Quest for Eternal Life novel Chapter 1

My name is Chen Qi. This name was given to me by my grandfather. He said that when I was born, I was worth two pounds of gold. It was exactly seven pounds, so the villagers called me Xiao Qi.

I originally thought that this name was quite good. It was only after I watched a TV series that I found out that I actually had the name of a dog. I was even living worse than a dog.

All of this started from the day my unlucky old man "belched".

I was originally a tour guide of a tourist club in this city. Because I originally wanted to mix in a diploma of this subject. After the college entrance examination, I applied for the most unpopular tour specialization in this subject with a score below five points.

Hey, I didn't expect that I would be so careless. The notice of the unexpected arrival made me really happy for many days. Everyone said that I was admitted to university. That was really happy.

However, when everyone in the village saw me, they all shook their heads helplessly. Then they sighed. I originally thought that this was jealousy, but now that things had turned out like this, I knew what they were feeling at that time.

In 2013, on the 15th of July of the lunar calendar, I was bored and sat in the office. This season was exactly the best season for traveling. However, our travel agency seemed to be raised by a stepmother. In three days, a person came in and left without a word.

Just as I was at my wit's end, my phone suddenly rang. Then the boss sent a "you are finished" expression.

I quickly hung up the phone, but it rang again. It was only then that I saw the call on the phone clearly. It was my father's call, but I had a bad feeling in my heart.

My father usually did not call me. It was already a lot if he could call me three times in a year. Also, if there was no urgent matter, he would not call me. As for whether I was alive or dead outside, it was not within his consideration.

I had once suspected that I was not his biological son and had even asked him personally. Of course, the consequences would be a pair of shoes.

After awkwardly smiling at the boss, I took the phone and quickly ran out.

"Dad! What happened?"

"Your grandpa is dying. He wants to see you before he leaves. Come back quickly."

After saying that, there was a busy tone. At this moment, I had not reacted. The old man had always been very healthy. Some time ago, he was so noisy that he wanted to have a great-grandson.

I did not have time to think. I rushed directly to the office, quickly packed up, rushed out to find a taxi, and directly packed the car back to my hometown.

When I arrived at the gate, I saw that the people in the village were all gathered around my door.

My family's old man was a scholar. As for a scholar, I said a few more words here. The scholar included physiognomy, geomancy, as well as profound knowledge formations and so on.

Every time the village married, I would ask my grandfather to give pointers. However, after his guidance, there would basically be no problems, so he had always been highly respected in the village.

When they saw me return, they all came forward to greet me.

"Little Seven is here."

"Little Seven, hurry up and go in and take a look."

...

Before I could think, I was dragged into the room by my father.

"Kneel." My father kicked me in the back of my knees, as if he was interrogating a criminal.

At this time, I came back to my senses. Inside the room, the old man was sitting in a shiny old-fashioned wooden chair that he was sitting on. His expression was normal and he looked at me with an insincere smile.

On his left and right were two paper men, a man and a woman. The paper man held a lighter in one hand and a pipe in the other. The two paper men had two red lines in their hands. One was tied to my grandfather's ring finger, and the other was tied to the middle finger of the other hand.