The feathers of the wolf hair brush were gently pressed on Jiang Jingyu's forehead. Lechen held her head with one hand, and with the other hand, he used the wolf hair brush to draw the same flame totem on her forehead, with a serious look on his face, sketching his own painting.
Jiang Jingyu stared at him straight, the heat in her eyes undisguised. After seeing the lifelike flame totem on Chen's forehead, she subconsciously raised her hand and reached out to the totem.
Just as she was about to touch the totem, Liaochen stopped her in a deep voice: "Don't move."
Jiang Jingyu's hand froze and he withdrew it angrily.
She supported herself on the ground with her hands, leaned forward, and let Lechen draw the totem on her forehead.
The distance between the two was only half an arm's length. Due to the height difference, Jiang Jingyu raised her head slightly and looked at Chen. In the reflection of the sunlight outside the window, her eyes were as bright as autumn water.
Although Lechen had never met her eyes and his expression was still a little distant, the movement of the wolf hair brush in his hand unconsciously slowed down, and some of his thoughts were drawn away by her bright eyes.
"Why did Master Liaochen choose to become a monk in a temple?"
Jiang Jingyu suddenly asked about Lechen's life experience.
“My parents abandoned me in front of the Fo’an Temple when I was a baby. It was the master who saved me.”
Liaochen's life experience was no secret in Fo'an Temple. Master Jingkong told him about it when Liaochen was just old enough to remember things. Liaochen was not shy about his life experience.
He didn't know who his parents were since he was born, and he had no feelings for them, so his expression did not fluctuate at all when he mentioned his life experience.
Jiang Jingyu only knew that Lechen was the male protagonist to be conquered in this small world, and she didn't know his life experience. She didn't expect that he had such a past.
Afraid of bringing up Chen's sad story, Jiang Jingyu quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you..."
"No problem."
She was interrupted by Lechen before she could finish her words.
Apart from the friendship between his master and fellow disciples, Liaochen had never experienced parental love, so even if his life story came from his own mouth, he did not feel uncomfortable at all.
Jiang Jingyu had been watching his expression, and after seeing Chen's calm expression, she asked, "If your family came to visit you one day, would you return to secular life because of them?"
"No, now that I have entered Buddhism, I will never set foot in the secular world again in this life."
Liaochen did not hesitate at all. He had made the decision to devote his life to Buddhism when his master shaved his head at the age of seven, and no one could change that.
Seeing Lechen so confident, Jiang Jingyu raised an eyebrow and said confidently, "Master Lechen, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
Lechen paused with the cinnabar pen in his hand and looked down at Jiang Jingyu: "What are you betting on?"
"Let's bet on whether you will return to secular life. If you change your mind before I leave Fo'an Temple, Master Lechen will agree to one of my conditions. If not, I can also agree to one thing for Master Lechen. How about it? Do you dare to bet with me?"
Lechen withdrew his gaze from Jiang Jingyu's face, and re-drawn the totem on her forehead. He said lightly: "Monks don't gamble. If you bet with me, you have no chance of winning."
Jiang Jingyu's red lips curled slightly, and her whole body exuded an air of arrogance. "To be honest, I've never lost a bet before. I wonder if Master Liaochen could give me a chance to experience what it feels like to lose."
Lechen didn't say anything. Jiang Jingyu suddenly put her hands, which were supporting herself on the ground, to her mouth mysteriously, and said a few words to Lechen in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Master Liaochen, don't worry. You and I know this, and we will never let anyone else know about it, not even the big Buddha outside."
She blinked her eyes, like a cunning fox, who was clearly in front of the Buddha but still wanted to hide something from him.
A barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of Liaochen's mouth, and finally he nodded as if possessed by some unknown force: "Well, since you want to have a taste of it, then I will break my vow and become a gambler for once."
"It's a deal!"
A smile spread across Jiang Jingyu's lips, and she extended her little finger towards Lechen.
Lechen was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his little finger and hooked it with Jiang Jingyu's.
After making the bet, Liaochen placed the wolf-hair brush in his hand on the desk and said to Jiang Jingyu, "Alright, this cinnabar mark can temporarily help you stop the nightmare for seven days. After seven days, come back to me for another cinnabar mark."
After hearing that the totem was finished, Jiang Jingyu subconsciously wanted to touch it, but Lechen quickly grabbed her wrist.
"Wait, the cinnabar isn't dry yet."
He loosened his hand after he finished speaking and was about to pick up the cinnabar on the desk when Jiang Jingyu suddenly stopped him.
"Master Liaochen, don't move yet."
Just as Lechen was about to turn around, his body froze. He watched Jiang Jingyu suddenly approach him, her almond-shaped eyes staring straight into his.
Being so close, Xia Chen's breathing became lighter unconsciously. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Jiang Jingyu say, "The totem that Master Xia Chen painted is so beautiful!"
It turned out that I was using his eyes as a mirror.
Jiang Jingyu sat up contentedly, and withdrew from Lechen's presence along with the faint fragrance on her body.
"I'll continue copying the Heart Purification Mantra."
Jiang Jingyu got up from the mat contentedly, and was about to return to her desk when Lechen called her.
"etc."
Jiang Jingyu lowered her head in confusion: "Master Liaochen, is there anything else?"
"What you're wearing around your neck is a bracelet."
In the end, Lechen couldn't help but give a kind reminder.
Jiang Jingyu looked down at the Buddhist beads hanging on her collarbone and almost died of her own stupidity!
Just now she was wondering why the Buddhist necklace worn by Lechen was as long as his belly button while hers was only as long as her collarbone. Now after Lechen reminded her, she finally understood.
Whose good person wears the bracelet around his neck without feeling short?!
"Ahem, of course I know this is a bracelet. I remember when I was a child, my mother would often twist bracelets in her hands when she was worshipping in the Buddhist temple. Just now, this bracelet took my place, and I had nowhere else to put it, so I temporarily wore it around my neck. Thanks to Master Chen for reminding me."
Jiang Jingyu smiled bitterly and tried to find excuses for her stupid behavior. As she spoke, she raised her hand to take off the Buddhist beads around her neck. However, the beads were hooked by something and she couldn't pull them off no matter how hard she tried.
Jiang Jingyu turned her head with great effort to see what was entangled in the Buddhist beads, but she almost broke her neck and still couldn't see what was going on.
Seeing this, Liaochen stood up and came behind her: "Let me do it."
After he said that, he lifted up Jiang Jingyu's long hair that fell behind her and carefully helped her remove the Buddhist beads that were entangled in it.
Jiang Jingyu finally felt relieved after taking the embarrassing Buddhist beads off her neck. Just as she was about to turn around, another Buddhist bead suddenly appeared around her neck.
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