Abacus of Wish Fulfillment

  Upon Qingying's words, Wang Xiaolin and Xu Zhijun suddenly remembered how Tang Zhendong knew that their boss would return halfway. This was something that even the chief editor, who had a good relationship with him and was also one of the few people who were most clear about the boss's whereabouts, didn't know himself. So how did he know?

  Besides, even if he knew, the company president had already boarded the ship and it was already halfway there. Even if he were a god of calculation, he wouldn't have calculated that the ship would turn back halfway, would he? This is obviously impossible!

  "Come on, how did you know?"

  "Haha, secret, remember you promised me one condition, no matter what the condition is, you have to agree." Tang Zhendong winked at Yu Qingying with an extremely evil gaze.

  But Qingying didn't get as angry as expected, instead she looked a bit shy and lowered her head.

  "Come on, how did you know the president would get off halfway?"

  "I can tell by the look on his face." Tang Zhendong saw Wang Xiaolin and Xu Zhijun staring at him with the same unblinking gaze as Yu Qingying, so he had no choice but to tell the truth.

  "You still believe in fortune-telling, you've come less often." Yu Qingying was clearly skeptical, and Tang Zhendong saw that she didn't believe him, so he didn't continue to say anything.

  It's not just Qingying who doesn't believe it, Wang Xiaolin and Xu Zhijun also feel that Tang Zhendong is unwilling to tell them some things, presumably because he has a special relationship with the president that he doesn't want outsiders to know about.

  Yu Qingying still wouldn't let it go after Xu Zhijun and Wang Xiaolin left, insisting on finding out how Tang Zhendong knew that their boss would get off the bus halfway.

  "What you should be considering now is not how the company president will step down, but what I will ask of you and have you agree to. If my request is something you can't do, then how will you fulfill your promise?"

  "I don't care, I only promised what I can do, if I couldn't even do that then what's the point of you making demands." Yu Qingying continued to argue.

  "Haha, just kidding. If I casually mention something you can do and you tell me you can't, then doesn't that mean you'll never be able to do it?"

  "Alright, alright, if I could do it, I would definitely do it, but you can't intentionally bring up something that I'm unable to do."

  "Alright, it's settled then. Now you should tell me how you knew our boss would get off the bus halfway, are you acquainted with our boss? I said our iron-faced boss was all smiles when he met you in the morning, turns out it's because you had already seen him before. Hurry up and confess, don't make me use torture on you!" Yu Qingying's thumb and index finger pinched together, making a "I'll teach you a lesson" gesture.

  "Alright, I'll be honest with you, I'm quite skilled at reading faces. Your boss's facial features are uneven and his complexion is dark, especially on the left side of his face. The left side of the face corresponds to one's father's health, and the right side to one's mother's. His left side is particularly dark, indicating that his father's health is in trouble, and it's not a minor issue - it could even be life-threatening. However, when we were at the dock just now, Boss Hu was chatting with us happily, clearly unaware of his father's illness. But I can see from his fate line that he's a very filial person, so I'm certain that as soon as he hears about his father's illness, he'll rush back home. And as the boss, he has the authority to order the ship to return, so you should understand what I mean by now."

  Yu Qingying wasn't hearing Tang Zhendong's incisive analysis for the first time, she had long since recognized his intelligence. However, Tang Zhendong suddenly transformed from a clever kid to a fortune teller who could read faces, and this was something Yu Qingying couldn't get used to.

  "Is this really what you see?"

  "Haha, is there still a fake one? Don't tell me you really think I know your company's president?"

  "You may not know me, but you have to teach me this fortune-telling skill too, I want to learn it." Yu Qingying felt that Tang Zhendong was able to guess so accurately without knowing anything about her, which made Yu Qingying think of learning divination.

  "Haha, okay, you want to learn, I can teach you some simple ones, stretch out your palm."

  Tang Zhendong gently grasped Yu Qingying's hand and told her which line was the lifeline, which was the love line, and which was the career line. He also explained that the fleshy mound at the tip of the finger represented something, and what it meant when the fingers were stretched out and opened or closed.

  "How was it? Did you remember everything?"

  "Is it almost done? Is it also following the principle of men on the left and women on the right?"

  "In palmistry, many things are left for men and right for women, but in hand analysis, it's not possible to look at them in isolation. It's best to look at both hands together, this is the most accurate way."

  Then Tang Zhendong explained to Yu Qingying the positions and characteristics of the twelve palaces on a person's face. During the more than 40 minutes it took for the boat to set sail again and reach Kuangtong Island, Yu Qingying memorized what Tang Zhendong had said in a rough manner.

  The island of 崆峒 is a small island, where the residents still maintain a simple life of rising with the sun and resting with the sunset. In the past, there was no electricity here, but in the last decade or so, it has been connected to the grid, allowing them to enjoy modernized living. More than 90% of the households here are fishermen who make a living by fishing. However, in recent years, with the rise of tourism and the depletion of fish resources, many people have started operating hotels, homestays, and other tourist facilities, transforming the traditional fishing village.

  Since there are no special hotels on the island, they are all family-run inns set up by each household. Although simple, they win with warmth, eating and living together, this family takes care of both accommodation and food.

  Before they came, the company had already contacted the island and booked rooms according to the number of people coming. There were only about 180 households on the island, with three to seven rooms per household. The newspaper company brought in five or six hundred people, two people per room, basically booking out all the rooms on the entire island.

  "Let's go, Qingying, we'll live in one house and let them two live in another." Wang Xiaolin and Yu Qingying were the closest, although Wang Xiaolin might be dating Zhi Jun now, but it was just starting out and hadn't reached the point of living together. And Yu Qingying and Tang Zhendong hadn't established a relationship yet, so they couldn't live together either. Although Yu Qingying had some hidden expectations in her heart, if it were just the two of them going out, then they could live together, but now with so many colleagues from the newspaper, if they lived together, by lunchtime, even their colleagues on duty at the newspaper would know about this news.

  The newspaper was originally the mouthpiece of public opinion, and this matter involved the newspaper's flower, it's hard not to make a big deal out of it. However, at present, Wang Xiaolin and Yu Qingying are in one room, Tang Zhendong and Xu Zhijun are in another, all adjacent rooms.

  Tang Zhendong saw Xu Zhijun with a bitter face and thought it was somewhat amusing. He knew that Xu Zhijun's plan had not worked out as intended.