Chapter 136
Fu Xia only found out that Xu Gui and the others had gone to H Province in the evening, and immediately called Xu Gui.
"I don't care, I'm coming!" she shouted. "I'll buy a plane ticket and fly over right now. It's such a big event, I can't let you leave me behind!"
Finding treasure! How many kids haven't played treasure hunts as children? So, how could she miss out on something so fun?
Fu Xia figured Xu Gui wouldn't mind her coming, but...
"Is your grandma alright?" she asked.
Fu Xia left earlier because her grandmother was sick, and she hurriedly went with her parents to visit her. Now that she suddenly said she was coming to H Province to meet up with Xu Gui and the others, Xu Gui naturally had to ask her about it.
Upon hearing this, Fu Xia casually replied, "It's nothing, just a minor cold. It's just that the elderly are getting on in years and are worried about the children."
Whether it's the elderly or the young, people become psychologically vulnerable when they get sick. Fu Xia's grandmother is like that. When she talks to them normally, she doesn't say she misses them much, but when she gets sick, she can't help but think about her children and her granddaughter.
As soon as Fu Xia and the others arrived, the grandmother saw her daughter and granddaughter, and her illness instantly improved by more than half. The old lady who had been wiping away tears on the phone earlier was now lively and energetic again.
“Now my uncles, aunts, and all my extended families are here. It’s so lively here every day.” Fu Xia pouted. “I just happened to come to H Province to find some peace and quiet.”
The family doesn't need her now. Compared to eating, drinking and having fun with her maternal relatives, Fu Xia is more interested in Xu Gui's affairs.
"By the way," Fu Xia said again, somewhat embarrassed, "Xu Gui, could you please do me a favor by telling my fortune?"
Xu Gui: "Hmm?"
Fu Xia said, "It's like this, my maternal grandmother has a wooden hairpin. Although it's not very valuable, my maternal grandfather carved it for her by hand, stroke by stroke, and my maternal grandmother always liked it very much."
She sighed, "Since my grandfather passed away, this hairpin has become my grandmother's last keepsake."
The two elders were a young couple who had supported each other through thick and thin for decades, and their affection for each other was extremely deep. Therefore, after the grandfather passed away, the grandmother was very sad, and that hairpin became a treasure for her to remember her husband.
“But recently, the hairpin disappeared. My grandmother searched the whole house but couldn’t find it,” Fu Xia said. “She was very upset about it and would cry whenever it was mentioned.”
The things her husband had made for her by hand were gone. The grandmother was anxious and sad, and blamed herself for not taking good care of the things. A large part of her illness was due to this.
“My parents have also helped look for it, but they have searched the house and the surrounding area, but they still can’t find it. So, I want you to help me figure out where my grandma’s hairpin is.”
Fu Xia spoke sincerely and said directly, "I can pay!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Gui smiled and said, "Since we are friends, it's too polite to talk about money. I can give you a free calculation."
"So, if it's free, will it affect you?" Fu Xia asked.
Xu Gui replied confidently, "No."
Since ancient times, in human belief, fortune telling is seen as peeking into the secrets of heaven. Therefore, fortune tellers are generally said to suffer from five deficiencies and three lacks. So, there are always many restrictions when telling fortunes. However, Xu Gui does not have such troubles.
Putting aside the fact that she is not human, the Xuan Turtle clan is born outside the secrets of heaven. Their talent and ability is to see through fate. For them, fortune telling is an instinct, just like the instinct of humans to suckle when they are born.
Therefore, there are no taboos associated with fortune telling.
Fu Xia breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her words—she was worried that she might have caused Xu Gui some negative impact.
Since there was nothing wrong with giving her a free fortune telling, she had no qualms about it.
"Then I'll trouble you to calculate my grandmother's fortune," she said immediately.
Xu Gui hummed in agreement.
Since the person to be calculated was Fu Xia's maternal grandmother, who was her blood relative, the calculation was very simple, and Xu Gui had already reached a conclusion in just a few seconds.
"Is there a big peach tree in your grandmother's yard?" she asked.
Fu Xia: "Yes."
Xu Gui: "Your maternal grandmother's hairpin is on that peach tree."
Fu Xia: ?
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Fu Xia ran downstairs in a whirlwind, disappearing like a gust of wind.
The group chatting in the living room: ...Just now, did something suddenly rush out?
Fu Xia's cousins:
"What is Xiaoxia doing in such a hurry?"
"I don't know."
"Shall we go out and take a look?"
"Let's go out and take a look!"
After reaching a consensus, the siblings glanced at the elders who were chatting and quietly slipped out. Once outside, the once quiet group suddenly became like wild horses, running wild with abandon.
After they came out, they saw Fu Xia standing under the peach tree in the yard.
It is said that pear trees were originally planted here, but since "pear" sounds like "separation" in Chinese, their maternal grandfather/paternal grandfather felt that this had a bad meaning, so they changed to planting peach trees, meaning "the peach tree is young and tender, and its flowers are bright and beautiful".
To put it simply, it's like confessing their feelings to their maternal grandmother/paternal grandmother. Anyway, the trees in this yard will eventually become peach trees.
This peach tree is about forty or fifty years old. It's not a short variety; it's tall and big with thick branches at the bottom, as thick as a person can hug. The fruit it bears is also large, and the peaches have a particularly strong flavor. However, this year the ripening season has passed, and all the peaches have been eaten, leaving only a tree full of lush green leaves.
And now, Fu Xia is standing under this peach tree, hopping and skipping, looking like she wants to climb up.
Cousins:
Has this guy finally gone mad?
"It seems so..."
"Oh dear, what a wonderful child, how did she suddenly go crazy? Should we call and send her to a mental hospital?"
“I think it’s a good idea. Let’s consider this the last thing we older brothers and sisters can do for her.”
"That's enough!" Fu Xia couldn't take it anymore and turned around to glare at them angrily. "Shouldn't you at least talk about people behind their backs? How can you do this, talking badly about others in public?"
Second cousin: "If we don't say bad things to her face, how will the person involved know we're talking badly about her? If she doesn't know, then what's the point of saying bad things?"
Fu Xia: Fallacy! All fallacy!
"Xiaoxia, what are you doing?" Cousin Fu Xia, who was clearly still human, spoke up. "You're not trying to climb up a tree like this, are you? You're so old, and you've suddenly taken to climbing trees? Is this your belated rebellious phase?"
Fu Xia, who was already used to her cousins' poisoned mouths, thought, "..." Well, her cousins weren't exactly human either.
To prevent them from spreading rumors, Fu Xia said, "I'm looking for my grandmother's lost hairpin."
"Grandma's lost hairpin?" Third cousin looked up at the peach tree. "You don't think the hairpin is on this tree, do you?" He looked at her with a look that said, "Are you out of your mind?"
Fu Xia rolled her eyes and said, "It's not that I think it is, it's that the hairpin is on this tree."
Her tone was so certain, I don't know where her confidence came from... My cousin looked at her thoughtfully.
"Did you ask your fortune-telling friend for help?" my cousin suddenly asked.
Fu Xia: "...How did you know?"
My cousin smiled and said, "You're so sure, what other reason could there be besides asking your fortune-telling friend for help?"
Fu Xia had to admit that her cousin was right.
“So,” my cousin walked over and looked up at the peach tree canopy overhead, “your fortune-telling friend said that Grandma’s hairpin is on this peach tree?”
Fu Xia nodded and said, "She said the birds stole it to build their nests..."
My third cousin came over and said, "You know what, I remember there was a bird's nest in this tree. It seems like it was built this year. I remember crows? I've seen them a few times before. Every time they saw me, they would caw and spit at me."
Second cousin: "Do crows spit?"
Third cousin: "I'm curious too!"
"...Are you two putting on a comedy routine?" The older cousin pouted and ordered them, "Go and get the ladder from home, second brother, climb up and take a look."
Second cousin: "...Don't call me 'Second Brother,' it's vulgar!"
"Understood, second brother."
"..."
The second and third brothers went to get the ladder. The second brother was taller, so he climbed up the tree using the ladder. Once he was up in the peach tree, Fu Xia, who was below, couldn't help but ask, "Second cousin, did you find the bird's nest?"
"Found it!" the second brother's voice came from up above. He exclaimed in surprise, "There really is a bird's nest up there... Wow!"
Suddenly, the second brother's voice became panicked, and along with his panicked voice, crows cawed incessantly.
"This crow is pecking at me!" the second son exclaimed.
My older cousin said, "Forget about the crows, quickly look for Grandma's hairpin in the bird's nest!" That's the important thing.
Second child: Who will speak up for me?
The second brother, holding his breath, reached out and swatted away the crow that was pecking at him, then turned on his phone camera, leaned over the tree trunk, and began rummaging through the crow's nest.
"Caw caw caw!" The crows were angry at this impolite two-legged human and kept trying to fly down and peck at him.
The second bird, pecked and gasping for breath, frantically searched the nest: "Ah, found it! It's really in this nest."
Once he found it, he didn't dare delay for a moment. He scrambled up the tree in a flash, yelling as he climbed down, "This bird has such a bad temper! Its pecks hurt so much!"
But what he didn't expect was that even after he climbed down from the tree, the crow kept pecking at him, so the second son had to run away and run straight into the house.
Seeing this, Fu Xia and the others couldn't help but feel a little scared, and the same thought came to their minds: Thank goodness it wasn't us who climbed the tree.
However, despite a minor, intense, and painful incident (only affecting the second child), they still managed to find Fu Xia's grandmother's hairpin.
Fu Xia and the others also found it strange: "Everyone says crows like shiny things. There's only one emerald on Grandma's hairpin, and it still managed to spot it. It has such good taste, always picking out the best ones."
This is a wooden hairpin inlaid with emeralds. The emeralds look bright and clear, and are shaped like vines, green and lush, twining around the black hairpin, giving the whole hairpin a fresh and vibrant feel, like withered wood coming back to life.
The gemstone on this hairpin was personally extracted by Fu Xia's maternal grandfather.
Fu Xia and the others returned the hairpin to their grandmother.
Grandma had been secretly weeping because of the lost hairpin. Now that the treasure has been found, her joy is beyond words. It seems that even her illness has mostly disappeared.
The elders naturally asked where the hairpin was found, which led to the mention of Xu Guilai.
"Xu Gui? Your fortune-telling friend?" the elders asked.
Fu Xia nodded: "Yes, it's her."
Taking this opportunity, she mentioned to everyone that she was going to H Province the next day, "Xu Gui said she's going to go treasure hunting at sea tomorrow, that must be a lot of fun, oh well, I guess I'll go and have some fun!"
What she didn't expect was that what she found exciting would also be interesting to her many friends.
“This looks like so much fun, I want to go too!” My second cousin was the first to speak up.
Third brother: "I second that!"
My calm and collected older cousin said, "I've been free lately..."
Seeing that things were not going well, Fu Xia put her hands on her hips and refused, saying, "Xu Gui is not your friend, why are you going to join in the fun? You are not allowed to go!"
Upon hearing this, the cousins exchanged glances but said nothing.
Seeing this, Fu Xia thought they had given up on the idea, but that night, she unexpectedly ran into the three of them on the plane.
Fu Xia: "..."
"Shameless! Thick-skinned!" she yelled at the three of them.
The shameless person stuck out his little finger and picked at his ear, then turned to the person next to him and said, "Did you hear that? I think I heard a dog barking."
Fu Xia inwardly screamed: Why did I have such a despicable cousin?!
Then, she could only take her cheeky cousin and her seemingly serious but actually not serious older cousin to the hotel to meet up with Xu Gui and the others.
"I'm sorry, Xu Gui, I already tried to stop them, but my cousin and her family insisted on coming to join in the fun." Fu Xia looked at Xu Gui apologetically and said angrily, "They just wouldn't listen to me."
Xu Gui didn't really care, and since everyone had already arrived, talking about other things now would seem like expressing dissatisfaction. So she said, "It's okay, it'll be more lively with more people."
Besides, there are already a bunch of staff members with them today, so it wouldn't make a difference if Fu Xia's three cousins joined them.
"Hello, Master Xu!"
Just then, a large head suddenly popped out from behind Fu Xia. Fu Xia's second cousin grabbed Xu Gui's hand and introduced himself enthusiastically, "I'm Fu Xia's second cousin. I'm really sorry to bother you today!"
My older cousin and my third cousin also introduced themselves.
My older cousin, looking elegant and poised, said, "We heard you're going to sea to search for treasure today, and we were so curious that we came uninvited..."
“It’s alright,” Xu Gui smiled and said casually, “You are Fu Xia’s cousins, and also my friends. I welcome you to come.”
Hearing this, Fu Xia looked at her with emotion and reached out to hug her: "Xu Gui, you're so kind! I swear, you'll be my friend forever! We're the best of friends in the world!"
Xu Gui casually patted her head.
Now that they had met up with Fu Xia and the others, Xu Gui and his group headed straight to their destination, the island's pier, where a luxurious ocean liner occupied the best spot on the pier.
This is the Lu family's ship. That day at the Lu family's house, Xu Gui asked Lu Baiyi about this matter.
She wanted to go out to sea, so she asked Lu Boyi to help her find out where she could get a boat. Unexpectedly, the Lu family owned their own ship. It was at this time that Xu Gui learned some news:
The Golden Summit was actually developed by Lu Baiyi's aunt, Lu Yujun.
The other party initially invested in real estate, but later withdrew from the business and turned to new energy. He is a truly capable person. No wonder the other company used a handsome man to try and extract business information from her side.
Xu Gui: This is the real business war!
It's not about pouring boiling water on the rival company's money tree, nor is it about stealing someone else's company seal; it's a much more sophisticated business warfare tactic.
Well, I've digressed. Anyway, because of Lu Yujun, the Lu family owns a ship in Jinding. When Xu Gui said he wanted to go to sea, Lu Baiyi simply brought his own ship over.
As for the staff, they are all professional maritime workers, such as those engaged in marine salvage operations.
After Xu Gui and his group boarded the ship, it soon started moving and sailed out of the Golden Summit dock, heading towards the vast sea. Xu Gui's live stream also started as soon as the ship set sail.
When Xu Gui's fans heard the news that she was going live, they rushed into the live stream and saw Xu Gui's beautiful and bright eyes, as well as the luxurious and magnificent ship behind her.
Fans: Wow!
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