"Five million? Master, do you think I'm a fool?" He Xinlan said with full vigilance: "Five million to buy a ring like this, no one would believe it."
As she spoke, He Xinlan looked the old monk up and down again and said, "Are you one of those liars who pretend to be a monk?"
Nowadays, there are often some scammers pretending to be monks and committing fraud in society. Many elderly people will trust these people because they are dressed like monks. In the end, not only are they cheated of their money, but they are also coaxed into being grateful.
In He Xinlan's eyes, this old monk was undoubtedly such a person. If someone told others that he spent five million to buy an inconspicuous jade ring, no one would believe it.
"You are joking, donor. I am a monk from Shaolin Temple, not a liar as you say." The old monk was not angry at all because of He Xinlan's suspicion. He still spoke in a friendly manner, looking like a high monk.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but Master, where do you get so much money as a monk?" He Xinlan frowned, her suspicion still there. When she was young, she traveled all over the country with her husband and had seen all kinds of people. Naturally, she would not trust others so easily.
The old monk laughed and said, "My name is Wuyuan. I am the abbot of Shaolin Temple. Naturally, I have the right to decide how to use some of the temple's finances."
"Wuyuan? Are you Master Wuyuan?" He Xinlan asked doubtfully.
Wuyuan is a high-ranking monk in the Shaolin Temple. He is well-versed in Buddhism and is well-known throughout the entire HN province. How could he possibly ask to buy his ring like this old monk did
Thinking of this, He Xinlan believed that the old monk was undoubtedly a liar. After thinking about it, she refused: "This ring was given to me by my son-in-law. I will not sell it."
"Amitabha." The old monk clasped his hands together and said with regret: "In this case, I will not force you. If you change your mind one day, you can come to Shaolin Temple to find me." After that, the old monk chanted the Buddha's name again, and then sat in silence.
"What a strange liar. He speaks as if it were true." He Xinlan curled her lips and closed her eyes to rest.
…
Finally returning to the shared house, Chen Feng suddenly felt excited.
Ever since Li Li's mother He Xinlan came to visit her daughter, Chen Feng has been spending the night in the morgue. Although the morgue is extremely free and no one disturbs him, Chen Feng in this life suddenly feels lonely.
Loneliness is something I have never encountered in my previous life.
In his previous life, Chen Feng had practiced Taoism for thousands of years and had always been alone. His disciples all had their own things to do and were not around all year round. But Chen Feng at that time never had such emotions.
"Could it be because I'm in the secular world?" Chen Feng vaguely felt that there seemed to be something extra in his heart, but he couldn't grasp it.
"Hey, what are you doing standing there like an idiot? Come and give me a hand!" Li Li pushed the door open, carrying a large cardboard box.
"Why did you come back so early today?" Chen Feng hurried forward, took the cardboard box from Li Li's hand, and said with a smile.
"Huh—" Li Li reached out and touched the slight beads of sweat on her forehead, and took a long breath: "It's really heavy." After saying that, she frowned and shook her sore arm.
As her arms swung, Li Li's plumpness rose and fell, causing Chen Feng to fantasize again.
"Why am I becoming more and more evil?" Chen Feng muttered to himself, but his eyes never left Li Li's beautiful figure.
"Hmph, you lecherous guy, what are you thinking about?" Li Li said, staring at Chen Feng viciously.
"Ah, no, I was just wondering why you suddenly brought back so many things. Aren't these the books and documents on your desk in the police station?" Chen Feng's old face turned red, and he quickly argued.
"Really?" Li Li looked at Chen Feng doubtfully, then pouted her lips, puffed out her chest, and said proudly, "I got a promotion today."
"Promotion? What position?" Chen Feng was a little surprised, but he was happy for Li Li from the bottom of his heart.
"Haha, I'm the deputy captain of the criminal police team now. Boy, don't commit crimes in the future, otherwise, I'll give an order and you'll be arrested." Li Li pointed at Chen Feng's nose provocatively and said happily.
Seeing Li Li's green fingers resting in front of his nose, Chen Feng suddenly bit them.
"Ah, you big hooligan, are you going to do something bad again?" Li Li retracted her little hand and retreated to the door of her room. Her movements were so fast that even Chen Feng, a master in the Condensation Stage, felt inferior to her.
"Chen Feng, please go to dinner with me tonight. Today, due to the personnel transfer of the criminal police team, a special dinner was organized." Li Li stuck her head out from the half-open door and said playfully, "Don't embarrass me tonight."
The Hunan Restaurant is a relatively well-known restaurant in HZ City. It is loved by the working class because of its delicious dishes and reasonable prices.
At this moment, it was just dinner time and the Hunan restaurant was already crowded.
Chen Feng and Li Li walked into the hotel side by side.
"It's all your fault. You're so slow. Now we're late." Li Li complained from time to time.
Chen Feng's face was full of apology, but he was sweating secretly in his heart: If you weren't a girl with a poor sense of direction and gave the wrong directions, would we be late
"Oh, Lily, you're finally here. We thought you weren't coming." A fashionably dressed woman came up with a smile on her face, took Lily's little hand and said.
"Hey, who is this?" The woman suddenly saw Chen Feng and said in surprise: "Lily, is this your boyfriend?"
Lily glanced at Chen Feng and said expressionlessly, "I guess so."
"Wow, Lili, you really have a boyfriend." The woman hugged Lili's arm and said teasingly, "Not bad, he's quite handsome."
"What's so handsome about him? He's just a bad guy." Li Li teased the woman in a low voice.
The woman seemed to have a good relationship with Li Li. The two of them played around for a while, then looked at Chen Feng who was standing awkwardly on the side and said, "Hello, I'm Li Li's good sister, Lu Hui. It seems that what Li Li said is right. Your boyfriend is really handsome."
"Uh..." Chen Feng was a little puzzled. Could it be that Li Li was promoting herself outside
Seeing Chen Feng's somewhat puzzled expression, Li Li pulled Chen Feng aside and began to explain.
It turned out that she was promoted to the deputy captain of the criminal police team in today's personnel transfer, but the captain was transferred from another place, a handsome guy. As soon as she saw Li Li, she wanted to pursue Li Li, but Li Li blocked her with the excuse that she had a boyfriend. So everyone asked Li Li to bring her boyfriend tonight. Li Li couldn't resist everyone, so this happened.
"Please don't embarrass me tonight." After explaining, Li Li looked pleading.
"So that's how it is." Chen Feng smiled, then put his arm around Li Li's shoulders, turned around and said to the fashionable woman with a smile: "Hello, my name is Chen Feng, and I'm Li Li's fiancé."