His Domineering Lover
Chapter 766

"You can't judge my mother like that." Tracey took two sips of tea to suppress her anger.

"For you, she may be a good and selfless mother, but for the clan, she is a selfish member."

Tracey frowned slightly at this censure, "How?"

"A patriarch should do anything that benefits the clan, but your mother hid her daughter from us. Until recently, we found out she had given birth to a child during her disappearance."

Tracey was confused, "Why did my Mom keep my existence a secret?"

"Well, that's a long story. Are you patient enough to hear it out?"

"I came forthetruth."

"We will find you sooner or later, even if you don't show up now." The old man said with a smile.

"Why?"

"To inherit the family business. You will be in charge of both the clan and the company in the future," Ramiro said generously.

As a businesswoman, Tracey knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

'What the old man proposed is a windfall; if so, why did my Mom play dead and refuse to accept me?'

Between Ramiro and her mother, Tracey believed in Tina. Now, she just wanted the truth from Ramiro.

"What about telling me about this clan, such as the history and the curse?"

"Okay, as you wish." Ramiro's voice came, "Our family excels in Geomantic Omen for generations."

"Geomantic Omen?" Tracey heard this for the first time.

"It is related to the sky and the earth. It has another name, Feng Shui. We practise Feng Shui for generations."

Tracey knew nothing about Feng Shui, but some strange words from Tina flashed past her mind.

Like "The vitality disappears together with the evaporation of the water; otherwise, it reverses."

At funerals, Tina would look around and murmured words like wind, Qi, dragon, tiger, tortoise, and so on.

If Tracey made an inquiry, Tina would say they were nothing.

Now it dawned on Tracey that Tina couldn't help commenting on the Feng Shui of those tombs out of occupational habit.

No one had expected that Tina should know about Feng Shui.

Ramiro continued after a pause, "This art was born in the Warring States Time or earlier times. Our ancestors were much smarter than us."

"They summed up their observations about the relationships between the stars in the sky and mountains and rivers on the land."

"Feng Shui is not popular now, but people in ancient times, from emperors to husbandmen, attached importance to it."

"It had wide application. As times passed, there were different factions of Feng Shui."

"Some masters could tell the fortune of a nation, while some chose a good location of house or tomb for common people."

It was true that Feng Shui wasn't popular among the young generation anymore, as Tracey didn't hear this before.

"Then, what could our ancestors do?" She asked.

"They were the top ones in this field. They served emperors." Ramiro looked excited and proud at this topic.

What Ramiro said once appeared on the TV

shows, but Tracey didn't feel it real.

"Weren't they awesome?"

"Of course. There are famous and powerful figures in history, and our ancestors helped them in the dark. Sadly, there are no records about our ancestors." "Geomantic Omen was advanced then, and our ancestors served only emperors or their successors."

"When a new dynasty began, our then patriarch would help the emperor to select the capital, the title of the reigning dynasty, and the tomb for their best interests."

It sounded like a myth to Tracey, "Our family should be very prosperous then, right?"

"I don't think so, as every coin has two sides."

"It is said that to be in the king's company is tantamount to living with a tiger. And the reality is crueler than the stories in the TV shows. Emperors would grant you a reward when happy." "And one man may be beheaded because his words are not pleasant to the ears of the emperors."

"There are three setbacks in our family history. Each one was a calamity, but our ancestors made it each time."

"The last one happened in the late stage of Qing Dynasty. Back then, there were riots, revolutions, and invasions."

"The impotent Qing government was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign invaders."

"Foreseeing the collapse of the Qing government, the then patriarch decided to immigrate into the US to avoid the extermination of an entire clan."

"They took advantage of the chaos to escape. What awaited them would be death if they stayed."

From these few words, Tracey learned of the history of the R family. It occurred to Tracey that those antiques in the hall should be the rewards from those emperors.

It sounded like a myth, and Tracey marveled at the foresight of her ancestors.

"Is the curse true?" Tracey asked. She was more ready to accept the curse now after learning the mythological history.

"You have a point to call it a curse." Ramiro nodded, "All our patriarchs are female. Each family has its rules, and ours is that our art in Geomantic Omen should be inherited by females only."

"It is odd that the first baby of each patriarch is a girl, though science or genetics may explain this phenomenon now." "On the other hand, there is a belief that girls can do better in our arts than boys do, and it survives today."

"As I said, a coin has two sides."

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