Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 624 "Fortune Telling"

"Hello? Uncle Cha, have you left? Where are you? Help! It's an emergency!"

As soon as the call connected, I couldn't wait to tell them all my thoughts.

Uncle Cha replied, "Didn't I tell you before that fortunes change? What goes up must come down. Your illness and financial loss this time is just the beginning. Better days are yet to come. You should take it easy."

"What a wonderful day! I can't stay calm at all!"

“I can accept losing money! I’m afraid something else will happen! Uncle Cha, you know I’m on edge all the time! I can’t even sleep peacefully. For the sake of our friendship, you have to help me find a way to change my luck! I’m serious! If you’re still here, tell me where you are! I’ll come find you!”

After a moment of silence, someone said, "I haven't left yet; I'm at the Xia family's house."

"The Xia family?! What are you doing at the Xia family?!"

"It's hard to say over the phone, so come over. I have a few things I want to tell you in person."

I drove there as fast as I could.

A minor incident occurred on the way. As we passed the road near the agricultural supplies building, the wind blew a white plastic bucket onto the windshield. It wouldn't normally be a big deal, but at that moment I was on edge, and everything seemed like something unexpected was about to happen.

When I arrived, he was already waiting for me at the door. He was dressed the same as always, in a cloth shirt, trousers, and flat shoes, with a yellow shoulder bag at his waist.

The moment we met, without saying a word, he suddenly pinched my shoulder hard twice.

"Ugh!"

"Don't sigh, Uncle Cha, what's wrong?"

He released me and said, "I just used the bone structure method to observe the way you walked, and it's true."

“A few days ago, your face only showed a broken line in the middle of your nose bridge, commonly known as a broken nose root. Now it has turned into ‘fiery red shoulders’. You probably didn’t notice it yourself. Your shoulders are higher than usual. I guess your skin is red. Take a look for yourself if you don’t believe me.”

I quickly pushed my clothes aside and tilted my neck to take a look.

It really is!

I noticed a red patch on my shoulder, like I had eczema, but it didn't hurt or itch.

Uncle Cha said, "A man with fiery red shoulders and a woman with skin as smooth as moss are both signs of bad luck and impending misfortune."

I could understand what he was saying. "Fiery shoulders" refers to a man's shoulders involuntarily hunching over, with a small patch of red skin around them, looking like he'd been burned. "A woman's skin as smooth as moss" refers to skin that is shiny, moist, but uneven, with goosebumps of varying sizes, looking like the surface of moss. These are signs of ruin and mourning. Of course, if one is lucky enough to encounter a wise person, these calamities can be averted in advance.

Once inside the courtyard, I asked in a low voice, "I thought you were gone. What are you doing here?"

He frankly admitted, "I'm doing fortune telling for people at their request to earn some money; otherwise, I'm afraid this winter would be tough."

"Master, and this is..."

As we were talking, a middle-aged fat man with a prosperous appearance, a ruddy complexion, and a large belly suddenly came out. I didn't recognize this fat man. Then Xia Shuishui's father also came out. When he saw me, he had no expression on his face. It seemed that Uncle Cha had already told him that I was coming.

Inside sat a middle-aged woman with a stern face. For her age, she was very well-preserved and still possessed a certain charm.

After listening for a while, I gradually understood that the man and woman were husband and wife. The middle-aged man with the big belly was a business friend of Xia Shuishui's father. This man found Uncle Cha through Xia Shuishui's father. I arrived when they were talking. There was still a divination chart arranged by Uncle Cha on the table.

"Madam, could you please excuse me for a few minutes? I'd like to speak with your husband alone," Uncle Cha said to the woman.

The wealthy woman snorted coldly, stood up, grabbed her bag, and yelled at the middle-aged fat man, "You believe everything people say! Fortune telling, my foot! If fortune telling worked, there wouldn't be any difficulties in the world! What kind of master is he? I think he's just a fraud! A conman who rips off people!"

"Shut up! Do you even know what manners are?!" Fatty slammed his hand on the table and roared.

"I don't understand manners! You do!"

After saying that, the woman, looking angry, stomped out in her high heels.

The fat man turned pale with anger. He quickly turned around and said, "Master, please don't take offense. She just has a fiery temper. President Xia strongly recommended you to me, saying that you are very capable. I believe what you say."

Uncle Cha said expressionlessly, "I have no special abilities. Madam is right. Fate is a fickle thing; sometimes it works if you believe in it, and it doesn't if you don't."

The fat man probably thought Uncle Cha was angry, and said with a worried look, "Master, please help me. Should I divorce this woman? To be honest, it's been exactly twenty years since we got married, and we've argued every single day. We have a small argument every two days and a big argument every three days. She's not in good health and has to go to the hospital every now and then. I want to ask, if I separate from her and give her a portion of the family property, will it affect my future career and fortune?"

Uncle Cha listened attentively.

The fat man continued, "My colleague Xiao Li is different. Although she's more than a decade younger than me, she's not after my money. She's genuinely good to me, and I only feel at home when I'm with her."

“Tell me about Xiao Li’s birthday too,” Uncle Cha asked.

The fat man blurted it out.

Then Uncle Cha started calculating, and after about five minutes, he looked at the fat man and said, "One of your two women has a strong water element in her birth chart. Water generates wood, and wood generates fire. She is both an Yi wood woman and a Jia wood woman. Combining your birth chart, we can see the result: Jia wood will benefit you, while the wood woman will harm you."

"The other woman's birth chart shows strong Eating God and Hurting Officer stars, but weak Officer stars. It can be described as Eating God and Hurting Officer stars hanging on Seal, and Officer and Killing stars not clear. I also had to put in a lot of effort to check the configuration of the Ten Gods in order to see her clearly."

"Do you believe people have past lives?" Uncle Cha asked seriously.

The fat man looked puzzled.

Uncle Cha explained, "The Day Pillar and Day Stem are a person's past life labels. This woman's Day Stem and Day Branch are in conflict, which means that she had a grudge against you in her past life. She may not have been a human in her past life, but may have been some kind of animal. You killed her in your past life, so she came to find you in this life. For you, one of these two women is your destined partner, and the other is your ill-fated partner."

The fat man immediately said, "Then my wife and I must have a karmic entanglement, while Xiao Li and I are destined to be together."

Uncle Cha shook his head: "You've got it backwards."

"That's not right, Master! There's no such thing as a perfect match like me!" the fat man exclaimed excitedly.

Uncle Cha shook his head and said, "Don't think about arguing for now. Think back carefully about the past twenty years. If it weren't for your wife, would you have been where you are today?"

“I believe you. That Ms. Li from your company is genuinely good to you. God is unconscious. So-called love at first sight between people is all due to karma from past lives. Her kindness to you is actually harming you. Of course, she herself will never realize this.”

"Because of the appearance of this ill-fated relationship, your true love sensed danger, which is why your family is not harmonious. You have been married for twenty years, and this Xiao Li should have just turned twenty this year, right?"

The fat man looked shocked, his eyes widening instantly.

Uncle Cha looked at him and said definitively, "I will show you the right path."

"You should treat your wife well, and at the same time, you should also treat Ms. Li from your company well. You should help her as much as possible in life and career, because you owe her from your past life. There is a balance to be struck, and you need to weigh the weight carefully."

“You must pay off this debt. I’ve calculated that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this Ms. Li will get married when she turns twenty-six. That means there are still six years left. Once those six years are up, you will have settled all your scores with her, and then you will have a harmonious and happy family.”

After listening to Uncle Cha's words, the fat man sat for a while before he came to his senses. He stood up and bowed to Uncle Cha, saying, "Thank you, Master, for your guidance. I know what to do now. As you said, here is 300,000 yuan for the divination, not a penny less. Please accept it."

The fat man picked up a cloth bag and handed it over; you could see it was full of cash.

I quickly stepped forward, took the bag, and said, "Just give it to me."

The fat man clapped his hands and laughed, "President Xia, thank goodness I listened to you. Today was really worthwhile. I feel enlightened and relaxed all over. I'll definitely treat you properly another day. I have a lot of things to do at my company, so I'll take my leave now."

Uncle Cha bowed to him.

The fat man immediately returned the greeting respectfully.

Xia Shuishui's father got up to see Fatty off.

At that moment, I noticed Uncle Cha's expression. He looked at the bag containing 300,000 yuan in my hand and secretly swallowed.