Chapter 57 That Night, That Kiss

  Wang Yu had seen many amazing people, but never a Taoist as impressive as this one. When he looked at the old man's credentials, he didn't dare to read out loud the rows and rows of titles. As for the old Taoist's skills, Wang Yu couldn't understand them at first glance, but they were just some sort of mysterious divination techniques, which Xie Xiao also knew, only not as many as the old Taoist did.

  "Little kid, what are you looking at? Don't think that I don't know what's on your mind." The old Taoist stood up from the sofa and pointed at Wang Yu, saying "You must be thinking, an old man like me is still not being serious, looking for non-essential things, right?"

  Wang Yu's mouth twitched, and he said in an old Taoist tone: "Old Taoist, what are you looking at? Don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. You must be thinking, how did this bastard's fate become so strange, who is the master that changed his fate?"

  Xie Xiao Xiao covered her mouth in surprise, not understanding why Wang Yu was so bold as to speak to the old Taoist priest like that.

  The old Taoist was even more shocked, his eyes wide with wonder: "You...you are the disciple of a great master, able to communicate with him telepathically?"

  "Old man, have you been surfing the internet too much? I just can't stand your group of pretentious people, teasing you for fun, and you actually believed it. Xiaoxiao learning these things is nothing but a side job anyway. But you're good, with just a few words, you deceived her into giving up a great job at a foreign company. When I get promoted to manager, I was planning to let her be the deputy manager, a bright future ahead of her, and now it's all disrupted. Don't you feel sorry about that?"

  "Mundane tasks, who cares! Running a business for a year, working to the bone, can earn some money? Not bragging, every day high officials and wealthy merchants invite me to do Feng Shui and arrange their mansions, one time over ten million, I don't even bother. Xiao Xiao has a natural talent for divination, being my apprentice, still can't avoid losing out?"

  "A million is nothing, I recently plan to start a company, if I don't make tens of millions in a year, I'd be too embarrassed to say it out loud." Dealing with the senior and formidable Wang Yu has its own set of rules. If you try to fawn over him, he'll definitely look down on you. But if you belittle him to the point of being worthless, he might actually soften up and treat you as an equal.

  One big and one small, as soon as they entered the door, they faced each other, staring at each other with big eyes, neither of them giving in to the other, just like they had a feud from their previous lives.

  Xie Xiao was getting anxious on the side, sweating profusely, trying to persuade one and then the other, but to no avail. The two of them were getting more and more into their argument, each finding a sofa, drinking water while continuing to quarrel.

  Watching them not fighting, Xie Xiao Xiao finally felt at ease and went back to the kitchen to cook.

  "You stinky brat, you don't know your fate, blindly living a lifetime, until death without knowing the meaning of life, and not even knowing why you exist. We cultivators embody the will of heaven above and understand the people's intentions below, this is truly great freedom and joy. You think you're impressive? When you were young, I calculated your fortune for you, how come you didn't mix with the Hei Dao? Are you afraid to mix or unable to mix? With a greedy wolf fate, offending the seven killings, residing in the purple mansion, dare you mix again? Guaranteed you won't live long."

  To strike at Wang Yu, the old Taoist also disregarded his identity and began using the tone of a diviner to force Wang Yu to submit.

  "No wonder you look a bit familiar, so it was you who was invited by Lin Auntie to be the fortune teller? You're a swindler from the streets, if you hadn't spouted nonsense, I would have already taken over as the boss of the riverside and inherited Ninth Master's territory, becoming the most powerful Hei Dao master in Linjiang."

  "Tomorrow I'll be back in Zhongnanhai, and I'll ask the central leadership to issue a document, nationwide crackdown, if not... then start by sweeping away the black evil from Linjiang! I wonder if this 'hei' society can bring stability? You'll spend the rest of your life in a small dark room!"

  "The fox borrows the tiger's might. Sweeping black is so scary, please don't... How boring! What business is it of mine? I'm now a white-collar worker in a foreign company, deputy manager position, and after some connections with leaders, I may be promoted to full manager next month. Do I care about sweeping black or yellow?"

  "Kid, you've got guts! Let's see how things go!" The old Taoist was so angry that he slapped the table and drank the last mouthful of Erguotou from the bottle. He said with hatred, "As long as I'm around, don't even think about having your way with Xiaoxiao, you're not worthy of her with this rotten fate of yours."

  "For this sentence of yours, I must catch her no matter what." Wang Yu glared with his eyes, not giving an inch.

  Xie Xiao Xiao held the spatula, standing dejectedly at the kitchen door: "You're quarreling, why drag me into it? I'm not doing it anymore, just three dishes, if it's not enough to eat, then have more rice."

  The little girl got angry, it was clear that she was extremely dissatisfied with her marriage being gambled.

  Wang Yu and the old Taoist stopped arguing abruptly, their eyes flashing with fierce light, like clashing swords.

  Dongpo pork, fish-flavored eggplant, green pepper and egg, winter melon ribs soup, four dishes and one soup. There are also many cut vegetables on the chopping board, but Xiao Xiao is angry and doesn't want to cook, so she puts the finished dishes on the dinner table, each person has a bowl of rice, and doesn't mention opening wine either.

  "Xiao Xiao, I won't be able to eat without wine." The old Taoist smiled and asked for a drink.

  Wang Yu sneered, finally seeing the old Taoist priest's unflappable appearance, feeling a sense of accomplishment, even though it was Xie Xiao's doing that caused this damage.

  "You two shake hands and make peace, I'll open wine for you. Grandma left a few bottles of aged Dongjiu, it's a secret edition, not supermarket goods." Xie Xiao Xiao put on a serious face, using both kindness and severity to pressure the old Taoist.

  "The little girl has grown up, and now she's siding with the man to bully me. What will happen in the future?" The old Taoist priest rubbed his reddened nose, grumbling unhappily.

  Xie Xiao thought for a moment and felt that this was indeed excessive, so she put on a serious face and said to Wang Yu: "You're the same, you need to apologize and make amends with Daoist Grandfather."

  "Haha, Xiaoxiao misunderstood me, I actually admire the old Taoist very much. Meeting him is better than just hearing about him... No, that's wrong, hearing about him is not as good as meeting him. After a passionate exchange with him, I had an epiphany and my entire dark life became clear. When I become the richest man in the world, I'll go to Qingyang Palace to become a monk and cultivate myself into a carefree immortal."

  "Hmm, that's more like it." Xie Xiao finally smiled, revealing a mouthful of pearly white teeth.

  The old Taoist was shocked and his chin almost hit the table: "How did you know I came out of Qingyang Palace?"

  "Heaven's secret cannot be revealed." Wang Yu smiled proudly, with an air of mystery.

  "Hmph, hiding one's head and showing one's tail is not enough to be frank. Let's formally introduce ourselves, my humble name is Xuán Jī, I'm the Honorary Elder of the Taoist Association, also serving as Vice-Chairman. Currently, I'm working in Zhongnanhai as an imperial diviner, also a private feng shui consultant." The old Taoist stretched out his right hand, first releasing a signal of peace and reconciliation.

  "Wang Yu, Deputy General Manager of Ding Sheng Group, and also the boss of several companies that have not yet opened." Wang Yu humbly reported his title.

  After shaking hands, the two people each let out a cold snort and turned their heads away. Xie Xiao Xiao, however, seemed to have accomplished something magnificent, and was very happy as she took out a small jar of Dong wine, opened the seal, and a fragrant medicinal aroma wafted through the room.

  Wang Yu had never drunk Dongjiu before, but judging from its fragrance, he thought it was a good wine.

  Xuanji Daochang's face suddenly lit up with a smile, and he picked up a large cup, pouring himself a drink: "This is the old wine from before the winery was renovated. At that time, Golden Flower Granny happened to help the person in charge with a big favor, so they gave her over ten jars of their finest, secretly stored Dongjiu wine. In the past, when she was still around, I would run thousands of miles every year, mostly for this Dongjiu wine."

  "Grandma saw through your thoughts long ago, so every time you come, no matter how many days you stay, she only gives you a small jar." Xie Xiao laughed and covered her mouth.

  Xuanji Daochang was repeatedly struck in front of these two younger generations, finally annoyed, and simply didn't care about his reputation anymore. He only gave half a cup of wine to Wang Yu and Xiao Xiao, and hugged the rest to his chest, not letting anyone take away even half a drop.

  "You're obsessed with drinking, what kind of Tao are you cultivating? You're still saying you're not a swindler?" Wang Yu rolled her eyes and stopped paying attention to him, focusing on having dinner with Xiao.

  People have joys and sorrows, partings and reunions. The moon has its phases of darkness, light, fullness and emptiness. This is an ancient and difficult-to-fulfill wish. It's raining again, the most annoying thing. When Xie Xiao sent Wang Yu out the door, the sky started to drizzle again, like a lover's kiss, dense and melancholic.

  A paper umbrella with a bright pink peach blossom pattern brought the two people closer together.

  "This little rain won't hurt, you go back, don't let that old Taoist worry."

  "Let me just send you off at the entrance of the residential area..."

  "Let me hold the umbrella instead. Let a girl help me hold it, how embarrassing! As a reborn romantic, I absolutely won't do such a stupid thing."

  "I don't know when we'll meet again next time, so let me help you with something." In the company, Xie Xiao always felt a bit uneasy about troubling Wang Yu to take care of things, and she was happy to be able to do something for Wang Yu.

  Having only drunk half a cup of wine, Xie Xiao walked with some dizziness, occasionally bumping into him or slipping underfoot, and her entire body fell onto Wang Yu.

  Wang Yu supported her, wryly smiling: "I think I'll have to send you back upstairs in a bit. In the future, if you can't hold your liquor, then don't drink it, lest you be taken advantage of by certain people."

  Xie Xiao Xiao sprayed wine breath, narrowed her beautiful eyes, and sized up Wang Yu with a silly smile: "Do you count as taking advantage of me now?"

  Under the same paper umbrella, the space was small. When Wang Yu supported Xiao Xiao, one hand held her arm and the other accidentally wrapped around her waist, their bodies pressed together, able to feel each other's body temperature on a rainy night.

  "It doesn't count." Wang Yu shook his head, firmly denying this fact.

  "That... how can I take advantage of you?" Xie Xiao seemed to think this question was very interesting, and she leaned her face closer to Wang Yu, her red lips slightly raised, like a blooming peony, emitting a dazzling and seductive charm.

  Wang Yu had already caught a whiff of her breath, which was fragrant and sweet, more alluring than any flower scent. Perhaps giving her perfume was the wrong thing to do.

  "Like this." Wang Yu told Xiao Xiao through her actions what it means to take advantage of someone.

  Two people with only a few centimeters between their lips suddenly stuck together, Xie Xiao's eyes widened, apparently shocked by Wang Yu's sudden behavior. The whole body was held in his arms, very warm, separated from the entire gloomy rain curtain, not unpleasant, and even had a kind of infatuation.

  She gently closed her eyes, the oil-paper umbrella with peach blossoms swayed and trembled in the wind, finally falling to the ground between the two people. But after a long time, no one picked it up, the wind was strong, and the rain grew heavier...

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