Chapter 144 Quiet

After a whole day at Yunjue Temple, Shen Yuan's biggest reward was that the vegetarian food here was really delicious...

After lunch, Mrs. Shen was tired and wanted to take a nap. Shen Yuan did not go to her room to disturb her. She and her elder sister took Shitou and Mutou to the back mountain.

With two guards with high martial arts skills following him, Shen Yun felt more at ease. After all, they were Shadow Guards, and there were not many in the world who were more powerful than them. However, he still told the two men not to go too far and just look around nearby.

"Wow - the scenery here is really nice."

Yunjue Temple was built halfway up a mountain. Shen Yuan and Shen Xi climbed directly to the top of the mountain. Now the mist had long since dissipated, and standing on the top of the mountain, they could see most of the capital city.

The two of them found a clean stone and sat down. Shen Yuan panted and looked at his sister who was only blushing slightly. "Sister, are you practicing martial arts in the house without my help? Aren't you tired after climbing half a mountain?"

"I'm tired, but it's okay. Maybe it's because when I was at home, I often accompanied my grandmother and mother to the temple to burn incense. I got used to it after walking so much."

After sitting for a while, Shen Yuan finally calmed down his breathing. "Sister, did you draw lots for Master Lu today?"

"I naturally hope that he and my second brother can both go to high school."

Shen Yuan leaned her head on Shen Xi's shoulder and said coquettishly, "I hope so too. I also hope that Master Lu can stay in the capital. That way you don't have to leave, and we two sisters can still be together."

"What I said doesn't count..."

Shen Xi suddenly felt a little sad. It seemed that where she would go in the future was not up to her.

If Luna wins the prize in the future, she will have two choices: to follow him to take office or to stay at home and serve her parents-in-law.

If Luna doesn't win this year, they will still have to get married. When he wins, she will have two more choices.

There are no more choices for her. She has no say on where to go, and Luna doesn't even have the final say. But at least, men can fight for where to go, but women never have such an opportunity.

"Sister, you are unhappy."

Shen Xi smiled and said to her sister, "I just can't bear to leave home after getting married."

She knew clearly that it was not her or Luna who caused this result, but that she was born like this. She was born without worries about food and clothing, her parents loved her, and her future husband was also ambitious. In fact, it was good enough, and she often advised herself to be content.

"Sister..."

"Hmm? What do you want to say?"

Shen Yuan spoke with a tangled voice, "Sister, Master Lu was chosen for you by your uncle and aunt. Would you regret not meeting the person you like? What if you meet someone more suitable than him in the future?"

Shen Yuan was not just referring to Zhou Zhongan. Whether Zhou Zhongan was suitable or not was still debatable. But she felt that Lu Ne was just the right person chosen for her by her uncle and aunt. Even if he was really good and suitable, since he was not her own choice, Shen Yuan was afraid that her sister would have regrets in the future.

"Maybe. Maybe in the future when things don't go well for me, I will think that it would have been better if I hadn't married her. I should have found someone I like. But people are like this. They always think the best of the path they didn't choose. Even if I marry someone I choose, I may still think in the future that it would have been better if I had listened to my parents."

Shen Xi smiled and glanced at her sister, then gently patted her head. "Manman, I can see what Zhou Shaoyin is thinking. You don't seem surprised?"

Shen Yuan sat up straight again, "Sister, you are so smart, and he is so obvious, I am not surprised that you can see it."

"Well, actually my grandmother also noticed it, and she secretly asked the nanny to go out and inquire about the Zhou family. When I went to pay my respects to my grandmother, I accidentally heard the nanny's reply, and I didn't pretend that I didn't know anymore."

"What did Grandma say?"

"My grandmother said that the Zhou family was too well-off and was not suitable for me. She would not agree even if I was not engaged. I said there was no if and no if. I was already engaged and would not think about anything else.

My grandmother asked me if I felt a little bit unwilling, because there was something better in front of me.

Shen Xi paused, and then continued: "Actually, I didn't think that much. Even if family background wasn't an obstacle, Zhou Shaoyin and I wouldn't be suitable for each other."

There were some things Shen Xi hadn't said yet, that is, her grandmother asked her if she would be unwilling. Her younger sister would be able to marry into the princess's mansion in the future, and her husband would be a fourth-rank official with a title, but her elder sister's future husband had an unknown future, and it was likely that he would only be able to be a minor official at the beginning.

She understood why her grandmother asked these questions. If she was even the slightest bit unwilling, when she lived with Luna in the future, even the slightest unsatisfactory thing would become a big problem and eventually make her life a mess.

She just said that if she cared about these things, she would not have started caring about them after getting married, but would have started since she was a child.

"Sister, you're right. Zhou Shaoyin can't even tell a story clearly. Sister, it's normal that you look down on him!"

Shen Yuan felt that what his elder sister said was absolutely right. If a person keeps thinking about the path he has not taken, then in the end he may not be able to take any path well.

"Let's go down the mountain. Grandmother will come to look for us when she wakes up. We still have to go to burn incense in the afternoon."

"Okay, let's go."

On the way down the mountain, Shen Yuan looked around. When Shen Xi saw him, he asked, "What are you looking for? You were looking for that when we first came up the mountain."

Shen Yuan shook his head, "Nothing, just taking a look."

In fact, she wanted to see if the little creature she rescued last time in Yunjue Temple would appear again, but it seemed that it would not.

They came back just in time, and Old Madam Shen was about to send someone to look for them.

Not only did she burn incense, Mrs. Shen also donated a large sum of money in exchange for three talismans.

"Go back and get one for the kid from the Lu family. Give one of the other two to Kang Ge'er and one to Ying Niang. She's about to give birth, so everything needs to go smoothly."

Madam Shen said, "Of course she will. Yingniang is so lucky. The child has always been stable and not noisy. The child loves his mother very much."

"This child takes after his father. When the second son's wife was pregnant with Kang Ge'er, Kang Ge'er didn't make any noise at all. You still remember him, second son."

"Remember, it was full and noisy in the belly, and it was even noisier after the baby was born."

"That's right." Old Madam Shen also laughed and said to Shen Yuan, "So after you were born, your father said to give you a nickname, Jingjing, so that you wouldn't be so noisy."

"Dad, you lied to me. Didn't you say that I was a very well-behaved child? I was prettier and more obedient than other children? You loved me from the moment I was born. Why do you think I'm annoying and want me to be quiet?"

"This... is beautiful, but also really annoying."