It seemed that Wang Chaoyuan was not going to show mercy when he commented Su Tingting. Though Su Tingting was rather angry stamping on his feet, he still hid himself behind Lin Dafu. He looked at Luo Haiyun with his tearful eyes, biting his lips and saying, “Childe Luo, are you still blaming me? That’s why you step in and help him out, right?”
Luo Haiyun gently raised his eyebrows and asked, “Why should I blame you?”
Su Tingting sighed faintly, “Blame me for not persisting and marrying the other…”
Luo Haiyun was quite shocked when he heard the words from Su Tingting. And on the other side, Wang Chaoyuan burst out into laughter, he pointed at Su Tingting, saying, “Good job! You changed my view towards you again, I just thought you are a cheeky femina male before, but I never expect that you’re such a shameless one. Or maybe next time when I meet you again, you might come with no face?”
Luo Haiyun echoed in politeness, “Childe Su, I would recommend you to read more books to fulfill your daily routine if you get time, and probably you might broaden your horizons.”
Su Tingting stamped on his feet again wrathful as both Wang Chaoyuan and Luo Haiyun were ridiculing at him. He pulled Lin Dafu’s arm, and said angrily, “Let’s back home.”
“Stop!”
Yet, beyond his expectation, just at the moment he turned and was about to leave, Luo Haiyun waved his hand in the air. And the next moment the accompanying guards surrounded Su Tingting and Lin Dafu, which offered no way for these two rats to flee away.
Su Tingting frowned and looked at Luo Haiyun sadly, and then he shouted in grievance, “What do you want from me? I had already married, why do you become entangled in my marriage?”
Luo Haiyun’s expression turned cold and he said calmly, “Please stop your petty fantasy! Don’t forget that your husband has smashed my friend’s shop here, are you trying to shirk the responsibility or not?”
Lin Dafu pursed his lips tight and glanced at Su Tingting. Seeing that Su Tingting got no choice either, he forced out a smile and made a bow with hands folded in front to Luo Haiyun, “It is my fault which is out of my rudeness, I would love to beg for your forgiveness.”
After all, the businessman was always a businessman, he who took all his life in business was always able to stoop or to stand, at least better than the other ordinary people. But obviously, Luo Haiyun was not satisfied towards the answer at all, he sneered and responded coldly, “You did not smash my shop, what’s the use you said that to me? As long as my friends won’t blame you for that, they will show their own attitudes.”
Lin Dafu clenched his fists tight and turned to look at Wu Dahu and Song Qinghan who were now both expressionless standing there. He slowly made a bow with hands folded in front and said, “Qinghan, Dahu, I apologize for everything I had done, I will satisfy you no matter what compensations you want, money or the other, as long as you won’t look into the whole matter anymore.”
He seemed to put himself in a status lower down the pecking order, yet somehow what he said was just like he was giving alms. However, Song Qinghan did not mind that at all, he answered directly, “Restore our shop as its original look, and compensate us one thousand silver coins charging for loss of working time, and you have to promise at the same time that you will never show up here again. Then I will let it go.”
“One thousand?” repeated Lin Dafu, as his eyes full of coldness, “Even you don’t offer the free sample today, you can’t make a total one thousand! You’re making an excessive demand, no, far more than that!”
Noticing that more and more people gathering around who commenced judging at them, Su Tingting couldn’t help but bury his head on Lin Dafu’s back, and then he urged hurriedly, “You can’t take one thousand silver coins out? Look at yourself, petty and poor one! I will pay, I will pay. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”
Lin Dafu’s face turned pale suddenly when he heard the words of Su Tingting while the blue veins on his forehead emerged violently, he pursed his lips but said nothing. His eyes were loaded with full of grievance when he witnessed the servant took out the silver drafts.
Song Qinghan smiled after taking the silver drafts over, and then turned to Su Tingting, saying calmly, “Childe Su, here’s another warming advice for you. Eyes on your husband! You should know a truth that even though human-beings don’t intend to hurt a tiger, the tiger aims to kill people.”
Su Tingting was stunned as if he didn’t get the meaning. Yet as he saw the guards ordered by Luo Haiyun giving a way, he pulled Lin Dafu and left without hesitation, cut and ran.
Finally, as the whole matter was finally resolved, Wang Chaoyuan sneered and looked at Su Tingting’s back, saying, “I’m really curious, how come such a huge noble Su Family would have raised such a trash. Probably he would have died if he gets no solid background. And in addition, he seems to be so shameless that he even eyed on Brother Luo, what a …”
Luo Haiyun ignored him and put the congratulatory gift on the table. He made a bow with hands folded in front to Song Qinghan and Wu Dahu and smiled, “I intended to have a drink and cheer with you for celebrating the first running day, but it’s a pity that someone had ruined the ambience. I think you should have a lot of things to handle now, we won’t bother you here.”
After that, he pulled Wang Chaoyuan directly and disappeared at the sight of Song Qinghan.
They acted too fast that Song Qinghan didn’t catch a proper time to thank them. So he just kept it in mind, planning to mention it again when he was at Huichun Shop with Luo Haiyun.
Hualian felt quite guilty there as he thought it was all his fault incurring so many problems just because he wanted to run a shop. He picked up everything on the ground silently. Though he didn’t say anything, Song Qinghan still detected the sorrow of his.
Wu Dahu had already calmed down with his face remaining calmness, yet he was still thinking about the matter just happened.
Probably it wouldn’t be that kind of easy for them to handle the matter if it was not Wang Chaoyuan and Luo Haiyun. In fact, he knew better than Lin Dafu about the fact that effort wasn’t the crucial factor to get themselves a root within this capital city.
Thinking of the final tournament which would be held in a few days, Wu Dahu couldn’t help but clench his fists while nursing a secret ambition in his mind.
Status! He must get a satisfying achievement in the final tournament and get himself and Song Qinghan a higher status and glory!
Noticing that no one in the shop got a mood, he closed the main gate of the shop directly, and waved his hand in the air, ordering, “Let’s head to the Wuchen Mount today! And we can go visit the Wuchen Temple, make obeisance and pray for the luck!”
Wu Dahu naturally wouldn’t object to Song Qinghan’s suggestion. Although Hualian wanted to stay, Song Qinghan urged him not to and then put Little Shitou in his arms directly, in that case, he had to follow up to take good care of Little Shitou.
The Wuchen Mount was worthy of its name! It indeed had no dust but a fresh air instead. Wandering on its route was just like enjoying a journey heading to a place of pilgrimage, he who stepped on the mountain road would definitely feel like his spirit was being washed by the dustless air, relaxed and delightful.
Not afar there came a bell ringing sound from the temple. Song Qinghan hurried to move forward, and just as he witnessed a tranquil and grey-brick-built temple emerging from his sight, his mind settled down all of a sudden.
Imitating the movements of the others, they entered the temple with incenses in their hands. Just after they finished making obeisance and were about to leave, a voice featuring immaturity sounded behind them.
“Distinguished almsgiver, would you love to have a divination?”
Song Qinghan was stunned and turned to look at the little monk who made the sound. Seeing that the little boy was innocent and his eyes were as bright as the moon, he couldn’t help but take the deal with a bright smile.
“Okay, how will you make that?”
The chubby monk did not seem to be too surprised by the question. He stretched forward his hand and uttered like a dozens-year-old sophisticated monk who had been through a hardship of stoic period, “Almsgiver, please follow me.”
Song Qinghan glanced at Wu Dahu and the others and said with a smile, “Am I the only one to get the divination? Can’t they?”
He originally wanted to tease the little monk, but beyond his expectation, the monk put his palms together devoutly, and then uttered in seriousness, “True, Master only deliver a divination to someone decree by destiny.”
Wu Dahu and Song Qinghan looked at each other in surprise.
Who would have thought that such an event had such a strange rule itself?
Some people passed by. After hearing their conversation, they hurriedly walked up to remind them, “This Master Qingchen is someone who gets a higher prestige than the abbot in this temple. It’s hard for all of us to visit him even we want to pay for that. By the way, those who had accepted his invitation did have a life path highly similar to what he said. It will be crazy for you if you’re not going to meet Master Qingchen.”
Song Qinghan never thought that he would be favored by such a powerful person. He glanced at Wu Dahu and saw Wu Dahu nodding. And then he turned to the little monk with a smile, saying, “Alright then, I will follow you.”
The two of them walked slowly into the distance. Although Song Qinghan knew that this so-called Master Qingchen was an incredible figure, he was not feeling too heavy at all. He just thought that he was going to get a mind-blowing treat, so he walked in a brisk pace.
As the environment on both sides became more and more quiet, the little monk finally stopped. He reached out and pushed open a door and put his palms together to Song Qinghan, saying, “Almsgiver, please come in.”
Song Qinghan walked in curiously and he noticed an old monk who was with snow-white beard and hair sitting right at the center of the room, he withdrew his expression suddenly and put on a serious on, putting his palms together solemnly, greeting, “Sorry to bother you, Master.”
Master Qingchen slowly raised his heavy eyelids, yet he didn’t look at Song Qinghan at all. He pointed in a direction and said slowly, “Please sit down, almsgiver, thank you for coming from a remote place.”
Just as Song Qinghan was about to sit down, something suddenly flashed in his mind. His body stiffened and he forced a smile, “How do you know that I come from a remote place? In fact, I am currently living in the capital city, it is actually not that far away from here.”
He was a bit talkative by saying so, but if he didn’t say something like that, he couldn’t verify the guess in his mind.
The corner of Master Qingchen’s lips crooked slightly and he said softly, “Indeed the capital city is not far away from here. But almsgiver, the distance for you coming over here can’t be measured by the ordinary distance measuring method.”
Hearing that, Song Qinghan got his nerve strained suddenly as his eyes were full of astonishment, he asked in a trembling tone, “Master, what do you know about me?”
For some reason, after he thought his background was seen through, his first reaction was that the Buddha was coming to recall his current control for life. After all, it was totally his luck to gain a life in this world, even though it was in the ancient time. According to the so-called Reincarnation Laws, this body should have been erased from this world completely.
Thankfully, Master Qingchen didn’t tantalize Song Qinghan’s curiosity. He smiled and said directly, “Almsgiver, don’t worry, I invited you today just aiming to give you a divination.”
Song Qinghan loosened his shoulders all of a sudden and finally relaxed. However, he still remained the astonishment on his face, he tried his best to calm down and said, “How should I cooperate with you, Master? Should I draw fortune lots?”
Master Qingchen chuckled, pushed the turtle armour in his hand over and said solemnly, “Almsgiver, please hold this tight in your hands, close your eyes and throw it upwards.”
Song Qinghan held the turtle armour in his hand and suddenly hesitated for some reason, but seeing Master Qingchen’s calm face, he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and threw the turtle armour into the air.
“Cracking!”, the turtle armor fell onto the ground, cracking open and scattering into pieces in a strange shape.