Chapter 102
The bluestone road winds to the entrance of the mountain gate. Above the gate, a plaque hangs high, engraved with three large, ancient and vigorous characters "Jingming Temple".
The sunlight shines through the treetops and shines on the mottled walls, as if it is the trace left by time.
As you step into the temple, you can hear the lingering Buddhist chants and distant bell sounds, and the air is filled with the faint scent of incense and Zen.
Chi Qi followed Chi Mu into the Buddhist temple. Atop the lotus throne, a huge golden Buddha statue stood majestically, looking down with compassion at the people who came to pray devoutly.
Not far away stood the host in a golden and red cassock. He had just finished receiving the last guest when he turned around and saw Chi's mother, and immediately stepped forward.
The Chi family would donate money for incense every year, so Chi's mother became acquainted with the host and greeted him with a smile.
After the polite conversation, at the request of Chi's mother, Chi Qi and Xie Mu respectfully took three incense sticks and bowed several times under the Buddha statue.
After burning incense, the two washed their hands and then shook the fortune sticks.
Xie Mu exerted force on his wrist and shook it rhythmically a few times, and easily shook out a fortune stick, which was an excellent one with a very good meaning. Chi Qi was extremely envious.
Because the lottery box in his hand seemed to be against him. He shook it several times and multiple lots came out at the same time. They didn't count and he needed to shake it again.
Finally, when Chi Qi's patience was almost exhausted, a bamboo stick was shaken out. He had good eyesight and saw the three words "Best Fortune" on the bottom of the stick at a glance. He was immediately overjoyed and his previous annoyance disappeared.
Chi's mother was very satisfied with the result. "Take it to the master for interpretation."
The host took the lot from Xie Mu's hand, lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a while, then said a bunch of profound Buddhist words to Xie Mu.
The two of them played a few riddles. Chi Qi, who was watching from the side, felt his head buzzing. He asked curiously, "Can you understand?"
"I understand." Xie Mu smiled, "He said that my wish will come true."
This range is very wide. Chi Qi is not only envious now, he is also jealous, and he also wants his wish to come true.
The host leaned slightly and said, "Little donor, can you interpret the fortune for me?"
Chi Qi handed it over, touched his nose and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little slow, please make it short and summarize it in simple language."
The host nodded in agreement, and according to his instructions, he said concisely and clearly: "This donor, you have a bloody disaster."
Chi Qi was confused.
Chi Qi was shocked.
Chi Qi couldn't believe it.
【ah? Is there a bloody disaster? Monks do not tell lies. Are you lying to me? 】
He doubted, "Please look carefully at the words above. I drew a very good fortune."
Xie Mu's heart tightened, and his worry was evident in his words, "Did something go wrong?"
Chi's mother also asked worriedly, "Is there any way to resolve it?"
One stone stirs up a thousand ripples. Being stared at by three burning gazes, the pressure on the host is a bit high.
Chi Qi couldn't help but think divergently.
[Isn't he saying this on purpose so that my family can donate more money? 】
He even justified himself.
[It’s always played out like this in TV dramas… If the host mentions words like merit or virtue, I will definitely remind my mom not to be fooled. 】
Chi's mother: "..."
Could you please pay more attention to yourself?
The host said mysteriously: "Misfortunes are over and blessings are coming. You don't have to worry. This donor is not in danger of losing his life. He will eventually turn misfortune into fortune."
Mother Chi's heart, which had been hanging in the air, fell. She had done good deeds and accumulated virtue for most of her life, and all she hoped for was that she and her three children would be safe and sound in the unpredictable future.
Compared to the worries of the two, Chi Qi seemed much calmer. For such illusory things, he always looked at the results first.
For example, he firmly believes that left eye twitching means good fortune, while right eye twitching means disaster is feudal superstition.
“…”
Overall, it was a safe escape. Chi's mother, still frightened, followed the host to listen to the masters chanting scriptures, and told Chi Qi to stay wherever he felt comfortable.
Chi Qi obeyed and read the guide in advance, then pulled Xie Mu straight to the Temple of the God of Wealth with a clear goal.
Outside the temple, a young male tourist was kneeling on the stone steps, muttering to himself and moving his hands constantly, looking mysterious.
Chi Qi, who was passing by, paused and said, "Huh?" Feeling a little strange and unsure, he took another look and moved his eyes downwards, and found that the young man was actually using his ID card to scratch the lottery ticket.
[It's really shocking. I saw someone morally blackmailing the God of Wealth in public. 】
The young man noticed someone was looking at him—a boy with a pure and clean temperament and good looks. He turned his head and explained in an outgoing manner, "I'm using my ID card to scratch the lottery ticket so that the God of Wealth won't recognize me."
Between going to work and making progress, he chose to burn incense; between asking for help from others and asking for help from God, he chose to pray to Buddha; between working hard to make money and struggling hard, he chose to move God.
What a reasonable remark. Chi Qi thought quickly and said to him, "Then you should scratch the lottery ticket with your ID card horizontally, because fortune does not fall vertically from the sky."
The young man suddenly realized, "I was wondering why I never won a prize with my scratch tickets. It turns out that my steps were wrong." He humbly asked, "Master, do you have any other tips to teach me?"
Chi Qi taught him everything he knew, "Try to read the rules to the God of Wealth before scratching the lottery ticket, so that he will know how to help you."
The young man kept it in mind and said solemnly: "Master, I understand. I will go down the mountain and buy a lottery ticket again."
Xie Mu just watched him chatting with the stranger, and he couldn't find a chance to talk.
The young man said: "When I have money, I will go and spend it. Now I have no money and can only worship Buddha here and make tens of millions of wishes with incense sticks worth dozens of yuan."
[Then you are pretty good to yourself. If you can't bear to make things difficult for yourself, then go and make things difficult for the Bodhisattva. 】
Chi Qi gave practical advice, "You should go worship Guanyin, because she is making the OK sign."
The young man nodded, "Master, I have realized something again. Listening to your words is like listening to a speech."
Master Chi Qi waved his sleeves, leaving no trace of his fame or achievements behind, and walked into the Temple of the God of Wealth with his head held high. Then, with a plop, he knelt upright on the cushion, clasped his hands together, and closed his eyes with sincerity.
[I hope that the wind will understand my intention and I will be blessed with great wealth. If I can get what I wish for, I will eat three meals a day with a combination of meat and vegetables from now on and I will never break my promise. By the way, my ID number is ********. God of Wealth, please don't give the wealth that I worked so hard for to others. 】
Xie Mu, who did not come in with them, "..."
Don't be too greedy. You won't want to suffer any loss.
With the mentality that since he was already here, Chi Qi turned around and went into the Marriage Temple next door. It was much quieter here, with only a few people around.
Xie Mu knelt on the mat with him, feeling very relieved, thinking that the other party had come to ask Yue Lao to bless their relationship to be stable and long-lasting.
Before he was happy for a few seconds, he heard Chi Qi's very straightforward thoughts.
[Yue Lao, please tie me and money together with the hardest and thickest red thread! 】
Xie Mu: “.”
It was too early to be moved. After all, the love and time spent these days were wasted by him alone.
When Chi Qi stood up, he looked into a pair of dark eyes that were staring straight at him.
Xie Mu's smile did not reach his eyes, and he deliberately asked, "What wish did you make to Yue Lao?"
Chi Qi was caught off guard, "I hope I can be with Qian B in this life..." His tongue was tied, and he suddenly remembered that the man in front of him was his nominal boyfriend, and his face looked a little bad. He urgently withdrew a part of his words and said vaguely: "I can't say it, it won't work if I say it out."
Xie Mu pressed, "Is it because you can't tell me, or is it because the wish you made has nothing to do with me and you are too guilty to tell me?"
He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "guilty".
Chi Qi turned his head away, the answer was self-evident.
[It’s so annoying, are you the roundworm in my stomach? What's wrong with giving me a way out? 】
Xie Mu didn't intend to let him go, "You made a wish to Yue Lao that the person you wanted to spend your life with was not me. Do you think it's reasonable?"
Chi Qi remained silent. He felt guilty because he knew it was unreasonable.
Xie Mu continued to ask, "Shouldn't you compensate me?"
"Give it to you, give it to you." Chi Qi couldn't do anything to him, and said indulgently: "I'll make a wish for you, pray for you, and I'll fulfill all your wishes."
He cleared his throat and said, "Hubby, I love you. Amitabha bless you. May you have a good body. Be healthy and strong."
Xie Mu was like a balloon with a hole in it, all the air in his stomach was deflated.
Although Chi Qi didn't sing very loudly because he was outside, the magical lyrics and off-tune singing all penetrated into his ears, making him put on a mask of pain.
Chi Qi finished singing, still not satisfied, "It seems a little off-tune, are you satisfied? If not, I'll sing it again, I feel I can perform better!"
Xie Mu said weakly: "No, I am satisfied."
Chi Qi nodded, "As long as you are satisfied."
[Although my singing voice may be out of tune, I will not leave you. Flowers may wither and people may die, but my love will never say goodbye.]
Xie Mu shook his shoulders, as if he had lost all his strength and power.
Chi Qi believed that as long as he was pious enough and prayed enough, he would eventually meet a soft-hearted god, so he went into several more temples.
When he arrived at the door of the last temple, a kind-looking grandmother saw him and said, "Young man, make sure you make a clear wish. Last time, I went to another temple to pray for my grandson's wife to have a child. I was lazy and didn't tell her the name. Two months after I returned home, my dog gave birth to ten puppies."
Chi Qi nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will, thank you grandma."
[Don't worry, I am worshiping Buddha with my real name! 】
He was about to step over the threshold when Xie Mu grabbed him in time, "Do you know what Bodhisattva is inside?"
Chi Qi shook his head, "I don't know, it should be the Bodhisattva of the vertical field."
[Who cares if it is a Bodhisattva? Just worship him and that’s it.] 】
Xie Mu said helplessly: "The statue inside is of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of Childbirth. Are you sure you want to worship it?"
His gaze fell quietly on Chi Qi's belly.
Chi Qi sucked in his abdomen unnaturally and silently retracted his feet, "Let's go."
It is impossible for him to have a baby. Even if he wanted to, he doesn't have the ability to do so.
At the same time, a cute girl wearing a hat came out. She picked up her phone and put it to her ear. "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave. I just finished worshipping Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and I still have a lot of things to do."
"What are you doing? Trying to have a child?" The agent on the other end of the phone was shocked. "Meng Tianyu, don't forget that you are now in the rising period of your career. You can't make any mistakes. If you can't think straight, I will take two murder and dismemberment cases for you to wake up."
Meng Tianyu's ears were almost numbed by his roar, and she said, "I'm not asking for this for myself, I'm asking for this for my partner."
The bookkeeper still felt it was ridiculous. "You two men have a child? Are you crazy?"
Or is he out of touch with the times, and the world outside has developed to the point where "men can have children"?
"If I can't have a baby, can't I think about it?" Meng Tianyu was too lazy to talk to people who didn't understand her cute couple. "If you don't have anything serious to say, I'll hang up."
The agent spoke faster, "I have arranged a variety show for you, and you will be a guest on one episode."
This news was like a bolt from the blue to Meng Tianyu. "I'm on vacation. Do you understand what I mean by vacation? I don't want to hear any words related to work right now."
The agent said, "Listen to me first. The variety show I arranged for you is called "Let's Go Together". I managed to get it for you with great difficulty."
"Oh~ Thank you very much." Meng Tian said with resentment, "You can go with whoever you want, anyway, I won't..."
Wait, what’s the name of the variety show she’s on?
It seems to be called this name.
"I'll go."
The agent scolded, "Watch your words! If you say something bad again, your snacks will be confiscated."
Meng Tianyu couldn't hide her excitement, "I mean I want to go." She asked again in disbelief, "Can I really be a guest on that variety show?"
"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you? The program team will officially announce it tonight. Remember to forward it and promote it."
May God bless you and may the earth bless you! The Bodhisattva appeared!
Congratulations, she is about to go to the front line to show the sweet things from a first-person perspective.
Meng Tianyu raised her arms and shouted, "You! Are! My! God!"
She is the happiest little girl in the world!
The agent was helpless, "Calm down and pay attention to your image! Don't ruin your image."
Meng Tianyu was overjoyed, "I can't calm down. I'm so excited that I want to run around the temple."
The agent advised earnestly, "When you see your partner, you must suppress the corners of your mouth and don't let it stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun."
Meng Tianyu patted her chest and assured, "That must be covered. I am a CPF with a sense of propriety and will never dance in front of the main person."
The agent said, "Okay, let's make it like this."
The air seems to have a sweet smell, and every breath makes people feel relaxed and happy.
After hanging up the phone, Meng Tianyu jumped happily, as if her feet were equipped with springs. She was thinking about her CP in her heart, automatically ignoring the movements around her, and walked forward without looking at the road.
"Bang……"
Chi Qi was walking normally, but he bumped into someone without any preparation. He staggered back a few steps and fell into a broad embrace.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Meng Tianyu realized that she had bumped into someone and was the first to apologize.
She raised her head and saw the two people in front of her behaving intimately. The tall man hugged the shorter boy in his arms and put his arm around his shoulders. It was a gesture full of protectiveness.
They are so good-looking and a perfect match!
Meng Tianyu covered her mouth, her pupils widened, and she muttered to herself, "I got it."
Chi Qi didn't hear clearly, "What?"
Meng Tianyu's brain was working rapidly, "I mean, did you bump into anything?"
Chi Qi waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay."
"I'm really sorry." Meng Tianyu apologized again and ran to a corner to conduct deep self-reflection.
*
Chi Qi dragged Xie Mu along and continued to stroll. He pointed to a tree not far away with branches full of prayer strips and said, "That's the Millennium Bodhi tree that's very popular on the Internet. You can hang prayer strips and make wishes. It's said to be very effective."
He ran to the front to inquire about the conditions for hanging it up.
The monk in charge said, "Fifty merits can be used to hang a prayer cloth strip."
Want money?
Chi Qi lost most of his interest in an instant.
Seeing that he was hesitant, the monk said, "This is not an ordinary prayer cloth. This is a prayer cloth blessed by the senior monks in the temple."
Chi Qi, "..."
What is the difference? Isn’t it still a red ribbon?
Xie Mu quietly paid the money and handed him two prayer strips. "Write it."
The strip of cloth was soft and silky, with a copper coin attached to the top with red thread.
Chi Qi held a marker in his hand, moved his body to stand at the corner of the table, and used his arm to cover his face as he carefully wrote down his wish stroke by stroke.
Xie Mu wanted to know what he wrote, so he asked, "What did you write?"
Chi Qi hid it from him and brought out the excuse that it wouldn't work if he saw it, "I'm going to hang the strip of cloth on the top later, so that the first thing God sees is my wish."
Xie Mu smiled and asked, "Do you want me to help you?"
Chi Qi said firmly, "No, I will die by myself."
"Okay." Xie Mu said regretfully, "Then could you please tie my prayer strip as well?"
He put the strip of cloth into Chi Qi's palm, but did not take it back immediately. Instead, he took the opportunity to pinch his fingertips and gently drew circles in his palm.
Chi Qi's heart was stirred. He rejected the bad temptation, slapped the other party's hand away, and walked towards the ladder without looking back.
Long and short prayer cloth strips were wrapped around the outstretched branches of the Bodhi tree, fluttering in the air like clusters of burning flames.
Chi Qi raised his head and tied the cloth strips. His body was hidden in countless red strips. His face became more and more blurred, as if he was being gradually swallowed up.
Xie Mu felt a pang in his heart for some reason and couldn't help but call him.
"Can you help me check if my strip of cloth is the highest?"
Xie Mu let out a long sigh and said, "Yes, come down quickly."
Chi Qi didn't move for a long time. He closed his eyes, feeling a little desperate. "It's so high. My legs suddenly feel weak."
I didn't feel anything when I was concentrating on tying the prayer cloth strips, but now that I'm driving downwards, I feel like I'm going to fall at any time.
Xie Mu opened his arms, "You can jump down and I will catch you."
[Those who like the sky-dropping system are in luck. I’m about to jump.] 】
He even seemed to be in a distracted mood, so it seems he wasn't really scared.
Even though Xie Mu said that he could hold him, Chi Qi knew that he was not light, so he still jumped from such a height. Afraid that it would be too ugly if both of them fell together, Chi Qi climbed halfway down the ladder before jumping down.
【The little flying stick is coming～】
Xie Mu held the small flying stick, kept his body steady, and shook his arms to relieve the force.
After his feet touched the ground, Chi Qi jumped out of his boyfriend's arms and whistled to praise him, "You have good arm strength."
Xie Mu fiddled with his messy hair, leaned in and whispered, temptingly, "I'm also very strong, do you want to try?"
Chi Qi's vision was occupied by his enlarged face. His eyelashes trembled and drooped helplessly. He hummed, "After all, I just made a wish for you. I hope you have a good body, healthy and strong."
Xie Mu, "..."
Chi Qi, "..."
I feel like the topic has been killed.
Xie Mu gave up and decided to wait a little longer. There was no need to rush some things.
“Crash——”
The wind started to blow, and the prayer cloth strips on the huge crown of the thousand-year-old Bodhi tree were swaying. One of them accidentally fell off and floated at Xie Mu's feet. He bent down and picked it up.
The cloth strip must have been hung on the tree for a long time, having been exposed to wind and sun, and its color is much darker than the one on the table.
Xie Mu had no intention of prying into other people's wishes, so he directly passed it to the monk.
The monk was puzzled, "Strange, when was this piece of cloth made? The time doesn't match up."
Because of this sentence, Xie Mu's movements paused for a moment. He turned around, saw the words on the cloth strip with his peripheral vision, and was stunned for a long time.
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