There was a moment of silence. The girl, her life hanging by a thread, glared angrily at Shang Lin. "As the leader of a sect, how dare you go back on your word! I may be annihilated, but you cannot harm..."
The kitten stopped moving instantly and obediently lay down in front of Shang Lin, its posture extremely humble, "Let me go, Master."
Shang Lin looked down at the kitten with a serious expression. "Now that you've gained sentience, you should listen to what I have to say like a human would. If I wanted to harm you, would I have waited until now?"
The girl looked at Shang Lin with great confusion, "Then what do you want to do?"
Shang Lin released the girl, saying, "Your resentment and anger are too heavy, and your karma is entangled. In time, no painting can hide you. Although my painting will cause you some pain at the beginning, once the resentment and anger dissipate, you can live according to your own wishes."
As soon as the girl was released, the kitten jumped into her arms, looking at Shang Lin warily, "Really?!"
Before Shang Lin could say anything, Hu Tangdi spoke first: "Although our sect leader is young, he is not a person who goes back on his word. The young girl looked like she was raised in a wealthy family, so she should be able to tell that the canvas is very valuable, right? What would our sect leader gain by deceiving you with something so valuable?"
She Jinxing chimed in, "That's right, hurry up and go in. Our sect leader isn't feeling well and needs to rest."
Hu Tangdi suddenly raised his peach blossom fan and smiled charmingly, "If you insist on refusing, we can resolve this by force, which would actually save us trouble."
The girl hugged the kitten tightly; they always seemed to find themselves in situations where they had no other choice, but this time…
Can we trust this young sect leader?
Having experienced too many sad and tragic things in the past, I can't help but think about them whenever something happens. But in this situation, I'm afraid that if I disagree, my soul will be shattered.
The young sect leader appeared harmless, even somewhat sickly fragile, but his inner aura was incredibly powerful; the two who had just stood in front of him were no match for him.
The girl hesitated for a long time before saying, as if facing death, "Okay."
Shang Lin tossed a bottle of medicine to the girl, "This is the only bottle. Take it when you can't take it anymore. You'll eventually be transformed."
The girl hugged the kitten tightly in one arm and gripped the medicine bottle in the other. She glanced at Shang Lin before resolutely immersing herself in the painting. Instantly, dark energy surged in the painting, accompanied by the screams of a person and a cat.
Hu Tangdi and She Jinxing felt a jolt in their hearts and subconsciously looked at Shang Lin, only to see that his expression remained unchanged. He then reached out, rolled up the scroll, sealed it, and put it into the Dragon Spirit Tower.
Then he couldn't help but sigh, "Cause and effect are cyclical. What is due must be repaid, and what is due must be repaid. No one can escape it."
"metropolitan……"
Hu Tangdi wanted to offer some words of comfort, but Shang Lin interrupted him, "I'm fine, I was just feeling a bit sentimental. Keep an eye on Xing Tian lately, and don't let him do anything dangerous."
Hu Tangdi and She Jinxing looked at each other, but in the end they could only say, "Yes."
The dangerous thing that Shang Lin mentioned that Xing Tian was going to do was to find and capture wanted criminals and collect the reward. However, when Qiu Niang mentioned painting, he forgot about the danger.
In particular, Xing Tian's attention was successfully diverted when he saw Qiu Niang's landscape painting. Originally, he only posted videos of beautiful sky scenery online, which did not attract many fans. Wasn't this a new source of material?
Whether the painting can be sold or not is another matter, but it's good if it can help their sect account accumulate some fans! It's just that Qiu Niang's enthusiasm for painting is really not high, which is completely incomparable to her interest in making clothes.
When Hu Tangdi and Shang Lin reported the results of their supervision, Shang Lin was shocked. "Xing Tian really puts all his mind into making money. I, as the sect leader, am ashamed of myself."
Hu Tangdi disagreed, saying, "The sect leader has many more things to do; how can he be the same as him?"
Shang Lin smiled but remained silent. If it weren't for these oddballs around him, he didn't know how long he would have stayed holed up in the small mountain village.
Not long after the midterm exams, students from impoverished families like Lin Shengqi received subsidies from the school, including waivers of miscellaneous fees and book fees, as well as 300 yuan in cash.
Lin Shengqi was dizzy looking at the money in his hand. The school had previously provided subsidies for students in financial difficulty, but they basically stopped charging miscellaneous fees. There had never been any subsidies for books or cash.
Okay, maybe it exists, but I just didn't know it. This is the first time I've received this treatment. My homeroom teacher even said, "Our county is poor, so our school's resources are very limited. It's better than nothing. But it happens every semester, not every year."
The teacher wasn't wrong; their county was indeed poor. If it weren't for nine years of compulsory education, who knows how many children wouldn't be able to afford to go to school!
Meng Zhe was not satisfied with just three hundred yuan, but Lin Shengqi would not take a single penny from him if he did not go through the school. Fortunately, he could receive it again next semester.
But no matter what, junior high school life is still full of practice questions and exams, the most important of which is the final exam, because only the midterm and final exams will be used to rank students for the whole year.
Shang Lin's overall grades remained the best in the grade, with his only weakness still being foreign languages. However, this was intentional on his part, so as not to arouse suspicion by progressing too quickly.
The winter break came after the final exams, but "Old Man Chai's" internal injuries did not improve much, which was to be expected, but Shang Lin couldn't help but worry.
However, during the first week of winter vacation, Li Hongjin came to the county to find Shang Lin and said that some villagers wanted to buy their house, but could only offer 8,000 yuan. He wanted to ask Old Man Chai if he agreed to sell it.
When Shang Lin received Li Hongjin's call saying he was coming to see him, he immediately arranged to meet him outside. He dared not let the other party see "Old Man Chai," especially since the house was not something he could decide.
So he said, "Eight thousand yuan is too little. It's better to leave it to you as a wedding gift from our family."
Li Hongjin immediately exploded, "What are you saying? Look around the village, which family gives 8,000 yuan as a wedding gift? Besides, Grandpa Chai's eyes are getting worse again. Are you not going to get medical treatment or make a living?"
Shang Lin remained calm, "I'm not stupid. We certainly have the money for medical treatment and living expenses. Otherwise, why would I give you the house?"
Li Hongjin still refused, saying, "That won't do either."
Shang Lin suddenly smiled and changed the subject, "I heard you've been going on blind dates lately? How's it going? Have you found anyone you like?"
Li Hongjin's face flushed red instantly, and he stammered, "You, who did you listen to? Who told you that?"
Oh wow, this is definitely a real blind date, but Shang Lin suddenly put on a serious face and said, "If it's not, why are you blushing?"
Li Hongjin subconsciously touched his face and explained, "I... I'm just... the hotel's heating is too good, it's hot."
Oh, what an innocent and pure person she is!
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