Chapter 17: Exclusively published by Jin-Jiang Literature City
Yu Yan asked if there was anything worthy of Li Chengyuan's plans in his family, but Si Yuan just laughed and said nothing.
The extensive connections he showed at Li's mother's birthday banquet will inevitably attract the attention of Old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan, and the father and son will also want to know how he used to win over these connections.
After all, Si Yuan had once demonstrated his fortune telling ability in front of old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan.
Although later he saw that Old Uncle Jingyuan wanted to use his ability to benefit the Li family, he changed his mind and changed his rhetoric and kept a low profile. But now he has made so many connections that the Uncle Jingyuan's mansion is envious of. Old Uncle Jingyuan and It is impossible for Li Chengyuan to have no idea at all.
The next day, Li Chengyuan came to visit with his eldest son Li Changji.
Si Yuan also took Xiao Changqing and Yu Yan to greet him: "Brother is such a rare visitor, it makes me shine."
The smile on Si Yuan's face showed no hint of sarcasm at all.
Li Chengyuan glanced at Si Yuan with an ambiguous look and said with a smile: "I heard that Changqing's nephew wants a playmate. For this reason, you are even willing to invite your fourth brother and his children to your home. Why don't you still welcome your eldest brother? Are you coming to your house with your child?"
Si Yuan glanced at Li Changji who was standing next to Li Chengyuan, and said with a smile: "How could it be? It would be best if Changqing has more playmates."
He lowered his head and said to Xiao Changqing who was standing at his feet: "Changqing, would you like to take your brother Changji to your amusement park?"
There is no need to involve children in matters between adults.
Xiao Changqing nodded excitedly. This was the first time for him to take children of similar age to his own amusement park. He was looking forward to it and excited.
Xiao Changqing stepped forward and said to Li Changji: "Brother Changji, let me take you to play."
Xiao Changqing met Li Changji when he followed his parents to Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion for his grandmother's birthday party. Li Changji had been warned by his father before coming, so he nodded very cooperatively, and then left with Xiao Changqing. .
Seeing that Si Yuan and Li Chengyuan seemed to have something to discuss privately, Yu Yan took the initiative and said, "I'm not worried about the two children playing alone. I'll go with you to take care of the two children."
Li Chengyuan smiled and said, "I'm sorry for bothering you, brother and sister." Of course he knew that Yu Yan's words were an excuse. After all, there were so many servants around the two children, why were they playing alone. Yu Yan deliberately gave him and Si Yuan space to talk alone.
After Yu Yan left, Si Yuan and Li Chengyuan drove the servants away again, leaving only the two brothers walking in the small garden.
Li Chengyuan did not get into the topic at first, but said without saying anything: "How have you been doing these past few years? If you have any difficulties, you can always come to Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion to ask me for help..."
Si Yuan didn't take it seriously at all and said "oh" coldly.
Li Chengyuan was a little embarrassed and said without hesitation: "This garden is a bit small..."
Si Yuan said with a half-smile: "If the house is not big, of course the garden will be small. Do you want to give me a big house?"
Li Chengyuan shut up and stopped talking. A house that was bigger than the one Si Yuan and the others lived in now was quite expensive. Even if he could take it out, it would be as painful as cutting flesh. Of course he couldn't bear to part with it and kept it for his son. Isn’t it good?
But he had just said that he had asked him for help if he had any difficulties. Now he was unwilling to face Si Yuan's request. Li Chengyuan himself was embarrassed. He quickly changed the subject and got to the point: "Third brother, I am here today because my father asked me to come." Yes, my father asked me to ask you, are the guests who took the initiative to toast you at my mother’s birthday banquet all come because of you? What is your relationship? Why do they value you so much? "
Li Chengyuan asked questions continuously, staring at Si Yuan's expression, and suddenly asked: "Did you do divination for them?"
The impression of Li Siyuan as a playboy and incompetent was too deep-rooted in the minds of Old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan. Except for the miraculous divination ability that Siyuan showed in front of them a few years ago, they really couldn't think of those high-status people. What did the guests value in Si Yuan that they could be so polite to him.
Before Si Yuan answered yes or no, Li Chengyuan felt that he had guessed correctly and said anxiously: "Are you crazy? With your fortune-telling ability, although it is very accurate to predict the gambling situation and the time when the flowers bloom, other than these, you can also calculate Without other things, even if you can fool them for a while, you can't fool them forever. When they find out that your fortune telling is only accurate in these two aspects, they will be angry and think that you are fooling them. When the time comes, so many forces will join forces to deal with you, you I don’t even know how I died!”
Si Yuan said helplessly: "Brother, can you give me a chance to speak?"
Li Chengyuan: "... Just tell me."
Si Yuan smiled slightly and said: "I never said that I could tell fortunes. I only said that I would win every time I bet. I only bet with them to win or lose. I don't tell fortunes."
Just like Zhao Lin, the third son of the Duke of Wei, came to him and asked him to calculate whether the eldest son Zhao's business trip to Beijing would go smoothly. He just made a bet with Zhao Lin that the eldest son Zhao would escape danger and turn into disaster. It's just Ji, he never said that he knew fortune telling from beginning to end.
Li Chengyuan, who didn't know the inside story, looked at Si Yuan suspiciously. Can he make so many connections just by betting?
Li Chengyuan couldn't help but told him emphatically: "No matter what, if you don't have the ability, don't deceive people, and don't drag down the entire Li family."
Si Yuan drawled his voice lazily: "I know, don't worry, I never tell others that I can tell fortunes."
Originally, Si Yuan planned to reveal his fortune-telling ability to Old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan, and showed it to them back then. Unexpectedly, after showing his fortune-telling ability by predicting the blooming time of peony flowers, Old Jing Yuanbo revealed his fortune-telling ability to him. He was overjoyed with his fortune-telling ability. He immediately asked him to predict who the next new emperor would be, how the Li family could place bets to obtain the power of Conglong, how to make Li Jingyuan's promotion faster and easier, and how to increase Li Chengyuan's title. Just a mention...
Old Uncle Jingyuan made so many demands that Si Yuan felt like a bastard in the wishing well. He realized that although Old Uncle Jingyuan loved the son of the original owner, it was not much, and what he valued most was the interests of the entire Li family.
If he really satisfies these fortune-telling requirements of old Uncle Jingyuan, I'm afraid he will become the bastard in the Li family's wishing pool.
So Si Yuan quickly changed his story: his divination is accurate but not profound. He is only accurate in two aspects: winning when gambling and predicting flower blooms, but not in other aspects.
Old Jingyuan Bo and Li Chengyuan were extremely disappointed when they heard Si Yuan's changed statement. What use was this fortune-telling ability that could only be used for gambling and predicting the flowering time? Could it be that Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion could still rely on his ability to win every bet to sweep through all the major casinos?
Si Yuan has already been blacklisted by all the major casinos after he swept through all major casinos by himself. If the entire Jingyuan Jingyuan Mansion does the same, I'm afraid they will be targeted by the backers behind the casinos. Their Jingyuan Jingyuan Mansion can't afford to offend them. So many forces.
As a result, Old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan's changed views on Si Yuan quickly changed back to the original stereotype - as expected, he was still the incompetent playboy who couldn't even learn divination and just learned useless things.
It wasn't until the birthday banquet on Li's mother's fiftieth birthday that so many dignitaries came to Si Yuan that it aroused the suspicion of Old Jing Yuanbo and Li Chengyuan.
However, because of their stereotype of Li Siyuan, they did not think about it: "Siyuan is actually pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He has real abilities and is a real boss, so he has won over so many high-ranking officials." .
They were just worried that Si Yuan was using his two useless skills of winning bets and predicting flowers to deceive those high-ranking officials. After all, these two skills were displayed, and it was easy for people to think that Si Yuan's fortune telling would be correct. It's easy to use this to deceive people. After all, as Si Yuan's father and brother, weren't they almost deceived by Si Yuan?
But the deceiver is a fake after all, and will be exposed sooner or later. When the time comes, the dignitary who finds out that he has been deceived will definitely hate his superior, Yuan, and vent his anger on Uncle Jingyuan.
Li Chengyuan was naturally afraid, and he immediately asked Si Yuan to confirm whether he was lying.
What else can Mr. Si Zhen Dao Yuan say? He could only say that he did not deceive Zhao Lin and the others, he just deceived Old Jingyuan Bo and Li Chengyuan before.
But he was telling the truth. After he deceived Old Jingyuan Bo and Li Chengyuan, he never told anyone that he could tell fortunes. He insisted that he only won every bet.
Anyway, when people come to him to calculate their future, he bets on whether they have a bright future or a bleak future; when others come to him to calculate their marriage, he bets on where their marriage will be; when others come to him to calculate their fortune, he bets on whether it will be good or bad... …
He won the bet every time, so those who bet with him naturally spread the word: "Hey, have you heard? The third son of the Li family who separated from Jingyuan's residence is a very good fortune teller. ...Ah, no, it’s a divine fortune teller who is very good at betting. Whatever you want, make a bet with him, and you will lose if you keep it.”
Then those who were dubious came to him to tell fortunes (cross out not) with the idea of trying to make a bet. After giving him fortune telling (cross out not), they could know from Si Yuan's mouth that they must bet. What is the direction of winning?
As Si Yuanfeng's reputation for winning gambling spread, regular customers introduced him to new customers, and gradually his network of contacts became wider and wider.
It's just that Si Yuan specifically hinted to the guests not to expose his identity to the outside world casually and to only introduce him to acquaintances, which resulted in his fame not spreading outside the circle.
Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion has fallen into decline and has no qualifications to enter the circle of top dignitaries, so he never knew about it until he saw these distinguished guests actively toasting Si Yuan at the birthday banquet.
