"Go and offer incense at each of the temples behind, I'm afraid you'll get struck by lightning."
"No, I don't believe in Buddhism, I believe in you."
Shekh paused in his fruit-eating motion, then looked down at his fingers.
Just now, the power of faith flowed into her body, coming from Shi Jinzhe's side, right after he said "I believe in you".
Sheh drew the curtains and lay back down on the bed.
"Okay, believe me and I'll bless you with a wife forever."
"Thank you for your kindness." Shi Jinzhe covered her with the blanket, and the two lay down neatly.
When it rains in the mountains, the air becomes damp and the houses don't retain heat. As a result, the temperature inside the houses drops when the air becomes humid, and you'll feel cold if you don't cover yourself with a blanket.
In this kind of weather, especially with the rustling sound of rain hitting the leaves and the dim environment after the curtains are drawn, it would be a waste not to use it for sleeping.
Shech didn't express any dissatisfaction with the rainy day; it was peaceful. The scenery wasn't just for one day, but it would be for tomorrow as well. Listening to the rain today was quite nice.
The two of them sat shoulder to shoulder, talking about lighthearted topics, and fell asleep after chatting for a while.
The heavy rain continued until after 4 p.m., leaving a thin layer of water on the stone slabs. No new hikers checked in, and the courtyard was much quieter.
Shi Jin woke up a little earlier, moved Sheh's legs off him, and went outside to answer the phone.
The shop owner sat under the eaves chatting with the porters delivering goods, his tone revealing surprise. He would occasionally eavesdrop on their conversation, seamlessly interjecting into their dialogue.
"Who fell? In such heavy rain, especially during a thunderstorm, why did they insist on climbing the mountain?"
When the aunt heard him ask, she readily replied, "Those kids who argued with you last night. This morning I said the rain was too heavy and climbing the mountain was too dangerous, so I asked them to stay another day. I offered to reduce the room rate, but they wouldn't listen. They said I was definitely trying to raise the price first and then rip people off. Anyway, they left around 8 o'clock, and I couldn't stop them."
The aunt handed over some sunflower seeds, but Shi Jinzhe said she didn't need them and told her to continue talking.
"They hadn't walked far when the rain started to get heavier and heavier. The raindrops were hitting their eyes so they couldn't see the road. Then the accident happened. Apparently, they lost their footing on the stairs and tumbled down. Luckily, there was a big slope where they fell, which cushioned their fall, so they didn't die."
The porter pursed his lips, his face full of disappointment. "You're saying that when someone falls, the most important thing is for others to call for help, right? Eh~" He raised his voice at the end, expressing disbelief with a single word.
The porter clapped his hands and said, "In the end, the person didn't go. The three of them took out their phones and started filming, saying they couldn't abandon their friend and had to go find him themselves. I thought, isn't that crazy? If the three of you fall down, the news will report it, and the scenic area will have to make changes again. Isn't that harming others and yourselves?"
"Of course, I rely entirely on this shop to support my children. How can I make a living without customers?" The shop owner said, as if he had just thought of something, and then turned to Shi Jinzhe and said, "You guys are lucky that you didn't go out today. If you had to go up the mountain like them, this accident would have been your fault. I heard that the family members are now asking the scenic area for compensation."
There was a verbal altercation, but there were no surveillance cameras on the mountain road and no one around. If someone were to make up stories and pin the blame on them, the couple would have no way to prove their innocence.
She's seen all sorts of people in her years of business, and if someone with ulterior motives were to make a fuss about what Sheikh said before leaving last night, it wouldn't be impossible for them not to stir up trouble.
What if those two who fell hear that the person has money and actually ask for compensation?
The shop owner, speaking with an air of experience, said, "Anyway, I think those few can make it. It's good that the rain is falling; it's a good thing you didn't go with them."
He smiled politely and responded to a few others.
They were really lucky.
After chatting for a few more minutes, he returned to his room.
Shekh lay stiffly on the bed, his head still, only his eyes moving. "Where did you go?"
"You can hear me, can't you?"
"I don't eavesdrop in the hotel."
If not necessary, she kept her hearing within a normal range in the original world, especially in places like hotels, where she would usually reduce it to the range of normal human hearing.
Conspiracy, adultery, infidelity—you name it, we have it.
Shekh waved to Shi Jinzhe, "If you ever stop making money, take me to one of those hotels where people love to share secrets, and I'll tell you business secrets."
"...Who would go to a hotel to discuss trade secrets if they were a law-abiding, respectable person?"
"They're not hiring any decent people. These kinds of people have a lot of secrets. If they don't pay, we'll kill them."
Shi Jinzhe remained silent for a long while before saying again, "Why didn't I think of this move back then?"
Shekh could hear the deep regret in his voice as he said, "Don't think about it anymore. I wouldn't have let you hear it back then either."
"You can save it for later."
"I'm talking about the future."
Shi Jin bent one leg and put it on the edge of the bed, pulled the corner of the blanket over himself, patted the blanket, and said, "Lie down, I'll tell you what I just heard."
After listening to a few words, Shekh said, "I thought God wanted to strike you down, but it turns out it was someone else."
"The shop owner also said we were lucky. There are a lot of unreasonable people, and it's good that nothing happened. If something had happened, the family members might have demanded an explanation."
"More like begging."
"What she said might be true. Didn't we see a news story during the Chinese New Year about an uncle and nephew arguing? The nephew went to get a haircut, and the uncle died from drunk driving. The aunt demanded a million yuan in compensation because the uncle died from getting a haircut during the first month of the lunar year."
Shekh searched his memory for a while before he remembered it.
At the time, I didn't quite understand the connection between these things. Looking back after half a year, I just felt that humans were indeed outrageous.
She grabbed his broken hand, saying, "Nobody can take my money away."
"Do you love money or me?"
"I love you because you're good at making money."
Shi Jinzhe knew she would say that, "I will work hard for you."
Shekh looked up at him and blurted out the truth, "Are you working? Don't you spend all your time playing with me outside?"
"I just went out to answer a phone call; it was about work."
"It wasn't you who did it yourself."
She thought for a moment and then said, "Besides, you still have to work even without me. Unless you become a beggar, don't you want to live a good life?"
The gentle rhetorical question startled Shi Jinzhe.
That makes some sense.
He quickly corrected his words, "For us, not just for you, but you are my motivation when I feel like giving up, so I will try my best."
Shi Jinzhe lifted her upper body, letting Shehe rest her head in his arms. "I've only ever heard people say this since I was little, I never really realized it."
"Hurry up and thank me."
I'll kneel down for you tonight.
“No need for that.” Shekh placed his hand on his chest, offering a physical gesture of care, and asked calmly, “Don’t you think this gesture is unlucky?”
"What's unlucky about it?"
"In TV dramas, people are always held in this way before they die, and they can't even finish saying their last words."
Shi Jinzhe covered his mouth with his hand, "Keep your aloofness in check, and don't say anything."
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