Both sides were in a hurry. They were both afraid the other would back out and wanted to get the agreement signed in black and white as soon as possible.
"Welcome, Teacher Luo. You should come visit often," Li Xiang said. He was worried that once Luo Feifei became a shareholder and got busy, she'd forget all about this place.
Luo Feifei was overjoyed. "I definitely will, I definitely will." Of course she was going to visit often—she hadn't actually managed to defy her fate yet!
After she went back, she had secretly performed a Divination. Her fate remained unchanged. The hexagrams indicated that she needed to stay close to Li Xiang.
She didn't know how Li Xiang could help her defy her fate, but she knew something like that would come at a great cost. She could only take it one step at a time and look for opportunities to probe indirectly. Her secret was not something she could easily reveal. And she didn't think Li Xiang would help her if she just came out and asked.
