367: Chapter 361: Fated Person 367: Chapter 361: Fated Person “Younger Brother Chen, you’ve come…”
When he saw Chen Hai appear at the entrance of the villa, Hou Donggui beamed with joy, hurriedly waving him in.
Beside him, Ma Chengshu initially had a smile plastered across his face as well, but when he got a clearer look at Chen Hai, the smile on his face somewhat stiffened.
In his mind, the so-called expert shouldn’t necessarily possess an ethereal and sagelike demeanor, nor white hair and beard, but at least, he shouldn’t be too young!
The Chen Hai before him was just too young.
From Ma Chengshu’s experience, this youngster looked even younger than Xiaoteng, his own mischievous son.
Could such a person truly be the expert Hou Donggui was talking about?
He had his doubts about this!
“This kid isn’t Hou Donggui’s relative, he must be here just like me, looking for guidance from Hou Donggui!”
“The expert famed for his fortune-telling skills mentioned by Hou Donggui probably hasn’t arrived here yet!”
Thinking this, Ma Chengshu’s frozen smile eased slightly.
Regarding Chen Hai, he merely nodded briefly as a greeting.
Since this person surely wasn’t the expert Hou Donggui spoke of, there was naturally no need for him to deliberately forge a friendship.
After all, at his age, was it even sensible for him to mingle intimately with a youngster a few years younger than his own disobedient child?
Returning to the living room, Ma Chengshu settled next to his son Ma Xiaoteng and they began whispering to each other.
Ever since Ma Xiaoteng watched the TV series “Hou Donggui’s Legend,” he had been utterly astonished by Hou Donggui!
He claimed he admired no one more than Hou Donggui.
Since Hou Donggui wasn’t skilled in fortune-telling, the matter of assessing Xiaoteng’s financial fortune was given to another expert.
Ma Chengshu, although he had already accepted this, still felt the need to discuss and clear the air with his son Ma Xiaoteng.
The Ma father and son, who appeared completely foreign, were also a new sight for Chen Hai at Hou Donggui’s place, causing him to pause momentarily.
He nodded and smiled at them.
Unfortunately, Ma Chengshu and Ma Xiaoteng were engrossed in their conversation, and didn’t pay much attention to Chen Hai’s greeting, naturally leaving it unanswered.
Chen Hai certainly disdained the idea of shamelessly forcing interactions.
His gaze swept across the hall.
“Brother Hou, you got married?”
Upon his gaze landing on the gigantic wedding photo hanging on the TV wall, he was stunned for a good moment before he spoke, confirming with Hou Donggui.
“Mm!” Hou Donggui nodded with confidence, grinning broadly.
He went on to explain, “Actually, if I have to say thanks, I owe my being free from the ‘Five Misfortunes and Three Shortcomings’ and truly getting married and having children all to you, Younger Brother.”
“That day, the formidable gaze you summoned not only completely disabled my power but also erased all the marks from me being a disciple of Lu Ban.”
“The way things are now, I feel quite good, much happier than before.”
While saying this, Hou Donggui deliberately lowered his voice.
After all, besides him and Chen Hai, the Ma father and son were also present in the living room.
Some matters, though harmless to discuss with Chen Hai, might seem a bit inappropriate if overheard by ordinary people.
“As long as you feel happy, Brother.
By the way, where’s your wife?
Isn’t she at home?” Chen Hai asked casually with a smile.
“She went out shopping with her girlfriends.
If you had come earlier, you might have been able to meet her,” Hou Donggui responded.
After a slight pause, he semi-jokingly continued, “You know, I wanted to invite you to Xiangjiang for my wedding.”
“But no matter how I tried, I just couldn’t contact you.”
“It wasn’t just phone calls; I even asked friends to go to your house.”
“You seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth, nowhere to be seen.”
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Facing Hou Donggui’s complaints, Chen Hai just chuckled dryly a few times.
According to the time, when Hou Donggui was getting married, he himself must have been in seclusion; it would indeed be strange if Hou had managed to find him.
“Brother, if I had known about your wedding, I definitely would have attended punctually.”
“At that time, I must have been in seclusion, undergoing arduous cultivation, seeking a breakthrough.”
“I never expected that just breaking through to a new realm would take up a whole seven to eight months!”
Shrugging his shoulders, Chen Hai noncommittally explained.
“Secluding yourself to break through a realm took seven to eight months?”
“Younger Brother, what is your current strength?
You haven’t turned into a non-human, have you?” Hou Donggui was shocked; his face complex as he looked at Chen Hai, attempting to probe him for information.
As an elder in the Cultivation World, although his powers were now diminished, his keen eyesight and insight remained.
Without even thinking, he knew that the realm Chen Hai had finally broken through to after such a long period of seclusion would not be simple.
Previously, Chen Hai’s strength was already somewhat monstrous!
After this significant breakthrough, how powerful had he become now?
Even Hou Donggui felt that he could no longer imagine it.
“Those two over there…” Without directly responding to Hou Donggui, Chen Hai merely shifted his gaze toward the Ma father and son, subtly gesturing toward them.
“President Ma, Xiaoteng, come here, let me introduce you.”
“This is my good friend, Chen Hai, the very skilled diviner I just mentioned.”
“You guys really can’t recognize a gem when you see one.”
“A real master with tremendous divine skills standing right before you, and you don’t even know to greet him properly—I don’t even know what to say to you…”
Waving at the Ma father and son, Hou Donggui was clearly displeased and hmphed.
Seeing the Ma father and son standing there astounded, he shifted his gaze back to Chen Hai.
“That President Ma, I’m quite familiar with him; we’ve known each other for years.”
“That bespectacled kid, Ma Xiaoteng, wants to divinate his fortune and career.”
“I don’t know anything about these matters, but Younger Brother Chen, you are an expert.”
“Whether you’re willing to divinate for them, it’s up to you…”
While speaking to Chen Hai, a warm and kind smile resurfaced on Hou Donggui’s face.
“You two, want to seek divination from me?”
“To get me to act, the price is quite high…”
Smiling and nodding, Chen Hai walked a few steps towards the Ma father and son and found a spot to sit down.
He had intended to clearly state his prices for offering divination services upfront.
However, he only got halfway through his words when he stopped, his expression becoming strange.
“This bespectacled kid has an extraordinary life chart; in the future, it seems he will have immense fortune…”
“To divinate for such a person, merely starting at one hundred thousand seems rather unreasonable, doesn’t it?”
His mind quickly spun as he reevaluated the shy, awkward young man before him.
“Master Chen…what are your prices for divination and fortune-telling?”
Ma Chengshu, who had been stunned for a while, had now caught on and tentatively asked.
Before Chen Hai had arrived, Hou Donggui had already warned him that Chen Hai’s prices for divination were not cheap.
Although he was psychologically prepared, he still wanted to know the specific price to make his decision.
“If someone with no fate seeks a divination from me, it costs a thousand gold per session.”
“For those fated, I usually don’t charge a penny, but one day in the future, they must admit they owe me a favor and agree to help me with something within their capabilities!”
“This young man, Xiaoteng, right?
Congratulations, you are one of those with fate in my eyes.”
“If you are sure you need my help for a divination, I can start right now.”
Smiling warmly at the bespectacled young man in front of him, Chen Hai spoke indifferently.