Chapter 027 The Twenty-Seventh Melon
"Master Gu, I'm so sorry to come to you so suddenly."
Secretary Lin had a guilty look on her face. She was wearing the most fashionable suit skirt, which made her look very energetic.
Gu Xicao turned her head from the scenery outside the car window, "It's okay. I didn't have anything to do tonight. Secretary Lin must have been asked to do this. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so sudden given your personality."
Secretary Lin felt a little relieved.
She said to Gu Xicao, "Yes, I just learned about this not long ago. The family that wants to ask you for fortune-telling this time is the Gu family. Master Gu, do you know their family?"
"Are you talking about the Gu family that's involved in shipping and gambling?" Gu Xicao asked curiously. There are many rich people in Hong Kong, and the Wang, Lin, Gu and Li families are the most famous, occupying almost every money-making industry.
Secretary Lin nodded and said, "Mr. Gu is Mr. Cai's good friend and also Cai's business partner. He didn't have the chance to attend Mr. Cai's banquet before, but after hearing about you, he wanted to invite you to his home to help tell fortunes."
"Their family?" Gu Xicao grasped the key point sharply.
Secretary Lin coughed, raised the front baffle, and whispered to Gu Xicao, "Mr. Gu is ten years older than Mr. Cai. He called all the children home today. I guess Mr. Gu probably wants you to read the fortunes of all his children to see who is suitable to take over the Gu family's business. Master Gu, you have to be careful."
"I see."
Gu Xicao seemed to be thinking about something.
She said, why did they send someone to pick her up at night, and go to the Gu family, I guess it should be similar to what Secretary Lin said.
The car turned around and gradually drove towards Deep Water Bay.
Deep Water Bay is located on the mountain and faces the water, with unique scenery. This area is a luxury residential area known throughout Hong Kong, but only a few families can own houses here.
Right now.
The lights in the Gu family's house were flickering, and the children who were called back gathered in groups of three or five to talk.
The old man had one wife and three concubines. The first wife had no children, but the second, third, and fourth wives all had one son and one daughter.
Right now.
The children from the third and fourth rooms lived together.
Gu Xinhui was the third son. He was leaning against the velvet sofa, holding a cigar in his mouth. He exhaled lazily, looked downstairs, and said impatiently, "Aliao, do you think the old man is getting confused? Our business is so busy, and he asked us to come back in such a hurry. How much money has been wasted?"
The one named A Liao is the son of the fourth wife - Gu Xinliao.
Gu Xinliao was still young and studying. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Third brother, if someone tells the old man about what you said, you will be scolded again. I don't think the old man asked us to come here for no reason. I heard that the master was really powerful and helped Uncle Cai find his son."
"Damn, what's the magic about it? There are so many gamblers in our casino who secretly use spells and holy water, but few of them have become rich."
Gu Xinhui shook his head. He was thinking about the new girl he had just supported. He felt itchy inside and couldn't sit still at home.
Thinking of this, Gu Xinhui's eyes turned, he flicked his cigar in the ashtray, and said to Gu Xinliao and others: "Hey, why don't we play with the master later and try to see how effective the master is, what do you think?"
Several brothers and sisters always gave him some respect, so they looked at each other and said, "Okay."
Gu Yuehua, the youngest sister in the fourth room, was too lazy to talk to this group of people. Seeing that her second sister had not come down yet, she said she was going upstairs to get something, but in fact she was going to look for her second sister Gu Yue'e.
“Knock knock—”
'I knocked on the door, but Gu Yue'e didn't even raise her head and said coldly, "Come in."
"Second sister, are you still working?" Gu Yuehua saw the computer and documents in front of Gu Yue'e, and couldn't help but show admiration in his eyes.
Gu Yue'e heard the voice and looked up. When she saw it was her, a smile appeared on her tense face: "It's you, Ah Hua, when did you come back?"
"I just got back. My third and fourth brothers were making a lot of noise downstairs. I came up to talk to you. I hope I didn't disturb you." Gu Yuehua is very close to this sister.
Gu Yue'e stood up and poured her a glass of water. "No, I just do these unimportant jobs. It doesn't really matter whether I do it or not. I'm going to get married anyway."
"Second sister..."
Gu Yuehua held the water cup and looked at her sister with distressed eyes, "Actually, I heard from others that Young Master Li is a good person."
"He's a good man." Gu Yue'e's lips flashed with a hint of sarcasm, "Yes, I also believe that he won't treat me badly, but I don't want to be a stepmother, nor do I want to be a canary. But what can I do? My father has said so, I can't just not marry."
Gu Yuehua showed an embarrassed look on her face.
Most of the marriages of these rich children are like this. In order to serve the family, it is not a big deal for the men, they can just marry a wife at home and find another woman they like outside. But the girls have to be a virtuous wife, observe the three obediences and four virtues, and give birth to children.
Her second elder sister has been strong-willed since childhood and never willing to lag behind others in anything she does. She even relied on herself to study and was admitted to Cambridge, but what's the use?
After all, she is a girl, and Mr. Gu will not give her shares. At most, he will find a marriage for her with a well-matched family and send her there with a dowry of several million.
Gu Yuehua herself didn't care about getting married, and she didn't have much ambition anyway. But when she saw her second sister, who had always been competitive and hardworking, being forced to sacrifice for the family, she felt a little bit reluctant.
"Second sister, how about..."
"What are you talking about? The master has arrived and I want you all to get off."
Gu Xinliao came up and knocked on the door, interrupting Gu Yuehua's words.
Gu Yue'e said, "I know," and beckoned Gu Yuehua to leave: "Little sister, you don't have to comfort me, I know what's going on."
The lobby on the first floor is brightly lit, with chandeliers shining brightly.
Mr. Gu was the last to come downstairs. Several wives and concubines surrounded him. When Gu Xinhui and others saw him coming downstairs, they all stood up and greeted him, "Old man."
"Mr. Gu." Gu Xicao glanced at Mr. Gu's wives and said silently in his heart, the old man is so lucky, all of them are beautiful women.
"Master Gu, please sit down. You're welcome. Xiaolin, thank you for helping us pick someone up so late at night." The old gentleman had gray hair and was wearing a Zhongshan suit. He had an elegant appearance. Just looking at his appearance, no one would have thought that this old gentleman was a tycoon who controlled Hong Kong shipping and gambling.
He is more like a university professor than a business tycoon.
"You're welcome, Mr. Gu. This is what I should do. Dad also hopes that Master Gu can help you." Secretary Lin was very respectful to Mr. Gu.
Gu Xinhui laughed and said, "Secretary Lin and Uncle Cai are really destined to be together. I said before that you are lucky and will definitely marry into a wealthy family. Now I am right. I think I have the talent to be a fortune teller."
Secretary Lin smiled wryly: "Third Master, you are too polite."
That's not what the idiot said before. What he said was to ask Secretary Lin to stop following old man Cai and follow him instead.
Now that Secretary Lin and Cai Xiaowen are engaged, he changed his mind so quickly.
Sure enough, none of the children of the Gu family are easy to deal with.
"Third brother, don't talk nonsense. The master is the one who can tell fortunes. What can you do?"
Gu Xinliao said with a smile, turning his head to look at Gu Xicao: "This is Master Gu. It's really better to meet him in person than to hear about him. He is indeed very young. I just don't know what Master Gu learned from and how he tells fortunes."
"Yes, I've never heard of someone like you in Hong Kong before," Gu Xinhui's sister Gu Yueshu said with a smile, "How come you suddenly appear? Are you a liar?"
"Ashu!" Gu Yue'e glanced at Gu Yueshu with a warning look in her eyes.
The third room was dissatisfied and said, "Second sister, I think Ah Shu is right. Master, you really need to be cautious about this kind of thing. Not all fortune tellers are accurate."
The fourth roommate also echoed, "That's right. Whether you can become successful or not, and what your future will be like, it's a bit frivolous to listen to a fortuneteller's words. Master, you should think it through carefully."
Gu Xicao lowered her eyelids, understanding what was going on.
It seems that these ladies all know Mr. Gu’s plan for tonight, otherwise they wouldn’t be so suspicious one by one.
"You can try to see if my calculations are accurate."
Gu Xicao spread out his hands, with a calm and confident smile on his face: "If I didn't have the ability, I wouldn't dare to come here tonight. Who is Mr. Gu? Can he be easily deceived?"
When Secretary Lin heard what Gu Xicao said, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The concubines of the Gu family were notoriously difficult to deal with, and she was also afraid that Gu Xicao would get angry and leave, which would be counterproductive.
"You are so arrogant. Well, let's play with you. What do you think, Dad?"
Gu Xinhui looked at Mr. Gu.
The old gentleman, leaning on his cane, nodded and said, "Okay, but you have to be respectful to the master."
"Don't worry, Dad. If the master's prediction is correct, each of us will give him 50,000 as compensation." Gu Xinhui raised his hand to the servant.
So the servant went down and brought up a sieve.
"Isn't this a sieve?" Gu Yue'e frowned, "Ah Hui, this is not a casino."
"Yes, but what better way to see a master's skill than with a sieve?"
Gu Xinhui looked at Gu Xicao with a smile: "How about this, Master, let's see if you can calculate the number of dots in the sieve. Do you dare?"
He lifted the sieve and showed it to Gu Xicao. There were five sieves inside.
Gu Xicao said, "What are you afraid of? Just shake it."
She crossed her legs casually, with no sign of nervousness on her face at all.
Secretary Lin wanted to say something but stopped himself, but seeing that Gu Xicao had already agreed, it was not appropriate to say anything in front of the Gu family.
But she couldn't help but worry. Master Gu's fortune-telling was very accurate, but there were so many things that could be done with a sieve. And judging from the posture of Gu Liaohui and the others, it was clear that they had set up a trap in advance.
Master Gu must have been tricked by them.
"Okay, that's great. Just for your determination, I'll shake it for you myself."
Gu Xinhui shook the sieve.
His movements were smooth and flowing, and he switched the sieve from his left hand to his right hand. The movement was very clean and beautiful.
Secretary Lin thought to himself that this Gu Xinhui, who was in charge of the Gu family casino, really had some skills.
“Boom!”
When the sieve fell, everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Xicao's face.
Gu Xinhui smiled and said, "Master Gu, how is it, have you figured it out? Do you need paper and pen?"
"No, that's easy."
Gu Xicao smiled and said, "Third Master, I calculated that there is not a single dot in this sieve."
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