Chapter 83

The group set out in the morning, and it was already past one in the afternoon by the time they arrived here; naturally, they had not yet eaten lunch.

Since He Dong could build such a large business, he was certainly not lacking in social graces. A table of food had already been prepared separately in the family dining room.

Chen Yan followed Chu Chu Keqing to the dining room, with Assistant Zhao following behind.

He Dong did not come... As such a wealthy tycoon, there was no need for him to sit by and accompany Chu Chu Keqing while she ate.

However, the etiquette was considered well-handled; although He Dong did not come, his wife did come to the dining room to sit and keep them company.

Chen Yan had heard Chu Chu Keqing mention this wife of He Dong before; it was a marriage arranged by He Dong's mother while she was still alive.

At the time, He Dong had already been doing business and earning money outside, but out of filial piety, he refused to defy his mother's wishes and actually, in all seriousness, married this country woman.

This Mrs. He looked ordinary in appearance, but she seemed quite clean and refined, and her attire was simple; having just experienced the loss of an elder in the family, she wore a light-colored outer garment.

She wore no makeup on her face, but her skin condition was good, and she looked to be only in her forties.

Her pear-shaped figure, in the eyes of country folk, belonged to the type that was good for childbearing—it was said she had given He Dong a son and a daughter, though both were currently studying abroad. They had returned a few days ago to attend the funeral and then left again.

When the accident occurred at the Old Grandma's grave, the children were abroad and were not called back.

This woman had jet-black hair, bright eyes, and rosy cheeks; one look told you her Qi and blood were quite abundant—to use a modern internet term, one look told you she was the type with a very healthy menstrual flow.

Mrs. He did not talk much, and she spoke in a soft, gentle voice, lacking the boisterous energy of typical country women; she looked like someone who had been educated, and her temperament seemed somewhat introverted.

This was not her first time meeting Chu Chu Keqing; she sat by the dining table accompanying Chu Chu Keqing for the meal and also exchanged a few pleasantries.

After reminiscing a few times about the Old Grandma's virtues while she was alive, and then mentioning the collapse of the Old Grandma's grave and the disappearance of the body, this woman's eyes also turned a bit red, looking very sorrowful.

Chen Yan took a look using the Qi Observation Technique... This woman's emotions were heartfelt and not faked.

It seemed that when the Old Grandma was alive, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship was quite good.

Chu Chu Keqing's social skills were nearly perfect; seeing Mrs. He's eyes turn red, she put down her chopsticks, sat over to hold Mrs. He's hand, and said a few words of comfort.

Chen Yan said nothing, just sitting there quietly eating his meal—fitting his persona as a "young disciple of the sect."

He did hear Chu Chu Keqing chatting with Mrs. He, referring to her as "Sister Chen" during their small talk.

After the meal, Assistant Zhao invited Chu Chu Keqing to the study to talk with He Dong alone for a while.

In such a situation, it was not appropriate for Chen Yan to follow, so he sat in the main hall, looking over this old He family residence.

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There were quite a few people in the old He family residence.

Before, when the Old Grandma was alive, Sister Chen, as the daughter-in-law, lived here to fulfill her filial duties. However, after the children were born and grew up, they were all sent to big cities to study.

Furthermore, He Dong was a big tycoon after all, so he had arranged for staff in the home.

Besides the Old Grandma and Sister Chen, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pair, there were three nannies in the house, one of whom was a dedicated cook.

He had also dispatched two female assistants to be stationed here—both possessed some martial arts skills, serving as close-range protection for the family.

After all, being a big tycoon, he was also concerned about safety issues.

This large He family residence housed seven people inside and out, so it was not exactly desolate.

However, the household was entirely female; there was not a single man.

It was said that the Old Grandma had lived as a widow for half her life and did not like having men in the house.

Moreover, He Dong's own wife lived here year-round, separated from her husband; if a male assistant or someone similar were arranged in the house, it would be difficult to explain.

Chu Chu Keqing and He Dong did not chat for long in the study before coming out together, and then He Dong asked Assistant Zhao to prepare the car, intending to take Chu Chu Keqing to see the ancestral grave site.

Chen Yan stood up immediately and followed Chu Chu Keqing into the business van.

He Dong took Assistant Zhao and the driver in one car, while Chen Yan and Chu Chu Keqing continued to sit in the business van they had brought.

The He family ancestral grave was on a nearby mountain, a few miles away from the village.

To get there, one had to go around a highway and drive for a few minutes.

In the car, Chu Chu Keqing told Chen Yan: during the meeting in the study, He Dong did not provide any new clues, only repeating the course of events, and He Dong was in a very bad mood, his heart filled with anger mixed with sorrow, which he was only forcibly suppressing through years of self-restraint and composure.

Chen Yan understood; anyone whose mother's grave had collapsed and whose body had gone missing would be furious.

That this He Dong could forcibly restrain himself from going crazy was quite rare.

However, Chen Yan raised a question: "Have you looked at He Dong with the Qi Observation Technique?"

Chu Chu Keqing nodded: "I have; not only have I looked, I have also calculated his fortune. He Dong's life force looks fine, but... I don't know why he encountered such a thing recently."

Chen Yan nodded; he had also used the Qi Observation Technique to look at this Boss He when he met him today.

But the result made him a bit strange: He Dong's fortune looked quite good, and he should even have had new achievements in his career recently. Moreover... from the perspective of his fortune, he was free of illness and disaster.

How could he have encountered such a thing?

"Fortune cannot be misread." Chen Yan shook his head: "So there must be something strange about it."

After a pause, he suddenly added: "Are you very familiar with that Mrs. He?"

"Not very familiar; I've met her twice before.

Once was when I came to survey the Feng Shui for the Old Grandma's grave.

The other time was at the Old Grandma's funeral, where I was also present.

Including today, that makes three times in total."

As she spoke, Chu Chu Keqing asked doubtfully: "Mrs. He... is there a problem?"

"No problem." Chen Yan shook his head: "I also looked with the Qi Observation Technique."

He suddenly had a thought: "You call her Sister Chen. Which 'Chen' is her name? Is it the 'Chen' for the time of day?"

"Yes, the 'Chen' for the time of day." Chu Chu Keqing said: "Her name is Sun Chen, and she was given this name because she was born during the Hour of the Dragon—her father used to be a teacher in the county, so he was considered educated."

Chen Yan nodded—no wonder this Mrs. He looked different in temperament from ordinary village women; she was a teacher's daughter after all.

"Sun Chen was also educated, having finished high school... In that era, it wasn't easy to get into university, unlike now with the expansion of enrollment where university students are everywhere. In the early nineties of the last century, university students were not easy to come by.

She stopped studying after high school, and then her father entrusted someone to find her a job as a salesperson at a bookstore in the county. Later, she married into the He family.

She has a very introverted personality and a relatively gentle character. It is said that she got along very well with the Old Grandma, who liked her very much and treated her like her own daughter.

But that makes sense, after all, this marriage was chosen by the Old Grandma for her son, and this daughter-in-law was someone the Old Grandma favored from the start."

Chen Yan had a thought: "Do you know her Eight Characters?"

Chu Chu Keqing shook her head: "This... I don't know. When surveying the grave before, I did know the Old Grandma's Eight Characters and He Dong's Eight Characters."

"Ask, ask now." Chen Yan said in a low voice.

Chu Chu Keqing was stunned, but without asking more, she immediately took out her phone, opened WeChat, and sent some messages to He Dong.

A few minutes later, Chu Chu Keqing nodded, put away her phone, and told Chen Yan Sun Chen's date and time of birth.

"I asked He Dong for it, pretending it was for surveying the grave and that I needed to calculate the birth dates of all the immediate family members.

I didn't know what you meant, so I was afraid He Dong would overthink it; I didn't ask for Mrs. He's alone, and I also asked for the birth dates of He Dong's son and daughter while I was at it."

Chen Yan looked at Chu Chu Keqing with some surprise—this woman, she really was meticulous in her work.

She had eight hundred schemes in her heart.

After Chen Yan obtained Sun Chen's birthday, and remembering she was born during the Hour of the Dragon...

A moment later, Chen Yan had a realization!

He looked up at Chu Chu Keqing and noticed that Chu Chu Keqing's expression had also changed slightly.

Chen Yan smiled: "You calculated it too?"

"Yes." Chu Chu Keqing nodded: "This Mrs. He... her destiny is very good."

Chu Chu Keqing had also reported He Dong's Eight Characters to Chen Yan, and after hearing them, Chen Yan sighed.

Then, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes carrying a hint of strangeness: "A match made in heaven."

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Mrs. He Sun Chen's Eight Characters, if looked at alone, were only "good," carrying a bit of fortune in her life.

But, if combined with He Dong's Eight Characters, the two together were a match made in heaven!

If Sun Chen had married someone else, she would have just had a smooth life, free of illness and disaster, a middle-to-upper-tier destiny.

But... combined with He Dong, this destiny became extraordinary.

The destiny showed that after Sun Chen's Eight Characters were combined with He Dong's...

The family would be prosperous, full of wealth and status! Moreover, they would have both son and daughter, a house full of descendants, and many children and much fortune...

It was like a chemical reaction!

To use a very cliché phrase.

This Mrs. He, Sun Chen, was a top-tier "husband-prospering destiny"—and specifically prospered He Dong's Eight Characters!

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Chen Yan frowned in thought: "Before He Dong married this Mrs. He back then, did he also find a master to calculate it? This destiny... I don't believe it's a coincidence; it must have been carefully selected."

Chu Chu Keqing blinked: "This... I don't know. I only heard that this marriage was decided by the Old Grandma back then. Whether she specifically had someone pick the person or calculate the destiny... shall I ask He Dong later?"

After a pause, Chu Chu Keqing said in a low voice: "However, back then, He Dong wasn't as successful as he later became; although he had earned a little money, it was a far cry from now.

Logically speaking, it wasn't a family of great wealth and status yet, so they shouldn't have been so particular about choosing a wife... Eight Characters that fit to such an extreme are like finding a needle in a haystack, requiring countless manpower to select. The He family back then didn't have that kind of strength."

Chen Yan smiled: "So... perhaps this deceased Old Grandma was a master living in seclusion?"

"I don't know... I heard she was just an ordinary country old woman who had been a widow for many years. She shouldn't... be any kind of master.

Perhaps there were some shamanistic men or women in the countryside who helped calculate the Eight Characters?"

Chu Chu Keqing said slowly, lost in thought.

Hearing this, Chen Yan sighed in his heart.

How could an ordinary country old woman not be a master...

You, Chu Chu Keqing, just have limited experience.

What about a country old woman? Some country old women could even make the black and white lords kneel down and kowtow.

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