Chapter 062 The Sixty-Second Melon

The place where Zhao Pingsheng drove to was a detached villa in a more expensive location. The fountain scenery in the garden alone was eye-opening.

But when he walked into the villa, Zhao Pingsheng was stunned.

The hall on the first floor was full of people. Some were wearing monk's robes, some were wearing Taoist robes, and there were even people dressed in strange shapes, with tattoos on their faces and a string of skulls hanging around their necks.

Gu Xicao and Wang Laoshi came in and were also shocked when they saw this scene.

Wang Laoshi looked at everyone and whispered to Gu Xicao in surprise, "What's going on? Is it the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons today?"

Gu Xicao couldn't help but find it funny. She pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Not really. I'm afraid these people are from the same industry as us."

Colleagues?!

Wang Laoshi took a closer look and found that it was true, just a bit more diverse. There were even a few who looked very much like the black wizards in Thailand.

"Jack, you're here too?"

A tall, blond, blue-eyed man came over with a smile on his face that did not reach his eyes. Next to him was a gray-haired butler wearing an English suit.

When Zhao Pingsheng saw the man, his expression was not very good. "Tom, when did you come to Hong Kong?"

"I arrived yesterday. I heard that my cousin wanted to find someone to check the situation and was looking for a master all over the world. But you, I heard from Wilson that you also found a master for your cousin?"

Tom looked towards Gu Xicao and Wang Laoshi. Without hesitation, he looked at Wang Laoshi: "Is this the master? Why does he look so... ordinary?"

Wang Laoshi pointed at Gu Xicao with a cheerful smile: "Sir, this is the master, this is my boss!"

"You?" Tom looked at Gu Xicao in surprise and raised his eyebrows.

He smacked his lips, turned his head and said to Wilson, "Wilson, I've told you a long time ago that Mr. Zhao's behavior is not appropriate. You should persuade your cousin more and have less contact with him. For such a big matter for your cousin, he actually introduced such a little girl. Isn't he fooling your cousin?"

Wilson gently stroked his chest and said to Zhao Pingsheng: "Mr. Zhao, please ask the master to come here. The young lady felt a little uncomfortable when she got up this morning, so leave today's affairs to me. No matter who it is, whether male or female, young or old, it doesn't matter. If you want to see the young lady, you must pass my test first."

Zhao Pingsheng looked nervous when he heard this: "Is Eliza okay? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"It's okay, I just can't sleep again."

When Wilson saw Zhao Pingsheng put Eliza in front of him, his expression softened a lot.

He nodded to Tom, walked to the first floor stairs, and clapped his hands lightly a few times.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Wilson.

Wilson nodded politely to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to bother you. I believe you all came here today to help our lady solve her problems. However, there are so many of you, and our lady is unable to meet everyone, so she set up a small level to test you."

The crowd below was immediately in an uproar.

A Thai said in awkward Cantonese: "Do we still need to test our abilities? This is really insincere!"

His companion also had a gloomy face and slammed the human head cane in his hand to the ground, "If you don't respect us, we will leave now!"

The others were also clearly unhappy.

Just as John said, these people were all masters he invited after making inquiries. They had high status in their respective countries and were used to being flattered by dignitaries. They never expected that today they would have to be tested before they would be qualified to meet each other.

Zhao Pingsheng was a little embarrassed. He was only concerned about Eliza and didn't pay attention to what the housekeeper said. He looked at Gu Xicao, feeling troubled and said, "Miss Gu, I really didn't know about this. How about this, I'll give you a big red envelope in private. Can you please give me some face for my sake?"

Gu Xicao was finding this very interesting. Upon hearing this, he raised his eyebrows in confusion: "Mr. Zhao, isn't it normal to try out the master's skills? As the saying goes, shop around. I have to try on a few pieces of clothing before buying one. Besides, when it comes to fortune-telling, it doesn't hurt to be careful. Don't worry, I don't mind."

Zhao Pingsheng breathed a sigh of relief. "Although you are young, you are really generous. You will definitely be extraordinary in the future!"

"Jack, don't be so confident."

John heard their conversation and showed disdain on his face. He glanced at Gu Xicao and said, "The fact that the master you invited doesn't mind just shows that she has no ability. People who are truly capable have great self-respect and mind being offended by others."

John spoke loudly, and the masters all heard what he said.

At that moment, the monks in cassocks, the Taoist priests in robes, the Thai guys, the Tibetan monks and others all looked at Gu Xicao with a bit of hostility and disdain in their eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our lady knows that you may be unhappy, so we have specially prepared some gifts as compensation."

The butler clapped his hands, and several servants came out pushing a dining cart.

The three levels of the dining car were filled with covered plates.

Everyone was wondering when they saw the butler come forward and lift the lid. Immediately, the glittering gold bars instantly brightened the entire living room.

Regardless of country or religion, gold is what everyone desires.

There was someone muttering in the living room just now, but at this moment there was total silence. The only sound was someone swallowing saliva.

"If someone fails the test, we will give them one gold bar, and if they pass, we will give them five." The butler said straightforwardly, "But if anyone still minds, you can leave now."

No one stood up, and the two Thai guys had already sat back down.

Wang Laoshi whispered to Gu Xicao, "As expected, there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved with money."

Gu Xicao looked at Wang Laoshi and asked, "Would you like to join us?"

Wang Laoshi was stunned for a moment, and pointed at his nose, "Me? I can't do it, right?"

Gu Xicao glanced at everyone, then retracted his gaze and said to Wang Laoshi: "If you believe me, just give it a try."

Wang Laoshi has always trusted Gu Xicao's ability. Hearing her say this, he felt more confident. After thinking about it, he nodded.

Zhao Pingsheng went up to help Wang Laoshi sign up.

Wilson agreed without saying a word.

He looked around at everyone and said, "Since you haven't left, I think you are willing. So let's stop talking nonsense."

He clapped his hands, and five or six people came over from the restaurant.

These five or six people included both men and women, young and old, and even a few white people.

They dressed differently, some were dressed richly and elegantly, while others wore ill-fitting clothes and looked quite awkward in their movements.

John and Zhao Pingsheng suddenly saw something and both of them showed surprise on their faces.

Wilson looked at them and said, "Gentlemen, please leave."

"Why?!" John said dissatisfiedly, "Can you handle it by yourself? For such a big thing, I, your cousin, should be there to help."

Wilson said nothing, just shook his head.

John was dissatisfied, but he knew that Wilson was always loyal and stubborn, so he gritted his teeth and followed Zhao Pingsheng down.

Six people stood in the middle. Wilson introduced them, "Please pick one person at random and tell us about this person. It doesn't matter if it's from the past, present, or future."

There was a look of interest in Gu Xicao's eyes.

This move is really interesting.

She pushed Wang Laoshi and said, "You go over and take a look. I'll take a rest here."

"Okay then. I'll go." Wang Laoshi saw Gu Xicao sit down directly. He vaguely guessed in his heart that Gu Xicao must have seen through it a long time ago, so he went over without saying much.

The eminent monk is called Zhikong, a famous master in South Korea. The one wearing the Taoist robe is from Hong Kong and is called Qingmingzi.

The two men obviously knew each other. Qingmingzi and Zhikong both stared at a middle-aged man who was wearing a suit, had a protruding belly and was smoking a cigar.

Zhikong clasped his hands together and said to Qingmingzi: "Master, please go first."

"Master, please go first." Qingmingzi politely declined.

Just as Zhikong was about to accept it with a smile, the Thai guy holding the human head cane said with a gloomy face and a grim smile: "If you two don't want it, then I will do it!"

He looked the middle-aged man up and down, his eyes fell on the ring on the man's hand, and said, "Are you worried about your wife and children at home recently?"

Zhikong and Qingmingzi both looked unhappy.

This grandson actually snatched the person they had their eyes on first!

The middle-aged man exhaled a puff of smoke and looked down at the Thai guy: "Go on."

"You became famous at a young age and earned a lot of money, but you couldn't help but have affairs outside. Your wife often quarrels with you because of this. The marks on your face are probably caused by your woman scratching you." The Thai man said, pointing to the faintly visible nail marks on the man's face.

The middle-aged man thought, "What else do you know?"

Others have come to watch.

The Thai guy became even more arrogant when he saw everyone coming. He raised his chin with a hint of pride on his face, "I can see that your children's studies often worry you, and you are worried about the inheritance of your family property in the future."

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment.

Wilson came over and looked at the Thai guy: "Mr. Muchai, are you sure about what you calculated?"

"Of course, I believe my calculation is absolutely correct." Mu Chai said confidently.

Wilson pondered for a moment and looked at the man: "Mr. Chen, please tell him if his calculation is correct."

Mr. Chen took down the cigar, coughed several times, took out a bottle of pocket perfume from his pocket and sprayed it several times, "Oh, this cigar is really stinking, I don't know why those stinky men always like to smoke this stuff all day long!"

Mu Chai and others were stunned.

Their expressions were as if they had suddenly seen an elephant dancing striptease in stockings.

This person's behavior before and after is completely different!

"Sir, you have miscalculated from the beginning to the end. I am a transvestite. Where did my wife and children come from? The nail marks on my face were left by that bitch when I was fighting with my sisters. That bitch dared to steal my man, so I didn't let him have an easy time and even demolished his ancestral hall!" Mr. Chen put his hands on his hips. Somehow, his figure suddenly looked particularly charming.

Wang Laoshi opened and closed his mouth.

It's an eye-opener, a real eye-opener!

"You, you are in collusion. I calculated correctly. I know that you set up this trap because you don't want us to take the gold bars!"

Mu Cai's lips were shaking, his face was blue, and he looked as if he had swallowed something alive.

Wilson frowned, "Mr. Mucai, please stop talking nonsense. Mr. Chen, please take out your photo."

"Ah, you still have to look at my photos. The ones I took before weren't very good."

Mr. Chen stamped his feet awkwardly and took out a few laminated photos from his pocket.

The photo is in black and white and is a bit old, but it is clear that the young man in the bunny girl costume in the photo is Mr. Chen today.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

No one expected that this place was so coquettish that they even invited transvestites.

Zhikong and Qingmingzi secretly felt lucky that they didn't grab the first place just now, otherwise they would be so embarrassed now.

Everyone also realized that it seemed really hard to make money today.

Everyone looked around at the six people and suddenly felt a little uneasy. Those who were dressed shabbily were not necessarily poor, and those who were dressed up were not necessarily rich. Even the men were not necessarily men, and the women were not necessarily women.

Needless to say, what happened afterwards was that all those masters who were so high-minded and arrogant were like eggplants hit by frost.

Although Wilson didn't say anything, his face showed obvious disappointment.

"Since none of you can pass the test, let's stop here for today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Laoshi was stunned. Then no one could pass the test and the boss hadn't even spoken yet.

Before Wang Laoshi could say anything, Mu Cai angrily said, "You are obviously not sincere. Although we are black witches, not all of us are good at fortune-telling. We brothers can only cast spells and exorcise evil spirits!"

"That's right. We don't know how to tell fortunes. Before they came, they didn't tell us to tell fortunes. They just asked us to break the curse!"

Zhikong and others also followed suit.

It is true that money can move people's hearts.

There are so many gold bars displayed here, which is enough to prove how generous and wealthy the customer is.

There is no way these so-called masters would miss this opportunity to make a fortune.

"If you ask me, no one will be able to tell the true identities of these people no matter who you invite!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Mu Cai seemed to have something to rely on, and he started to point fingers at Wilson.

"What you said only means that you are good. You guys are bad, but I am not." Gu Xicao couldn't help but speak.

Mu Cai looked at Gu Xicao, and seeing that she was young, he sneered, "Where did you come from, little girl? Go home and cook, what are you talking about here!"

Everyone else laughed out loud.

Gu Xicao stood up and ignored Mu Cai. She walked towards Mr. Chen, "Chen Shuang, I'm 39 this year. I broke up with my same-sex partner at the beginning of the year. My current relationship is complicated. In my early years, I was cut off from my family and kicked out because I dressed as a woman."

Chen Shuang was originally laughing at the jokes of these masters. When he saw Gu Xicao standing up, he didn't take it to heart. But when he heard what Gu Xicao said, he was stunned.

Gu Xicao skipped him and walked to the next person, who was an old lady who was dressed very neatly and had a head full of white hair. "Liang Ermei, you have been through two marriages in your life. Both husbands died early, leaving behind a daughter, but she died during childbirth. Your son-in-law is heartless and left her granddaughter to you, and you have to feed her by washing clothes and cooking for others."

The old lady showed a look of surprise on her face, but soon nodded calmly: "Yes, I will help Miss Eliza with some laundry now."

Everyone was surprised again.

Gu Xicao walked to the third, fourth, and fifth place, and there was no one she didn't get right, and she didn't even stumble.

When she reached the last person, facing the pale-faced woman with blue eyes and a faded dress, Gu Xicao smiled and said, "Ms. Eliza, do you need me to tell you now?"

Eliza loosened her hands that were gripping her skirt and slowly raised her head. Her pair of silver-green eyes under her thick eyelashes were sparkling like a lake in the deep forest after a storm.

"What? She's Miss Eliza?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at Eliza with a feeling of disbelief.

Eliza was very thin, with pale skin, like the color of plaster. She was hunched over, and some people said she was a maid from a poor family.

But when she straightened her chest and stood naturally, her posture was different.

Eliza looked at Gu Xicao and said, "You surprise me. I didn't expect you to be different from these liars."

Mu Chai and others blushed.

In the reception room, John and Zhao Pingsheng were drinking tea, both absent-mindedly waiting for news from the living room.

John poured milk into the tea, added sugar, and said to Zhao Pingsheng nonchalantly and confidently, "Jack, I think you don't have to wait. Can your little girl compare to the master I invited from all over the world?"

Zhao Pingsheng was anxious and said impatiently: "That's not certain. I have met countless masters, but no one is as powerful as Master Gu."

"What's so great? You were fooled by the little girl."

John scoffed and leaned back on the couch, picking up his teacup and taking a sip.

The door of the reception room was pushed open, and Wilson walked in. He nodded to John and Zhao Pingsheng, "Gentlemen, the results are out."

"What was the result? Who passed the test?"

John quickly put down his teacup and stood up impatiently to ask.

Wilson looked at Zhao Pingsheng and said, "Miss Gu has passed the test."

Zhao Pingsheng's face suddenly showed joy, and he clenched his right fist and hit the palm of his left hand, "I knew that Master Gu would not let me down!"

John looked sour and annoyed, "What about the others?"

Wilson shook his head. "I'm sorry, but none of the others could pass Miss's test. We have given them the gold bars and they have left. Miss, please ask Master Gu to come upstairs."

"No, it's definitely not right. There must be something wrong here. I have to go and accompany Eliza."

John bit his lip, frowned his thick eyebrows, pushed Wilson aside rudely and walked towards the study upstairs.

Zhao Pingsheng hurriedly supported Wilson and said, "Are you okay? John is going too far."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhao, you can come up with me."

Wilson straightened his clothes and returned to his usual meticulous demeanor.

Zhao Pingsheng hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, Eliza might need someone to accompany her at this time."

Inside the study.

Just as Gu Xicao and Eliza sat down, John pushed open the door of the study and rushed in, "Eliza, don't be confused. Don't trust outsiders easily."

"John." Eliza frowned and pursed her lips, her dissatisfaction evident in her words, "This is the study. You should knock before you come in."

"The one knocking on the door is an outsider. I'm your cousin. Do I need to care about these empty formalities?"

John put his hands on the table. Seeing Zhao Pingsheng and the others catching up with him, he deliberately said loudly: "If my uncle was still here, maybe we would have been married by now."

Eliza's eyes were filled with anger. "Please shut up. Do you think this is the 18th century? Even if my daddy were still alive, he wouldn't look down on you!"

John's face turned pale.

Wilson reminded calmly: "Mr. John, if you want to make trouble, then I have no choice but to ask you to leave."

John stared at Wilson fiercely, gritted his teeth, sat down on the chair, and said bitterly: "Okay, I won't say anything. After all, I am Eliza's only relative now. I will not leave for such a big event. But why is Jack, an outsider, coming up here?"

Eliza looked at Zhao Pingsheng with a much softer look in her eyes. "Jack is my best friend. There's nothing wrong with asking him to come up. Besides, he was the one who introduced Master Gu."

"Hehe, Master Gu, Eliza, I don't mean to be nosy, but you have to be careful. When my uncle was still alive, we invited all kinds of masters and priests from the United States and Europe, but no one could save my uncle, and he died early."

John sighed, "I think, just like what everyone else in England said, your Siboro family is cursed, and this curse will destroy your family!"

"Shut up!"

Eliza was so excited that she started coughing after she said a word. Her cough was so severe that a sickly blush appeared on her pale face.

Wang Laoshi was terrified. Zhao Pingsheng hurriedly poured a glass of water for Eliza to drink, while Wilson took out the medicine and asked Eliza to take it.

After a while, Eliza finally came to her senses.

Her long golden hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her cheeks. She looked very weak, but her eyes became more determined. "No matter what others say, I don't believe that there is really any so-called curse in our family. Although my grandfather is not a good person, he is not so evil that he would be cursed to have no descendants."

Wilson looked at John coldly, his glasses reflecting a ray of light, "Mr. John, if you continue to talk nonsense, I will really let you leave."

John was unwilling to accept this, but since Wilson never told lies, he had to keep his mouth shut.

Eliza looked at Gu Xicao and said, "I asked you to come here not because I want you to find out the curse, but because I want you to calculate whether our family is being targeted. My grandfather had five sons and six daughters, but all of them died, leaving only my father. My father and mother had three children, but the previous children also died. Later, my father passed away, and my mother also passed away, leaving only me."

She leaned back on the dark green chair, her face filled with confusion and pain. "Our family assets are worth billions of pounds, but I have lost all my relatives. If you can help me figure out the truth, I can give you as much money as you want."

Billions of pounds?

Wang Laoshi counted on his fingers and found that his fingers were not enough.

No wonder people just give out gold bars as gifts. Eliza has a fortune of one million and she can’t spend it all!