Chapter 436 The priest wants the little boy to leave his church
After a brief silence, everyone in the office finally couldn't help laughing and shrugging their shoulders.
Bai Bufan breathed a sigh of relief, having survived the disaster.
Fortunately, it seems that Aunt Ding Sihan’s beliefs are not very devoted, otherwise she would definitely not have reacted like this.
That's good.
Because if he were in front of those truly devout believers who took the doctrine as their guiding principle, he would have been in trouble.
Damn it, it’s all Lin Li’s fault.
I was clearly helping him explain that hellish joke.
Now, he is the one making a fool of himself, but he is the one who is scared.
Bai Bufan turned around and was about to curse, but he saw Lin Li frowning slightly, standing up, making a very standard holy sign with both hands on his chest, and looking at him solemnly, with a bit of compassionate condemnation in his eyes:
"Bai Bufan, how could you, in the Lord's holy temple, speak such contemptuously, obscenely, and blasphemingly about the Lord's glory and His only Son, Jesus Christ, who was born to save us?"
Bai Bufan: “?”
Fuck you.
When did you join the church, you traitor!
Lin Li took a deep breath and spoke in a chanting tone:
"Lord, please forgive this lost lamb. His heart was blinded, his mouth spoke wildly, and he committed the grave sin of blaspheming the Holy Name—"
"His foolishness and ignorance led him to make a grave mistake. Just as it is written in the Scriptures, 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.' What he called the crucifixion was actually the holy cross on which you willingly endured immense pain to save the world—"
"Lord, overflowing with mercy, your love is vast, deep, and profound. Please look after this poor sinner. I know there's still a glimmer of conscience deep in his soul, but it's been too deeply poisoned by the filth of the world. For the sake of your infinite mercy, please cleanse his mouth, forgive his rebellion, and extinguish... your anger—"
Bai Bufan: "(；゜ロ゜)?"
Lin Li, why are you so skilled?
Do you even remember all the contents of the Bible?
But later, Bai Bufan also felt that it was reasonable.
After all, there is a divine logic that "when a man fully respects women, it means that this man knows all the points of disrespecting women, and this is already disrespecting women." Then isn't it normal for Lin Li, who respects Satan the most, to be familiar with the Bible?
Reasonable.
But before Bai Bufan could say anything, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the corridor: "Okay!"
Father Qiu followed the voice and appeared at the door.
A deep joy flashed across his face. In a room filled with playful young people, he suddenly heard such a standard prayer that was full of compassion, directly quoted from the scriptures, and in line with Catholic doctrine. Especially since this prayer was interceding for a "lost lamb," it was like a ray of fresh air in the noisy world!
Ding Yu also said that his niece and her classmates had no religious beliefs, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"Well said!"
Father Qiu couldn't help but praise again, his voice full of obvious excitement, and he walked forward quickly.
Before Lin Li and Bai Bufan could make any move, Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu all left the back of the table at the same time, took a step forward, and vaguely stood between the priest and the two of them.
Lin Li and Bai Bufan: "..."
This, this is the taste of distrust again.
The two looked at each other and shrugged somewhat amusedly.
Why don’t you believe in yourself?
Could it be that since this priest is so excited to come and communicate with us, the two of them will go up and ask the question, "Mr. Priest, do you like the six little kids?"
How is that possible? It's so disrespectful.
Although Father Qiu was a little surprised by the girls' reactions, his attention was not on them at the moment.
He stopped, his expression solemn and gratified, and looked at Lin Li, his fellow traveler, with burning eyes:
"You are so young, yet you have such deep understanding and a compassionate heart! My child, your prayers are so powerful, filled with trust in the Lord's grace and love for lost souls!"
Lin Li: ☉v☉.
Nod obediently.
Bai Bufan lowered his head; he couldn't listen any longer.
The priest opened his arms as if to embrace the young man's devotion. He nodded slightly, and with the joy of witnessing the inheritance of faith, he continued to express his feelings:
"It is precisely because of this profound love that the Lord willingly endured suffering for us! Your words, like the warm winter sun, shine into this room and warm our hearts! Hearing you pray for your companions, filled with such love and forgiveness, is truly a blessing from the Lord..."
He mumbled a lot of religious prayers, and Father Qiu's eyes were full of sincere recognition and strong encouragement.
Finally, he clasped his hands together in front of his chest, making a prayer gesture, his eyes locked with Lin Li's with great earnestness, his voice filled with emotion, full of complete recognition and blessing:
"Amen!"
Lin Li's eyes lit up, and he finally responded: "Aqian~"
Bai Bufan looked up instantly, his mouth faster than his brain: "A grape tree~"
Although he was a little surprised that Lin Li could even find the angle to start a team fight, but as good brothers, the main thing is that if you dare to start a team fight, Bai Bufan will follow immediately!
Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan with satisfaction: "Ah, tender~ Ah, tender~ The green has just sprouted~"
Bai Bufan is also getting better OvO: "The snail is carrying that heavy shell~"
Lin Li OvO: "Climbing up step by step~"
Their expressions gradually brightened, and they pointed at each other after singing a line.
The priest was stunned.
At this moment, he was overwhelmed by a sense of confusion as his emotions reached a peak and then suddenly collapsed into nothingness. He was even a little confused as to whether what he was experiencing was real.
No? What are these two people doing?
When his vision refocused and his mind struggled to work, he found that the singing had stopped, and Lin Li and Bai Bufan were pointing at him expectantly.
Father Qiu: “?”
Who am I? Where am I? What should I do now?
What is this? Is it time for my own lyrics?
After reading Lin Li's lip movements, Father Qiu subconsciously replied with the remaining inertia of his priesthood: "Amen?"
Lin Li's eyes were filled with praise, and he nodded encouragingly before continuing the song: "Ah Qian!"
Bai Bufan still started the fight and immediately followed: "Two orioles~"
"Ahhh~ Ahhh~ Haha, I'm laughing at it~"
"It's still too early for the grapes to ripen. What are you doing up here now?"
"Ah Huang~Ah Huang~Oli'er, don't laugh~Wait until I climb up it and it will be ripe~Wait until I climb up it, it will be ripe——"
While Chen Yuying, Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan were covering their faces or mouths, leaning against each other and laughing until their bodies were shaking, the first half of the song had already been performed affectionately by two people.
Father Qiu: “(゜▽゜)?”
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do now?
Lin Li: "Father Qiu, your singing voice is quite good."
Bai Bufan: "Keep going, we still have half of the song to sing."
Lin Li: "OK, Father, come on, you start."
Father Qiu looked at the two excited people, and his whole body froze in place like a little boy who was invaded by both the devil and the priest.
"Don't, don't, don't sing for now, I, I, I, need to wait, wait for a while, something's going on——"
He lowered his head, one hand waved weakly, and the other hand unconsciously pressed against his pale lips, speaking incoherently.
Then, like a puppet, he turned around mechanically and staggered out of the office.
"Father,"
At the office door, Ding Yu, who had finished laughing and was about to go back, ran into the distraught Father Qiu.
After calling out and getting no response, Ding Yu waved his hand in confusion: "Father? Father Qiu? Father?"
"No, it's okay..." Father Qiu didn't even look at Ding Yu. He waved his hand and walked in another direction like a sleepwalker.
Ding Yu suddenly looked around the office. There were three girls squatting on the floor laughing, and two boys sitting at their desks, concentrating on sorting documents and occasionally turning their heads to exchange opinions. She felt a little confused.
"What happened?"
…
Ding Yu's question did not receive an answer.
Even when it came to her own niece, facing her question, she just looked up at the office and said to her, "Aunt, you can check the surveillance when you are in a bad mood", but she refused to repeat what had just happened.
It just said obscure words like "not human", "any video posted on Douyin will be labeled as suspected AI generation, please be careful to distinguish", "it is worthy of being a dog", "it cannot be said" and so on.
Ding Yu was not obsessed with it, and Lin Li was fine. She was mainly afraid to get to know the young man named Bai Bufan too deeply, for fear that he would say something outrageous again.
It would be terrible if I couldn't help laughing again. You know, next week at Christmas, not only eggs will be distributed, but also rice, flour and oil.
If this is not achieved, the meaning of Catholicism’s existence will collapse.
The organizing work only took ten minutes, and although there were some minor incidents in the middle, it was completed quickly.
"Aunt, everything that has been sorted out is on the table. Is there anything else you can help me with?" After the five people walked out of the office, Ding Sihan shouted to Ding Yu at the door of the activity room.
"No more." Ding Yu waved at the five people, "Go eat! I've transferred the money for the milk tea to you, go buy it yourself!"
"good!"
"I don't think it's good, because Bai Bufan and I might not be able to drink this milk tea."
"I think Lin Li is right."
"Lin Li, Yingbao told me to tell you to shut up. Bai Bufan, just shut up."
Lin Li frowned: "Dingzi, if you falsely convey the imperial edict, you will be beaten to death."
Bai Bufan frowned: "Why didn't I even threaten you? Don't you have any dignity at all?"
Amidst the conversation and laughter, the five people returned to the temple again. The believers were still singing, and each of them could really sing.
"I have different feelings every time I listen to it. This time, I don't think it's as good as the duet of 'The Snail and the Oriole' by the three of us," Lin Li commented.
"Indeed." Bai Bufan agreed.
Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, and Chen Yuying quickened their pace, trying to distance themselves from the two and pretend not to know them.
But then, the three of them suddenly stopped.
Because they saw the third person in the three-person choir at the door.
Father Qiu, who had just staggered away in front of them not long ago, was now standing beside the holy water pool with an almost paranoid attitude.
He did not symbolically dip his fingers in water and make the sign of the cross on his forehead and chest like ordinary believers or tourists.
Instead, he leaned forward, facing the pool, and immersed his hands deeply in the holy water, scrubbing them vigorously, with his eyes closed, and seemed to be praying devoutly.
The volunteer who had been gently explaining how to use the holy water now stood aside with a confused look on his face.
Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, and Chen Yuying: "..."
They had experienced the holy water pool.
Naturally, I also know what role the holy water pool plays in the sect.
It’s so hard to guess why Father Qiu felt that his heart was broken (*▽*).
A believer, also drawn to the priest's unusual behavior, couldn't help but curiously ask the volunteer administrator, "Father...what's going on? Do you need our help?"
The administrator came back to his senses, glanced at the priest, shook his head helplessly, and replied in a low voice:
"I'm not sure either. I don't know what happened to the priest just now. He came over from behind and kept muttering things like "need to be purified", "need to repent and must confess", "demons, demons and heretics have invaded the church", "the little boy is too scary" -"
"Ah?" When the passerby heard this, his mouth opened in surprise and his eyes immediately became nervous.
"No, no, no! Everything is fine here! I guess...it might be the priest, um..." The volunteer waved his hands hastily upon seeing this, but paused, unable to find a more appropriate word, so he could only say:
"The priest may not be feeling well."
Father Qiu, who had been repeatedly purifying himself, now pulled his hands out of the holy water, creating a small splash.
He still looked a little dazed. Noticing the inquiring glances from the administrator and believers, he forced a smile, whispered "It's okay", and slowly walked towards the confessional.
You need to confess to the Lord.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Chen Yuying and the other two walking in front.
The priest was stunned.
Then, he tilted his body and head to one side and looked cautiously behind the three people.
After actually seeing the devil and the demon himself, the priest was relieved and smiled in despair.
The steps that were originally heading towards the confessional suddenly turned and walked straight out of the church door.
“…”
Ding Sihan: "Where has he been? Is he coming home for dinner?"
Qu Wanqiu: "I suspect the office might be disinfected by holy water."
Chen Yuying: "No need to doubt it, it is inevitable."
"Why don't you three leave? What happened?" Lin Li and Bai Bufan, who followed behind, saw the girls whispering and asked with some confusion.
"It's okay." The three girls looked at the innocent faces of the two and shook their heads with a smile.
…
"The rest is up to you two."
As per dinner custom, the three girls put down their chopsticks first and left the task of cleaning up to Lin Li and Bai Bufan.
"OK." The two of them were fine with it and continued to eat.
"Let's go to the bathroom." Without waiting there, Ding Sihan wiped his mouth with a tissue and looked at Qu Wanqiu and Chen Yuying.
"Okay." Qu Wanqiu and Chen Yuying both nodded.
Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu stood up, but after leaving their seats, they found that Chen Yuying did not follow them. Instead, she frowned and was rummaging through her backpack, so they asked with some confusion:
"Yuying, what's wrong? If you don't have any paper, I have it."
"No, I can't find my lipstick." Chen Yuying shook her head, looked up and explained, while looking carefully around the seat, but still no trace of it.
Left it in the church? But I rarely open my own bag in the church.
At least I haven’t been robbed. My cell phone and earphones are still here.
Lin Li, who was standing opposite him, frowned and raised his head, looking at Chen Yuying with concern: "Why can't you find your lipstick?"
"How could you be so careless as to lose it just like that? Luckily I brought out the lip gloss I bought last week. I'll lend it to you for now."
Chen Yuying, who was searching anxiously, paused.
Then the girl slowly raised her head and looked at Lin Li, who looked concerned.
Lin Li opened his palm, and the lip gloss from last week was lying quietly there.
When Chen Yuying caught the hidden smile in Lin Li's eyes, she blinked.
Okay, my previous inference was a bit arbitrary.
I must have been robbed.
And it is obvious who the thief is.
The thief is so vicious.
Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan, who were standing, saw this scene but didn't think anything of it. They just clicked their tongues a few times and looked teasingly at Lin Li, who was so thoughtful as to carry lip gloss with him.
"Well? Take it and use it first, and just return it to me in the evening." Seeing that Chen Yuying didn't take it, Lin Li raised his hand, looked up and looked at Chen Yuying with a clear smile and a hint of anger.
Chen Yuying sighed with a helpless smile and reached out to take it: "Is it okay if you don't want to?"
Lin Li's palms closed instantly, and he grabbed the lip gloss back, shaking his head firmly: "Then I won't lend it to you."
Looking at Lin Li who turned away and didn't look at her at the beginning, if there weren't people around him, Chen Yuying would have wanted to grab Lin Li's arm and bite it hard.
"Give it to me." Chen Yuying sighed and stretched her hand forward a little again.
"Then you have to promise that you won't return it tonight." Lin Li needed a promise.
Chen Yuying looked at Lin Li helplessly and amusedly for a long time before nodding submissively: "Alright~"
"It's yours, use it as you like." Lin Li immediately stuffed the lip gloss into Chen Yuying's hand with a bright and carefree smile.
Chen Yuying held the lip gloss in her hand, clenched it into a small fist, and hit Lin Li lightly. She glared at him unhappily, then followed Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu to the bathroom.
Wuhu, the plan is passed.
Lin Li was satisfied and lowered his head to prepare for a happy meal.
"Bufan, there was a chicken leg in my bowl just now, how come it turned into bones?" Lin Li frowned.
Bai Bufan: "No (chew chew chew), you must have remembered it wrong (chew chew chew), why are you looking at me (chew chew chew), I picked up this chicken leg from the ground (chew chew chew)."
"No, we are already cleaning up the leftovers. What are you fighting for? If you want to eat it, just take it away. Go ahead and eat it." Lin Li couldn't help laughing.
“It tastes better if you just grab it.”
"That's true."
The girls came back soon, and Lin Li and Bai Bufan also finished their meals.
The five people stood up and left the restaurant.
"I'll return it to you first." After walking out of the restaurant, Chen Yuying handed the lip gloss to Lin Li.
"Haha," Lin Li looked at her straight in the eyes, chuckled coldly, and refused to take it, "I don't want this."
Chen Yuying didn't force it. She just smiled, pursed her lips that had just been repainted, and said softly, "But you still have to go back to school with Wanqiu and Bufan tonight, right?"
"Or," she said, her eyes rolling with a hint of mischief, "you want to abandon them both and go back with me in Uncle Zhuang's car? I can't guarantee that my dad won't suddenly come to pick me up, or meet me downstairs by chance."
"I have my own way." Facing Chen Yuying's "threat", Lin Li just smiled lightly.
A minor threat, laughable.
…
After dinner, as planned, the five of them went to a nearby shopping mall to have some fun. The four of them, except Ding Sihan, bought a small gift.
Then I went back to the back door of the church and handed it to the aunt under the Christmas tree to participate in the gift exchange activity.
"Why don't we look for Yingbao's lipstick now? If it's not in the restaurant, it must be left here." After putting the receipt away, Ding Sihan suddenly suggested.
"No need." Chen Yuying suppressed the urge to look back at Lin Li and shook her head at Ding Sihan. "It's a waste of time. Don't miss the movie. Just assume I don't want it and throw it in the trash."
"A rich woman is a rich woman, generous." Ding Sihan exclaimed.
"Indeed." Trash Can himself also agreed.
In the cinema, five people sat in a row, and Lin Li was still hugging women on both sides.
The lights dimmed and a commercial was playing on the screen.
Lin Li stared at the screen, but his mind had already drifted to the soft lips of the person next to him that were slightly pursed - referring to Chen Yuying on the right and Bai Bufan on the left, "Get out of here."
The method at dinner time refers to now.
Lin Li turned his head and put his cheek and ear close to Chen Yuying without warning. At the same time, he asked in confusion:
"Squad leader, what did you just say?"
Chen Yuying was startled, her lips slightly parted, and she looked at Lin Li blankly: "I didn't say anything..."
"oh."
Lin Li nodded.
Something cold poked her left hand. Chen Yuying looked down and saw that it was her lipstick that had been stolen.
"This..." Chen Yuying wanted to make a joke, but she was interrupted just as she opened her mouth.
"Squad leader, what did you just say?"
As the words came closer, Lin Li's cheek also came closer.
Chen Yuying blinked.
It’s hard to understand now.
With a light blush on her cheeks, Chen Yuying looked to the other side. Ding Sihan on the right was leaning towards Qu Wanqiu and talking to her in a low voice.
Noticing Chen Yuying's gaze, he leaned over again and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Chen Yuying shook her head.
Ding Sihan raised his middle finger.
Without turning around, Chen Yuying could guess that Lin Li next to her was winking at Ding Sihan, and he might have been the first to raise his middle finger.
But because of this, Lin Li returned to his normal distance and leaned back on the chair in the cinema.
Soon, the movie officially began.
Chen Yuying found it difficult to focus on the content of the movie for a moment. She moved her gaze slightly, but found that Lin Li's face was very far away from her at the moment because he was talking to Bai Bufan.
They should, should... be having a conversation.
I can't...
Chen Yuying feels that it is inappropriate for boys to do that (へ╬)!
I was overthinking it, because Lin Li immediately leaned towards me again and said the fixed line:
"Squad leader, what did you just say?"
There are many people and machines, and they can only say this one sentence.
This time, it seemed as if he had to hear the answer. Lin Li patiently maintained a perfect posture and waited.
But in fact, many things only have 0 times and countless times.
Once you take a step forward and lift your leg again, there will be no more obstacles.
Although Chen Yuying felt that her heartbeat seemed to be uncontrollable and drowned out the background sound effects of the theater, and her mood was also in turmoil, but in fact, the hesitation only existed for a very short second.
Her fingertips quietly grasped Lin Li's cuffs, as if she had caught a piece of driftwood in a corner where no one could see. Then, she quickly raised her chin slightly.
The lip glaze feels moist and slightly cool, and its weight is as light as a feather brushing against spring water.
"That's what I'm talking about..."
Chen Yuying quickly withdrew, and her explanation was as soft as a whisper.
But in the dim light, Lin Li could still see the shimmering light in her eyes, a mixture of shame and indulgence.
Lin Li felt that the softness and sweet fragrance lingering on her cheeks was more refreshing than church hymns.
Yeah.
Turning sideways, Lin Li stood in the bright and dark screen where light and shadow intersected, and accurately grasped Chen Yuying's hand hidden under her sleeve.
Chen Yuying was also satisfied. She looked at Lin Li's profile gently for a while, then turned her gaze to the movie, until -
"Squad leader, what did you just say?"
Chen Yuying: “…”
It's only been a minute.
(End of this chapter)
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