InvincibleConnoisseur

Chapter 41 Guests

Li Ruoxi left Wang Ke's room. In the end, she did not tell him what had forced her to fall out with her family. When she left Wang Ke's room, she only said one thing, "This is my private business. I have already told you everything necessary, so do not ask more about unnecessary things."

Wang Ke got up and walked to the door. A deep sense of confusion appeared in his eyes as he watched Li Ruoxi who was quite embarrassed from behind. He felt that what Li Ruoxi was hiding was somehow really shameful. What could it be?

After a few seconds, Wang Ke shook his head. Whatever reason she had, what did it have to do with him? As long as Li Ruoxi was not some villainous criminal nor let him do any highly immoral things, he was okay with just performing his duties and keeping her safe.

"The less trouble, the better. Why actively seek trouble myself? She provides me with free food and a bed plus a salary, and she doesn't even restrict my freedom as her bodyguard. As for the reason, it's fine if she doesn't want to say it." Wang Ke touched the bridge of his nose and reached out to close the door. After returning to his room, he picked up the printed paper once again.

In the dead of the night, Li Ruoxi sat straight in front of her computer. A trace of pain appeared in her eyes.

She grew up as the dearest child of the family, being extremely beautiful and talented. She graduated from university with excellent grades when she was merely eighteen years old. After she left school and entered her family's firm, it took her only two years to expand the family subsidiaries under her control by two or three times, earning profits of more than tens of millions of yuan for the family.

She had originally believed that she could change her disadvantages of being a girl with her own strength. She had believed that she could use her own abilities to obtain an important status in her family, or at least to let her life not be controlled by others.

In these years, she had heard praises countless times. The elders in the family had spoiled her like an apple of their eyes. She had thought that she had succeeded and that she had finally managed to take control of her own destiny. However, when she was called by the family members in power a while ago, she was told ruthlessly by her warmest family and dearest relatives that they had already agreed to someone's marriage proposal in her name. All of this was because that the person was the child of another big family, a son of the power-holder of a family even bigger than the Li family.

At that moment, she suddenly realized that no matter how good she was, she was still a pawn of the family. A pawn that could bring her family countless profits through marriage.

She had fought back, but the result was that her family took back ninety percent of her power. Fortunately, she had this company in Changji completely in control with every leader of the company being someone she had promoted. Otherwise, this last subsidiary would have been ruthlessly retrieved by her family too.

She was not stupid. On the opposite, she was very smart. She knew that this was not the end. Her family would definitely use all kinds of methods to oppress her and control her to put on her wedding dress obediently and marry a rich man who was despicable and shameless in her eyes.

This was why she had to try her best to fight against her family. She had to fight to the end even if she would be left with nothing, even if the last company and the villa would be forcefully retrieved by her family.

"I make decisions for myself. I am in charge of my own life."

Li Ruoxi reached out to start a video call with determination in her eyes. The image of a middle-aged woman in professional attire appeared on the computer screen immediately.

"Mrs. Chuchu, let's start the project!" Li Ruoxi said seriously.

The middle-aged woman on the screen hesitated before she spoke, "Boss, are you sure?"

Li Ruoxi nodded. Looking frighteningly gloomy, she said, "Yes. I have to leave a way out for myself. Tell Alisa that the company has been losing profits in the last six months and she will redo the accounts. I will send her the Swiss bank account number. After doing this, tell her to leave the country."

A bitter smile appeared on the middle-aged woman's face. She quietly nodded and said, "Give me five days."

She then ended the video call.

Li Ruoxi slowly stood up from her chair and walked to the window in silence. She looked through the transparent glass, watching the bits of lamplight shining faintly outside. A coldness emerged from her heart and flew into her limbs and insides.

The next morning, Wang Ke was carefully listening to Zhao Menfeng's lecture when hearty laughter came from outside the door.

"Zhao, I have finally found you!"

Zhao Menfeng and Wang Ke looked to Self House's door at the same time.

It was a slender middle-aged man about forty to fifty years old. He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a well-fitting suit, looking very polite and educated. There was a bright smile on his face. Beside the middle-aged man, there was a young man in his early twenties, who looked exceptionally handsome. He was wearing a jacket and casual pants and he came striding in following the middle-aged man.

Zhao Menfeng put the book about antiques that he was holding onto the counter and strode toward the men. He laughed, "Qin Changfeng, how did you find here? It's been four years since we last saw each other, hasn't it? Look at you. You are becoming more and more energetic as you age!"

The middle-aged man Qin Changfeng smiled, "Hardly. I am nowhere as energetic as you, Zhao! I didn't expect you to be working in this antique trading market. I didn't believe it from the business card you had given me before, but now it seems to be true."

A trace of coldness flashed in Zhao Menfeng's eyes, but he hid it so well that the other man did not see. With a bright smile, Zhao Menfeng said, "I never tell lies. It's up to you to decide whether to believe me or not. It's been four years and you have never dropped by, so why are you here now? A rich and powerful man like you wouldn't have come without any business. So say it, what's the matter?"

Qin Changfeng smiled, "Actually, I'm here to beg you to accept an apprentice. Let me introduce him. This is my nephew, Xu Jingkai. He has been interested in Fengshui Theory ever since he was a child. He is very talented and has been studying Fengshui Theory with others before. I bring him to you in the hope that you may be able to teach him more knowledge. Jingkai, quickly greet Mr. Zhao."

Xu Jingkai obediently stepped forward and said, "Hello Mr. Zhao. I have heard so much about you! My uncle used to tell me that you are an absolute master in the field of Fengshui and it was you who readjusted the Fengshui direction of my uncle's family house before. My uncle's business has been growing bigger and bigger these years because of it. He said that it was all thanks to you! Therefore, I also hope that you will teach me, Mr. Zhao."

Surprise appeared on Zhao Menfeng's face. He glanced at Xu Jingkai a couple of times and did not mention apprenticeship at all. He turned to Wang Ke instead, "Quickly guide our guests to the VIP room on the second floor. There is Dahongpao tea of great quality in my room on the second floor. Quickly make tea for them."

Wang Ke nodded in silence. He did not care at all that Zhao Menfeng did not introduce him.

"Please follow me to the second floor, honored guests."

Qin Changfeng looked at Wang Ke curiously before turning to Zhao Menfeng and asked, "Zhao, is this your clerk here?"

Zhao Menfeng smiled, "Kind of!"

Qin Changfeng nodded slowly. He did not spare Wang Ke another look. He folded his hands and smiled at Zhao Menfeng, "Zhao! I come to Changji this time also to do business, so I will not linger here anymore. I'll leave this young man here to learn with you since I do not understand it anyway. Please take care of him."

Zhao Menfeng nodded as he smiled. After he walked Qin Changfeng outside Self House, his expression became gloomywith his back turned toward Xu Jingkai. After a few breathes, a smile reappeared on his face as he turned back.

In the VIP room on the second floor, Wang Ke calmly made tea. Only after he went down to the hall on the first floor and closed Self House's door did he return to the VIP room with curiosity to see if Zhao Menfeng would take in the young man named Xu Jingkai as an apprentice.

Zhao Menfeng did not mind Wang Ke coming into the VIP room. He chatted with and smilingly asked Xu Jingkai about knowledge related to Fengshui. As Xu Jingkai answered, the smile on Zhao Menfeng's face widened. When they were about to finish one bottle of tea, Zhao Menfeng turned to Wang Ke after Xu Jingkai answered a question, "Since you are here to listen, why not help us make tea?"

Wang Ke nodded respectfully. He made another bottle of tea and retreated to the side.

"Jingkai, you are really not bad. Very good. It seems that you have really been seriously studying Fengshui these years. Now I dare not say anything else, but with the skills you have mastered, you must have already reached the level to observe the energy, haven't you? It can be said that you are a genius in Fengshui. If you learn with me, I can teach you some Fengshui knowledge. How do you think?"

As Xu Jingkai listened to Zhao Menfeng's praise, a trace of pride surfaced in his eyes. He nodded and said, "Of course! I also want to see what you can do, Mr. Zhao. My uncle compliments you every day!"

He was so full of pride that he abandoned honorifics when talking to Zhao Menfeng. Wang Ke, standing on the side, acutely noticed this situation.

Zhao Menfeng nodded and smiled as if he did not realize it at all, "If you want to study with me, you have to start with the basics. Even towering buildings are built up from the ground! Of course, as you already have a good foundation, I can teach you some deeper Fengshui knowledge as we go."

"Fengshui Theory was originally the art of geomancy, which was the method of inspecting geography in the field. It was also known as the geomantic omens, or Kanyu in the past. The goal was to select methods and principles for locating palaces, village sites, and cemetery construction. It was originally meant to be a study of choosing the right place."

"Fengshui began to be associated with folk arts during Qin and Han dynasties and it was related to fortune-telling, divination, and phrenology of the five arts. It was also said that the basic composition of Fengshui was derived from the trigrams of The Book of Changes. It was divided into the Yang house geomancy method of inspecting the doors, wells, and stoves as well as the Yin house geomancy method, which are now known as the metaphysical arts..."

"The term Fengshui was first seen in Guo Pu's writings from the Jin Dynasty, 'The spirit energy is scattered by the wind and stopped by the water. The ancients tried to find ways to keep the spirit energy from scattering and move it to gather the spirit energy. This is Fengshui.' As for Fengshui Theory, the most important auxiliary instrument is the compass..."