Six months ago, Yu's Jewelry was facing a series of setbacks: executives perished on business trips, and negotiated deals inexplicably fell through. Yu Xiaohan sought out Hong Kong Island's renowned semi-immortal, Master Dingyun, for a divination. After a brief analysis, Master Dingyun bluntly declared that Yu Xiaohan's good fortune had run out over the past decade. If he couldn't find a benefactor to help him, Yu's Jewelry would continue to decline. Since Yu Xiaohan's fate was tied to Yu's Jewelry, he knew that if he couldn't find a solution, within two years at most, Yu's Jewelry would go bankrupt, and that would be the day he died.
Yu Xiaohan was a superstitious person. When he smuggled himself to Hong Kong Island, he was actually influenced by Master Dingyun. At that time, Master Dingyun was still an unknown Taoist priest. He traveled to City N and asked for a bowl of water at Yu Xiaohan's house.
In order to repay Yu Xiaohan's kindness, Master Dingyun made some calculations for Yu Xiaohan and said that Yu Xiaohan was destined to be successful only if he left his hometown, and that he would be poor and destitute all his life if he stayed there.
After considering for more than ten days, Yu Xiaohan decided to smuggle to Hong Kong Island, thus beginning his legendary life.
After Yu Xiaohan became successful, Master Dingyun also arrived in Hong Kong. With the reputation of reading Yu Xiaohan's fortune, Master Dingyun went from being an obscure Taoist priest to a fortune teller sought by wealthy Hong Kong tycoons. Master Dingyun had some real skills, and his readings for wealthy individuals were always incredibly accurate.
Master Dingyun then recounted several events that had occurred at Yu Jewelry in recent months, each one as if he had witnessed it firsthand. Yu Xiaohan was shocked. Those events were extremely secretive, and there was one incident that not even his wife, Qian Yuxin, knew about.
Master Dingyun had predicted that Yu's Jewelry and Yu Xiaohan were in trouble, and Yu Xiaohan couldn't help but take it seriously. His heart sank. From a poor boy, he had fought his way up to become one of Hong Kong's most prestigious tycoons, a journey that had required considerable effort. He'd endured countless hardships, even considering marriage a stepping stone to prosperity. Seeing that his days of comfort lay ahead, Master Dingyun had actually declared his future was over. How could Yu Xiaohan possibly feel?
Yu Xiaohan could not accept this result, and he begged Master Dingyun to calculate a glimmer of hope for him.
Because of their long-standing friendship, Master Dingyun had to calculate for Yu Xiaohan again. The result was a bit vague, with only a few words: "Kyoto", "Rabbit in the Garden", and "Amulet of Peace".
Yu Xiaohan remembered that he had just received news of his daughter, Yu Meiru, who happened to be in Kyoto. Remembering that he would soon die, Yu Xiaohan planned to go to Beijing to find his daughter and, by the way, to look for his destined benefactor.
In this way, Yu Xiaohan wandered around Kyoto for several months.
Master Dingyun once said that everything depends on fate and there is no need to look for it deliberately. Yu Xiaohan's destined benefactor will appear when the time comes. He also said that people with the surname Zhao will bring good luck to Yu Xiaohan.
After arriving in Kyoto, Yu Xiaohan didn't rush around looking for someone. Instead, he spent time playing with his grandchildren. Yu Xiaohan's reasoning was simple: if fate had cut him off, and no matter how hard he searched, he wouldn't find his "destined partner," he might as well spend more time with his grandchildren and enjoy the joy of family. In the end, fate favored him, and Zhou Yuanyuan was sent to him.
Seeing Yu Xiaohan smiling foolishly, Zhao Qingshan winked at Zhou Yuanyuan, indicating that they should find a quiet place to talk.
Zhou Yuanyuan nodded, handed Zhao Yu in her arms to her mother Zhao Yunxiang, and then followed Zhao Qingshan to the study, using the excuse that her grandfather wanted to see her for something.
Zhao Yunxiang had been completely dazed from the moment she entered the room until Zhao Yu's soft body was tucked into her arms. She finally came to her senses. Seeing that Zhao Qingshan and Zhou Yuanyuan seemed to be busy, Zhao Yunxiang carried Zhao Yu to the backyard.
In the study, Zhao Qingshan asked seriously, "Yuanyuan, don't try to be so stubborn. Can you really make the talisman that Grandpa Yu mentioned?"
Zhao Qingshan noticed that after Zhou Yuanyuan agreed to make a peace amulet for Yu Xiaohan, Yu Xiaohan's entire mental outlook changed. Before, Yu Xiaohan had always been lazy, and apart from bickering with Zhao Qingshan, he had no motivation to do anything else. Zhao Qingshan was puzzled! He heard that this Yu relative was a good businessman, so how could he become a wealthy man in Hong Kong with such a lazy appearance?
Just now, after receiving Zhou Yuanyuan's affirmative answer, Yu Xiaohan exuded vitality and became dazzling and sharp.
Zhao Qingshan was afraid that Zhou Yuanyuan was still young and would speak without thinking, which would be bad if she delayed Yu Xiaohan's business.
"Don't worry, Grandpa. This time, I've turned a disaster into a blessing. My cultivation has improved several notches," Zhou Yuanyuan reassured Zhao Qingshan with a smile. Indeed, Zhou Yuanyuan had first found the "Spirit Eye" within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, rapidly advancing to the Core Formation stage. And because of the Chaos Pearl's mischief, she was drawn into the Trial World, where she cultivated her spirit for millennia. Truthfully, danger for cultivators often comes with opportunity. Although Zhou Yuanyuan nearly couldn't return to the real world this time, the benefits she gained were obvious. After leaving the cultivation world, not only did her spirit solidify, but her cultivation also advanced from the early to mid-stage Core Formation stage.
Zhou Yuanyuan chattered away, picking out the few things she could tell Zhao Qingshan, including her trip to Cuiyuan Village to capture monsters and her treasure hunt in Jiyun Mountain. As for the Chaos Pearl, Xiaoyu had said she couldn't talk about it, so Zhou Yuanyuan had to lie about being sucked into the Trial World and her soul being trapped in a cave somewhere in the Shiwan Mountains. She only returned to her body after breaking the cave's restrictions.
Zhao Qingshan listened to Zhou Yuanyuan's story of a significantly less dangerous experience, and he couldn't stop clicking his tongue. This world of immortal cultivation was truly bizarre. How could a person's soul and body be separated for months at a time and still be fine?
The old man and the young girl talked in the study for more than half an hour before their conversation came to an end. Zhao Qingshan remembered that Yu Xiaohan was still outside in the living room, and he didn't want to leave him out for too long, so he took Zhou Yuanyuan out of the study.
Zhou Yuanyuan's skills improved, and the one who was most pleased was her grandfather, Zhao Qingshan. After all, cultivating immortality was a Zhao family heirloom, and the higher Zhou Yuanyuan's cultivation level, the more Zhao Qingshan felt that he had found the right person.
When Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhao Qingshan returned to the living room, Yu Xiaohan had calmed down from his ecstasy.
Yu Xiaohan was a successful businessman, so he naturally knew that there were things he could ask and things he couldn't. Since Zhou Yuanyuan had promised him a peace amulet, Yu Xiaohan couldn't push her any further. After politely bidding Zhao Qingshan farewell, Yu Xiaohan went home to deal with a lot of official business.
Yu Xiaohan had previously figured he wasn't going to live long, so he'd let some of the company's expansion matters pile up. Now, a huge weight had been lifted from his heart, and he naturally had to face everything with a positive attitude. He had four little grandchildren! As a grandfather, earning a little extra money for them was a real pleasure!
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