Chen Lu took out his phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to Chen Mo via WeChat.

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"V me 50, and I'll help you achieve academic success."

Chen Mo: "Climb! If this thing really works, why would I need to go to school? I can just go to the mountain to pray for blessings every day."

Not long after, Chen Mo sent another message.

"You're going hiking without me?"

Chen Lu: "I can take you, do you have time?"

Chen Mo's name changed to "typing" for two seconds, then changed back to normal.

She clearly didn't want to talk.

Chen Lu gave a smug, mischievous grin. In the time it took to send a message, Liang Zhirou had already bought two prayer plaques and sent them over.

"Write it well, I heard the things from Mount Tai are very accurate!"

Liang Zhirou shoved one over, poked his cheek, and solemnly instructed, "I just happened to see people coming to fulfill their vows when I bought this!"

Chen Lu nodded with some surprise, as if he had heard that people come to Mount Tai every year to fulfill their vows.

However, this doesn't really mean anything, since unfulfilled wishes simply won't come back.

He picked up the marker on the table, thought for a couple of seconds, and began to write.

May joy and happiness reign in heaven and on earth, every year on this night.

After hanging the wooden sign on the railing, Chen Lu went up to the girl and urged, "What did you write? Let me see it quickly."

"It won't work if you show it to others when you write it!"

Liang Zhirou quickly turned to the side, her face still bearing a serious expression.

Chen Lu curled the corners of his lips and leaned against the wall, quietly watching the girl trying to think.

Clearly, she genuinely believed what those who came to fulfill their vows said, and seriously considered it as a wish that would truly come true.

After a long while, Liang Zhirou finally finished writing, picked a satisfactory spot on the railing, and hung it up.

Chen Lu chuckled, amused by her words. "Chen Mo is about to take the college entrance exam. Help her write one before you leave."

"good."

Just as Chen Lu was about to take the girl's hand, he heard her suddenly snort and say, "I'll write that I'll be smarter than you in the future! Then I'll bully you every day!"

"Even the most powerful spirits of Mount Tai can't help you with such a wish."

"That's going too far... How can you talk about someone like that?"

The two walked away amidst laughter and conversation.

A gust of wind blowing through the mountains made the wooden sign flip over, revealing the side with the writing on it.

The wooden sign had a line of words written in black marker, the characters neat and elegant.

[I hope Chen Lu is happy every day.]

......

Upon reaching the temple with the Buddha statue, Liang Zhirou gently tugged at Chen Lu's hand, "Let's go in and pay our respects too."

"You still believe in this?" Chen Lu asked, somewhat surprised.

Liang Zhirou glanced at the Buddha statue in the temple, pulled Chen Lu to a place a little further away from the Buddha statue, and then stood on tiptoe, put her mouth close to his ear, and whispered, "Anyway, it's free, so believe in it a little."

"What if it works, right?"

"..." Chen Lu was dumbfounded.

This simpleton has already become a qualified materialist.

I don't know how many people were there because they were already there, but there were a lot of people who wanted to go in and worship Buddha. The two of them had to queue for quite a while before they could get in.

There were two cushions inside, so the two people knelt down on either side of them.

Since he was already inside, Chen Lu simply closed his eyes and muttered a few words as a formality, making a perfunctory gesture.

When I opened my eyes, Liang Zhirou was still kneeling beside me, her hands clasped together, her small mouth opening and closing repeatedly, as if she were muttering something.

Seeing the girl's quiet and devout expression, Chen Lu's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.

This silly boy has always been a little superstitious. I wouldn't let him say anything unlucky during the Lunar New Year, and even earlier, I made a bracelet for him with my own hair.

"I have no other wish but to ask that you bless this simpleton with all good things, and that he be safe and happy."

Looking at Liang Zhirou's delicate profile, Chen Lu finally couldn't help but mutter to himself.

After saying that, Chen Lu put his hands together again and bowed three times, not just pretending like before.

He certainly didn't believe that.

If he can truly be blessed, that would be wonderful; if not, he will dedicate his entire life to fulfilling this wish.

Actually, it makes no difference.

"Let's take the cable car, I'm so tired."

As soon as they came out, Liang Zhirou grabbed Chen Lu's arm and put all her weight on him.

Chen Lu put on an incredulous expression, "You were perfectly fine climbing the mountain, running incredibly fast, but you're exhausted after just one visit to a temple?"

He didn't know exactly how tired Liang Zhirou was, but he was really exhausted. Both of his legs were numb, and it was difficult to even lift one leg.

"Hmm, I'm tired..." The girl nodded slightly.

"Then let's take the cable car."

Chen Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had finally made it to the point where the silly guy was too tired to take it anymore, otherwise he would have really died of exhaustion on the mountain.

In the end, Master Chen was still the better one.

However, Chen Lu never expected that even taking the cable car would require a ticket, and the price was almost as high as the entrance fee to Mount Tai.

After buying their tickets, they still had to queue. Just as it was almost their turn, Chen Lu suddenly realized that the person standing in front of them looked familiar.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the guy who greeted him at the beginning of the hike!

That's great... He's not the only good-for-nothing.

"Hey bro, you're here to ride the cable car too?" Chen Lu didn't care that he was also here to ride the cable car, and walked up to greet the boy from before.

The boy paused for a moment, then scratched the back of his head awkwardly, blushing as he said, "It's worth it as long as I climbed!"

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