Chapter 579 Who is behind Ruan Qi? (Update 1)
Nie Beilou's timely words brought back Xi Jiu's shattered sanity.
He leaned against the wall, took a heavy breath, and closed his eyes to calm himself.
Nie Beilou's voice rang out again on the phone: "I haven't had anyone calculate Xiaoqi's fate since her twentieth birthday. So, I'll call those fortune-telling friends of mine and have them calculate Xiaoqi again. If her fate is really that of a dead person..."
Nie Beilou paused and said, "Let's talk about this after you return home. I also want to ask this little girl how many secrets she has hidden from us."
Nie Beilou felt both distressed and angry when he thought about how his beloved disciple had died at some unknown time.
Although the girl is young, she is very opinionated and dares to hide anything.
He even dared to bear the consequences of his own death.
Did he think his master was dead?!
Nie Beilou was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wished he could cross the ocean to Country Y and grab the little girl and give her a beating.
"Let's put the matter of the dead person's fate aside for now. Xiao Qi is still alive, so there's no rush. Our priority right now is to deal with the thirteen blood-red stars. Are Xiao Qi and Old Davis trying to find life in the divination room?"
"Yes." Xi Jiu replied.
Nie Beilou was silent for a moment on the phone, then said thoughtfully, "I've heard a little about the Davis family's divination. Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any way to decipher a card like thirteen blood-red stars. Who said there's still life in Xiaoqi? Old Davis?"
Xi Jiu didn't know much about metaphysics and numerology before, so he didn't notice many flaws in Ruan Qi's words.
Now that Nie Beilou had said that, he also vaguely sensed that something was not right.
He thought carefully and said in a deep voice, "It wasn't Old Davis. It was Xiao Qi herself who said that she met a master in her childhood. The master said that she had a unique fate and had a glimmer of hope..."
"What bullshit!" Nie Beilou interrupted Xi Jiu angrily. "This girl has been under my nose since she was little. I even knew she secretly shaved the big black dog next door, Old Zhang. How come I don't remember her meeting a master? You believe this bullshit!"
“…” Xi Jiu silently accepted the reprimand from his fiancée’s master.
Nie Beilou cursed angrily for a few times, then calmed down and said, "Xiao Qi doesn't understand numerology, so it's impossible for her to sense whether she has life or not. There must be someone more mysterious behind her helping her. I guess her resurrection is also the work of this person."
When Xi Jiu heard Nie Beilou's words, he suddenly remembered something.
A year ago, when he and Ruan Qi had just reunited in the imperial capital, Ruan Qi had once told him not to leave the imperial capital for the next week. If he had to go out, he should try not to take a plane. Otherwise, he would be in danger of a bloody disaster.
Xi Jiu originally wanted to listen to Ruan Qi and stay in the capital for a week. But then something unexpected happened in Shanghai, and he had no choice but to leave the capital.
Then, the bloody disaster came true.
On his way to the Shanghai airport, Xi Jiu encountered an ambush. He was small with a small group, and the enemy's firepower was too strong. Even with his powerful ancient martial arts skills, he was nearly killed in the hail of bullets.
After that incident, Xi Jiu just thought that Ruan Qi understood the art of fortune-telling, so he could predict the crisis.
But now Nie Beilou says Ruan Qi doesn't understand fortune-telling.
Then how did she know that he was in danger of bloodshed?
Xi Jiu pondered for a moment and told Nie Beilou about this.
After listening to this, Nie Beilou sneered.
"It seems this girl is hiding more than just her resurrection from me. She didn't have any ability for prediction or divination before. I think this ability was probably given to her by someone behind her."
Nie Beilou couldn't help but grit his teeth as he spoke. He said to Xi Jiu, "Don't ask her about these things for now. I'll settle the score with her when we return. By the way, does the Xi family know the Zhuge family? I remember your father once asked Zhuge Lang to tell your father's fortune."
China is a vast country with abundant resources, and it is home to many talented and outstanding people.
Among these talented people, there is a family of metaphysics named Zhuge.
The Zhuge family excels in fortune-telling, foreseeing the past, and predicting the future. When Xi Jiu's father, Xi Xiaoran, became possessed, Old Master Xi summoned Zhuge Lang, the patriarch of the Zhuge family, to rescue him from a fatal disaster.
Nie Beilou wanted Xi Jiu to find Zhuge Lang to help Ruan Qi predict the glimmer of hope.
Coincidentally, Xi Jiu had the same idea.
"I'll call Grandpa in a minute. Mr. Zhuge and my grandfather are old friends, so he'll be able to help. In addition to the Zhuge family, I'll also invite a few other fortune-telling families. There's strength in numbers."
Nie Beilou hummed, "Then you stay with Xiao Qi first. If anything happens, please contact me. I'm going to hang up and call those old friends."
Nie Beilou was thinking about Ruan Qi, so he didn't exchange pleasantries with Xi Jiu and just hung up the phone.
Xi Jiu looked at the hung up phone, opened the address book, found Mr. Xi's number, and quickly dialed it.
Because Ruan Qi's case had not yet been resolved, Xi Jiu did not elaborate on it with Old Master Xi. He only vaguely said that Ruan Qi had encountered some trouble and needed to ask Zhuge Lang to come out.
When Mr. Xi heard that his grandson's wife had something to do, he immediately agreed without saying a word.
After finishing the call with the old man, Xi Jiu called Gong Qi again.
He asked Gong Qi to contact several metaphysical families that were on good terms with the Xi family and send invitations to their heads.
He wanted to invite them to get together and discuss matters of fortune-telling.
Xi Jiu made one call after another in an orderly manner, and the mess of things gradually became organized under his instructions.
By the time the last call was made, the old clock at Davis Manor had struck seventeen.
It was past five in the evening.
Ruan Qi and Old Davis haven't come out yet.
Xi Jiu felt a little stuffy in his chest. He unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt, then walked back to the door of the divination room and stood there like a door god.
It gets dark much earlier in October than in summer.
As the hour hand of the ancient clock gradually approached the number six, the sky outside had completely darkened.
The door of the divination room, which had been closed all afternoon, slowly opened at the same time.
When Xi Jiu heard the door open, his body moved before his brain, and he rushed to Ruan Qi in one step.
He bent down, placed his hands on the armrests of the wheelchair, and kept looking at the little girl with his black eyes.
"Is the baby okay?"
Ruan Qi shook her head and smiled with a curved eyebrow.
Seeing her face look normal, Xi Jiu heaved a sigh of relief. Then he raised his head and looked at Old Davis beside him.
"Excuse me, old Duke, has the divination yielded any results?"
Xi Jiu looked calm, but old Davis noticed his hands clenched tightly on the wheelchair.
As both of them were men who loved their wives dearly, the old duke understood Xi Jiu's mood very well, and without keeping him in suspense, he nodded directly.
"I caught a glimpse of life, but it was very faint."
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I'm stuck, I've been grinding on this for hours. I'll post one chapter first while I work on the second.
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