way, how could they not understand what he meant? Everything had its rules, especially matters related to metaphysics. It was better to follow Chen Yuan’s instructions. After all, who among those raised in Huaxia had never heard one or two mysterious stories related to metaphysics?

Seeing all three nod to show that they understood, Chen Yuan didn’t care whether they had truly grasped his meaning. He had encountered people before who had readily agreed, only to insist on digging deeper later. When dealing with such clients, he simply refused to entertain them. He had already made the rules clear. If they still chose to disregard them, that was no longer his problem.

“Miss Huo’s fate is very good.”

“You’ve had a smooth life since childhood. You’ve never truly found yourself in a desperate situation, and even when things didn’t go your way, someone would soon come along to help you out of it. However, when you were seven, you went through a major ordeal. In the end, you made it through safely without suffering any real harm.”

Chen Yuan slowly sorted through the information he had obtained in his mind, then laid it out bit by bit. When he mentioned that Huo Shu had safely survived the ordeal at seven, he saw the shock on her face. He wasn’t surprised. There were plenty of people like Huo Shu, who went from completely disbelieving to half-convinced, and eventually started dropping by whenever they had nothing better to do just to chat with him.

A major ordeal at seven? That was the year Huo Shu had happened to be caught up in a bank robbery and taken hostage, yet she had made it through safely. But Huo Shu had been young at the time, and very few people knew about it. Even if someone deliberately tried to dig up information about it, there was no way they could find out about something like that, right?

Listening to this, Yu Shenliu couldn’t help narrowing his eyes. Metaphysics truly was mysterious. Just knowing Huo Shu’s date of birth could actually reveal so much? It was surprisingly similar to the stories he had heard.

Looking at Chen Yuan sitting there with a calm expression, Yu Shenliu took a deep breath. He couldn’t shake the feeling that Chen Yuan knew everything.

Just as Yu Shenliu was watching him, Chen Yuan looked up and met his eyes for a moment. He gave him a small, polite smile that disappeared in an instant, then turned his gaze back to Huo Shu and prepared to continue.

However, at that moment, Yu Shenliu had completely stopped paying attention to what Chen Yuan was saying. It was hard to describe the feeling. Chen Yuan’s expression was no different from usual, nothing particularly special about it, yet it felt as though someone had punched him hard. His breath caught for an instant. This feeling, this feeling…

It was such a cliché to describe it as forgetting how to breathe or losing one’s heartbeat. Yet what other words could describe it so precisely?

Chen Yuan didn’t notice Yu Shenliu’s stunned expression. He continued telling Huo Shu what he had calculated.

“You were born with strong leadership abilities, and you have a great deal of financial luck. You’ve never had to worry about money.” He first spoke casually about some obvious things regarding her personality and abilities, then once again dropped a few remarks that seemed almost uncanny. “When you were seventeen, you should have experienced a turning point in your life that set you on a path similar to your uncle’s.”

“How do you know?” Huo Shu finally couldn’t hold back. The moment Chen Yuan mentioned this, the question slipped out. When she was seventeen, she had taken the Taixue entrance examination. She had originally planned to study culture and the humanities, but for some reason, when it came time to fill out her applications, she chose a political academy. In the end, she gradually embarked on a career in politics.

Chen Yuan glanced at her, blinked, and said, “What do you think?” Other than having calculated it, how else could he have known? But the fact that Huo Shu had asked the question also showed just how shocked she was. Fortune-telling often relied on feedback. When fortune-tellers first began learning, they usually had many doubts. They didn’t know whether what they had calculated was right or accurate, so they needed to adjust their methods based on the person’s reactions to what they said. Only then could they gradually improve.

Huo Shu also realized that she shouldn’t have asked that. For one thing, Chen Yuan had already told them not to ask too many questions. For another, it was obvious that he had calculated it himself.

For a moment, Huo Shu was shocked and confused, and she couldn’t even explain what she was feeling. What had happened with Rong Yan could perhaps still be dismissed as a coincidence, like something based on zodiac signs. But now that Chen Yuan had calculated major events from her life, could she still call it a coincidence? Metaphysics… truly mysterious!

“I didn’t mean to ask… I’m just a little surprised. Anyway, please continue.” Without even realizing it, she had begun speaking more respectfully.

Chen Yuan nodded at her knowingly to show that it was all right. Then he thought for a moment about what else he hadn’t mentioned. “There is a Huagai in your fate, so there’s always been a trace of broad-mindedness and refined detachment in your personality. You have considerable talent in writing and scholarship, and you’re also quite spiritually attuned. At times, you may feel tired of the mundane world and wish to transcend it. However, this influence isn’t strong enough to make you truly withdraw from the world.”

He was right again. There was no longer any surprise on Huo Shu’s face. After having several things about her life accurately described in succession, she had already come to believe in both Chen Yuan’s words and his abilities. Now, she was eager to hear more.

“As for romance, your bad luck in love has just passed, but a new relationship will appear soon.” After spending so much time laying the groundwork and earning Huo Shu’s complete trust, Chen Yuan finally got to the important part. As he spoke, he gave Huo Shu a teasing glance. “You have quite a lot of romantic luck, or ‘peach blossoms,’ as they’re metaphorically called.”

Even though Chen Yuan had seemed mysterious this whole time, he was still younger than her, after all. Being teased about romance by him made Huo Shu feel a little embarrassed. She instinctively turned her face away, her eyes darting about.

Chen Yuan chuckled to himself, then reminded her, “Your destined match is about to appear. Before that, you should try to clear away your bad romantic luck as much as possible. Otherwise, it looks like it might interfere with the right one.”

“Bad romantic luck” and “destined match”? Huo Shu didn’t really understand what Chen Yuan meant. She wanted to ask, but she was worried that this might be something she shouldn’t ask about, so she could only keep the question to herself, which was rather frustrating.

Chen Yuan clearly noticed her confusion and immediately explained, “Everyone says romantic luck is a good thing, but even romantic luck comes in different forms. True romantic luck is good, while bad romantic luck can mean running into someone who deceives you in love or having your life affected because of a relationship.”

“Girls tend to place more importance on relationships, so a lot of wandering fortune-tellers sell things like peach blossom charms, claiming they can bring you romantic luck. But ninety-nine percent of the romantic luck they bring is bad romantic luck. If some kind of occult technique is used in the process, the result could end up being very bad.” Chen Yuan became very serious when he mentioned this. “You absolutely must not casually use occult techniques to interfere with things in your life.”

“If you want a good marriage, the simplest way to pray for romantic luck is to go to a Yue Lao temple and offer incense. Yue Lao is the orthodox deity in charge of relationships. There are also the Immortals of Harmony and Union , who likewise oversee romantic relationships.”

“But you won’t need to. Before long, your destined match will come along.” With that, Chen Yuan lifted his cup and took several sips in succession to soothe his throat.

For some reason, once Chen Yuan finished speaking, Huo Jian had a strong urge to applaud. He managed to restrain himself, but his hands still felt unbearably itchy.

Huo Shu was still thinking about what Chen Yuan had said earlier. Her bad romantic luck wasn’t over yet, and it would interfere with her destined match? That bastard Rong Yan was still going to interfere with her life? What a joke!

Yu Shenliu, whose presence had been rather subdued this whole time, took out his wallet and counted out ten large bills for Chen Yuan. Money in one hand, goods in the other. That had always been how Chen Yuan did business, and after seeing it a few times, Yu Shenliu had remembered.

Glancing at the money in Huo Jian’s hand, Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow. “My usual fee starts at a few thousand, but since I’ve only just arrived in Jincheng, it’s still five hundred per reading. You gave me too much.”

“Then why don’t you take a look at my Bazi too?” Yu Shenliu said as he placed the money into Chen Yuan’s empty hand, then used his own hand to curl Chen Yuan’s fingers back around it, as if it were nothing more than an ordinary gesture.

“No need for Bazi. I’ll just give you a warning. You’re probably going to have a brush with bloodshed soon.” He said it almost jokingly, his eyes quickly sweeping over Yu Shenliu’s features. Yet after saying this, he didn’t refuse the extra money and simply accepted it.

Whether he was joking or telling the truth, that was for Yu Shenliu to decide for himself.

In any case, Chen Yuan had said what needed to be said. If Yu Shenliu misunderstood, that was a minor matter and wouldn’t cause any trouble.

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