While Xia Shao was enjoying her leisure time at school, she heard another thing.
Liu Xianxian told her about this, "I heard that a Taoist priest who set up a fortune-telling stall came to Panjiayuan some time ago. He only told three hexagrams a day, and he was extremely accurate!"
This girl has always been a gossip. From being the mistress kept by a certain leader at school to why a couple in a certain department and class broke up, now she is involved in Panjiayuan's fortune-telling stall. When Xia Shao heard this, she was sitting in a time-honored hot pot restaurant outside the school ordering. The weather was still cool, so it was still the time to eat hot pot. Xia Shao came early after class today. She loves hot pot recently, especially this time-honored restaurant. The soup base is authentic and she likes the taste.
Xia Shao lowered her head to look at the menu. She didn't pay attention to Liu Xianxian's words. She just looked up at her with a smile.
This glance made Liu Xianxian feel uncomfortable all over, and she felt guilty for no reason. She snatched the menu from Xia Shao's hand and slapped it on the table, "Dot, dot, dot! What's better? Just order it and go." How many dishes are there? You have been to this restaurant three times a week! I even know how spicy the bases are for you. I can tell you how many dishes are there every time. Is there anything better? ? Listen to me carefully! Don’t be distracted!"
Xia Shao looked at Liu Xianxian's fierce look and sighed, "It's okay if I'm absent-minded. Just don't worry about anything."
"...What do you mean?" Liu Xianxian was stunned.
"I have been waiting for you to tell me, but you always carry it yourself." Xia Shao lowered his eyes, "You are such a gossip, how can you not know what is going on in the officialdom these days?"
Although Xia Shao said it cryptically, Liu Xianxian must have understood. The Jiang family has suffered a huge defeat recently and has lost several important officials. The Jiang family is in deep trouble. As the son-in-law of the Jiang family, Shi Qiusheng is also facing investigation. No matter what, he was Liu Xianxian's biological father after all, but Liu Xianxian didn't seem affected at all. She was busy becoming a disciple, busy showing off, and being prosperous, as if that person had nothing to do with her. If she really felt that it had nothing to do with it, Xia Shao wouldn't be able to say anything, lest she would just keep it in her heart again. She had some free time these days, so she wanted to take the opportunity to enlighten her friends.
Liu Xianxian really understood, her face gradually darkened, and after a while she asked: "Who told you?"
"Do you still need someone to tell me? Have you forgotten what line of work I do?" Xia Shao sighed. This girl probably thought it was Hu Jiayi who told her, right? Only Hu Jiayi knew her life experience.
"Damn!" Liu Xianxian stared, and it took him a long time to react. He immediately slapped the table, "Who told you to peek at my face again?"
Xia Shao lowered his eyes, knowing that she was not really to blame for her blustering temper, so he joked: "Okay, then when you see me in the future, just point the back of your head towards me."
Liu Xianxian rolled his eyes, neither angry nor smiling. There was also the embarrassment on his face that the secret of his life experience had been revealed, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. Having a Feng Shui master next to you is like having an all-round scanner. She can see through things you know, and she can also see through things you don't know. This feeling is similar to standing in front of people without clothes.
"It's your freedom to say nothing, but if something happens, don't forget that we are here, don't just carry everything yourself." Seeing her embarrassment, Xia Shao broke the silence.
"Haha, what a joke! What did I carry? Don't you think I'm very proud of myself now?" Liu Xianxian still said it hard and looked very happy.
Xia Shao glanced at her and stopped talking. He lowered his head, took the menu, and continued ordering.
As soon as she didn't speak, the atmosphere fell silent. Liu Xianxian looked at it, but she didn't feel victorious. Instead, she was restless and irritable. After a while, she pulled up a chair and sat down impatiently. She turned to look out the window and smiled, "Then what do you think I should do now? Worry?"
Xia Shao just smiled, said nothing, and didn't even raise her eyes.
Liu Xianxian was frustrated and snorted, "Tell you, I wish he was the one who fell down! It's a pity that I haven't heard the good news yet."
Xia Shao then raised his eyes to look at her, and saw the hatred on Liu Xianxian's face that had not yet been put away. The hatred was not disguised, which showed that what she just said was not just angry words.
"I don't know if it was the Qin family who brought the Jiang family into such trouble. If so, I would like to thank them." Liu Xianxian laughed.
Xia Shao lowered her eyes. She didn't want to tell Liu Xianxian that he was her biological father after all. She is not Liu Xianxian, she has not experienced what she has experienced, and has not experienced her resentment and hatred, so she is not qualified to say anything. But as a friend, she still hopes that she will be safe and happy. "If he doesn't like it, if you are really happy, that's okay. I'm afraid that being happy is not really happy, and being happy is not really happy."
"Why am I not really happy and happy?" Liu Xianxian slapped the table and turned to stare at Xia Shao, with bloodshot eyes. But then she smiled, "Yes, I am indeed not really happy or happy. Only when he dies one day will I be really happy and happy!"
Xia Shao was stunned. She had never expected that Liu Xianxian had such great resentment towards her father.
"Hmph! However, even if he is really dead, he has made a lot of money in this life. Poor my mother..." Liu Xianxian stared at the table and murmured, his voice was not loud, as if he was lost in memories, "My mother and his childhood sweethearts, two people Let's go to the capital together. He was a poor student at that time. As soon as my mother joined the song and dance troupe, she became a famous teacher and became famous. He used my mother's money to study and agreed to marry her after graduation. But my mother waited What is it? The daughter of the Jiang family made her lose her job in the song and dance troupe with just one word, and made her have no place in the capital with just one word. My mother returned to where she came from. Her family members died early, and she didn’t Dependence, a daughter born out of wedlock, looked down upon by others, and looked for a job in a humble manner... What about him? He married the daughter of the Jiang family, and would rather be treated as a son-in-law for the rest of his life than to be a shameless official! I was born without Father, there has never been one before, and there will never be one in the future. That coward who came secretly to worship my mother when she passed away and didn't even dare to recognize me, what qualifications does he have to want to be with me after I come to the capital? Recognize each other? It’s his big spring and autumn dream! Does he think that he came to see me once and left money for me and I spent it, which means that he is raising me and he has fulfilled his responsibilities, so I have to recognize him ? He is so naive! If my mother had not been kicked out of the capital by the bitch named Jiang, with my mother's dancing talent, she should have become famous! What I spent is what my mother should have received, and what he did back then Spend my mother's part! As for his, I don't care about him at all! Do you want me to admit him? Do I have a relationship with him? His surname is Shi, my surname is Liu, we are strangers to begin with. "
stranger…
If they were truly strangers, they would not have any emotions. The real stranger in the world is feeling nothing. Hatred and resentment are also a type of emotion. If there is really no emotion, there should not even be hatred and resentment.
Xia Shao listened quietly to Liu Xianxian's words. Over the years, she must have never said these words to anyone except Hu Jiayi. I wonder if saying these words today will allow her to vent. I still remember that when I first met Liu Xianxian in the dormitory of Qingshi No. 1 Middle School, I thought she was like a prodigal who played in the world. She didn't care about love and hated the children of officials. It turns out that everything had a reason. Although her words were short, Xia Shao could still imagine that a woman who was supposed to be an outstanding dancer was forced by powerful people to return to her hometown. Women who became pregnant out of wedlock would not be understood and accepted in that era. . Her reputation was so bad that local song and dance troupes refused to hire her, so she had to look for other jobs to support herself and her daughter.
The young Liu Xianxian followed her mother and was criticized by the people around her. She was an illegitimate daughter, a wild child of unknown origin, and her mother had a problem with her style. How could a young child bear these words? Later, her mother passed away, and a strange man came to pay her respects, but did not tell her that he was her father. Perhaps the man was afraid that his wife would be angry, so he came secretly. When he left, he only left her a bank card with a rich balance. With this bank card, she lived a life of dependence on others. Even though it was her best friend's house, living under someone else's roof and watching other people's families enjoy themselves made her feel uncomfortable.
No wonder Liu Xianxian, who seemed to care about nothing at the time, insisted on winning the first prize in the Qingshi No. 1 Middle School Art Competition, insisted on being recommended to Beijing University, and insisted on choosing dance as her future life path. It turns out that everything has a cause and an effect...
It must be why Mrs. Shi was so shocked when she saw Liu Xianxian on the stage in the auditorium of Beijing University some time ago. She probably would not have imagined that her daughter would appear in front of her again twenty years later when her husband's fiancée was driven away.
Xia Shao looked at Liu Xianxian. I'm afraid Liu Xianxian had the intention to gain a foothold in the dance world in Beijing and vent her bad temper, right
Liu Xianxian stared at the table without saying a word. She was in a bad mood. After saying what she just said, she refused to say anything else. She turned around and saw beer in the private room. She went to get it, opened it and drank it!
When Yuan Ze and others arrived, the hot pot was already on the table, and Liu Xianxian was sitting opposite and already drinking. The heat was rising in the room. As soon as the few people entered the room, they didn't see anything wrong with Liu Xianxian. They just glanced at the red hot pot soup base on the table and all of them smiled bitterly.
Xia Shao is usually busy and does not have time to have dinner with her friends every day. Whenever she has time to treat, of course everyone is willing to come. But in the past few days, she didn't know why she changed her appetite and liked spicy food, almost to the point of not being happy with anything spicy. She was very happy, and everyone smiled bitterly when they saw the red bottom of the pot. It seemed like there was another big battle today.
Today Zhou Mingxu and Miao Yan are here, and Yi Ni is also following. Since the atmosphere was always awkward and weird when Zhou Mingxu and Miao Yan were together recently, everyone had a tacit understanding to start eating as soon as they sat down, and to liven up the atmosphere first.
Yi Ni looks petite and delicate, but she can eat spicy food. As boys, Yuan Ze and Zhou Mingxu can't eat two girls, so of course they will be competitive. Not long after we sat down, everyone was competing fiercely and murderously. Xia Shao raised her head with a smile and glanced at her friends. She always felt that the heat was rising and everyone's faces were red, giving her a feeling of a peaceful life. This feeling makes people feel warm and warm, and I can't help but hope that every day will be like this.
Xia Shao took a special look at Miao Yan. She was sweating on her forehead, her cheeks were rosy, and her face was rounder than a few years ago. She looked completely different from when she first met in the dormitory of Qingshi No. 1 Middle School. Two people. Speaking of which, Miao Yan's yin and yang eyes have been sealed for two and a half years. By this summer vacation, they should be completely sealed. From now on, she will study, fall in love, get married, and live like an ordinary girl, and she will live up to what she and her senior brother did for her back then.
Miao Yan didn't eat much. She looked worried and glanced at Zhou Mingxu from time to time. Zhou Mingxu was sitting next to her, touching beer cans with Yuan Ze and rarely looking at her. It wasn't until Miao Yan choked that she coughed that Zhou Mingxu turned around. There was clearly a concerned look in his eyes, but he didn't look at her for long before he got up and went outside the private room. He came back after a while, holding a thermos bottle in his hand, and poured boiled water into Miao Yan's bowl. Then he sat down and continued drinking with Yuan Ze, without saying a word the whole time.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward again.
Liu Xianxian sat aside and glanced at the two of them, suddenly smiled, hooked Miao Yan over, and asked in a drunken voice: "Hey, are you trapped in love? Simple! Are there any classes in the afternoon? I'll take you to Panjiayuan, there are A fortune teller, super accurate!"
When Miao Yan heard Liu Xianxian say that she was trapped by love, her face turned red and was almost the same color as the hot pot soup base in front of her. But when she heard the second half of her words, her face suddenly became a little weird. Not only Miao Yan, but everyone else also looked at Liu Xianxian.
"Taoist fortune teller? Why bother? Isn't there a master here?" Yuanze smiled and held his chin up, glancing at Xia Shao.
Xia Shao smiled and said nothing.
Liu Xianxian sneered disdainfully, "This master is too expensive! That one from Panjiayuan only costs twenty yuan a time!"
"Pfft!" Yi Ni, who had just taken a sip of water, turned around and spat it out, then frowned and shook her head, looking at Liu Xianxian like she was a fool.
Yuanze also laughed, "Twenty yuan, do you believe it?"
Xia Shao had raised their horizons for them all, and those who paid twenty yuan were directly classified into the level of the charlatan.
"Ah!" Liu Xianxian glared at Yuanze from a distance, "Don't think that the expensive one must be a master, and the cheap one cannot be an expert. Let me tell you, that little Taoist priest is very accurate. He only counts three times a day. , it’s time to leave! If it’s just to make money, who would wait for sixty yuan a day?”
Several people were stunned, and then Yuanze raised his eyebrows, feeling that it did make sense. The purpose of the charlatans is to defraud money, and there is no reason why they should not make money.
"There are many types of deception! Those who set up street stalls to fool people, and those who can deceive people as much as they want are the least sophisticated among the types of deception. Those who are more sophisticated will use deception and play long-term to catch big fish. I think that Taoist priest falls into this category. As a member of the Qimen Jianghu, Yi Ni, although she left home at an early age, her knowledge of the three religions and sects in the Jianghu along the way was naturally wider than that of Yuan Ze and others. She immediately sneered and glanced at Liu Xianxian, "Do you think he Do you really care about that twenty yuan? He is waiting for someone like you. He thinks he is a master, so he rushes to see him, and along the way, he brings him a wealthy sponsor. "
Saying that, Yi Ni glanced at Miao Yan. She was the daughter of the Miao Group. If she really went there, she could be defrauded of any amount of money.
Everyone at the table was stunned.
As the son of an official, Yuan Ze was well versed in official matters. When it came to understanding the tricks of the charlatan, he was not as good as Yi Ni. But he reacted quickly and immediately understood what she meant, "You mean, that Taoist priest's target is the rich. He only counts three times a day and only charges 20 yuan each time. He is just pretending to be mysterious and waits for the donor to take the initiative. Come to the door?"
Yi Ni was too lazy to answer, but Yuan Ze smiled with interest and analyzed: "It does make sense. This person is probably an outsider. He has just arrived in the capital. He is not familiar with the place and does not know any dignitaries. He wants to defraud money. I'm afraid that others will see through it if I send it to you, so I just try to be mysterious and open up my reputation first. If someone is interested, they will naturally show it to you." As he talked, he looked at Xia Shao with a smile, "Someone is trying to steal business from you, why don't you go and see it? look?"
Xia Shao hadn't spoken since just now, and had been quietly listening to what her friends said to each other. In fact, there are indeed wandering masters in this world who live outside the world and don't care about money. But nowadays, there are very few Qi Men Jianghu sects in the country, and there are only a few experts, and experts from outside the world are even rarer. When walking on the road, comparing the possibility of meeting an outsider with the possibility of meeting a charlatan, of course the chance of meeting a liar is higher. But... I don't know why, she always has a strange feeling in her heart...
Before he had time to think about it, Liu Xianxian snorted unconvincedly, "Then what can you say if you are accurate?"
Yi Ni rolled her eyes and didn't even bother to explain. There were so many charlatans who could "calculate" accurately. If you can't fool people, why are you still doing this
Seeing that Yi Ni stopped talking, Liu Xianxian showed a victorious smile, hooked Miao Yan's neck, and continued: "Don't listen to them, they are people from the dark camp, and no one is a good person. We are different, we are bright and positive , we have the courage to explore and seek proof! Just this afternoon! We will go together if there is no class, and we will skip the class and go together!"
"You're still bright and positive after skipping classes?" Zhou Mingxu muttered, not loudly, not daring to let Liu Xianxian hear, otherwise she would be in trouble again.
The others looked at Liu Xianxian strangely. Why did she want to see the Taoist priest so much? Forget it if it were anyone else. When Liu Xianxian was in high school, she kept calling Hu Jiayi and Xia Shao, but she never said she believed it. What happened today
Liu Xianxian hooked up with Miao Yan and chuckled, "Don't regret it if you go, I've heard that the Taoist priest is super young and handsome!"
Everyone: "..."
This is the main reason, right
Xia Shao was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and then lowered his eyes.
When Zhou Mingxu heard the words "super young and super handsome", he couldn't help but look at Miao Yan. Miao Yan lowered her head when he looked at her, and whispered to Liu Xianxian: "I, I still won't go..."
"Why don't you go? Let's go and calculate the odds of marriage and see if you and the guy named Gu can make it work." Liu Xianxian said as he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhou Mingxu with a smile. Zhou Mingxu frowned, his face suddenly turned pale, and he glanced at Miao Yan. Miao Yan also happened to look at him. As soon as their eyes touched, each of them hurriedly turned away as if they were electrocuted. This scene made the others laugh. Liu Xianxian smiled and snorted, and said to Miao Yan with disdain, "How many times have you met that person named Gu? Look at how entangled you are! Let me tell you, I am in a romantic relationship. My experience on the court is that picking a man is like picking a strawberry, there will always be a bigger and better one.”
Everyone's face twitched, why do they think this is so obscene
"I will take you today to see a man who is more handsome than the guy named Gu. If you are shocked at once, it means you don't like the guy named Gu. If you don't like him, why are you with him? ? Because he is the son of an official family, which is good for your family's business? Come on! These days, those who have feelings may not be able to make it to the end, let alone those who have no feelings? Are you still dating a son of an official family? You are not allowed to do so. How much effort did Xiaoshao put in for you? Why don't you just give up half your life and live a good life? If you fail, who will you be worthy of? "
The whole room was silent, and everyone looked at Liu Xianxian. I originally thought that she insisted on taking Miao Yan to Panjiayuan because of her lust. She made the fuss for a long time just to enlighten Miao Yan. However, this detour is too big.
Miao Yan lowered her head, her eyes seemed to be shaking. Zhou Mingxu looked at her and Liu Xianxian. He was the only one here who didn't know about Miao Yan's yin and yang eyes.
"What does that Taoist priest look like?" Just when the room was silent, Xia Shao said coldly, her eyes serious.
Liu Xianxian turned her head and smiled, "Look! There is someone here who is interested in a handsome guy. I won't take you there! You are already engaged, and you still want to see a handsome guy! Be careful to tell your senior brother!"
Xia Shao was not in the mood to argue with her at this time, and pretended not to hear the words, "But he looks like he is in his mid-twenties, wearing a golden Taoist robe, a white cloth belt, a mahogany sword, and a golden bell hanging on it. Maybe he is wearing headphones. Look. A young Taoist priest dressed a little weirdly?"
Liu Xianxian was stunned and said subconsciously: "How do you know?"
Yi Ni looked up from eating fiercely, "What, do you know me?"
"Old acquaintance." Xia Shao looked strange at first, and then smiled meaningfully, "If it were him, it would really be possible for him to do such fortune-telling things as setting up a street stall."
If there is really no quantum, considering the time he came to the capital at this time... Hasn't the two-year period mentioned back then arrived? However, back then Wu Qun seemed to mean that she was in trouble, but this year it was clearly her senior brother who was in trouble. What was going on
"I'll go to Panjiayuan with you in the afternoon. An old friend is here!" Xia Shao said to Liu Xianxian. Although she had many questions in her mind, at this time, Wu Qun's arrival would be a great help.
"Ah?" Liu Xianxian opened her mouth wide. She didn't expect that she mentioned the Taoist priest from Panjiayuan, but why did she bring up Xia Shao's old friend? When did she meet this handsome guy
That's not what Yi Ni is concerned about, "Is it possible that this man is really a master of the world? Did I misunderstand him just now?"
Xia Shao's friend, in Yi Ni's opinion, of course cannot be a charlatan, he can only be a real master!
"You're not entirely wrong. If it's him, he might be waiting for someone." Xia Shao smiled, Wu Quantum should be waiting for her, "Let's eat first, and go see him in the afternoon."
Xia Shao said this and then lowered her head to eat hot pot.
Wu Quantum can finally be seen.
I thought I could write about Xiao Yi today, but I feel really uncomfortable today. I always feel that the parotid glands on my face are very sore. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve eaten too much sour food recently, so I hold my forehead.