Chapter 19: Don’t Believe Street Salespeople: “You’ve Studied Art…
"Have you studied art?" Su Huaiwang asked her as they left the art museum.
“…” The fragmented memories did not provide an answer, so in the end Lin Jue still answered: “No.”
Fortunately, Su Huaiwang basically didn't doubt her. He just smiled and said, "Then you might have a talent for art. I don't have any talent for art. I can't see any feeling when I look at those works except that they are really beautiful."
"Then maybe I should find time to learn it."
"Okay, it's easy to search for painting tutorials online now anyway."
"Can you teach me? If you have time."
"Me?" Su Huaiwang pointed at himself, slightly surprised. "Although I did study art, I'm only a half-baked one."
"The most important thing about painting is having fun. If you have friends accompanying you, you should be much happier than painting alone." Having said this, Lin Jue paused, his eyelashes drooping a little, looking pitiful: "If I paint by myself, I don't know if I can stick to it..."
"It's true. It's hard to stick to painting on your own." After her parents stopped forcing her to paint, she rarely went to the drawing stand anymore. But she always felt that Lin Jue must be different from her.
Although Lin Jue said that she had never studied art, the exploration and love in her eyes when she looked at the works hanging on the wall could not help but be noticed.
Su Huaiwang hesitated for a moment: "I can teach you, but I only know the most basic things, if that's okay..."
"Of course!" Lin Jue's face lit up with a dazzling smile. Su Huaiwang was completely bewitched and kept responding with "hmm, hmm..."
After coming out of the art gallery, both of them were in high spirits. As they got in the car, Lin Jue naturally asked:
"Where's next?"
"Aries Temple."
Lin Jue paused as he fastened his seat belt.
Su Huaiwang was looking up the navigation system and said distractedly, "I heard this temple is quite spiritual. Is there anything you want to pray for?"
"I don't have anything I want to ask for," Lin Jue lowered his head, fastened his seatbelt, and hid the sarcasm in his eyes. "What about you? Are you going because you want to ask for something?"
Su Huaiwang's hand froze for a moment as she tapped the screen. She replied somewhat awkwardly, "I don't have any particular requests either. I just saw on social media that this is a famous check-in spot..."
She couldn't just tell the person she was dreaming about that she wanted to ask the gods to calm her down and stop her from doing blasphemous things in her dreams!
"Then let's go and take a look." Lin Jue chuckled, and no one knew what he meant. However, Su Huaiwang, who was immersed in embarrassment, did not notice anything unusual.
The vehicle started quickly, and following the navigation and traffic flow, the buildings gradually became sparse, and a temple built on the mountain appeared before the two people.
Even on weekdays, there are still many cars in the parking lot in front of the temple, which shows how popular it is.
Lin Jue followed Su Huaiwang out of the car and looked at the golden land of gods and Buddhas in front of them.
The light was so dazzling that she could only squint her eyes to see. Su Huaiwang on the side could not see the golden light and thought she was exposed to the sun, so he quickly took out an umbrella from his bag.
With a "pop", the parasol opened, Su Huaiwang moved closer to her, and the two of them shared an umbrella.
"Thank you, I'll take it." Lin Jue offered, but was rejected by Su Huaiwang: "No, I'm taller, I'll just hold on for a while, and I'll be in soon."
"Okay." Lin Jue nodded.
As she stepped over the threshold of the temple, something flashed across Lin Jue's body, and she couldn't help but reveal that sarcastic look on her face again.
She is a resentful ghost, not an evil ghost. The gods, Buddhas and the earth cannot stop her, but will only make her more resentful.
A dark cloud of resentment hung between her brows, darkening her otherwise delicate and beautiful face. Meanwhile, Su Huaiwang folded his parasol, sneezed, rubbed his arms, and looked up at the sky: "Why do I suddenly feel so cold..." The sun was clearly still shining.
As soon as she finished speaking, the coldness disappeared, as if it was just her illusion.
"Maybe it's because I just got out of an air-conditioned car. I'll be fine in a while." Lin Jue said lightly, his amber eyes turning bright again.
"Indeed, people still can't use air conditioning all the time." Su Huaiwang didn't take it too seriously and walked towards the main hall.
The hall is huge and majestic. The statues of gods and Buddhas are covered with gold foil, looking down at all living beings with pity and compassion. No matter who you are, you will appear small and weak among these huge statues of gods and Buddhas.
Su Huaiwang sighed, "Although I don't believe in gods or Buddhas, it's true that every time I go to such religious occasions, I feel very shocked."
"Yeah, me too." Lin Jue also looked up at the gods and Buddhas, and said just a few words that were full of deep meaning.
It is correct not to believe in gods and Buddhas, because gods and Buddhas can never save people.
Lin Jue clenched her hands so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh. The formless deity stared at her, and the compassion in his colorless eyes made her feel sick.
There was a spirit in the statue of the god or Buddha. The spirit was silent, but had a very smart heart. It wanted to touch her head with its big hands, but she refused. So, it turned around and touched Su Huaiwang's head lightly.
Su Huaiwang knew nothing about this, and Lin Jue did not stop him.
Gods and Buddhas will only favor those who do no evil. If someone is touched on the head by them, he will be much luckier in the next few months. This is what Su Huaiwang deserves.
In Lin Jue's sight, a large hand shining with golden light gently touched the top of Su Huaiwang's head, but Su Huaiwang was still looking around blankly. It must be said that although he was dissatisfied with Na Ling's rudeness, this scene was very cute.
So Lin Jue crossed his arms and took a step forward: "You will be very lucky in the next few months."
Su Huaiwang's first reaction was: "Did you take on the lottery sales business?"
"?" Lin Jue half covered his mouth in surprise and laughed. Su Huaiwang then realized what nonsense he had said, and his whole face was red as if it was burning.
She accidentally treated Lin Jue as Tu Zhizhuo...
"I didn't take any lottery sales business..." Lin Jue was still laughing, but the curve of his lips couldn't be hidden by her hands. "I just want to tell you that good people like you come here to worship them, and they will bless you."
"Oh, oh..." Su Huaiwang was really embarrassed. He hid his head and didn't want to look at her, so he had no way to answer her and could only deal with it vaguely.
"Yes, the young lady is quite right."
A voice came from behind Lin Jue, and the smile on Lin Jue's face immediately disappeared.
She turned around, Su Huaiwang also looked up, and they both looked at the person who had just spoken.
Facing the two gazes, the man was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "Hello, I am an employee of the operation organization of this temple." Then he took out his work ID and showed it to them.
Su Huaiwang looked at the genuine work ID, then looked at the other person's very thick hair, and the confusion in his eyes could not be more clear.
"I'm not a nun!" The other party also saw Su Huaiwang's confusion and quickly explained: "I'm a civil servant! I just happened to be here today!"
Su Huaiwang understood.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation. It's just that what you said was very interesting, so I couldn't help but join in." The man scratched his face, looking a little apologetic.
"That's actually true. Miss, you will be very lucky in the next few months, but you must seize the opportunity." The woman blinked at her and smiled brightly.
Su Huaiwang glanced at Lin Jue, then at the handsome, un-bad-looking "civil servant" in front of him, and said, "...So where are the incense and candles you want us to buy?"
The woman's smile froze on her face. "Incense, incense candles? I, I don't sell those things. If you two want to buy some, go to the store to the east and they have them..."
"That's right," Su Huaiwang nodded, trying to convince himself: "Civil servants can't run small businesses."
"I'm really not a salesman. I just met someone with the same opinion, so I was a little curious..." The woman said dejectedly, raised her head and glanced at Lin Jue. The inquiry in her eyes made Lin Jue feel a little uncomfortable.
"I remember that civil servants have to be materialists..." Su Huaiwang continued to recall.
Lei Yinyin wanted to beg her to stop. Was she planning on taking the civil service exam? Why did she remember it so clearly? Who knew she'd just noticed the pretty girl next to her, felt suspicious, and came up to test her. Was she really necessary to treat her like this? Didn't she think she had the face of a trustworthy public official? And yet, right off the bat, they suspected she was a salesperson!
After a mental struggle, the person she was paying attention to didn't say a word, so Lei Yinyin decisively gave in: "Sorry! I still have work to do! I'm leaving now! Have fun!"
After saying that, she walked out of the hall like lightning, leaving Su Huaiwang standing there with a strange frown on his face: "What's going on... What on earth is she trying to sell?"
Lin Jue came closer, his expression finally relaxed. Instead, he smiled and looked up, teasing, "Maybe you want to chat me up?"
Su Huaiwang suddenly realized: "Did I disturb her?" She subconsciously thought that the other party wanted to strike up a conversation with Lin Jue.
Lin Jue just smiled at this, his amber eyes flickering with color: "Really? Maybe the other party's original target was you?"
“Me…?”
"If it were me, of course I would want to talk to you more." Lin Jue stretched out his hand and gently touched Su Huaiwang's little finger, intimately, and then left immediately, making people feel a little itchy.
The itch spread from his skin to his heart, and Su Huaiwang was momentarily stunned. Even though he already knew that Lin Jue would say some ambiguous words without any underlying meaning, this kind of ambiguity... well, it wasn't the first time, but Su Huaiwang just couldn't bear it. His heart beat wildly with her words as if it had its own consciousness.
On the contrary, Lin Jue showed no reaction as usual. He turned around and saw a place for praying, so he called out to her, "It seems there's a place for praying over there. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
"Okay, okay." Su Huaiwang was dizzy from her conversation. His mind kept searching "Would a straight woman talk like this?" "What does it mean when a straight woman talks like this?", and his body automatically followed her pace.
Fortunately, the prayer boards were free and no one tried to sell them to them.
Su Huaiwang chose a sign that said "May all your wishes come true" and when she looked up she found Lin Jue looking at her intently.
"What wish do you want to make?" Lin Jue asked her, his voice as gentle as a spring breeze.
"Well... there are a lot. Anyway, let's just look at them all first. What if they come true?" Su Huaiwang avoided her gaze.
The prayer board was hung on the shelf, and Su Huaiwang closed his eyes and began to think about his wish.
Stop having erotic dreams, stop being in heat, stop falling in love with straight women, and be good friends with Lin Jue...
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