Chapter 73 - The Disaster of Borrowing Luck!
Chapter 73: The Disaster of Borrowing Luck!
The next morning, Zhu Bocheng especially drove over to pick Chi Shuyan up at Father Zhu’s command. Chi Shuyan got into the car and Zhu Bocheng recounted some of the information he had discovered. “Sister Shuyan, how can you be so godly and know everything? The child’s father really had an older sister, but for some reason, his sister’s family was extraordinarily unlucky. A few years ago, their whole family suddenly died one after another. That’s really bad luck!”
After listening to Zhu Bocheng, Chi Shuyan could already confirm some things in her heart. She suddenly said, “Take a detour – go to the kid’s house first. Do you know his address?”
Although Zhu Bocheng was a little puzzled, he still said obediently, “I just found out. Sister Shuyan, are we going over now?”
“Mm!”
Zhu Bocheng was very sharp and smart. After hearing this, he realized that something wasn’t right. Unfortunately, he couldn’t figure it out, so he simply asked outright, “Sister Shuyan, are the construction accidents related to that child?”
Chi Shuyan thought to herself that it didn’t necessarily have anything to do with the child, but it definitely had to do with the child’s family. Although she was 70 to 80% sure, she didn’t like to draw a conclusion without definitive results, so she said, “Whether it’s related or not, we’ll know when we go take a look!”
Zhu Bocheng naturally believed in Chi Shuyan’s abilities, so he didn’t ask much.
Twenty minutes later, the car stopped at a pretty upscale apartment in the city center. The kid’s home was on the 20th floor.
Chi Shuyan got out of the car and nodded. “Okay, let’s go up and take a look. It’ll be good to see the child.”
It just so happened that since the child had just suffered a fright, his parents were also at home. When the two of them knocked on the door, Zhu Bocheng revealed his identity and said that he wanted to see the child. The child’s parents quickly opened the door and let them in.
The two adults were polite and thanked them repeatedly for saving the child yesterday, and even had the child thank them personally.
On the way, Chi Shuyan took a careless look around the place. Just like the rest of this community, the apartment was very high-end and was about 200 square meters in size. Looking at what the two adults were wearing, they could be considered rich. She then looked at the cute kid on the side and stroked his little head as she smiled at the child’s parents. “It’s good that the child is fine!”
Zhu Bocheng was good at social niceties and could be said to have a gift with interpersonal skills. Hearing the gratitude of the two adults, Zhu Bocheng only smiled. After a few minutes, not only was he chatting happily with the child’s father, but his handsome appearance also made the child’s mother wish she could dig her heart out to say more.
Chi Shuyan stood next to him without speaking and acted as Zhu Bocheng’s foil as she seriously observed the husband and wife. Soon, she sensed that something was off and her eyebrows knitted tightly together, gradually becoming a little severe. Chi Shuyan took the initiative to walk over, then deliberately twisted her foot when she was in front of the child’s father.
Seeing that Sister Shuyan was about to trip, Zhu Bocheng didn’t think much of it and immediately wanted to help her up, but Chi Shuyan suddenly grabbed the wrist of the child’s father next to her, and a series of images quickly flashed through her mind. Even though Chi Shuyan had experienced borrowed luck in her past life, she was still shocked by the images she saw at that moment.
Her eyes grew darker and her face grew more unsightly and severe. She almost choked on the raging fury in her chest.
She couldn’t restrain her expression, which was extremely ugly.
After a moment, peace was quickly restored.
Zhu Bocheng thought at first that she had twisted her ankle, but then realized that her mood was a bit off and strange. His eyes flashed and, concealing the anxiety in them, he said, “Sister Shuyan, what’s wrong? Did you twist your ankle?” He pulled her to his side, and Chi Shuyan also expressionlessly apologized to the child’s father before she replied to Zhu Bocheng, “It’s fine, it’s just a minor injury. I’ll just take it slow!”
The child’s father smiled and quickly said, “It’s good that you’re fine!”
Chi Shuyan’s eyes flashed with coldness and ruthlessness.
“It’s good that you’re fine, it’s good that you’re fine!” Zhu Bocheng heaved a sigh of relief. What if Zhenbai got even with him for not taking care of her?
The two stayed in the child’s house for a while. The couple wanted them to stay for dinner, but Chi Shuyan declined, so after sitting for a while, the two of them left.
Zhu Bocheng had a lot of questions on his mind, and as soon as he got into the car, he couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Shuyan, what did you see? This child’s parents seem alright; how would they have anything to do with those accidents at the building?”
Chi Shuyan didn’t answer Zhu Bocheng’s question immediately, but said meaningfully, “As the saying goes, you may know a man for a long time, but not his heart. How can you be sure that his character is good just from his outer appearance?”
That fact was that Zhu Bocheng had some innate skill at judging a person’s character. However, he really couldn’t see anything wrong with the child’s parents today; was there really a problem with this couple? Zhu Bocheng’s eyes flashed with a sharp light and he hurriedly asked, “What? Is there a problem with the child’s parents?”
When Chi Shuyan recalled how that man, Qi Zhenbai, had exposed almost all her trump cards last time, she was even more vigilant.
She didn’t plan to speak directly of the images she had seen, but used physiognomy instead. “The child and the child’s mother are quite good. There aren’t many problems with their characters. As for the father, he may look refined, but unfortunately, his nose is too bony and pointed and his lips are too thin. He is in fact ruthless and heartless. Plus, his eye sockets are deep, like pits of tears. Not only is he vicious and heartless, he’s also mercenary and petty, and doesn’t feel the slightest sense of kinship. This is the classic physiognomy of a villain – a lifetime of poverty.”
Zhu Bocheng was stunned when he heard this. “Is the child’s father related to the building accident?” After a pause, he suddenly thought of something. “That’s not right, Sister Shuyan. Would someone who is able to live in such a high-end community suffer a lifetime of poverty? Besides, when you asked me to investigate the other party’s sister, I also checked the child’s parents. Not only do they own this apartment, they also have several properties under their names. Even if they don’t have 100 million, they still have tens of millions.”
Chi Shuyan of course knew how the man had ended up with so much and how his poor life had turned into a rich one. She couldn’t help but recall the vivid images she had just seen, and the anger in her chest rose again. They were probably in the same boat. Her luck had been borrowed in her past life, so she was naturally well aware of the suffering it brought. Furthermore, the other party had suffered worse than she had; because of some petty person’s ulterior motive, an entire family was ultimately killed off.
Chi Shuyan narrowed her eyes and suddenly said, “Have you heard of the term borrowing luck?” Without waiting for Zhu Bocheng to speak, Chi Shuyan explained, “Borrowing luck is the unscrupulous use of evil techniques to take someone else’s good luck for yourself. This underhanded way of changing your fate goes against the heavens, and the other party suffers in your stead!”
Zhu Bocheng naturally knew what the term “borrowing luck” meant. After listening to Sister Shuyan’s words, his eyes widened and turned stormy.
Chi Shuyan continued, “This child’s father has a sharp and bony nose, and the middle of his forehead is narrow. He has prominent cheekbones and his earlobes are too thin. He was destined to suffer a lifetime of poverty in a wooden house; how can he afford to live in some apartment, let alone have tens of millions in assets under his name, unless he borrowed luck?! But while he was destined to be poor his whole life, his child would have originally grown up to be quite accomplished and filial. Taking care of his elderly parents and them spending their later years in peace wouldn’t have been a problem! Unfortunately, he insisted on defying the heavens and changing his fate. He even borrowed luck from his own sister’s family, causing them to die tragically for no reason.”
If Zhu Bocheng’s emotions could be described as a stormy sea before, after listening to Chi Shuyan’s story, his eyes were filled with horror. A younger brother borrowed his sister’s luck to change his fate and caused his sister to die a tragic death – if this was true, it was simply a huge scandal.
Before Zhu Bocheng had time to think about it, someone knocked on the car door. He lowered his head to see his best friend’s cold, dark face. He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but he felt that his friend’s face was especially black and ugly at that moment, especially when his eyes swept over Sister Shuyan gloomily. Bocheng was curious about what was going on between the two. Qi Zhenbai’s deep and powerful voice suddenly rang out. “Get out of the car!”