Chapter 642: You Believe Something So Absurd?

Chapter 642: Chapter 642: You Believe Something So Absurd?

Cheng Yuan was true to his word and turned to leave. Shen Man, not wanting Tang Sihai to miss this chance, quickly shot him a look.

Tang Sihai grew anxious and hurried after Cheng Yuan. "Cheng Dongshan, please wait!"

Cheng Yuan stopped and looked coldly at Tang Sihai. "Mr. Tang, if you don’t trust me, what’s the point of asking me to stay?"

Tang Sihai’s gaze flickered, but he finally made up his mind.

"Cheng Dongshan, it’s not convenient to talk here. Can we speak somewhere more private?"

Cheng Yuan gave a slight nod.

「Half an hour later.」

The three of them arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel.

Cheng Yuan arranged for Shen Manwen to rest in a presidential suite, then booked a private room. There, he and Tang Sihai took their seats, one the host and the other the guest.

Cheng Yuan personally steeped tea for Tang Sihai and said in a calm voice, "Mr. Tang, you can speak freely now."

Tang Sihai let out a long sigh and said in a heavy tone, "Mr. Cheng, what I’m about to tell you will sound incredibly bizarre, but I swear, every word of it is true."

Cheng Yuan could sense Tang Sihai’s sincerity. He nodded slightly. "Please, Mr. Tang. I believe you."

Tang Sihai’s mind drifted back several decades as he began to recount his story from his own perspective.

"Back then, I was a poor, destitute kid, hauling bricks at a construction site, barely knowing where my next meal was coming from. That is, until I met my adoptive father... Everything I have today, I owe to him! And just tonight, he appeared again. He told me that because he had revealed too many of heaven’s secrets, I was now suffering the backlash. That’s why my children are plagued by so many disasters! He said the only way for my children to be normal again is if he helps me give away my entire fortune."

PFFT.

Cheng Yuan couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.

"Hahaha... I’m sorry, Mr. Tang. I couldn’t help myself. You actually believe something so absurd?"

Huh?

Tang Sihai was taken aback. "What’s absurd about it?"

Cheng Yuan snorted coldly. "Revealing too many of heaven’s secrets does indeed incur a backlash. However, the one who suffers is not you, but your adoptive father! The one who revealed the secrets in the first place! Therefore, everything he told you is a lie!"

Tang Sihai waved his hands dismissively. "Cheng Dongshan, you must have misunderstood my adoptive father. Everything he predicted came true. How could they be lies?"

Cheng Yuan pursed his lips. "Misunderstood? Heh... The truth is, your adoptive father simply told you your own destiny ahead of time. You were always fated for great wealth and prestige. Even if he had said nothing, you would still be the richest man in Qingcheng today! Think about it. Even without him, wouldn’t you have gone to that overpass?"

Tang Sihai froze. When he was young, he had a penchant for watching any excitement.

The construction site where he worked was only about five hundred meters from the collapsed overpass. A commotion that big would definitely have caught his attention.

There was a very high probability he would have gone over to watch.

Tang Sihai’s brows furrowed deeply. He was truly unwilling to doubt his adoptive father.

"If I’m not mistaken, once he gets his hands on your entire fortune, that ’good’ adoptive father of yours won’t give away a single cent! He’ll definitely keep it for himself. Or, there might even be a greater conspiracy at play!"

Tang Sihai asked hesitantly, "Cheng Dongshan, you said I was destined for great wealth and prestige?"

Cheng Yuan nodded firmly. "Yes. You were not only destined for great wealth and prestige, but also for a house full of descendants! The reason your children are plagued by disasters is precisely because of your ’good’ adoptive father! Everything he has done is nothing more than a scheme to usurp your good fortune!"

This...

Tang Sihai was still unwilling to think about his own adoptive father with such malicious suspicion.

Cheng Yuan sighed. ’It seems Tang Sihai has been completely brainwashed!’

Suddenly, Cheng Yuan struck out, poking Tang Sihai in the chest with his finger!

Tang Sihai felt a burst of sinister, cold energy erupt from his heart, followed by waves of excruciating, writhing pain that made him break out in a cold sweat!

"Cheng Dongshan, why did you..."

Cheng Yuan said calmly, "Tang Sihai, did you feel a sinister, cold energy inside your heart?"

"Yes."

"That is a contingency left behind by your ’good’ adoptive father. If you had been unwilling to hand over your entire fortune, he would have triggered that sinister energy to kill you without hesitation! Fortunately for you, you met me. I have already broken his little trap."

The color drained from Tang Sihai’s face.

"Why? Why would my adoptive father want to kill me? Even if he killed me, he couldn’t take control of the Tang Group!"

Cheng Yuan snorted. "Tang Sihai, how can you still be so naive? Over the years, did your ’good’ adoptive father ever bring you any orphans to care for? And what positions do those orphans hold now?"

SWISH!

Instantly, a cold sweat broke out across Tang Sihai’s forehead!

Over the years, his adoptive father had sent him more than thirty orphans. Now, all of those orphans worked for the Tang Group, and none of them in low-level positions!

In fact, two had even become Vice Presidents of the group!

’If all of them were following his adoptive father’s orders...’

Tang Sihai didn’t dare to imagine the consequences.

Tang Sihai felt a profound sense of malice, the heavy weight of a conspiracy. It was as if an invisible hand was closing in around him.

Growing nervous, Tang Sihai stood up. He bowed respectfully to Cheng Yuan with his hands clasped. "Cheng Dongshan, please, save me! Save the Tang Family!"

Cheng Yuan gave a slight nod and said in a placid tone, "Mr. Tang, I have already been to the Tang Mansion and found no issues with its Feng Shui. Therefore, the problem must lie with your family’s ancestral grave."

"The ancestral grave?"

Tang Sihai said grimly, "I’ll take Cheng Dongshan to the Tang Family cemetery at once."

An hour later, Cheng Yuan and Tang Sihai arrived at the Tang Family cemetery.

After becoming the wealthiest man in Qingcheng, Tang Sihai became very particular about Feng Shui. He had hired a Feng Shui Master to find an auspicious location and had his ancestors’ remains moved there.

Tang Sihai asked nervously, "Cheng Dongshan, the Feng Shui Master I hired... he wasn’t arranged by my adoptive father, was he? There’s nothing wrong with this auspicious site, is there?"

Cheng Yuan shook his head lightly. "There’s no issue there. This cemetery is indeed a superior Feng Shui site. It has two auspicious nodes: ’Blossoming Flower on a Pillow’ and ’Lotus Seedpod Embracing a Son.’ No, wait... this ’Lotus Seedpod Embracing a Son’ seems to have been artificially created later on."

Tang Sihai looked at Cheng Yuan with utter admiration. "Cheng Dongshan, you are exactly right! At the time, the Feng Shui Master told me this was a superior auspicious node called ’Blossoming Flower on a Pillow.’ As for ’Lotus Seedpod Embracing a Son,’ I don’t know anything about that. It was my adoptive father who had me make modifications to the cemetery."

Cheng Yuan snorted. "Your adoptive father was worried his own family line would die out, so he had you create the ’Lotus Seedpod Embracing a Son’ Feng Shui Formation. If I’m not mistaken, your adoptive father’s ancestors are buried in that very spot."

As he spoke, Cheng Yuan raised a hand and pointed to a spot in the center of seven small burial mounds.

Tang Sihai was now in complete awe of Cheng Yuan.

"Cheng Dongshan, you’re incredible! It’s as if you witnessed it all yourself! My adoptive father did, in fact, move his ancestors’ remains here."

A cold, grim light glinted in Cheng Yuan’s eyes. "Since your adoptive father is so worried about his family line ending, then today, I will personally ensure it does!!"