Rose Manor

Fu Jichen's tone was serious, not joking.

Bai Changxia and Shen Jianian stopped taking out the hexagrams at the same time and raised their eyes to look at him.

But he only looked at the novice who was responsible for interpreting the fortune, and asked with a gentle smile: "Master, please help me see if this hexagram shows whether my beloved and I will eventually get married."

Shen Jia Nian quickly clenched the lottery tube in his hand, ripples appeared in his heart, and the aftertaste was long and lasting.

Being called "Master" by the benefactor who looked like he was distinguished at first sight, the little novice monk was frightened. He quickly stood up, clasped his hands and nodded slightly, and said in shame: "Please forgive me for my lack of qualifications. I don't know how to interpret this hexagram. Why not?" ...Why don’t you ask the abbot and master to take a look at it for you?”

He looked past Fu Jichen and towards the person walking slowly in the distance.

The three people standing in front of the stall turned their heads in unison. The old man wearing a cassock and with white hair and beard was naturally the abbot of Tanfu Temple.

Bai Changxia took a breath and raised his eyebrows at Shen Jianian. This trip was at the right time. The abbot who didn't often show up was caught by them!
The novice monk held the hexagram that Fu Jichen had just drawn, walked up to the abbot, handed it over with both hands, and said in a respectful and humble manner: "Master, this male benefactor is here to seek marriage. It is difficult to predict the bad luck in this hexagram. It is really weird. I can't participate. Tohru, I can only trouble you to unravel the signature for this donor."

Fu Jichen had come here with Shen Jianian to have some fun, but he didn't really believe these mythical remarks. When he heard the young novice say that his marriage was uncertain, the casualness between his brows faded away, and he became more serious.

The abbot looked kind and kind, but when faced with the novice's request for help, he did not relent and agreed: "Have you forgotten my rule not to tell young people's fortunes?"

This was the first time Fu Jichen heard this statement. He did not force anyone to do anything, but was simply curious: "I would like to ask the abbot, why don't you tell young people's fortunes?"

Bai Changxia was still waiting for the master abbot to give her a fortune. When she saw the master's refusal, her heart suddenly dropped. Then she heard Fu Jichen ask the question in front of her face. She couldn't help but pricked up her ears. She also wanted to know the reason.

The abbot looked at the extraordinary benefactor in front of him, smiled kindly, and answered him: "It is not a good thing for young people to know their destiny too early."

That's it?

Bai Changxia thought he could hear a mysterious story, and he was all ears. He never expected the abbot's answer to be so simple.

Fu Jichen took the "bad luck" fortune teller from the novice's hand, raised his hand and threw it on the table with a "ding" sound.

The novice monk looked at the hexagrams on the table, scratched his bare head, looked at Fu Jichen, then at the abbot master, and explained in a low voice awkwardly and helplessly: "Master, I took the money..."

The abbot did not want to embarrass the young novice, so he thought for a moment and gave Fu Jichen three words as a gift: "Don't force it."

Fu Jichen's eyelids trembled slightly, he raised his deep eyes and looked directly at the abbot, trying to figure it out: "Abbott, are you saying that this marriage will not end well?"

Doesn’t not forcing mean letting go?
His eyes moved to Shen Jianian, and there was determination in his eyes that others could not understand.

The abbot shook his head and refused to go into too much detail. He only gave a few words of advice: "If you are going to risk your life due to this fate in the future, you still have to persevere?"

Shen Jianian's heart trembled violently, her body was faster than her brain, and she passed Fu Jichen and walked into the sun. Her face was pale in the sunlight. She asked the abbot, "What, what does it mean to hurt one's life?"

The abbot said no more, gave the novice a few words, and went to inspect other places.

Shen Jia Nian wanted to catch up, but was caught by Bai Changxia. She turned her head, her face full of anxiety. Bai Changxia shook his head at her: "It's useless, the abbot won't say anything."

Bai Changxia had a hasty fortune telling from the novice. She asked for it on behalf of her mother. As a result, the novice told her that it was a bad fortune. Her mood suddenly became bad. She was no longer interested in hanging out and planned to leave.

Shen Jia Nian did not calculate a single hexagram.

After walking down the hundred or so stone steps, she was still worried about the abbot's words. The worry on her face could not go away, and her heart was beating wildly.

Compared with her, Fu Jichen was calm as usual, like a normal person, and took out a box of fruit from his canvas bag: "Eat something sweet to replenish your strength. They say it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down the mountain."

Shen Jianian stopped on the stone steps and looked at him deeply: "Aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Fu Jichen had a faint smile on his lips and rubbed her face with his fingertips, "Do you believe what the abbot said?"

Shen Jianian couldn't describe the feeling of panic, so he blocked him with an old saying: "There is a saying that it is better to believe in something than to believe in nothing. Do you know?"

"There is another saying that if you believe it, there will be nothing." Fu Jichen comforted her, "If you don't believe it, there will be nothing." Shen Jia Nian had heard the familiar words once before, and she glanced at Bai Chang, who was slightly depressed. Xia Xia's eyes fell back on Fu Jichen's face and said, "When Xia Xia and I went to the bathroom, we heard two women mentioning this abbot. They both said it was very effective."

Fu Jichen raised his hand against her cheek and smoothed the wrinkles between her eyebrows: "Okay, if there is a disaster in your life, you can't hide from it. Don't worry about what didn't happen."

When Shen Jia Nian heard what he said, the wrinkles in her brows deepened.

He couldn't smooth it out no matter how many times he stroked it.

Fu Jichen felt deeply helpless and said, half jokingly and half seriously: "Now I understand the abbot's rule not to tell young people's fortunes. It is indeed not a good thing and will only increase troubles."

Shen Jianian hugged his arm and discussed with him solemnly: "Let's ask the abbot if he has a way to crack it. I think the abbot is easy to talk to. If we are more sincere, maybe he will be willing to tell us."

Fu Jichen looked at her with a smile, the joy in his voice so obvious: "Are you so afraid that something will happen to me?"

At this moment, her eyes and heart were full of worries for him. He felt warm and comfortable in his heart, and gently stroked her hair and ears with his fingers: "As long as you stay with me, I promise not to You’ll get yourself into trouble.”

There were not as many people passing by as there were in the morning, but there were still only twos and threes. Shen Jia Nian looked stunned and said: "Forget it, let's go."

Back along the way we came, it was already past lunch time.

Fu Jichen found a high-end restaurant nearby. As soon as he sat down and took a sip of tea, someone from the company called him and asked him something.

He stood up and walked to the window to answer the question. When he thought of something, he turned his head and gestured to Shen Jianian, telling her and her friends to eat first without waiting for him.

After a while, the waiter brought the dishes to the table.

Shen Jianian called to Bai Changxia: "Let's eat first, he won't be able to finish it for a while."

Bai Changxia was hungry for a long time. On the way down the mountain, he and Shen Jianian shared a box of fruit. It was not very useful, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating without being polite.

Shen Jia Nian glanced at Fu Jichen from time to time, only to see him supporting the window with one hand, holding the mobile phone to his ear with the other hand, and speaking in a low voice with a cold expression.

Bai Changxia stared at Shen Jianian for at least 5 minutes while eating. During these 5 minutes, she looked at Fu Jichen thirteen times.He turned his head every time, completely uncovered.

Even a blind person can see her thoughts. How could someone as smart as Fu Jichen not see it?

The call lasted about 10 minutes.

By the time Fu Jichen returned to the dining table and put down his mobile phone, Shen Jianian and Bai Changxia had almost finished eating.Shen Jianian picked up the menu placed on the table: "Would you like to order some more dishes for you?"

"Have you eaten?" Fu Jichen's first consideration is her. If she wants to add a few more dishes, that's no problem.

Shen Jianian held a cup of tea: "Well, I'm full."

"Then there's no need to order any more."

Fu Jichen unwrapped the chopsticks and simply ate some.

Shen Jia Nian put down his teacup, took out a clean empty bowl, washed it with boiling water, and filled it with half a bowl of soup steamed from the steam pot chicken. He scooped out some chicken nuggets, red dates and mushrooms and put them in his hand: "Soup It's still very hot, please drink some." After a pause, she lowered her eyes and said, "I just made a reservation on my phone and it will be there in 15 minutes. You can go back to the company after eating."

Bai Changxia cooperated from the side: "Yes, we will go back to the city center and plan to go shopping for a while."

Fu Jichen thought for a moment, nodded, and said to Shen Jianian: "I may go home late tonight, so I told Aunt Cheng that there is no need to prepare my dinner."

There was indeed something wrong with the project at hand, and the person in charge couldn't figure it out, so he called him to ask for a specific solution.He originally planned to go abroad when things here come to an end. If progress here cannot be made as scheduled, the time to go abroad will have to be postponed, and foreign technology investors may not be able to wait that long.

Shen Jia Nian curled his lips: "Okay."