NOVEL WEB Chapter 1576: Confused (2)
Yang Peili's brow furrowed. "Didn't you say back then that it was the monk who offered to predict North River's fortune?"
"I…" Yang Anshi didn't dare to respond.
"Go on."
"After that old monk took the flatbread, he saw me… saw me scolding my daughter-in-law, and instead of leaving, he said to repay the kindness of the flatbread, he could reveal a bit of heavenly fate…"
"Heh…" Yang Peili let out two cold chuckles. Scolding? More like spitting the nastiest insults you could muster, wasn't it? But now wasn't the time to dwell on that. He took a drag from his pipe, letting out a click of his tongue. "What heavenly fate?"
"He said that the Yang Family will produce a distinguished person, someone with an extremely noble destiny who could bring monumental fortune to the Yang Family…"
"Did he say it was Baihe?"
Yang Anshi shook her head. "No, but he did say… he said our family's distinguished person is a girl, and that she was born at the hour of Mao. Isn't our Baihe born precisely at that hour? Who else could this distinguished person be if not her?"
"Cough, cough…" Yang Peili sucked in a mouthful of smoke but ended up coughing violently. It took a while for him to calm down before he stood up. "But did you forget? Dani was also born at the hour of Mao, just during its early part."
In the old days, people were deeply superstitious, believing wholeheartedly in the fortune-telling of monks or daoists. So when Yang Peili heard this, he didn't suspect that the monk might have been speaking nonsense. Instead, he began pondering where else there might have been a mistake.
Yang Anshi opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her eyes suddenly widened as she stared at Yang Peili. For a moment, she was speechless. She hadn't spared a thought for Xun Hui back then. It wasn't until Yang Peili mentioned it that she recalled—on the very evening that monk left, Xun Hui went into labor. Because it was her first child, the labor lasted a long time, all the way until dawn, when Dani was born. But back then, she hadn't paid any attention; she'd been sleeping soundly on the kang. So…
But she instinctively rejected this truth.
"Impossible!" Yang Anshi sat up abruptly in a fit of panic, but because her body wasn't agile, she didn't sit steadily and fell back down. Still, she strained her neck with effort. "How could it possibly be that ungrateful wolf? She's just a wretched girl…"
"Enough!" Yang Peili bellowed. "Is Boss not your son? Does Dani not have Yang Family blood running in her veins? If she's wretched, what does that make you and me?"
Yang Anshi ultimately said nothing more.
"Foolishness…" Yang Peili let out a long sigh, casting Yang Anshi a glance. "Utter foolishness…" Then he rose, clasped his hands behind his back, and strode outside. He was still muttering under his breath, though it was unclear who exactly he thought was being foolish.
In the inner room, Yang Baihe's heart twisted uneasily. So, she didn't have the noble fortune? What would that mean for her place in the family from now on… Over the years, she had grown accustomed to having food delivered to her mouth and clothes brought to her hands. The whole family revolved around her. But now, to suddenly be told that everything she had enjoyed all these years was based on a lie—this…
Why? Why should it be her, born at the same hour of Mao, who had to endure hardship and poverty? She absolutely couldn't accept this. She was determined to marry into a prestigious family. She would become the young mistress of a great household. She was destined to have monumental fortune and wealth…
However, although Miss Baihe had made up her mind, how should she even go about meeting wealthy people? That young Master Qi from before was indeed rich and powerful, but unfortunately…
No, she had to leave this family. Only by leaving would she have the chance to encounter someone wealthy. Only then could she herself become a person of wealth and fortune.