Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Mixed Up Love Matches

Green… on the top of his head?

That kind of description was not very lucky for a man.

Du Yu Xi couldn’t help it. Her sympathetic gaze drifted up toward the top of his head, and by accident she met Xie Jing Yao’s eyes.

Caught off guard by Du Yu Xi’s look, Xie Jing Yao paused for a moment. Then he gave her a polite smile and kept walking toward Li Zhao Yang and Xi Jing Yue.

“Zhao Yang, President Xi.”

“Jing Yao, how come you had time to come to the company today?”

Xie Jing Yao smiled: “I ran into Xi Xi yesterday. She said you seem to have run into some trouble lately, so I came to check on you. I didn’t expect that as soon as I walked in, people downstairs would tell me you and President Xi brought a Grandmaster over to check the feng shui. I got curious, so I came to take a look.”

When Xie Jing Yao mentioned Li Qian Xi, the expressions on Li Zhao Yang and Xi Jing Yue’s faces both grew a little strange. But to avoid alerting the snake, they calmed down quickly.

Taking the chance, Li Zhao Yang turned the topic to Du An Rao: “This is Master Du. Don’t be fooled by how young she looks. Her readings are very accurate. Master Du, this is my good buddy Xie Jing Yao. He’s also one of the shareholders of the company, but he doesn’t come by often. Meeting him today counts as fate.”

A trace of understanding flashed through Du An Rao’s eyes. She smiled lightly and greeted him, but inside her thoughts were already flying by in a flood.

[Xie Jing Yao? So he’s the fiancé who has a childhood engagement with Li Qian Xi. No wonder the top of his head is so green! Your little fiancée was just crying and acting spoiled to you, then made Ye Meng Zhen’s brother so mad he went out late at night to drink, drove drunk, and crashed into a vegetative state. After that, she took the allowance money you gave her and ran off to go on dates, go shopping, and buy things with the male lead. You are a walking ATM and a tool. Hiss, this fool-of-a-man role you’re playing… It really makes people feel sorry for you.]

Du Yu Xi’s face changed a little. Maybe because she had already learned what Li Qian Xi had done, her feelings about this person were already completely different from Du An Rao’s. Now her impression of Xie Jing Yao grew worse too.

Anyone who could fall for someone like Li Qian Xi was either brainless or blind, and not worth pitying.

Xi Jing Yue knew even more than her. The Xie family and the Li family had always been family friends. Xie Jing Yao’s mother and Li Zhao Yang’s second aunt, who was also Du Yu Xi’s birth mother, had been best friends for many years.

Because of that, when Du Yu Xi’s birth mother was still alive, the two families had jokingly agreed on this engagement.

When Du Yu Xi’s birth parents passed away in an accident, the people who were the saddest, besides the Li family, included Madam Xie.

Because of this, over the years she had treated Li Qian Xi like her own daughter, even pushing her own son, Xie Jing Yao, to the side a bit.

Sadly, all this deep feeling had been given to the wrong person, and along with it, the childhood engagement had been switched too. That marriage fate should have belonged to Du Yu Xi.

At this moment, Xie Jing Yao still did not know that his very green head had already caught Du An Rao’s attention. Smiling lightly, he said: “It’s rare to see you praise someone this much. Miss Du must really be special.”

Li Zhao Yang’s eyes turned, and he suddenly had another idea.

“Of course. A few days ago, Master Du accurately predicted that a certain actor in the crew would get into a fight with someone over money, and that it would end with someone getting hurt. He’s still lying in the hospital right now. Just now, when Master Du walked around the company, she also saw right away that one employee had recently had an accident and lost money because of it. Her skills are really amazing.”

“That is impressive.”

It was clear that while Xie Jing Yao politely agreed with Li Zhao Yang’s words, in truth he did not really care much for these mystical stories.

But Li Zhao Yang did not plan to let him off so easily. “You’re already here anyway. Why don’t we have Master Du read for you too? Don’t worry about the money, I’ll pay for it later. You won’t have to spend a cent.”

Xie Jing Yao looked helpless and amused: “It’s not about the money. I just don’t have anything I want to ask about.”

“How can you have nothing you want to ask? School, family, career, love. I don’t believe everything in your life is perfect and you have no worries at all.”

Li Zhao Yang only wanted to drag Xie Jing Yao in to join the fun. He did not expect to hit the mark by accident and poke at Xie Jing Yao’s hidden worry.

Xie Jing Yao pressed his lips together and lowered his head without speaking.

Seeing that he was moved, Li Zhao Yang quickly struck while the iron was hot: “Master Du, hurry and read for him. Let’s see if this president who’s always cheerful in front of us really has no troubles at all.”

“I think you just want to watch me make a fool of myself.” Xie Jing Yao was both annoyed and amused by Li Zhao Yang’s eagerness to stir things up, but he still went along: “Fine, go ahead and read.”

On the surface, Du An Rao kept a calm and mysterious face, but inside she was already rubbing her hands, eager to start.

[Oh ho, you walked over here yourself. You can’t blame me!]

Thinking of how Du An Rao had just kept talking about the green light over his head, Xi Jing Yue and Du Yu Xi both wanted to laugh but had to hold it in. It was a little painful.

“May I ask, Mr. Xie, what you want to ask about?”

Xie Jing Yao stared at a spot in front of him for a long moment, then suddenly said: “I want a marriage fate divination.”

When he said this, not only Xi Jing Yue and the others, but even Li Zhao Yang, who had pushed things from behind, were shocked.

Although, when he asked Xie Jing Yao to get his fortune told, Li Zhao Yang had indeed wanted to nudge him in this direction, he had not expected Xie Jing Yao to jump onto the hook so willingly and save him so much talking. It was still a bit of a surprise.

Du An Rao’s eyes lit up. She was just about to speak when her face suddenly changed.

[Huh? How come this man’s marriage line…]

Xi Jing Yue and Du Yu Xi leaned in, wanting to listen. But the second half of the sentence was swallowed back by Du An Rao.

Xie Jing Yao did not miss the change on Du An Rao’s face. A hint of impatience flashed in his eyes. He only felt that all the scammers these days were the same: first scaring people with terrible curses, then, once the person panicked, offering some so-called way to break the curse and cheating them out of their money.

In his eyes, Du An Rao’s sudden serious look was exactly the sign that she was about to start her scam.

Thinking that, Xie Jing Yao still pretended to be puzzled and asked: “Is there something wrong with my marriage fate?”

[There is a big problem. Your marriage line almost got tied to the wrong person. In old plays, this is called mixing up the love matches. How could that not be a big problem?]

The marriage line could be tied to the wrong person? Du Yu Xi frowned a little.

What did that mean? Could it be that because Li Qian Xi loved someone else, their engagement was doomed to end with nothing?

Even though she felt that if that really happened, it would be a good thing, the person involved might not think so.

Xi Jing Yue vaguely guessed something. His gaze moved between Du Yu Xi and Xie Jing Yao, and there was suddenly a new kind of interest in his eyes.

Du An Rao did not notice the little scene behind her. She cleared her throat and put on a serious face.

“From your face, Mr. Xie, you should already have a fiancée. This fiancée grew up with you. You could be called childhood sweethearts. The two of you have a deep relationship, and in outsiders’ eyes, you are a talented man and a beautiful woman, well-matched families, a couple made in heaven. But to be frank, I’m afraid this fiancée of yours… is not your true fated match.”