"Second Brother, your cooking skills are amazing!"

"Really? I think so too... Wait, didn't I tell you not to call me Second Senior Brother? It sounds like I'm Bajie. Call me Senior Brother Huaijin."

"Okay...Brother Huaijin, you are the best vegetarian cook in the world, Michelin nine-star level!"

"Is that so? Hehe..."

The clean and tidy kitchen was filled with the aroma of food. Looking at Ye Wan, who was eating with her chopsticks, Huai Jin's eyes narrowed into two slits. "Ah Miao, is that donor Lu good to you? Has he bullied you?"

Without waiting for Ye Wan to answer, Huai Jin sighed, "My fellow apprentices were gossiping privately, and they all thought that you and Huai Ming would be a couple. I didn't expect that an outsider would get the advantage. Alas..."

“…”

Ye Wan looked amused, "Brother Huai Jin, if Master and Senior Brother hear you saying this, they will definitely punish you again."

Huai Jin said righteously, "That's what Master and Senior Brother said."

Ye Wan: …!!! Halfway through the meal, Ye Wan realized that something was missing. Looking around, he asked Huai Jin suspiciously, “Where’s Huai Rui? Didn’t she follow me wherever I went before? Is she so well behaved now?”

"I knew you would miss me!"

Outside the door, Huai Rui poked his head in, his eyes shining.

When he came in again, he was carrying a bag of apples and oranges, and stuffed them into Ye Wan's hands like he was offering a treasure. "We grew them all ourselves. I just picked them from the trees. They are so fresh! Big apples covered with frost. I saved them especially for you."

Reaching out to touch his head, Ye Wan pulled his hand back halfway, embarrassed.

The year she came down the mountain, Huairui was seven years old, about the same age as Lu Cheng is now.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed and Huairui has grown taller than her, so it is not appropriate to touch his head anymore.

Ye Wan took the cloth bag he handed over and patted the bench beside him, "Sit down."

Huai Rui glanced at Huai Jin, then sat down next to Ye Wan like an obedient quail.

Chat about the changes in the temple.

We also talked about the future of Yunwu Temple.

"Master is very happy to know that you have collected all four tokens..."

Huai Rui looked at Ye Wan with sparkling eyes and said, "He said that when you come and take the fifth token, he won't have to guard Yunwu Temple and occupy Yunwu Mountain anymore. When Yunwu Mountain is returned to the government and developed into a tourist attraction, the temple will have incense and we won't have to guard that one-third acre of land and live a miserable life."

"The master also said that after he passed away, we should all listen to our senior brother."

Huairui's mood suddenly dropped.

???

Senior Brother is just a little strict, there is no need to be so sad, right? Ye Wan looked up at Huai Jin, and saw Huai Jin spread his hands, "Senior Brother said that if you don't experience the sufferings of the world, you can't be kind-hearted, so everyone will have to travel for three months every year."

"It's better to go out than to stay in the temple."

"That's right. I don't want to travel around. I just want to stay at home, copy my books, read my scriptures, and plant my fruit trees."

"I don't want to go out either. If I go out, I can only beg for alms, which is either plain porridge and steamed buns or rice and pickles. How can they be as delicious as the vegetarian dishes I make? It's so depressing!"

“Senior Sister…”

Huai Rui looked at Ye Wan eagerly, "For the sake of the sutras we have chanted together over the years, why don't you go and ask for mercy from the senior brother? If he wants to travel, he can go by himself, why drag us along? Being a monk is just a matter of course, there is no need to take it so seriously, and you have to complete the KPI for traveling, isn't that a bit too much?"

"that is!"

Huai Jin nodded heavily and looked at Ye Wan expectantly.

Ye Wan: ...

(End of this chapter)