Chapter 1156

Su Zhiyu said: "I want to go back and find a master to calculate a hexagram to see if he can give me some hints."

Su Zhifei couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't you just say you don't believe in this?"

Su Zhiyu said seriously: "There's no other good way, so why not give it a try."

After finishing, she asked Du Haiqing: "Mom, are there any famous masters in Yan Jing? Don't you always go to temples to burn incense and donate incense money? Do you know any enlightened high monks?"

Du Haiqing said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense. High monks cultivate Buddhist dharma, while fortune-telling is a matter for Taoists!"

Su Zhiyu hurriedly asked: "Then do you know any capable Taoist priests? I want to ask him to cast a hexagram and see!"

Du Haiqing thought for a moment and said: "I'm really not sure about that. I haven't asked anyone to cast a hexagram for many years. The last time I asked someone to cast a hexagram was when I was about your age."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but think of Ye Changying, and her heart couldn't help but sigh.

Afterward, she said to Su Zhiyu: "By the way, I heard that when the Ye family repaired their ancestral graves some time ago, they specially invited the descendant of the Lai family, Mr. Lai, from the United States. Your grandfather also has some personal friendship with Mr. Lai. If you really want to cast a hexagram, you can ask your grandfather to check if Mr. Lai is still in Yan Jing."

"Mr. Lai?" Su Zhiyu frowned and asked: "Why haven't I heard of him? Is he very powerful?"

Du Haiqing said: "Mr. Lai is a descendant of the Song Dynasty Feng Shui master Lai Buyi. He is proficient in Feng Shui physiognomy and the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. He should be the most powerful master in the world today."

Su Zhiyu exclaimed: "Really that awesome?! Then I'll call my grandfather and ask!"

After finishing, she hurriedly took out her phone and called her grandfather, Du Zhenhua.

Once the call connected, she asked Du Zhenhua on the other end: "Grandpa, Mom said you know a Master Lai who is proficient in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, is that right?"

Du Zhenhua asked in surprise: "Zhiyu, why are you asking about this?"

Su Zhiyu blurted out: "Grandpa, I want to find my savior, but there has been no progress, so I want to find a master to cast a hexagram to see if I can find a breakthrough."

Du Zhenhua said: "Master Lai already returned to the United States some time ago."

"Ah? Returned?" Su Zhiyu said with great disappointment: "When did he go back?"

Du Zhenhua said: "Not long ago, he went back before the New Year. After he came to China, he stayed at Mount Ye Ling for more than three years. He should have wanted to go back long ago."

Su Zhiyu said with great regret: "What a coincidence... Then what should I do... Grandpa, do you know any other masters?"

Du Zhenhua said: "I know quite a few masters, but the only one who can truly be called a master is Master Lai."

As he spoke, he added: "How about this, I'll ask Master Lai for you. If he is willing, he can cast a hexagram for you directly."

Su Zhiyu asked in surprise: "Grandpa, are you serious?"

Du Zhenhua laughed: "Would Grandpa lie to you? It's just that Master Lai is old and has a somewhat eccentric temper. I can't guarantee whether he is willing to do this favor."

Su Zhiyu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, just help me ask."

As she spoke, she asked again: "By the way, Grandpa, in case he is willing to help, do I have to go to the United States?"

"No need," Du Zhenhua said: "Master Lai has great supernatural powers. If he agrees, I will give him your birth date and time, and roughly tell him what you want to ask, and that should be enough."

Su Zhiyu said in astonishment: "It's that magical?"

Du Zhenhua laughed: "Things like the I Ching and Eight Trigrams are the supreme wisdom of our ancestors. It is said that we modern people have only realized a little bit of its magic."

As he spoke, he added: "It's midnight in the United States right now, so it's not easy for me to contact Master Lai. Why don't you wait patiently? When it's evening here and morning in the United States, I will call Master Lai again."

Su Zhiyu hurriedly said: "Grandpa, then I'll leave it to you!"

At this very moment, Ye Chen had already hurried home and prepared lunch.

Although Ma Lan had a broken leg, she still insisted on using crutches to help him in the kitchen.

After finishing the meal, Ma Lan said with a face full of shame: "Good son-in-law, Mom should have been the one cooking for you, but Mom's leg is inconvenient, and I still have to trouble you to cook yourself. Mom really feels sorry for you!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Mom, don't be so polite. I don't have anything to do anyway, and doing housework is what I should do."

As he spoke, he said to Ma Lan: "Mom, Churan and Dad should be here soon. I'll make a tomato and egg soup, and we can eat when they get back."

Ma Lan hurriedly said: "Then that's really hard work for you, good son-in-law. Mom will go wash the tomatoes for you!"

Ye Chen finished the meal, and his wife Xiao Churan and father-in-law Xiao Changkun also arrived home by car one after another.

As soon as Xiao Churan returned, she said to Ye Chen with some excitement: "Husband, today Vice Chairman Wang Dongxue of the Dihao Group called me and said that their six-star hotel under construction is about to start the design bidding for the overall interior decoration!"

"Is that so?" Ye Chen asked with feigned surprise: "The scale of this project should be very large, right?"

Xiao Churan said excitedly: "More than just large, it's simply too large... The six-star hotel project of the Dihao Group started last year with an investment of two billion RMB. Now the main construction is coming to an end, so they are starting to finalize the interior decoration plan, and then after the main construction is finished, they will start the interior hard and soft decoration!"

After saying this, Xiao Churan continued to introduce: "The hotel has a budget of two billion, half of which is used for land purchase and infrastructure, and the other half is almost entirely used for later decoration. The hard decoration is at least three hundred million, and the procurement of soft decoration and various top-tier furniture, bedding, bathroom fixtures, and electrical appliances is around six or seven hundred million. Now, executives from major domestic furniture, bathroom, and decorative building materials companies have all come to Jin Ling, preparing to participate in the subsequent bidding!"

Ye Chen asked with a smile: "Then how much budget has the Dihao Group prepared for the decoration design?"

Xiao Churan said: "The quotation for this kind of commercial decoration design is generally around three hundred yuan per square meter. The Dihao Group's six-star hotel has a total business area of 130,000 square meters. Excluding a portion of repeated designs in the same room types, the design workload is at least 70,000 to 80,000 square meters. The design fee alone will be twenty or thirty million!"

Ma Lan, who was on the side, heard this and said in surprise: "My god! Churan! Are you kidding Mom?! Just doing some decoration, and they give twenty or thirty million in design fees?!"

Xiao Churan nodded and said seriously: "It's not a joke. This price is still a relatively low quotation. If it were a large design company or a well-known designer, the price would be even higher, at least eight hundred to one thousand per square meter!"