Chapter 82: The Qin Family's Crisis

Ma Lan was absolutely thrilled!

These gifts they brought were all money!

She didn't know how much the antiques were worth, but that case of collector's edition Moutai Feitian was worth thirty to forty thousand per bottle. With twenty bottles in this case, that was several hundred thousand!

And the collector's edition Yellow Crane Tower cigarettes—five thousand per carton, fifty cartons in a case—that was over two hundred thousand. These two items alone were worth one million!

It would be a waste not to take them!

Moreover, holding these two VIP cards gave her the capital to show off in front of her old friends!

Seeing Ma Lan's money-grubbing look, Xiao Churan called out helplessly, "Mom..."

Ma Lan glared at her, "What? They're gifts from others, can't I accept them?"

Xiao Churan said, "I mean we shouldn't accept them. We haven't even figured out what's going on, how can we accept such heavy gifts from them?"

Ye Chen said indifferently at this time, "These are apology gifts; it's right to accept them."

The middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before coming out, the Pavilion Master had personally instructed him that if Mr. Ye didn't accept these things, he wouldn't need to go back.

Ye Chen turned his head and saw Ma Lan happily moving the cigarettes and liquor into the house, holding the pair of antique vases and touching and looking at them under the light. He could only shake his head inwardly and say to the middle-aged man, "You guys go back first."

"Alright then, I won't disturb Mr. Ye's rest."

Ye Chen closed the door, turned around, but was stunned for a moment and said, "Why are you all looking at me?"

He saw the three people in the living room, all six eyeballs fixed on him.

Mother-in-law Ma Lan gave a dry cough, put on a fake smile, and asked, "Ye Chen, when did you have a friendship with the Treasure Pavilion? Why would they come to our house to send gifts and apologize?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Mom, you misunderstood. I don't have any friendship with them. The reason they came to apologize is mainly because the Treasure Pavilion has a good service attitude. Their employees made a mistake, and the boss cares about his reputation, so they compensated us so heavily..."

Ma Lan deflated all at once, her face dropped, and she said, "I thought you had made something of yourself and could cozy up to big shots. I didn't expect it was just because of their good service attitude..."

Xiao Churan, on the other hand, was a bit suspicious. The other party sent such valuable gifts; could it really be just because of their service attitude and wanting to compensate Ye Chen?

However, having received a pile of gifts, Ma Lan's mood improved quite a bit. She finally stopped targeting Ye Chen, thinking happily about selling the cigarettes and liquor first.

After dinner, Ye Chen was cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen when he suddenly received a phone call.

The person calling was Qin Gang, whom he had met twice and had even helped.

That jade bracelet was a gift from Qin Gang.

On the phone, Qin Gang said respectfully, "Master Ye!"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "Something up?"

Qin Gang hurriedly said, "Thanks to your guidance last time, the Qin family has been much smoother these past few days. I have to thank you for your guidance, otherwise, our Qin family would have been in big trouble."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "I see, it's probably not that smooth, is it? If it were really that smooth, would you be calling me at this time?"

Qin Gang choked and gave an awkward, dry laugh, "Master Ye is truly as wise as a god; nothing can escape your discerning eyes."

Ye Chen gave a faint smile and didn't say anything.

Sure enough, Qin Gang said with a trembling voice, "Master Ye, I beg you to save my Qin family one more time. The Qin family will remember your great kindness for the rest of our lives."

His face was pale, and his body trembled slightly, as if he were in great fear.

Ye Chen frowned and asked indifferently, "Did the jade crack?"

"Master Ye is truly a master; you guessed it again."

Qin Gang's voice was extremely pious as he sighed, "Originally, I followed your instructions to enshrine that jade plug and ordered my family to eat vegetarian food for seven days and not to see any blood."

"Who would have thought that my useless, stupid nephew Qin Aodong would secretly eat some stewed pigeon soup and accidentally get pigeon blood on the jade plug? The jade plug immediately shattered into pieces. I beat him up and locked him at home, but strange things still keep happening!"

Ye Chen frowned and asked, "What strange things happened?"

Qin Gang said in a panic, "Last night, there was a violent storm, and a bolt of heavenly lightning struck the Qin family courtyard, burning a century-old osmanthus tree in the courtyard to a crisp."

"Not only that, the ancestral tablets of the Qin family enshrined in the ancestral hall actually fell to the ground for no reason and broke into two. This is completely an omen of great disaster."

Ye Chen frowned deeply. In terms of Feng Shui, planting an osmanthus tree in the courtyard is a symbol of wealth and good fortune.

But the osmanthus tree being struck down by heavenly lightning indicates that the Qin family will be ruined.

The ancestral tablets breaking is an omen that the Qin family will perish.

He really didn't expect that the evil aura of this jade plug would be so heavy, so serious that it exceeded his estimation, actually being able to surge with evil aura just by using pigeon blood.

Hearing no reply from Ye Chen, Qin Gang's heart pounded, and he pleaded, "Although my Qin family is in business, we have always been kind to others and have never done anything harmful. I beg Master Ye to have mercy and save my Qin family."

Ye Chen said, "Qin Gang, it's not that I won't save you, but the evil aura of the jade plug is too heavy. Having been carried by Qin Aodong for many years, the evil aura has long since shrouded the Qin family courtyard. Using ordinary talismans alone simply won't be able to deal with it."

"Then, then what should we do? It's truly a misfortune for the family that such a disaster came out of the Qin family!"

Qin Gang sighed repeatedly, his voice trembling.

Ye Chen pondered, "Evil aura becomes fiercer when it sees blood, and it's hot pigeon blood at that. To suppress such heavy evil aura now, I'm afraid I can only borrow the power of heavenly treasures and spiritual objects."

"Alright, whatever Master Ye needs, even if I have to go bankrupt, I will definitely get it."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "How about this, I happen to be attending the Treasure Pavilion auction tomorrow. I'll go to the auction and see if there are any heavenly spiritual objects. As for whether I can bid on them, it depends on your luck."

"Alright, then I'll trouble Master Ye." Qin Gang seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and thanked Ye Chen repeatedly.

After speaking, he hurriedly said, "Master Ye, I will send you a black card tomorrow. If you need to use money for anything, just swipe the card!"

Ye Chen gave an 'en'. After all, he was helping the Qin family, so he couldn't let himself spend his own money.

Immediately, Ye Chen said, "You'd better be mentally prepared. Heavenly spiritual treasures are not so easy to obtain; they are hard to come by. As for whether there are any at the auction, it depends on your Qin family's luck."

Qin Gang kept expressing his stance, "Yes, yes, I will also inquire privately, but I will still have to trouble Master Ye."

After the incident, he had also looked for many well-known Feng Shui masters, but those people just took one look at the Qin family gate and immediately waved their hands and declined, not even daring to enter the door, and left in a hurry as if fleeing.

Now, Qin Gang's only hope for survival lay with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen felt truly moved in his heart.

According to fate calculation, Qin Gang shouldn't have done anything harmful in his life and should have lived in peace until old age.

Who would have thought that heaven would play tricks on people, and that a jinx like Qin Aodong would appear in the family, making the household restless. If he didn't save him, within a year, his Qin family would surely be ruined and perish.

Not only him and that Qin Aodong, but also his beautiful little chili pepper, Qin Aoxue, would likely meet an untimely death! ===== CHAPTER 83 =====