Qi Yan didn't reject Chu Qianli, but told the other party in advance that there were a lot of people at the birthday banquet.
At home, Yu Xin and He Zhenghe were quite surprised to hear that Chu Qianli was going to attend the birthday banquet.
He Zhenghe said in surprise: "Your classmate's grandfather should be Qi Dong?"
Mr. Qi's real name is Qi Yin, and he is now the chairman of the group. His eldest son, named Qi Chengji, is Qi Yan's father. The second son's name is Qi Chengliang, who is also Qi Yan's second uncle. It is said that Qi Dong also has a young son, but his health is not good and he doesn't come out very often.
He Zhenghe is the CEO of the company. Although the industry is different, the bosses can meet him occasionally and know something about it. He didn't expect his daughter to go to such an occasion, mainly because Chu Qianli lacked interest in it.
Chu Qianli nodded obediently, without changing her expression or beating her heart: "She invited me to her grandfather's birthday party."
He Shichen's brows twitched slightly, thinking that she was really capable of fooling both ways, and became Qi Yan's invitation in front of her parents, and she really talked to everyone she saw.
Chu Qianli is extremely stubborn towards He Shichen, but she has always been considerate and caring towards her parents, and she doesn't know why she has double standards. He Shichen was always angry because he suspected that she was deliberately angry with him.
He Shichen's tone was light: "Then you must have a suitable set of clothes."
Chu Qianli was too lazy to prepare clothes, and hesitated: "It's not my birthday, so I can wear anything?"
Yu Xin fell into deep thought: "Let me prepare the clothes, and think about what gifts to bring, I can't just go there empty-handed."
Chu Qianli cheered: "Good! It's great to be a mother!"
He Shichen: "..."
After the meal, Yu Xin prepared clothes and gifts, and Chu Qianli prepared divination tools. He Shichen saw her pour things into the bag clatteringly, he frowned slightly, and said, "Why do you bring so much?"
Chu Qianli wished she could stuff all her belongings in, and she was still carefully picking and choosing, as if she was thinking hard.
Chu Qianli: "Be prepared, I have a fortune to tell you that you may need it."
He Shichen folded his arms around his chest. He stared at her and asked, "Aren't you tired from carrying it?"
Chu Qianli froze when she heard the words, she suddenly raised her head, and suddenly realized: "Ah, I accidentally forgot, people traveling together are different..."
Chu Qianli took out a few things in embarrassment. She and Tan Muxing were used to being lazy when going out, but it was impossible for Qi Yan to help her with her backpack.
A few days later, when Mr. Qi's birthday banquet came, Qi Yan made a special trip to pick up Chu Qianli and headed to the villa area where Qi's family was located.
The two sat in the car, Chu Qianli looked at the familiar scenery outside the window, and exclaimed, "Your house is also here?"
Tan Muxing and Qi Yan's house are in the same direction, but there is still a certain distance between them.
Qi Yan replied: "Grandpa said that Feng Shui is good here, and he engaged in real estate development in the early years, and the family basically lives here."
Chu Qianli nodded thoughtfully. The tablemate originally said that there was a villa area slightly to the east, but unexpectedly it was the residence of the heroine of the original book.
The villa area has obviously been rearranged, with festive decorations posted everywhere, and even information related to the birthday banquet scrolled on the high-definition big screen. Luxury cars gathered in the parking lot, and countless celebrities gathered together.
Chu Qianli looked at the guests in suits and leather shoes, she was a little dizzy for a moment, and began to wander around in confusion.
Qi Yan found that Chu Qianli was distracted, she couldn't help but chuckled and said: "You don't need to look at them, you are here to get the painting, just follow me."
Qi Yan is worthy of being the protagonist of a strong female novel, she shines confidently throughout the whole process, leading Chu Qianli directly through the crowd, not even saying hello on the way.
Chu Qianli was full of respect: "A reliable underage woman!"
Qi Yan planned to take Chu Qianli to finish the Tarot painting, and then arranged for him to leave in a car. She speculated that Chu Qianli was not interested in the birthday banquet either.
The two arrived at the building in the center of the villa area, and met a woman with elegant clothes and a beautiful appearance. There was sadness in her brows, but when she saw Qi Yan, she smiled and greeted Chu Qianli gently.
Chu Qianli didn't know this person, she followed Qi Yan obediently, being a silent follower the whole time.
Qi Yan: "Third Aunt, do you know where Grandpa is?"
Ji Yayun was taken aback: "It should be in the main living room, what can you do with him?"
"I want to wish him a happy birthday in advance. There will be too many people at the birthday banquet later, so it's really inconvenient to talk."
"You have good intentions, but he probably doesn't care about you now..."
"why?"
"Hey, it's not your second uncle. I don't know where to find a master. Your grandfather is going to accompany the master now." Ji Yayun sighed.
Qi Yan frowned slightly: "Grandpa is really persistent about these things."
Ji Yayun showed sorrow: "It's not because of Liyang's incident. If it wasn't for him, why would your grandfather think about these things all the time? The masters on Qianshan Mountain have been reluctant to go out of the mountain in recent years, so we can only find other masters." .”
"Third aunt, don't worry, third uncle will be fine."
"I hope, two days ago Xixi even asked my father, I don't know how to answer."
Chu Qianli listened quietly at the side, now she only remembered the main characters in the original book, and had long forgotten the details such as Qi Yan's relatives. But Qi Yan seems to have a good relationship with the third aunt, and Ji Yayun is not a villain in the original book.
Qi Yan comforted Ji Yayun with a few words, and the two quickly adjusted their emotions and did not continue to chat about family affairs.
Ji Yayun's eyes were red, she wiped away her tears, and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, you go and play, your grandpa and the others are going to shoot the master, I'm afraid you will run into your second uncle in the past."
Qi Yan and her second uncle Qi Chengliang are at odds, but she hasn't formally joined the company yet, and her father Qi Chengji and her second uncle Qi Chengliang are currently in charge of the group affairs.
Qi Yan was silent when she heard the words. At first she felt that Chu Qianli insisted on coming for a reason, but now it is really difficult to talk to grandpa in private.
When Chu Qianli heard this, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly said, "Are they shooting?"
Ji Yayun: "Yeah, it's just using a mask to cover things for people to guess, and that master guesses very accurately."
Chu Qianli said in admiration: "It's amazing, I want to see it too."
"Ah, if Qi Yan is willing, she can take you there to see..." Ji Yayun hesitated, she knew that Qi Yan disliked her second uncle Qi Chengliang, but Chu Qianli didn't know about it.
The two bid farewell to Ji Yayun and walked towards the main living room.
Qi Yan turned her head to look at Chu Qianli, and she said with a half-smile, "You want to see it too? Are you sure it's not kicking the gym?"
Chu Qianli blinked innocently: "Don't speak so harshly, shooting is just a game, winning or losing the game doesn't matter!"
Qi Yan: "It's okay, you can kick the gym if you want."
Chu Qianli: "Okay, in fact, I have never lost a game, just now it was a scene to comfort the loser."
Qi Yan: "?"
In the main meeting room, everyone gathered in front of the long wooden table of huanghuali. They saw that the bamboo cover was upside down on the table, and they didn't know what was covering it.
Mr. Qi and the others surrounded a man in a Chinese tunic suit. The man pinched his fingers for a moment and said, "Tea cup."
The people next to him immediately lifted the bamboo cover, and there was indeed a plain teacup underneath, which immediately aroused applause from the people around!
"Master Liu is really amazing! I haven't guessed and missed it now!"
Mr. Qi exclaimed: "It's really amazing."
Qi Chengliang hit the iron while it was hot: "Master Liu is from the authentic Haomen, and he is a direct disciple of the head of the sect. It is not easy for me to invite him over!"
The main meeting room was crowded with people, Qi Yan dragged Chu Qianli to the front row with difficulty to watch Master Liu's performance.
Not long after, someone came over with a tray, still with the Hsinchu cover upside down, not knowing what was underneath.
Everyone held their breath and watched Master Liu counting.
After a while, Master Liu shook his head and replied, "Brush."
Qi Chengliang was the first to remove the bamboo cover, and he showed joy: "That's right! That's right again!"
Everyone around was novelty and excited, and they began to brag about Master Liu, praising Master Liu in high spirits.
Chu Qianli was on the verge of crying: "It's too miserable, too miserable. I was scolded by the money printing machine when I was doing fortunetelling at home, but he was chased and praised by a group of money printing machines. This is the difference in the world."
"Because he is fortune-telling at someone else's house." Qi Yan looked around and suggested, "Let's go to my grandfather first."
Qi Chengliang found Qi Yan's figure, he was afraid of being directly hurt by others, so he hurriedly leaned into Mr. Qi's ear, and reminded him in a low voice: "Dad, Master Liu just happened to be here, if you want to ask anything, hurry up and ask."
Mr. Qi came to his senses. Just as he was about to talk to Master Liu, he saw his granddaughter Qi Yan bringing her friends over.
"Happy birthday, grandpa." Qi Yan smiled and introduced, "This is my classmate Chu Qianli."
Chu Qianli was able to bend and stretch for the Tarot painting, she bowed obediently, and said auspicious words casually: "Happy birthday to Grandpa Qi, I wish you good luck like the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan, prosperous sun and moon, Songhe Changchun, be happy every day!"
Qi Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought that He Shichen reprimanded Chu Qianli for speaking irritatingly, and now he heard that his EQ is very high.
Qi Chengliang provoked with a smile: "Qi Yan, your classmate speaks better than you."
Qi Yan wouldn't fall for the trick, and said casually: "Ah, she said that her grandfather seems to be the same as mine."
Qi Chengliang: "?"
Mr. Qi responded kindly: "Thank you!"
Chu Qianli was indeed a child. She looked around curiously, observed the bamboo cover on the table, and asked, "Do you want to guess again?"
Mr. Qi was interrupted, he planned to discuss it with Master Liu later, he greeted his granddaughter and her classmates first, and said kindly: "Yeah, it's interesting to see, Master Liu will forget about it later. "
The new bamboo cover was put on the table, and Master Liu began to make divination and divination, concentrating on making calculations.
Everyone waited eagerly for Master Liu's result.
Master Liu stretched out his hand and said, "Paper."
Someone stepped forward and wanted to uncover the bamboo cover, excitedly said: "Okay, let's take a look again..."
Chu Qianli didn't wait for the man to touch the bamboo cover, she said suddenly: "It's rice paper."
Master Liu and Qi Chengliang were taken aback, and subconsciously looked at the little girl.
The bamboo cover was opened, and it was rice paper.
Mr. Qi looked at Chu Qianli in surprise, and said with a smile, "My kid guessed it right too! It seems that you are very talented!"
Chu Qianli hurriedly waved his hands hypocritically: "No, I'm not talented, and my grades in school are not good, so I can't compare to Qi Yan..."
Qi Yan thought, He Shichen was wrong again, Chu Qianli didn't seem to like boasting, now he is not only humble but also self-blaming that he is not good at studying.
Master Liu showed suspicion, just as Chu Qianli made a mistake, he continued to pinch and count the next objects.
"Inkstone." Master Liu didn't dare to be hasty this time, he used a lot of rigorous words, and added, "Jade inkstone."
Chu Qianli blinked, she pondered for a few seconds, and then added: "The jade inkstone that has not been cleaned."
Under the bamboo cover, the jade inkstone was shining with warm light, obviously washed clean.
Seeing this, Qi Chengliang breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to pick up the jade inkstone, and showed it to the people around him: "Master Liu guessed correctly, it really is the jade inkstone."
Qi Yan stared at the inkstone in Qi Chengliang's hand, she caught a glimpse of a black spot, and reminded: "Second Uncle, there is a drop of ink under the inkstone."
Mr. Qi's eyesight was not good, so he hurried over to take a look: "Oh, really, what's going on, you bring up the dirty things..."
The servants at home hurried over, and they bowed and apologized frequently, but they did not expect such negligence.
Now that Mr. Qi's impression of Chu Qianli has changed, he can't help feeling a little bit emotional: "But the kid's guess is really accurate, do you like to study these too?"
Chu Qianli said modestly: "It's okay, it's okay, I think I can do it after reading a little bit of "Book of Changes."
Master Liu: "???" Are you so irresponsible for saying this
Liu Kai's family worked hard for a long time before he could practice the accuracy and win the praise of everyone.
Chu Qianli was so understated, her tone of voice was fairly conservative, but the attitude on her face was clearly "I need to learn this on purpose, I thought everyone would know it".
Mr. Qi laughed loudly: "I have studied "Book of Changes" for so many years, why didn't I learn it?"
Chu Qianli took out the skill of pretending to be good in front of his parents, and explained in a soft voice: "Grandpa Qi reads "Book of Changes" to ponder the 'Tao', so don't be obsessed with these 'skills'. There is no way to have skills, and skills can still be sought. There is no way to have skills, stop at skills.” ①
Mr. Qi praised: "Didn't you read "Book of Changes" a little bit!"
Qi Chengliang turned his head and gritted his teeth, he cursed in a low voice: "I really know how to flatter."
Qi Chengliang thinks that Qi Yan is very troublesome, who would have thought that she would bring someone with her, Qi Yan's annoying thing is that she is quick-witted and too clever, while Chu Qianli's annoying thing is bragging and making people happy.
Qi Chengliang wanted to exaggerate Master Liu's ability, so he naturally acquiesced that Master Liu was condescending and playing tricks. Masters are all sought by others, so there will definitely be some airs.
However, Chu Qianli tried different tricks to curry favor with Mr. Qi, instantly making Master Liu look incompetent and angry, disrupting the atmosphere and rhythm in front of him.
Master Liu also noticed something was wrong, and he suggested: "It's useless to just guess these things. Otherwise, let's replace them with new ones, add something under the cover, or make something difficult to guess. These are too simple."
Shefu uses hexagrams to determine the characteristics of items. The characteristics of some items are too obvious, and it is easy for people to guess. If it is a complex thing, or a large number of things, it will be much more difficult to solve the hexagram.
Master Liu didn't believe that Chu Qianli could still win if the difficulty increased. He still didn't pay attention to the other party, mainly because he was too young, and his words were too flattering, not like a great genius.
Chu Qianli nodded: "Yes, these characteristics are too obvious, so the master finds it boring."
After a while, the new thing was served, still covered by the bamboo cover.
When Master Liu finished his hexagram, he understood it when he saw the inverted hexagram, and said generously: "Little girl, I will let you guess first, so as not to say that I am bullying others."
Chu Qianli shook his head and gave way: "It's okay, master guess first."
"I have to guess it first. If you say the same thing again, then people will misunderstand that you are learning from me."
"It's okay, I'll help the master and make supplements."
Master Liu listened to her excuses in every possible way, but thought she couldn't figure it out at all, he snorted lightly and said, "This is a live spider."
"What do you want to guess?" Master Liu looked at Chu Qianli, "Guess the spider too?"
Chu Qianli thought for a moment, and said, "This is a living spider, but it only has seven legs, and the second leg on the right is pitifully missing."
The others lifted the bamboo cover, and they saw a spider trapped in a small glass dish. They leaned forward to observe carefully, and muttered: "It is indeed a spider, I don't know how many legs it has..."
Mr. Qi pasted it obsessively, struggling to identify it clearly.
"Really! Only seven legs!" someone exclaimed. "No second leg!"
Master Liu was taken aback when he heard the words, and he suddenly came to his senses at this moment, and said dissatisfiedly: "You heard me talk about the spider before you start talking about it!?"
Master Liu identified the spider through the hexagrams, but he had never seen it before and could guess the number of legs. Unless Chu Qianli knew the spider and then made up the hexagram, it would be impossible to be so outrageous!
Master Liu decided that Chu Qianli was cheating, so no matter what he guessed, she just had to add a few more sentences, and she would always be invincible.
Chu Qianli looked confused: "What did the master say? I can't understand?"
Master Liu said angrily, "Why do you want to guess the number of spider's legs?"
Chu Qianli asked puzzledly: "Why can't I guess the number of spider's legs?"
Master Liu: "Why do you care how many legs a spider has?"
Chu Qianli said innocently: "It's very pitiful that the spider's legs are gone. Why is Master angry? It's not because your legs are gone?"
Master Liu took a deep breath, looked at Qi Chengliang, and said with a sneer, "Okay, you don't trust me, so you'll find another fortune teller to mess things up!"
Chu Qianli's eyes widened: "Master, don't slander people's innocence out of thin air. I'm not a fortune teller. You must speak responsibly!"
She is an astrologer and a believer in Marxism. Anyway, she does not accept being called a "fortune teller".
Master Liu was furious: "You are not a fortune teller, so what are you doing? Do you think the people present will guess like you? Isn't it just a mess if you open your mouth to pick on the quarrel!"
Chu Qianli: "Let me add a few words to you, how can it be called smashing the field? There is something wrong with your mentality. If others work more meticulously, they will be called "involved kings". After that, who will dare to work?" .”
Qi Yan calmly persuaded her: "She is not a fortune teller, her family is engaged in the Internet, maybe she can't change her habits, so please bear with me a little more."
Master Liu: "..."