Closer to Revealing My True Self
Chapter 365 - 265: A Wonderful Encounter_1

Chapter 365: Chapter 265: A Wonderful Encounter_1

In the midst of Feng Chi’s anxious anticipation, his debut on the variety show finally began filming.

"Happy Weekend" was a somewhat popular online variety show, which was filmed on weekends and also aired on weekends.

It was mainly about eating, drinking, and having fun, the overall atmosphere being light-hearted and enjoyable.

This episode was filmed at a newly-built entertainment park in Yang City.

It had just opened recently and was quite popular, but who would complain about being too famous? Such great publicity!

The park owner welcomed them with open arms, providing the show crew with many conveniences.

The filming required two days, and most of today’s shooting would be done after the park closed in the evening.

Before filming, Feng Chi was quite nervous, but once they started, he let loose. He could joke around and catch on to cues easily, and once his mindset was stable, he mingled well with everyone.

During the "My Favorite Toy" segment, guests would bring their current favorite toy to share.

It showcased the childlike hearts of adults.

There were stuffed animals, models, bubble machines, and other recently trendy toys.

Feng Chi, on the other hand, was fully prepared for his grand gesture.

As a rich heir, he had to establish his persona.

A streamlined car body, as soon as it drove in, brought gasps of amazement.

Of course, these gasps included a certain element of performance.

Some guests exclaimed "wow" on the surface, but inwardly they thought: classic rich heir, even uses a sports car as a toy! But isn’t this showing off a bit too much?

Of course, there were guests who recognized it instantly.

Among them, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old idol artist quickly approached, his eyes eagerly fixed on the car Feng Chi had driven in.

"Brother Chi! Is this, could it possibly be, the transformable car that was trending on the internet a while ago?!!"

With that said, others who had followed the news also remembered.

So, this really was a toy!

"Is this the same model?" someone asked.

"This is the original," Feng Chi replied.

He only mentioned borrowing it to play with for a few days from a relative.

Someone quick to speak immediately said, "I didn’t realize you had such a good relationship with Brother Se haha!"

Feng Chi raised an eyebrow but said no more. Let them guess!

The show crew, having been informed beforehand, didn’t pry too much into his relationship with Feng Yi, and any mentions during filming would be adjusted during editing.

While Feng Chi was filming the show, many members of his generation in the Feng Family were paying attention to him. As soon as they received the message and saw the "toy car" photo sent from the site, they hurriedly went to report to the patriarch as if they had found a lever.

Consequently, that evening after returning from a social engagement, Feng Chi’s father was summoned to the old mansion and scolded.

It was said that when he left the old mansion, he looked deflated, with welts from the cane visible on his arm.

Other members of the Feng Family who were watching the commotion took pleasure in his misfortune.

He deserved that beating!

He was asking for it!

Knowing that the patriarch disliked Feng Yi, yet still getting involved with him, even just borrowing a car was unacceptable!

After being reprimanded, Feng Chi’s father didn’t go out the next day, but many people called on him to express sympathy and probe for information.

Feng Chi’s father looked downcast, with a hint of bruising around his eyes, as if he had been through an ordeal and was in poor spirits.

Wearing a loose-fitting short sleeve shirt, the bruised welts on his arm from the caning were even more evident after a night.

The visitors offered sympathetic consolations before bringing up the matter of Feng Chi borrowing Feng Yi’s car.

Feng Chi’s father sighed deeply, "Xiao Chi just wanted to make a splash on his variety show debut, and after much consideration, he set his sights on Feng Yi’s car."

He touched one of the bruises on his arm and continued,

"I thought, the child finally has a goal; what’s face compared to his variety show debut? As long as it can stir up discussion and make his debut a success, why not put face aside for a moment? As long as we get real benefits, that’s what matters!

"I also wanted to buy it outright, but Feng Yi wouldn’t sell, and I couldn’t find a way to purchase it, so I had no choice but to borrow the car."

Feng Chi’s father heaved another round of sighs,

"Alas, it all comes down to our lack of capability!"

The visitors felt his "our" seemed to imply much more.

Of course, their main focus for visiting today wasn’t this issue.

So, the visitors asked, "That toy, the car Xiao Chi borrowed, I looked into it, and it might be a gift from the people on our grandmother’s side. We’re all relatives; why don’t you try reaching out? Just for a toy car purchase channel would do."

Feng Chi’s father hastily waved his hands, looking terrified and extremely reluctant,

"No, no, no! I wouldn’t dare! I’ve just been beaten by the patriarch! Plus, I’ve promised the patriarch that this is just for once; the car will be returned immediately after the variety show!"

The visitors internally sneered: What a coward!

The patriarch had already prepared his will, and the inheritance was almost settled, having withdrawn from the spotlight, his control and power severely diminished, and his influence not what it used to be.

Besides, the patriarch was already of such an age that who knows when he might...

If Feng Chi and Feng Yi, despite their poor relationship, could borrow the car, then couldn’t they try reaching out to the grandmother’s side?

After all, in terms of blood relations, they were all family!

To reap greater benefits, one cannot have too thin a skin!

It wouldn’t hurt to try!

One toy car started a cascade of scheming within the Feng Family.

After the guests had left one by one, Feng Chi’s dad’s expression changed. He went back to his room and picked up his phone, proudly sending a message back to Feng Chi.

He believed, that before long, there would be even more people getting beaten.

If someone’s gonna get hit, might as well get everyone involved!

It just meant that Feng Yi would be a bit troubled. He owed Feng Yi a favor.

Over the weekend, Feng Chi finished recording the show and heard quite a bit of gossip from his dad, so he decided to visit his dad whenever he was free to fulfill his filial duties. The beating his dad had taken was for his sake after all.

Successful businessmen have pretty good acting skills.

Although Feng Chi wasn’t there, he could imagine just how invested his dad was in his acting performance in front of the old man last night!

Having heard so much gossip, Feng Chi couldn’t help wanting to share it with someone.

And the first person he thought of was, of course, Feng Yi.

The first thing he mentioned was, naturally, about his first appearance on the variety show.

"I did so-so, just passable. But during the talent performance, I was super good! I won’t spoil it for you now; you have to watch it when it airs, okay?"

Since Feng Chi put it that way, Feng Yi didn’t ask what exactly he performed, but instead asked, "Weren’t you going to do street dance?"

"I changed it later on. It’s still dance, but not street dance. Street dance isn’t as strong as their professional training. If I performed it, it could have easily been criticized and used to hype someone else up," Feng Chi explained.

Feng Yi then asked, "The old man didn’t want to talk to you?"

Feng Chi replied, "My dad went to talk in my place. That night he got slapped around by the old man, and the next day he stayed at home and didn’t go out, but there were quite a few visitors. You should be careful, too, Brother. I don’t know if someone will come looking for you."

Feng Yi laughed, "I’m not worried; I’m about to be assigned a new task anyway."

If he was worried, he wouldn’t have lent the toy car to Feng Chi.

"That’s a good way to avoid these troubles. But they won’t give up easily. My borrowing your car this time has certainly opened a new door for them. They might not come to you directly, but they might bypass you and try to contact the people on Granny’s side."

"Fine, I’ll give my cousin a heads up."

"Yeah, let my cousin be prepared. With his skills, he surely won’t be scared, but the annoyance of harassment and entanglement can be bothersome, so being prepared in advance will make it easier."

As Feng Chi spoke, his voice grew more excited, "After getting slapped, my dad stayed at home, and those people pretended to visit him to gather information. My dad put on a show for them, and then he got quite a bit of other news from them too. Like, about the tomb relocation!"

Feng Yi was curious. What kind of trouble could there be with relocating a tomb?

From the sound of Feng Chi’s voice, something must have happened that bothered the old man.

Things were also quiet on Mute Uncle’s end, so it probably wasn’t about the ancestral hall; it had to be something to do with the cemetery.

Feng Chi had that "I’ve got a secret I’m dying to share with you" look, and he said:

"Up on Xiao Feng Mountain, you know, where the Feng family elders’ public cemetery is, that area is quite old and overgrown. Although the graveyard is maintained, its location means it has denser foliage than other places.

"To relocate the tomb, the old man specifically hired two Feng Shui masters and a professional tomb relocation team. They chose an auspicious time and date to go there.

"Everything went smoothly at first, but on their way back, they encountered a snake blocking their path!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Yi’s first thought was: The snakes from Xiao Feng Mountain had escaped again?

He had seen a snake on the road during his first visit to Xiao Feng Mountain.

"A King Cobra?" Feng Yi asked.

"No, it was a python! It looks like the one you caught in Florida," Feng Chi tried to remember but couldn’t recall at the moment.

"Burmese python," Feng Yi corrected.

"Right, right! That kind of python! But it wasn’t big, just over two meters, not quite three."

No matter the size of the python, the fact that a snake was blocking the road had indeed occurred!

Feng Yi said, "That area has seen more small animals active at night lately. That python probably came out to hunt and just happened to run into them. Encountering a python on the road is actually quite common in Florida."

Feng Chi shook his finger, "Tsk, you can’t explain it that way."

"Then what did they say?" Feng Yi indulgently asked.

"The tomb relocation was all on video, and the old man was watching from home the whole time, so it wasn’t something they could hide. One Feng Shui master said that in Feng Shui terms, snakes are also called ’little dragons,’ and in some northern places, snakes are considered one of the five immortals, saying it was an auspicious sign!"

"Hmm," Feng Yi nodded.

The ancients might have thought this way because snakes eat rats and some small snakes eat insects, which were seen as worse pests to humans. With snakes around, such problems could be alleviated.

"Then what? The old man must not have liked to hear that," Feng Yi said.

"Of course! The old man kicked out that Feng Shui master right away!"

Feng Yi laughed, "Isn’t he superstitious? Why such an impulsive reaction?"

"You know the old man; he only believes what he wants to," Feng Chi said with a chuckle.

Feng Chi continued with a grin:

"The other Feng Shui master, though, was cunning... very experienced. He told the old man that this was the work of evil spirits and even performed a ritual with great fervor."

Feng Yi: "..."

Feng Chi: "After the ritual was done, the snake slithered away. Ah, what a beautiful encounter."

Feng Yi: "..."

Nobody there at that time probably wanted such an encounter.

Feng Chi said, "Anyway, the old man ended up throwing another fit. With his anger a bit high these days, our whole family decided to lay low and keep a low profile."

As he said this, Feng Chi couldn’t help laughing:

"You know the old man definitely wouldn’t be happy about this, but what can you do? You can’t take your anger out on a snake.

"If this had happened before stricter regulations, the old man would’ve definitely had someone boil that blocking python.

"But now, with strict rules and so many people around, it’s impossible to keep it quiet.

"That snake is a nationally protected species!"