After Xia Xinyi finished writing, she was still somewhat worried. Unexpectedly, the sky suddenly cleared up, and the dark clouds were blown away by the wind like foam. The warm sunlight at noon shone directly into the courtyard and fell on Xia Xinyi's body, warm and comfortable.
"Hmm?" Xia Xinyi exclaimed softly, "The sky cleared up, is it a good sign?"
Thinking about it, she became more expectant, looking at Xia Shang eagerly, wondering what he could say.
Xia Shang also noticed the weather change and suddenly shook his head: "Your husband won't come back."
"..." Xia Xinyi was stunned, "What did you say?"
"I said your husband won't come back."
"You are talking nonsense! I tell you, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. I won't believe you!"
"If you don't believe it, why bother asking? Since you asked, why don't you let me say it?"
"Then keep talking! If you can't explain it, I... I will definitely not let you have an easy time!"
Xia Shang shook his sleeves confidently: "Do you really want me to say it?"
"You say it!"
"Okay." Xia Shang picked up a piece of dry wood and pointed to the sky, "It's noon, and it's sunny after rain, which proves that this is the time when yin and yang are alternating. Do you agree with this statement?"
Xia Xinyi nodded.
"The alternation of yin and yang is also the reversal of yin and yang. At this moment, fortune-telling is to reverse the word. 'Shu', there is a 'Mu' on the left and a 'Dui' on the right. Reversing left and right is like this."
As he said this, Xia Shang used a dead firewood to write a 'Dui' on the ground, and then added a 'Mu' on the right.
"Looking at its shape, does the word 'Cun' look like a person leaning against a tree?"
The people around were attracted by Xia Shang, and they all looked at the ground.
"It is indeed somewhat similar."
Xia Shang continued: "It is often said that it is good to take shelter under a big tree. 'Cun' leaning against 'Mu' means that someone has found a backer. If I am not mistaken, your husband's five elements belong to wood, right?"
Xia Xinyi suddenly felt a little uneasy and nodded.
"Then 'wood' represents your husband. Someone regards your husband as a backer! And you and your husband have been separated for a long time, and the person who is leaning under the tree to enjoy the cool must not be you."
Xia Xinyi was anxious: "If it's not me, who else could it be?"
Yazhi rolled her eyes: "You don't understand, it proves that your husband has found a lover in the capital. Others regard your husband as a big tree to enjoy the cool, and your husband is sheltering other women from the wind and rain!"
"Shut up! Dare to talk nonsense and I will tear your mouth apart!" Xia Xinyi was furious, but he didn't dare to say more, and quickly set his eyes on Xia Shang.
Xia Shang half-closed his eyes and stopped talking. Xia Xinyi became more anxious.
"Why is it gone? You say it!"
"Yazhi has said everything she should say."
"Is she telling the truth?"
Xia Shang nodded.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You only said the word 'Cun', so how do you explain the word 'You'?"
"Ah!" Xia Shang sighed, "If 'Cun' is a person, then this word 'You' is a person's belly. Your husband's lover is pregnant, so I assert that your husband will not come back."
"Ah?!"
Xia Xinyi's face changed drastically, and she staggered against the wall. There was no trace of the aggressive momentum before. The whole person seemed to have been hooked away, with a dull look and a dull expression.
The maid was frightened by the master's expression, and hurried forward to comfort: "Madam, please don't listen to him..."
Xia Xinyi raised her hand to stop the maid from speaking.
Whether it was true or false, Xia Xinyi knew it in her heart. If Xia Shang hadn't really hit her heart, she wouldn't be so flustered.
In fact, Xia Xinyi had already suspected it, because she had found a flaw in the letters she had exchanged with her husband. She had long felt that her husband had another woman in the capital, but it was too far away to verify, so she had always told herself not to think too much. But the longer time went by, the more obvious it became that her husband had a woman outside, and now it had reached the point where she could no longer turn a blind eye.
It was because of this relationship that Xia Xinyi would seek medical advice and want to hear Xia Shang's explanation.
She had never intended to believe Xia Shang before, and thought that Xia Shang would take this opportunity to deliberately please her and say something nice, so that she could relieve the depression in her heart. But who would have thought that this unlearned brother really said everything accurately, to the point where she had to believe it!
"Pregnant! That vixen is pregnant!"
Xia Xinyi became more and more afraid as she thought about it, her lips were trembling, and her face turned from white to blue, and from blue to black, almost like a dead person.
Seeing Xia Xinyi like this, Li Zhong and Yazhi were shocked. They knew that their young master must have hit the mark!
Can the young master really tell fortunes?
"Brother, you...you must help me! Since you can tell everything, you must know how to resolve it. Tell me quickly. I will agree to anything you ask."
Xia Xinyi came back to her senses and excitedly grabbed Xia Shang's arm. Her expectant eyes seemed to see through Xia Shang's mind.
Yazhi had already understood what was going on.
"So the young master knew that someone would ask him for help today. Isn't that amazing? So that's how the money came from."
Looking back at Xia Shang, Yazhi almost regarded him as a god!
"My young master doesn't tell fortunes for free. He has to be paid, right?"
As soon as Yazhi said that, Xia Xinyi nodded without hesitation: "Yes, yes, yes, he has to pay. Brother, whatever you say, I'll give it to you."
Yazhi was a sixteen-year-old girl after all. She had been unhappy with Xia Xinyi's arrogance before. This was a good time to take the initiative. She stood up again, put one hand on her waist, and raised a finger in front of Xia Xinyi.
"Ten taels? Ten taels is ten taels!"
"You underestimate my young master, don't you? Ten taels is all you want to help you snatch a man back?"
"One hundred taels?"
Yazhi shook her head.
"One thousand taels?! Why don't you go and rob?"
"Hey, it seems that you don't understand your situation! Forget it, take your money and go."
"Okay! One thousand taels!"
"No!"
"What? It can't be ten thousand taels?"
Yazhi lowered her voice and approached Xia Xinyi: "It's ten thousand taels... gold!"
"Impossible! How is this possible? You are taking advantage of the situation. Even if you kill me, you can't take out ten thousand taels of gold!"
Yazhi shrugged: "Anyway, this is the young master's intention. If you can't take it out, just go back."
"Xia Shang! I... I am your sister! I am your sister, have you forgotten? When we were young, we played together, laughed together, and made trouble together. Have you forgotten all this? How can you be so cruel?! Zhong Bo, Zhong Bo, tell me quickly, were we the best siblings when we were young? And how can I, a woman, take out ten thousand taels of gold?"
Xia Xinyi had no choice but to grab Li Zhong with red eyes.
Li Zhong glanced at him with contempt and said in a cold voice, "If I remember correctly, when you got married, you took away a dowry worth more than 400,000 taels of silver from the Xia family. After that, you still felt that it was not enough, and you demanded the deeds of the three wineries of the Xia family, and the total price was at least 500,000 taels of silver. Now that you have been married for less than two years, 10,000 taels of gold should not be difficult for you, right?"