Yan Jie smirked and said, "A combination of East and West? Aren't you afraid two gods will fight in the heavens?"
Are you saying this for my sake?
Jiang Hexi pointed to himself and said, "What merit or ability do I, a commoner, have to deserve that Allah and the River God fight for me?"
Seeing that she was quite self-aware, Yan Jie agreed, saying, "That's true. Since the two sides won't fight anyway, it's better to ask for two than one for double insurance."
Jiang Hexi stood to the side, giving up her place to worship, and watched him silently.
Yan Jie chuckled, "I don't believe in that."
"I didn't believe it at first either."
Jiang Hexi presented the facts and reasoned with him, "but when Cui Atai told me about the floods that had happened in the village before, I believed him."
Chu Yang overheard their conversation and, deeply intrigued, followed them out of the living room.
"Sister, what exactly happened?"
"Twenty-six years ago, the village also experienced a major flood."
Jiang Hexi said in a serious tone, "Back then, there was no reservoir, and most of the fields in the village were flooded, except for Cui Atai's wheat field, which was not flooded."
Chu Yang vaguely remembered, "Grandma's land was on a hillside, the terrain was uneven, but the location wasn't very high."
Jiang Hexi nodded to him, "The reason that piece of land wasn't flooded is because the mountain stream flowed down from the edge of the wheat field and collided with the rising floodwaters, forming a vortex that changed the direction of the flood, so Atai's wheat field wasn't flooded."
Chu Yang couldn't help but exclaim, "Amazing!"
“The reason why such a one-in-a-million good thing happened to Cui Atai,” Jiang Hexi said mysteriously, looking at the offerings on the coffee table, “Atai told me that it was because she worshipped the river god.”
She lit the incense stick in her hand, fanned out the flame, and took out three sticks to hand to Chu Yang.
Chu Yang accepted the incense sticks with both hands, walked to the tea table, bowed three times devoutly, and placed the incense sticks into the incense burner.
Jiang Hexi handed the lit incense to Chai Fei, Yu Xiangwan, and Xie Wanyi in turn. Adhering to the principle of "better safe than sorry," they stepped forward one by one to worship the river god.
Only Yan Jie remained standing there, unmoved.
He showed neither sincerity in offering sacrifices nor any intention to avoid suspicion, standing at the door like a plague god.
Jiang Hexi was so annoyed with him that she handed him three sticks of incense and threatened him in a gritting voice:
"Don't be so ignorant, go and worship the river god."
Are you sure you want me to worship the river god?
"Otherwise, what are you doing here?"
Yan Jie looked down at the incense sticks emitting wisps of smoke and reminded her:
"Don't forget what my online nickname is."
"King Yan, uh, King Yama."
Jiang Hexi's expression went blank, her previous fierce aura instantly transforming into a bewildered, innocent girl:
"I don't know much about folk customs, will this cause any clashes?"
"What do you think?" Yan Jie glanced at her.
Jiang Hexi was still wondering what taboos were involved when a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, followed by a deafening roar of thunder.
It was like divine retribution.
She silently took back the three sticks of incense and, as an apology, bowed deeply to the river god three times.
Yan Jie couldn't help but laugh when he saw her devout expression.
[Xi Mei's last bit of stubbornness was wiped out by a bolt of lightning, hahaha!]
[#TheKingofHellCannotWorshipRiverGods#, what's with this meme? It made me laugh like a pig.]
[Yan Wang actually used his own nickname to fool Xi Mei, and he actually succeeded...]
[Sigh, in front of Yan Wang, Xi Mei's arrogance never lasts more than three seconds before she's reduced to her naive and innocent self.]
[Am I the only one who thinks that lightning bolt came at just the right time? Look at Xi-mei's expression after being struck by lightning, it's hilarious!]
Unblocking waterways is an incredibly exciting thing.
Because of this incident, Jiang Hexi ate a whole bowl of rice that night, and Chu Yang even ate two bowls of rice and finished the rest of the chicken soup.
Yan Jie couldn't help but become suspicious, so he went to chat with the PD who was filming him and quickly found out what had happened that afternoon.
He walked back to the living room, sat in the middle of the sofa, and asked the two people opposite him seriously:
"I heard you jumped into the stagnant water this afternoon to cut down trees?"
Chu Yang popped a pastry into his mouth, turned to look at Jiang Hexi, and waited for her to speak.
Jiang Hexi put down the book "Next Stop, Rich and Beautiful" in her hand and corrected his mistake, saying:
"It's not a stagnant pool, it's a rainwater pool."
What was that stench in the car when we got back?
Yan Jie didn't want to lose his temper with her, but she had almost gotten into trouble time and time again, so he had no choice but to get angry and say:
"Do you know how many bacteria are in that stagnant water? What if you get wounds that become infected and fester?!"
Jiang Hexi wanted to smooth things over, so she turned to Chu Yang and asked, "Yang, do you have any wounds?"
Chu Yang swallowed the pastry in his mouth and said honestly, "No."
"I was wearing a raincoat, which protected me completely, so I wasn't scratched by tree branches or cut by weeds."
Jiang Hexi downplayed the incident and assured him, "Chu Yang and I will not act rashly again in the future."
"You were the ones who caused the bamboo raft to slide down last time, and you're the ones who walked into the stagnant water this time."
Yan Jie angrily retorted, "What makes you think you won't do it again next time?"
Chu Yang and Jiang Hexi realized that he was in a bad mood and that whatever they said would only invite a scolding. So they simply shut their mouths and pretended to be deeply remorseful.
Yu Xiangwan brought over a glass of water and gently placed it in front of Yan Jie.
She could confront Shen Yingyu directly, but she dared not utter a single word against Yan Jie.
There's no way around it, Yan Jie's mouth is too sharp. If you can't shut him up, you'll be ridiculed by his sarcastic remarks and start to doubt your life.
Yu Xiangwan straightened her expression and said, "I tried to stop you from going into the water, but you wouldn't listen. Now that you've been scolded, you realize how serious the consequences of an accident are!"
She continued her roundabout approach, saying, "From now on, whenever you encounter a difficult situation, a problem you can't solve, or a matter you can't decide on, report it to Prince Yan before making a decision. Do you understand?"
Jiang Hexi stepped onto the steps she offered and ran down them at breakneck speed:
"Wanwan, I will definitely ask for permission from higher authorities in the future, and I will not do anything that Prince Yan does not approve."
Chu Yang echoed, "Whatever Brother Yan says goes. I will follow Brother Yan's orders in everything."
Yu Xiangwan looked at Yan Jie, asking for his opinion.
Yan Jie slightly tempered his temper and looked steadily at Jiang Hexi, "Do you have any discomfort such as fever, stuffy nose, or sore throat?"
Chu Yang quickly answered, "No."
Seeing Yan Jie's expression suddenly turn cold, Jiang Hexi immediately replied, "I didn't either."
Only after hearing these words could Yan Jie overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Her safety is his bottom line; otherwise, he will never let this go.
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