Saturday morning.
Chen Zhe received a call from Xie Yuhan.
"Chen Zhe, could you come up the mountain? My grandfather wants to see you."
"Oh? You want to see me?"
"Yes, thank you for your help."
"Well... okay, I'm almost at the bottom of the mountain, I'll go up in a bit."
"Okay!"
...
After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhe muttered to himself, "Could it be that Master Xie is trying to stop me? What should I do? Oh well, I'll just have to take it one step at a time!"
With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Chen Zhe took the cable car up the mountain.
As soon as he arrived at the mountain gate, he found Xie Yuhan waiting for him there. Xie Yuhan hadn't changed her clothes yet and was still wearing a Taoist robe. Chen Zhe's heart skipped a beat.
"Xiaoyu, why does the Taoist priest want to see me?"
"Well... come in with me first, let my grandfather talk to you."
"oh……"
Following behind Xie Yuhan, Chen Zhe felt a little uneasy.
He was thinking about what he should say if Master Xie tried to stop him later.
Today is Saturday, and people have been coming here to burn incense since early morning. Local and out-of-town tourists are coming in droves.
Xie Yuhan led him to a side hall, and after crossing the high threshold, they arrived at a study.
Master Xie was writing characters with a calligraphy brush.
After seeing Chen Zhe enter, he looked up at him.
That one glance made Chen Zhe break out in a cold sweat. He felt like he was being stared at by an eagle, and his whole body felt uneasy.
"Daoist... Daoist Master, are you calling me?"
The old Taoist priest nodded, his previous jovial demeanor gone.
He gestured with his hand, "Please sit down!"
"oh……"
Chen Zhe swallowed hard and sat down to one side.
Old Master Xie glanced at his granddaughter; "Xiaoyu, go out and close the door."
"Um... Grandpa, maybe I should stay here?"
"obedient."
Master Xie's tone was somewhat serious.
"Then... then Grandpa, please don't make things difficult for him!"
"Alright, alright, I know, get out!"
Xie Yuhan went out and closed the door, making Chen Zhe even more nervous.
Master Xie looks so serious today; it seems something's not right.
"Chen Zhe!"
"Master, I'm here!"
"I have a few questions for you, and you must answer them truthfully!"
"this……"
"What's wrong? Can't you do it?"
Old Master Xie looked at him.
"I wonder what brings you here, Daoist Master?"
"You want to pursue Xiaoyu, right?"
Old Xie was very direct. Chen Zhe was stunned for a moment, then nodded truthfully.
"In that case, as your elder, may I ask you a few questions?"
"Master, please speak!"
"Okay, give me your birth date and time!"
"Ah? Daoist Master... this..."
"What's wrong? Are you afraid I'll hurt you?"
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."
"Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. Besides, what you know is all superstition. I'm a rather traditional person. In our time, if a man and a woman were attracted to each other, they would have their birth dates matched. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Oh, okay! My birthday is 2000..."
After learning Chen Zhe's birthday, Xie Laodao began to calculate it with his fingers.
After calculating for a moment, he glanced at Chen Zhe again.
Then he shook his head.
"No! The dates don't match!"
"Huh? Really? I'm telling the truth, Daoist Master. If you really don't believe me, I'll show you my ID card!"
Chen Zhe took his ID card out of his bag.
The old Taoist priest picked it up, examined it, and shook his head; "It doesn't match!"
"Huh? Impossible!!"
"Don't question me. You can call your family now. Based on your appearance and your aura, your birthday isn't the 15th, it should be the 5th! And the year doesn't match either."
"This... Daoist Master, are you so sure?"
Old Master Xie stroked his goatee; "Just call and ask."
"All right!"
Chen Zhe picked up the phone and called his mother.
After the call connected, it was noisy on the other end, like it was in a vegetable market.
"You brat, what are you calling for again? Asking about money again? No!! You've been working away from home for so long and haven't sent a single penny back. All you do is ask about money all day long. Our neighbor, Qiang, sends money back every month. Look at yourself, look at him..."
A long, rambling lecture left Chen Zhe blushing.
When he was in school and had just started working, he had to ask his family for money almost every month. He had no choice but to give most of his salary to that woman, Xu Weiwei, and sometimes he simply couldn't survive.
"Mom, this isn't about borrowing money..."
"Why are you calling if you're not borrowing money? I don't have time for you right now. I need to buy groceries. You have no idea how busy things are at home. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up..."
"Hey, wait a minute, Mom, I have something to ask you!"
"Speak your mind! Spit it out! I don't have time!"
His mother was notoriously shrewish. At home, whenever she spoke, he and his father would basically have to shut up, or they would be given a feather duster.
Chen Zhe regretted it somewhat; he should have called his own father instead.
"Mom, I want to ask, was I born in 2000?"
The person on the other end paused for a moment.
Why are you asking this? Doesn't it say so on your ID card?
"Mom, I..."
At this moment, Xie Laodao wrote down a birth date next to him, which Chen Zhe read aloud.
The person on the other end was stunned for several seconds; "How did you know? Who told you?"
Chen Zhe was taken aback when his mother's answer confirmed that what Xie Laodao had said was true.
He always thought he was born in the Year of the Dragon, but it turns out he was born in the Year of the Rabbit.
"Mom, it's for work... Never mind that for now. Why did you write a fake date for me? Am I not your biological son? Am I adopted? Are my biological parents some kind of tycoon?"
In an instant, I thought of those classic scenes from novels and movies.
The protagonist was born into a poor family, and later found out by mistake that he was switched at birth. Then his wealthy father came looking for him. Is this kind of melodramatic plot going to happen to him?
what to do?
He hasn't figured out how to face his biological parents yet. What if his biological father wants to give him ten or eight Bentleys?
Was he accepting it or was he passively accepting it?
No wonder his mother always scolded him; now I know why…
"Pah! What nonsense are you spouting? Look at how you and your father look, you're practically identical. You want to be born into a rich family? Dream on!"
"This... Mom, does this mean my dad had an affair and gave birth to me, then brought me back for you to raise? So, you're my stepmother? That's why you're scolding me?"
"Pah! You unfilial son! Don't you know why?"
Chen Zhe shook his head; "I don't know!"
Do you remember how you hid in the mountains when you were a child?
"Huh???? Is this it?"
Chen Zhe suddenly remembered that when he was two or three years old, he ran away with his mother to live in the deep mountains for more than ten days. During that time, his father always brought them food, and he would bring it in the evening.
"Mom! This shouldn't be! I'm the only son in our family!"
The person on the other end hesitated for a moment; "Actually, you have an older sister... Never mind, don't bring up my painful memories. What kind of job does it take to know your real birthday?"
"Mom! I'm hanging up now, I'll talk to you later!"
Fearing that continuing the conversation would expose his secret, Chen Zhe hurriedly hung up the phone. When he looked at Xie Laodao again, he was incredibly shocked.
This old Taoist priest's predictions are incredibly accurate!
Is this Zhuge Liang?
He actually calculated his own real birth date?
Master Xie smiled and said, "Don't be too surprised. Everything can be reasoned out. You can deduce everything from this calculation. If we calculate based on this birthday, your future achievements will indeed be great. However... that will be after you turn 30. I don't quite understand why you say your destiny shouldn't be progressing so quickly. Can you tell me what you've been doing lately?"
"I……"
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