Gu Yuanshan hadn’t heard the news and naturally asked, "Whose family is it?"
King Jingyao simply smiled. "You know her too, Gu Anxi. You certainly don’t need to tell you her birthdate and ti."
Gu Yuanshan was stunned. After a long while, he mumbled, "So it’s her!"
King Jingyao chuckled, his slender fingers tracing the rim of the delicate cup. "Is there a problem? Or do you have so reservations?"
Gu Yuanshan imdiately thought of that one possibility, and his forehead broke out in a cold sweat.
King Jingyao looked at him and suddenly asked, "Why are you so nervous? It’s not like I’ve done anything to you."
Gu Yuanshan slowly cald down, stood up, and bowed his head. "Then let’s begin the divination."
In his haste, he forgot to even ask for the other party’s birth details and began the divination.
After the reading, the hexagram was just like the last ti...
Gu Yuanshan had already prepared a script; it wasn’t like the other party would understand the intricacies anyway.
However, King Jingyao suddenly seed very interested. He leaned in to take a closer look. "Let see."
He pointed to the divination symbols and asked casually, "Is it good or bad?"
Gu Yuanshan smiled. "It’s a good on. Ms. Gu and you share a strong affinity, like that of a brother and sister."
Hearing this, King Jingyao chuckled. "The old lady will be thrilled to hear this."
He glanced at his chief secretary, Wang Jingchuan, who was also quietly observing his master.
After a mont, King Jingyao sat down again, pondered, and then said, "Alright, you can go back now. No one is to speak of what happened today. Understand?"
Gu Yuanshan was stunned.
He just said the divination was good, so why does Mr. Wang seem unhappy?
Or, did I reveal a flaw sowhere?
However, no matter how doubtful he felt, he still respectfully took his leave. How could he dare to stay a mont longer?
As soon as Gu Yuanshan left, King Jingyao’s expression turned somber. Chief Secretary Wang leaned in to whisper, "So, Gu Yuanshan wasn’t telling the truth?"
King Jingyao chuckled. "And how did you deduce that?"
"He didn’t ask for your birth details," Wang Jingchuan said with a quiet laugh.
Then, King Jingyao fell into a long silence, and his chief secretary didn’t dare to make a sound.
About five minutes later, King Jingyao put his teacup down. "You arrange things with the old lady. Tell her this matter will be handled quietly, without disturbing anyone else."
His master must suspect Gu Yuanshan, Wang Jingchuan understood. But not wanting to upset the old lady, he had no choice but to handle it this way.
He agreed, but couldn’t help but add, "Word about this has spread quite a bit. If that’s the case, won’t people start gossiping about Dr. Gu?"
King Jingyao chuckled. "Look at her. Does she seem like soone who can’t handle a bit of gossip?"
Wang Jingchuan laughed along. "True, I was being foolish."
He went out to carry out the instructions, though he felt a bit bitter.
This wasn’t exactly a pleasant task. He was bound to get scolded—
As expected, when he went, the old lady not only scolded him but also berated her ungrateful, heartless son. She said he was indecisive, clearly had ulterior motives, his thoughts weren’t pure, and he wasn’t acting his age, nor was he serious. She even demanded that Chief Secretary Wang relay her exact words to him, not missing a single one.
Caught in the middle, Chief Secretary Wang didn’t dare omit a thing and relayed everything to King Jingyao verbatim.
King Jingyao was both exasperated and amused. "What on earth is the old lady thinking? If I harbored such intentions, would I allow her to beco my sister?"
Chief Secretary Wang looked at him intently, holding his breath.
King Jingyao kicked him lightly. "Jingchuan, what’s with that look?"
Chief Secretary Wang coughed lightly. "Actually, I rather think the old lady sees things with perfect clarity and hits the nail on the head."
King Jingyao glanced at him, and after a long mont, said, "You people..."
He sighed again. "The young lady already has soone. And I’m not one to force matters."
He didn’t much care about age or things like that. He was also very confident in his masculine charm. Over the years, countless won had thrown themselves at him, but none had truly caught his eye.
The only one who did, was already taken—and by Xichen, of all people.
A junior whom he held in high regard. So, what could he possibly do?
Seeing that his boss had fallen silent, Chief Secretary Wang knew he was deep in thought, so he didn’t dare interrupt and quietly exited the room.
「...」
On the other side, Gu Yuanshan returned ho, still feeling shaken.
Once he cald down, he suddenly realized he had made a monuntal mistake.
He had forgotten to ask for King Jingyao’s birth details.
What did that imply?
It implied a great many things.
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead...
He urgently summoned Shen Congwen. Shen Congwen ca over and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Gu, what’s wrong?"
Gu Yuanshan briefly explained what had happened, and Shen Congwen also fell into a long, deep silence.
After a while, Gu Yuanshan finally said, "We’ll have to see how things unfold: whether this matter will be handled openly or not. If it is, it ans there’s no issue. If not, it suggests King Jingyao might be having so second thoughts—either about or about Gu Anxi."
He added, "King Jingyao reached his current position in his early forties; his thods and cunning are formidable. Ordinary people are no match for him. He would be a good match, if it ca to that. However, Gu Anxi likes Xichen, and they are so good together. As her biological father, I cannot fail her a second ti."
If others were to find out about this divination, it would be disastrous.
As he was worrying about this, Tang Yuan, who had co over intending to ingratiate herself, happened to overhear them at the doorway.
She was startled.
Could it be that Mr. Wang had summoned Yuanshan, and Yuanshan didn’t tell the truth?
She was suspicious but didn’t dare to ask, so she hurriedly retreated and went back upstairs.
Upstairs, Gu Mingzhu was watching sample shots from the production team. Filming for "Pain of Youth" was almost complete. She thought it looked very good and was just waiting for post-production.
Tang Yuan entered, looking weighed down by her thoughts.
Gu Mingzhu smiled. "Mom, what’s the matter?"
Tang Yuan sat down and whispered, "You know those rumors about the Wang family’s old lady wanting to take Gu Anxi as her goddaughter? There might be a change."
Gu Mingzhu’s heart skipped a beat, and she imdiately asked, "What kind of change?"
She had always harbored resentnt towards Gu Anxi. She’d been quite pleased to hear that Jiang Chaoge had poached a patient from her. But who knew that Jiang Chaoge would fumble at the last mont? Gu Anxi was still the one to benefit, and now she even had the old lady’s favor and was about to be taken in.
Now that she heard there might be a change, she was naturally concerned.
Tang Yuan lowered her voice even more. "Originally, I heard they were planning a grand affair for it. But now that your father has paid a visit, things might be uncertain. I don’t know what your father said to Mr. Wang."
Gu Mingzhu smiled faintly. "Dad probably told him she’s ill-oned, and the Wang Family wouldn’t dare take her."
She felt an inexplicable sense of delight and turned back to watch the footage.
Tang Yuan, too, was on pins and needles. Gu Anxi was a stain on her past. The higher Gu Anxi climbed and the more liked she beca, the harder Tang Yuan would fall if the truth ever ca out.
On second thought, Mingzhu was probably right.
That birth chart... King Jingyao most likely wouldn’t like or accept it.
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