Chapter 187
He jumped up in shock: “This this this ……”
Ying Ziji looked at the three cards she had turned over and his pupils deepened: “Don’t say anything.”
The vice headmaster was busy covering his mouth and holding his breath.
The first card, the Inverted Hanged Man, number 12, the 13th card of the Great Arcana, in the reverse position.
The second, the Chariot, number “7”, the 8th of the Great Arcana, in the reverse position.
The third card, the Blank.
Blank cards exist in the Tarot, and they are always used as substitutes.
When other cards are missing, a blank card can be used to replace them.
But earlier, when Ying Zigui was divining with the tarot cards, he clearly did not bring the blank cards over.
This is the difference between the real tarot cards and the tarot cards on the market.
The real tarot cards have the power of divination.
Once a blank card becomes the chosen card, it also has meaning.
The vice-principal could not divine, but he did know about tarot cards.
Both the Inverted Hanged Man in the reverse position and the Chariot in the reverse position have a bad sign.
It represented defeat and inferiority.
In other words, Norton’s current situation was bad.
As for this blank card, the vice-principal couldn’t tell.
“Two months ago, he left here to find new alchemical materials.” Ying’s voice was low and cold, “But that place was also the first time he went there, so it was bad.”
“However, it is good news that there is no fear of life for the next year.”
Hearing this, the vice headmaster this a sigh of relief.
If the Divine Reckoner said there was none, then there was none.
But where the hell had the Headmaster gone?
It couldn’t be the alchemical realm, could it?
But it wasn’t the first time Norton had been to the alchemy world.
“More and more people are watching this place, I have to leave now.” Ying put the cards away, “I’ve reinforced the school’s firewall for you, don’t be so big-hearted in future.”
The vice-principal was still wondering what other places he could get alchemical materials, when he heard this coldly, he almost fell over in shock, “Reinforced, reinforced the firewall?”
The girl gave him a look.
It was a look that looked like she was looking at a piece of scrap metal.
“Thank you so much.” The vice-principal wiped his sweat, “Alas, this is also a problem, technology is too advanced now, I’m afraid your identity will be discovered sooner or later.”
“Hmm.” Ying Zidian carried his backpack, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, “Not yet.”
**
Once word spread about He Xun, word spread to the whole of Qingzhi.
The international cla*ses of all three grades felt their faces were shameless.
They used to respect He Xun too, but they didn’t expect him to be considered a graduate of Norton University at all.
No, and so arrogant, for whom?
Today the senior cla*ses are all back as well.
In a week’s time, the results of the college entrance exams will be out and it’s time to fill in the volunteers.
Qingzhi has special volunteer planners who analyse each student’s strengths and weaknesses and plan their university majors for them.
“Listen Lan, have you heard?” The cla*s president ran back from the office with gusto, laughing wildly and slapping the table, “That careful man named He actually had his degree withdrawn by Norton University.
Wen heard Lan, still not used to socialising, just nodded, “I heard, thanks.”
“Listen Lan, he’s just a brainiac, just don’t take his words to heart.” The cla*s monitor remembered what Ying Zidian had said to him and began to comfort the teenager again, “You have an IQ of 228, that’s a rare genius in the world, and Imperial University isn’t bad either, it’ll crush us in a minute.”
As if remembering something, he asked, “Listen Lan, have you decided what you want to study? The physics department at Tidu University is one of the top in the world.”
“I don’t want to study physics.” Wen heard Lan silent for a moment, “Let’s wait for the results to come out then.”
“Right, right, there’s that biology teacher surnamed Bai in senior two.” The cla*s president slapped his head, “The school said she had someone steal your pa*s and had it coming to her.”
“I heard from the head teacher that Bai was locked up, listen to Lan, you are like a rebound system, everyone who messed with you has suffered, no, I have to worship you too.”
Hearing this, Wen heard Lan raised his eyelashes, his eyes confused.
Why did he feel that it all had something to do with his sister?
What else had happened during his sister’s year in Shanghai City?
“You guys talk first.” Wen heard Lan gathered his school bag, “I’m going to go home.”
**
Ying Zigui had returned yesterday.
Only Wen Fengmian, Wen Weilan, Elder Zhong and Fu Yunshen knew about her trip to O Chau.
She went home first before going to the Zhong family’s old residence to visit Master Zhong.
It was a working day.
Zhong Zhi went to school in the evening and Mrs. Zhong went to have an aromatherapy ma*sage.
Master Zhong was supposed to be at the office too, and when he heard her coming over, he left the work to the people below.
“D**ky, not me, why did you just run off alone?” Master Zhong was headstrong, “Let’s not talk about whether you’re well or not, you’re a girl, what can you do if you meet bad people?”
He didn’t know at first, it was only the day after she arrived over in O Chau that Ying Ziji called him.
It was too late to go again, and the people couldn’t even be found.
“Then they would have gone into hospital.”
“……”
Elder Zhong thought for a moment, but still said, “D**key, Evening has a lot of opinions about you, but it’s her fault, you don’t have to go and accommodate because of me.”
“Grandpa, don’t worry.” Ying stood up, “I still have an appointment, I’ll come over to see you tomorrow.”
Old Master Zhong waved his hand, happy.
When the girl left, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
It couldn’t be that brat from the Fu family, could it?
Master Zhong felt that there was no other possibility, he immediately became upset and picked up his mobile phone to dial the number: “Old man Fu, how many times have I said, mind your grandson, what children and grandchildren have their own blessings, nonsense!”
**
Thirty minutes later.
Downtown.
Ying gets out of the taxi.
In front of a bar at the junction, the man leans against the gla*s door, his long, slender legs slightly flexed.
The style and charm of the man is a stunning one.
He looks up as if he is aware of it, and the coldness between his eyebrows fades away.
A pair of peach blossom eyes curved up, as if the east wind was blowing, the blue water was slightly rippling.
Fu Yunshen lifted his hand and rubbed her head habitually, his voice pressed with laughter: “Little friend, back from your trip?”
Ying remembered that before she left, the vice-principal had incidentally asked her to reinforce the physical protection system of Norton University again.
She pressed her head and sighed, “Sort of.”
“It’s better not to go that far alone in the future.” Fu Yunshen glanced at the phone and pressed it out, “I know you want your own personal space too, but there are too many bad people out there.”
Ying Zidian looked startled.
This was really the same as her grandfather’s words.
“Let’s go eat first.” Fu Yunshen looked at the time, “A private restaurant has opened over there.”
The road wasn’t far, so the two of them just walked over.
After walking for five minutes, Ying Ziyi noticed that something was wrong with her body.
There was a pain in her abdomen, nothing compared to a broken arm, but it was hard to bear.
She stopped and slowly sat down on a bench beside the road, breathing slowly.
The pain was even more intense, and it was overwhelming.
Ying Ziji was silent.
She had always been one to neglect her body.
When she had first woken up, her body was at its limit because of the deficit of qi and blood, and she had consumed too much.
She couldn’t sleep well, she couldn’t eat well, and her period wouldn’t even come, let alone be on time.
This was the first time she had a period after getting her body in order, causing her to forget about it as well.
As a result, when it came, it was a raging torrent.
The reason it hurts so much is because her body was so poor before.
Fu Yunshen also stopped, he saw the girl’s face vaguely pale and beads of sweat seeping out of her forehead, his expression abruptly changed.
“Yaoyao, what’s wrong? Where are you not feeling well?”
“I’m fine.” Ying Ziji’s hand was pressed against the chair, her breath shaky, but her tone was still so calm, “Menstrual cramps, take it easy.”
Fu Yunshen was also silent: “……”
This was the first time he had encountered this.
There were no females around him, and only Nie Chao would talk to him about it.
But some common sense, he still knew.
The body of each person is different, some people can be in pain to the point of death, while others can eat ice cream and be unharmed.
Fu Yunshen took off his own coat, bent down again and tied it around the girl’s waist.
“It can’t be here.” He said, “Yoyo, get up, I’ll carry you.”
This happened to be a pedestrian street, still inside, and the car couldn’t get in.
“It’s really okay.” Ying Ziji pressed her abdomen, “It will be fine in a while.”
She had been injured quite a few times before, and she had let it go and got better.
“How is it fine? It’s going to bleed out in a while.” Fu Yunshen was patient, “This way, there’s a branch of Century Mall up ahead, go there and rest while I call a car to go to the hospital.”
The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the situation.
Fu Yunshen took another look at the chair to make sure there were no marks before he walked forward.
The pain was getting worse and worse, and Ying had little strength.
She turned her head slightly sideways and smelt the familiar emerald sunken fragrance.
Calm and gentle.
It had a powerful and calming power.
It was as if she was immersed in warm water, floating and sloshing.
Her breathing calmed a little and she closed her eyes, slowly settling her mind.
**
Inside Century Mall.
The woman came out of the fitting room and immediately attracted the attention of the other customers.
“Young Madam Fu, this outfit is simply tailor-made for you.” The lady at the counter made an awe-inspiring sound, “Even the models don’t look as good as you do in it.”
Su Ruan gave a haughty smile, “I’m flattered.”
The day after tomorrow the Fu family had a family banquet, she had only just returned, she couldn’t lose face.
“Young Madam Fu, would you like to see if you want any accessories?” The lady at the counter introduced them diligently, but saw Su Ruan frowning and looking towards the entrance of the mall.
The counter lady also looked over and froze for a moment, suddenly remembering the gossip.
The gossip said that Su Ruan was originally the fiancée set for Fu Yunshen by Master Fu, but Su Ruan couldn’t stand a flirtatious dude and married the eldest grandson of the Fu family, that is, Fu Yunshen’s elder brother.
Su Ruan naturally noticed that the man was holding a girl in his arms, and her eyebrows furrowed in displeasure.
She had been right not to choose him in the first place, or else she could have made a lot of illegitimate children.
“I don’t want to see him, with him, without me, with me, without him.” Su Ruan faintly looked away, not even wanting to look at Fu Yunshen, “You guys let him out now.”
Chapter 188
The lady at the counter was now completely frozen as she said testily, “You mean, let Young Master Seven out?”
“Yes, let him go out.” Su Ruan fiddled with a diamond necklace, her tone was light and sounded careless, “I think I still have the right to do this.”
When she married into the Fu family, to put it nicely, it was called a dowry.
If it wasn’t for the marriage agreement, she wouldn’t even have married Fu Yixian.
The Su family is a prestigious family in the imperial capital and has a hundred-year heritage.
Even if the Fu family is one of the top four gentry, it is still far behind.
If her grandfather hadn’t insisted on agreeing to Master Fu’s request, she wouldn’t have had to marry in Shanghai at all.
Su Ruan was the only daughter of the Su family’s own generation, and with four brothers above her, she had been spoilt growing up.
She had always thought that she would make her own decisions about her marriage and have a romantic love affair as written in the books.
In the end, it all fell apart.
A marriage contract, the person she was to marry was a flirtatious fop.
The first thing that happened was that Su Ruan didn’t go to Master Su and went to Fu Yixian.
If Fu Yunshen wanted to marry her, it would depend on whether he had the qualifications to do so.
The company’s main goal is to make Fu Yunshen a laughing stock in Shanghai and a talking point for people after dinner.
This is the price.
But in the two years since her marriage, Su Ruan has discovered the goodness of Fu Yixian, and has grown fond of him over time.
When she learned that Master Fu was partial to a dude, she really didn’t have a good face for Fu Yunshen.
Who doesn’t think that Master Fu is blind?
Su Ruan turned her head and gently lifted her chin: “Still not going? ”
The lady at the counter only weighed the pros and cons slightly before making her decision.
Fu Yunshen, the number one flirtatious dude in Shanghai, was favored by Master Fu, but in reality had no real power whatsoever.
But Fu Yixian is a different story.
He is the eldest grandson of the Fu family and will inherit the Fu Group in the future.
In addition to that, his own abilities were not bad, and he had already made a name for himself in the business world in the imperial capital without borrowing the power of the Fu family.
“Young lady wait a moment.” The lady at the counter smiled, “You are our valued guest, how could we possibly let you leave.”
Only then was Su Ruan satisfied and lowered her head to start trying on the necklace.
The counter lady walked quickly to the entrance of the mall with an apologetic face, “Sorry, Young Master Seven, Young Madam is inside, she doesn’t want to see you, please leave as soon as possible.”
With a single word, the other customers in the mall also looked over.
There was astonishment and scrutiny in their eyes.
Fu Yunshen’s face was so prominent that there was no one in Shanghai’s upper cla*s circle who didn’t know him.
Those who can enter the Century Mall are all rich and famous.
Ying Ziyi heard it too, and her eyelashes twitched as she tried to lift her head.
“It’s alright, Yao Yao, you rest.” Fu Yunshen pressed her head, moving gently.
He didn’t even look at the lady at the counter as he carried the girl inside the mall.
The counter lady was embarra*sed and embarra*sed: “Young lady, this ……”
Su Ruan frowned and spoke coldly: “Fu Yunshen, I don’t want to see you, please go out.”
“You should know that if you and I appear in one place at the same time, there will be some disgusting comments coming out from outside. ”
This sentence finally made Fu Yunshen stop in his tracks.
He turned his head sideways, his peach blossom eyes curved and smiling, but his voice was cold and icy, causing people to shiver: “Hmm? What remarks?”
Su Ruan was impatient: “What is it, you know it in your own heart.”
It was nothing more than saying that Fu Yunshen had followed her into the mall because he had been withdrawn from the marriage, but still had his heart set on her.
Fu Yunshen’s left hand was free and he took out his mobile phone.
His arm was so strong that even with one hand, he held the girl firmly and securely in his arms.
“Fu Yikan.” Fu Yunshen looked at the watch on the wall, “Century Mall here on Walking Street, I know you’re at the office, I’ll give you five minutes, come over immediately.”
Su Ruan first froze, then was exasperated, “Fu Qishao, is this the attitude you have when talking to your big brother? Don’t you know what respect means?”
Fu Yunshen ignored her, his eyelashes lifted and he said to another lady at the counter, “Go and make brown sugar water.”
The lady at the counter said nothing and hurriedly went down to prepare it.
He bent down, placed the girl on the sofa and sat on the other side.
“I’m better.” Ying Ziji’s breathing gradually steadied, and after a long time, she whispered, “It still hurts a bit.”
No wonder Xiu Yu had wilted even when he was on his period, normally such a valiant person.
Obviously it wasn’t as bad as a gunshot wound, but it hurt to the bone.
It was strange too.
Ying Ziyi turned her head and saw a blue-faced Su Ruan: “Your sister-in-law.”
“Hm.” Fu Yunshen was faint, “It’s also the fiancée grandpa once gave me, kind of a first time meeting.”
He wasn’t even in Shanghai at the time and was only concerned about Master Fu’s health.
Ying withdrew his eyes, his eyes were light and his tone was not warm: “She bullied you?”
Fu Yunshen’s hand lurched and his eyelashes twitched slightly.
“Little friend, that’s not right.” He raised his eyebrows, flexing his fingers and tapping the girl’s forehead heart, lazily, his voice trailing off, “Apart from you, who else can bully me?”
On the other side, Su Ruan’s face was getting ugly.
This was still in front of her, and he had started flirting with a woman.
If it were in private, what else would it be?
How could Fu Yunshen and Fu Yichan be so different from each other when they had the same father and mother?
She was so glad that she had made her choice in the first place.
Su Ruan could not imagine how many celebrities would mock her in the future if she really married Fu Yunshen.
“Fu Qishao is really thick-skinned.” Su Ruan laughed coldly, “That’s right, I don’t own this mall, so I can’t get rid of you even if you’re stuck here.”
Fu Yunshen still ignored it, he took the boiled brown sugar water from the lady at the counter.
At that moment, the automatic door opened.
A man in a suit walked in with hurried steps and sweat on his forehead.
This was Fu Mingcheng’s eldest son, the first grandson of the Fu family, Fu Yichan.
He was 29 years old this year, and two years ago, he and Su Ruan got married.
“Coming.” Fu Yunshen didn’t look up, he was feeding Ying Zigui brown sugar water, “Take your woman and get out from here.”
When these words came out, Fu Yixian and Su Ruan’s expressions both changed.
Su Ruan could not stand it anymore and sneered, “Fu Yunshen, what are you talking about? You think you’re the boss of this place? Also, this is your big brother, not a subordinate you can just wave away.”
However, as soon as she finished speaking, Fu Yixian pulled her arm over, “Xiao Ruan, let’s go.”
Su Ruan was incredulous.
“Yun Shen, she doesn’t know what to do, I apologise for her.” Fu Yichan didn’t say anything more, “The day after tomorrow is a family banquet, come back if you have nothing to do.”
Despite Su Ruan’s reluctance, she was dragged out by Fu Yichan.
After Ying Ziji finished drinking the brown sugar water, she went to the washroom again.
As the bouts of pain went down and she was tired, she slowly fell asleep.
Fu Yunshen carried her inside.
Although this was a branch, he also had a lounge here, which didn’t have to be worse than a presidential suite in a five-star hotel.
After covering the girl with the blanket, he retreated and made a phone call.
“Well, prepare a plaque.” Fu Yunshen looked lazy, “Yes, that’s right, just write that.”
**
The next day, a big thing happened in Shanghai City.
The largest luxury mall, Century Mall, both the main shop and the branches, had a sign outside.
It read…
[Su Ruan and dogs are not allowed inside]
Ordinary people didn’t know who Su Ruan was, but the thousandaire gentry wouldn’t be unaware.
Century Mall was a place they frequented and had never encountered such a thing before.
The news, all of a sudden, spread to all the gentry in Shanghai City.
The Fu family was naturally no exception.
“What have you done?” Fu Mingcheng’s face sank, “Look at the reports, there are rumours going around outside, the Fu family’s face has been disgraced!”
Su Ruan bit her lip, her eyes red, not daring to speak.
“Dad, calm down.” Seeing his wife in this state, Fu Yikan had to say, “Xiao Ruan didn’t do it on purpose.”
“Stupid b*tch!” Fu Mingcheng slapped the table in anger, “Don’t you know that Century Mall is not a place where you can be wild? You think you’re the bosses when you chase people away there!”
Being able to monopolise the luxury goods trade in Shanghai, the Century Mall was certainly not a small place.
But up till now, no one knew who the owner of Century Mall was.
Even the Fu family did not have privileges in the Century Mall.
Fu Mingcheng laughed in anger: “Now it’s not a question of whether you can enter Century Mall to buy things, it’s a question of whether you’re like a dog!”
Su Ruan’s tears instantly fell down.
How could she have known that Century Mall would still take such a trivial matter into consideration?
What was the point of getting involved in a luxury family dispute?
“Get out get out.” Fu Mingcheng waved his hand impatiently, “Don’t be in the way here.”
Su Ruan cried and ran away.
“Dad.” Fu Yikan was helpless, “What are you bothering with your daughter-in-law for, we’re all family, don’t be angry, I’m going to see grandpa.”
Only then did Fu Mingcheng’s face ease down, “Go on, talk more with your grandfather.”
**
Evening.
Elder Zhong sat at the dining table, humming a little tune and swiping through Weibo, waiting for his granddaughter to come over.
He also knew that Ying Ziji had completely severed ties with the Ying family, so he didn’t let Zhong Manhua come over either.
A while ago, Zhong Zhiyan had knelt in the attic for three days, and now, when she saw Master Zhong, she was too scared to speak.
Mu Shenzhou was also there.
Because of what Zhong Zhiyan had said, Mu Shenzhou’s impression of Ying Zidian had fallen again and again, and he was disappointed.
After hearing that Ying Zidian would be arriving soon, he stood up and was very cold: “I won’t see you, there’s no need.”