Chapter 683 - 208: [Orderly Fate]
Lu Xiuting immediately showed a grateful expression, took it with both hands, and sincerely thanked her several times.
Then she looked at Chen Yan behind Chu Keqing: "This is..."
"Oh, a disciple from my sect, training with me." Chu Keqing said in a casual tone.
Chen Yan showcased a simple and honest smile at the right moment, nodded, and smiled at Lu Xiuting.
Lu Xiuting didn’t think much of it, retracted her gaze, and whispered to Chu Keqing: "Elder Zi, I still have some questions I’d like to ask..."
Chu Keqing immediately understood and said casually: "Chuyi, go outside and wait for me."
Chen Yan had already seen what he wanted to see, bent down, nodded, responded in a rough voice, and quickly left the ward.
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In the corridor outside the ward, Chen Yan wandered casually to the elevator door, found an empty chair, sat down, and pondered over something.
At this moment, with a ding sound, the elevator on the side reached this floor.
As the elevator doors opened, a father and son duo walked out slowly.
Chen Yan glanced over, his eyes lit up, but he quickly lowered his head and looked away.
The ones who came out were Yang Jiaming and his son.
Chen Yan had already seen Yang Jiaming before, and at this moment, Yang Jiaming had a solemn expression, evidently carrying a bit of a disappointed look, accompanied by a little boy.
The boy appeared to be just over ten years old, with features that bore some resemblance to Yang Jiaming and a hint of Lu Sisi’s appearance in his brows and eyes.
Chen Yan immediately deduced that this must be Lu Sisi’s younger brother.
After Lu Sisi was plagued by bad luck since childhood, Yang Jiaming and Lu Xiuting later raised a young sibling and had a second child.
This child was not tall and had a rather thin build—boys at this age are in a rapid growth phase, so few are overweight. But looking at his appearance, he was quite ordinary.
In terms of looks, he was Lu Sisi’s full-blooded brother, but seemed to have just average features.
Chen Yan had used the Transformation Technique to change his appearance, so Yang Jiaming couldn’t recognize him, and he walked past Chen Yan with his son towards the ward.
Chen Yan stood up and quietly followed behind them, his eyes fixed on the boy’s back shadow, observing closely...
When they reached the door of Lu Xiuting’s ward, seeing Yang Jiaming and his son enter, Chen Yan deliberately waited a moment before pushing the door open and entering.
Inside, Yang Jiaming was already courteously making small talk with Chu Keqing.
He was a resident of Port City, and the people of Port City were generally superstitious, showing respect for those in the mystical and profound cultivation fields.
Chen Yan just quietly stood at the door. Only after Chu Keqing finished the pleasantries and found an excuse to politely take his leave did Chen Yan respectfully follow.
After leaving the ward, walking through the corridor towards the elevator, Chu Keqing exhaled, and Chen Yan straightened his back.
As the elevator doors opened, the two walked in. Chu Keqing closed the elevator door.
With just the two of them in the elevator and no one else around, Chu Keqing warmly remarked: "I apologize for having the senior act as my disciple just now."
Chen Yan shook his head: "It’s not the first time."
Then, Chen Yan frowned: "Did you see anything?"
Chu Keqing’s expression turned solemn, and after some thought, she slowly said: "...Lu Xiuting’s fortune is not quite right."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan let out a slight sigh, a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
But just then, the elevator stopped, and a few more people entered.
The two exchanged a glance, refraining from further conversation.
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The two walked into the hospital parking lot. Once inside the car, after Chu Keqing closed the door and settled in, she turned to look at Chen Yan: "Senior, can fortune suddenly and without reason be diminished?"
Chen Yan didn’t speak, just looked at Chu Keqing.
Chu Keqing continued slowly: "A few days ago, I saw Lu Xiuting, and I used the Qi Observation Skill to observe her fortune. Although it was not the fate of great wealth and honor, at her age, given her status and conditions, it was considered fitting.
But seeing her today, her fortune had inexplicably decreased by a portion!"
After pausing, Chu Keqing continued: "The dispersal of fortune is not unheard of in fate theory.
Usually, it’s due to unintentionally touching something unclean, or being subjected to someone’s malicious hand.
Yet even then, the dispersal of fortune is irregular.
However, Lu Xiuting’s fortune seemed to have been tidily shaved off by some force.
Fortune, prosperity, longevity, wealth, offspring... in all these aspects, her paths of luck have been neatly and equally diminished."
"This type of fortune dispersal isn’t from some malevolent means, but rather..."
Chen Yan nodded: "But rather as if some force, in an orderly manner, has trimmed a part of her fate in every domain."
Chu Keqing immediately nodded repeatedly: "Exactly!"
She couldn’t help but ask Chen Yan: "Senior, how is such a thing achieved? What kind of method is this?"
Chu Keqing’s question stemmed from her studies in fate and fortune.
Fortune, even when declining or collapsing, is irregular.
Sometimes, one type of fortune might diminish, only for another to improve.
Hence, there’s a saying among people that you might be ’unlucky in love but lucky in gambling.’
You might lose love and connections, focus more on work, and perhaps end up doing better in your career with increased financial fortune.
But Lu Xiuting is not like this!
All of her destinies and fortunes have uniformly taken a step back.
Chen Yan didn’t respond directly to Chu Keqing’s question but instead posed a question himself.