The next day, Wang Xiamei received a phone call. The caller was Tan Qiqiang's secretary, who wanted to schedule a meeting with the Taoist Monk.
Wang Xiamei, knowing that she had a rich client this time, hurriedly called Feng Yongrui.
Feng Yongrui was currently looking at picture books. He kept the Ultimate Taoist Package, his Taoist robes, and his flip phone inside his inventory.
He didn't know his phone was ringing until the System reminded him.
"Wang Xiamei is giving you a call," it told him.
Feng Yongrui was surprised. She usually sent him text messages, so why did she call him this time?
"It must be something important," Feng Yongrui mused.
He switched placed with his doppelganger and flew away from the Yin mansion. When he was far enough, he called Wang Xiamei back.
Wang Xiamei picked up the phone immediately and told him that the Tan family had contacted her.
They said the Chrysanthemum Flower really worked, so they wanted the Taoist Monk to visit them and read their son's fortune. If possible, they wanted the Taoist Monk to bless their son with good fortune as well.
Feng Yongrui was surprised, because the Tan family wanting to meet to meet with him was out of his expectations.
He simply thought that by giving them the flower, Tan Jiuming would somehow survive the plane crash. After that, the Tan family would be grateful to him, thus making him famous.
But, it seemed like his thoughts were wrong.
If Tan Jiuming didn't get into a plane accident, how would the Tan family know that it was all thanks to Feng Yongrui's flower?
After all, the Tan family did not know that Tan Jiuming was fated to die in a plane crash.
Also, it was not guaranteed that Tan Jiuming would carry the flower with him on his trip, and the flower might not save him from his fate.
After all, Feng Yongrui wasn't clear on how well the System's items worked.
The surest way for Tan Jiuming to be saved and become indebted to the Taoist Monk was by having Feng Yongrui come to the Tan family and personally tell Tan Jiuming not to go on his business trip.
"Well, this time I was careless. Thankfully, Tan Qiqiang thinks the flower saved Tan Jiuming... Right, System... why did Tan Jiuming get into a car accident all of a sudden?" Feng Yongrui asked.
The System did not know either, so it didn't say anything.
"In any case, Host, since the original timeline never mentioned Tan Jiuming getting into an accident, this means that whether he got the flower from you or not, Tan Jiuming would not have died," the System said.
Feng Yongrui nodded his head and sighed.
"Alright, let's stop talking about that. The issue here is, I've been invited by the Tan family. Wang Xiamei has already made the appointment. I'll be going in three days..." Feng Yongrui mused.
The System said snarkily, "Well, when the time comes, don't look like a country bumpkin in front of the Tan family, okay?"
Feng Yongrui pursed his lips. Hello, evil System. I see that you're back.
Three days later, Feng Yongrui went to Wang Xiamei's house as the Taoist Monk. When he arrived in her house, he noticed that a black SUV was parked in front of her house and a chauffeur was waiting.
Wang Xiamei greeted him and told him that this chauffeur was sent by the Tan family. After all the introductions were finished, Feng Yongrui entered the car.
The chauffeur began driving them to the Tan family mansion. Feng Yongrui was silent throughout the whole ride, because he was nervous.
Today, he would meet the Tan family!
Previously, his "customers" were normal people from middle-class families. Feng Yongrui wasn't afraid of them.
But the Tan family was a different matter altogether!
Feng Yongrui's hands were sweating and his face was a bit pale, so he tried to chat with the System to divert his attention.
"System..." Feng Yongrui was so nervous that he had no idea on what to say.
"Host, calm down," the System spoke.
Feng Yongrui wanted to shed tears. Thankfully, the System was here to help him!
"Don't worry, Host. Whether you are nervous or not, won't you still end up embarrassing yourself?" the System smirked.
Feng Yongrui: "..."
He wanted to curse at the System, but he ended up only clenching his fists. It was his fault for feeling thankful he had the System.
Wasn't this System a bad one, who always made trouble for him?
Several minutes later, the chauffeur drove into a large mansion. Several servants were waiting in front of the door.
When Feng Yongrui stepped out of the car, he hid his shaking hands and smiled at the servants.
A servant stepped forward and introduced himself as Lao Yu. He was going to guide Feng Yongrui into the living room. As they walked inside, Feng Yongrui took a glance at his surroundings.
Although the Tan family mansion was well decorated and looked elegant, Feng Yongrui managed to keep his cool because he had already lived in the Yin mansion. He had seen how rich people lived, so this was nothing.
The thing that impressed Feng Yongrui the most was the fact that there were auspicious items almost everywhere.
Feng Yongrui wasn't a real monk, and he wasn't a Fengshui master either, but he could see that almost everything here was designed to bring good luck and prosperity to the people inside the house.
When Feng Yongrui arrived in the living room, he saw three people sitting on the sofa.
The first person was the man who had bought chicken noodles for him the other day -- Tan Qiqiang.
Of course, Feng Yongrui had to pretend that he didn't know him.
The second person was a woman, Tan Qiqiang's wife. The last person was a youth with sharp features and clear eyes -- he was Tan Jiuming.
Tan Jiuming was in the middle of signing some documents when his father dragged him over to the living room to meet with the Taoist Monk.
Tan Jiuming was annoyed -- it had been several years since the last time his parents invited a monk to read his fortune, but he still remembered how some people tried to scam his parents.
Tan Jiuming knew it clearly: he was his parent's biggest weakness. After his two older brothers died, they were afraid of losing him as well.
This was an open secret that many people knew, and they took advantage of it. For example, anyone who wanted to curry favor with the Tan family would give auspicious items as gifts.
Certain people would also hire scammers or fake monks to swindle money out of the Tan family. Sometimes they would succeed, but Tan Jiuming would do his best to stop them.
Tan Jiuming did not have anything against monks, Taoists, or Fengshui masters. What he didn't like was how manipulative people tried to take advantage of him and swindle his parents.
That was something unforgivable.
About two years ago, he had already told his parents to stop doing these things... Now, they invited a monk over. Tan Jiuming felt a headache coming along.
However, if this monk was real, Tan Jiuming didn't want to disrespect him either...
Feng Yongrui greeted the three of them and steadied his trembling heart. He kept reminding himself that everything would go well, and he began talking.
"I hear that you want me to read your son's fortune, am I right?" Feng Yongrui asked.
Tan Qiqiang nodded his head and introduced his son.
"That's right. This is my son, Tan Jiuming. Please look at him and read his fortune... And bless him with good luck as well..." Tan Qiqiang said.
Feng Yongrui nodded his head and walked closer to Tan Jiuming. Feng Yongrui began going into "acting mode".
First, Feng Yongrui took Tan Jiuming's palm and pretended to look at it. Then, he examined Tan Jiuming's face thoroughly.
Feng Yongrui frowned and moved his prayer beads anxiously. He turned his head towards Tan Qiqiang and asked for Tan Jiuming's name, birth date and time, and other miscellaneous information like his Zodiac.
The System, who had been silent all this time, was speechless.
"Host, are you conducting divination by reading his fortune or becoming a matchmaker? You're asking for his birthday and stuff like this... You sound just like a matchmaker, you know?"
Feng Yongrui pursed his lips. "What do you know? This is called acting! Acting!"
After looking at the information displayed before him, Feng Yongrui pretended to suck in a cold breath and frowned even deeper.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Tan Qiqiang asked worriedly.
Feng Yongrui shook his head and looked at Tan Jiuming.
"This young man has bad luck... This is my advice to you: you should not go on any business trips during this entire month," Feng Yongrui said.
He knew that Tan Jiuming was fated to die soon, but the exact time wasn't clear. Feng Yongrui was also afraid that there would be a butterfly effect, so he decided to tell Tan Jiuming not to go on trips for the entire month.
This way, Tan Jiuming would be safer.
"If I am not wrong, you have a business trip scheduled in 5 days, right?" Feng Yongrui asked Tan Jiuming.
Tan Jiuming frowned, but he nodded his head. In 5 days, he was indeed planning to go abroad.
"And you are planning to go by plane, am I right?" Feng Yongrui asked.
Tan Jiuming nodded again.
"Don't go anywhere, especially on that day," Feng Yongrui said.
***
Feng Yongrui: My acting mode is activated.
Tan Jiuming: Let's see what you've got.
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