Hearing this, Douglas could not help but rub his temples and sighed,
“If you can’t see through it, I may not be able to understand it.”
Saying that, he looked out the window and sighed softly,
“Hey, it’s been a long time since I’ve been back ……”
Qinghua glanced out the window and asked him, “Douglas, your ancestors are from Huizhou, right?”
“Yes.” Douglas nodded and said, “A native Huizhou person.”
Qinghua sighed: “Your ancestors were Huizhou merchants,”
“No wonder your business has been so successful in this life.”
After that, Qinghua looked at him and said, “Douglas, you and I are not young, let me ask you a question, don’t feel abrupt.”
Douglas said, “Brother Lai, please ask.”
Qinghua nodded slightly and asked, “Have you ever considered how to deal with your affairs after death?”
“Should you rest in the United States for a long time or return to your roots?”
Douglas laughed and sighed,
“I have been thinking about this matter since 20 to 30 years ago, but there is no result even now.”
Said, Douglas a slight meal, and said: “My parents died early, they are buried with their ancestors in Huizhou ancestral graves,”
“According to reason, I have been floating outside most of my life,”
“Should return to my roots after death, just come back to be buried with their parents ……”
Then, Douglas lamented:
“But, I have been with my parents for eighty years, after all, I can not remember their appearance,”
“So if I return to my roots in the future, I am afraid that people over there will be more or less uncomfortable,”
“Besides, if I return to my roots, if the children and grandchildren want to pay their respects to me, it will become a problem,”
“I am mostly with them in this life If there is really a soul after death,”
“Then I would prefer to be closer to my children and grandchildren so that I can continue to accompany them.”
Qinghua smiled faintly and said seriously,
“Douglas, don’t overestimate the extent of your own needs in your children and grandchildren when you’re older,”
“Sometimes it’s just wishful thinking on the part of us old bones.”
After saying that, Qinghua smiled and said lightly, “Sometimes I feel like I am still needed by many people, but in reality, I am just a burden to society.”
Douglas laughed, “This is not the same for me and you.”
“You Lai family members saw through the fate of heaven early on, so you are instead a bit thin-skinned towards your bloodline relatives,”
“While I have taught my children since they were young that bloodline trumps everything in many cases, including their own lives.”
“Let’s hope so!” Qinghua smiled noncommittally and did not comment too much more.
FAQ Novel
Q: What is Douglas asking Qinghua to do?
A: Douglas asks Qinghua to divine his fortune to see if he will succeed in getting the Rejuvenation Pill.
Q: How does Qinghua describe his divination regarding Douglas’s request?
A: Qinghua describes the trigram as unclear, like ‘looking at flowers by a fog’ or ‘looking at the moon in the water,’ suggesting the situation is complex and beyond his full understanding.
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