457: Chapter 450: Night Visit to the Nun’s Room 457: Chapter 450: Night Visit to the Nun’s Room Master Jingchen was probably in her late fifties.
Originally, she used to call Chen Hai “Benefactor” every time she addressed him.
But now, seeing Chen Hai with a shaved head and wearing a gray monk robe he had somehow acquired, she felt that calling him a benefactor didn’t quite fit anymore.
After trying to reason with Chen Hai for a long time to no avail, her expression darkened, “Young man, I have already relayed your message to Jingxin.”
“It’s not that I’m making it difficult for you, but she simply doesn’t want to see you!”
“Buddhism is a place of serenity; if you don’t leave and continue causing trouble, don’t blame me for taking extreme measures!”
Perhaps feeling that Chen Hai didn’t understand what she meant by “extreme measures,” she hesitated before explaining, “Take a look around.
With you dressed like that and coming to our Tianning Temple, many tourists’ cellphones and cameras are already pointed this way.”
“If I were to shout out some accusations of impropriety here, just think about what would happen to you…”
It must be said, Master Jingchen’s threat was quite ruthless!
Even Chen Hai was left speechless and a bit frightened after hearing her explanation.
“All that talk about Buddhism being a place of serenity, and here you are, a nun, not acting with any integrity!”
“And shouting about impropriety?
Aren’t you nuns supposed to live on alms and recite scriptures?
Where did you learn all these absurd tricks!”
Staring at Master Jingchen for a good while, it took some time for Chen Hai to force out these words.
As he spoke, he immediately earned a disdainful roll of the eyes from Jingchen.
She pulled out a cellphone from her pocket—the same model as Chen Hai’s, one that cost over ten thousand yuan.
“Living in the temple, I deal with tourists every day; I have to keep up with the times,” Master Jingchen added.
“There are plenty of jokes about such things on Douyin.
Just shouting a few accusations of impropriety is easy; why would I even need to learn that?”
“Let me ask you one last time, are you leaving or not?”
While saying this, she intentionally tried to bridge the gap between them, perhaps preparing for her next move!
“You’re tough, I’ll give you that.
Fine, you want me to leave?
I’ll leave then.
I’ll come back when nobody’s around…”
Murmuring a few words and leaving these behind, Chen Hai retreated as if fleeing from a scorpion.
He exited the great hall and vanished in a flash.
…
The sky was dotted with stars, the round moon hanging high.
Surrounded by pale lamps and ancient Buddhas, the wooden fish kept her company.
During her days in Tianning Temple, Ye Qingqing felt her heart, still not perfectly tranquil like a still well, had at least calmed a bit.
Before, whenever she would relax, Chen Hai’s image would uncontrollably appear in her mind.
But now, while chanting scriptures and striking the wooden fish, her mood remained fairly calm, no longer drifting into nostalgia about her moments with Chen Hai.
At most, she would dream about Chen Hai frequently.
Compared to before, her condition had improved significantly.
Ye Qingqing estimated that in another decade or two of sounding the wooden fish, Chen Hai’s shadow might finally be erased from her heart.
But today, her heart, which had just quieted a bit, was disorderly again…
“How did he know to find me becoming a nun here at Tianning Temple?”
“Does he already know that things between Li Feng and I are not harmonious?”
“Seeing that note I sent him through Jingchen, I wonder what his reaction will be…”
…
After sounding the wooden fish in the scripture hall for a longer time, Ye Qingqing still felt turmoil inside and couldn’t calm down for a long time.
In Tianning Temple, her identity was somewhat special.
After all, she had donated a large amount of money when she came here to become a nun!
To ensure peace, she had even promised to donate annually to the temple.
Given these circumstances, her status within the temple was naturally self-evident.
There wasn’t a hint of a breeze, and in the July and August weather, it was still extremely hot even at night.
After finishing with the wooden fish, she washed herself and returned to her own room, and by then it was already past eleven at night.
Her room was incredibly simple—an ordinary wooden bed, a wardrobe, and a chair.
Ye Qingqing had come to Tianning Temple to become a nun, not to enjoy life but to truly sever worldly ties.
In her own room, so long as there was a bed to accommodate her, that was already enough.
Moonlight streamed through the window grilles and into the room.
Although the scene inside the room was somewhat hazy, she could still make out the details rather clearly!
Too lazy to turn on the lights and having just washed up, she, wearing rather light clothes, draped the monk robe over the chair beside the bed and immediately lay down.
The next moment, just as she had lain down, her expression changed suddenly, and she leapt up.
Because the moment she laid down, she had felt a smooth, slightly warm head.
“Who…”
Perhaps she thought it was a fellow nun from the same temple who had accidentally entered the wrong room and ended up in her bed.
Though she felt something was off, she didn’t shout loudly but only asked in a soft voice.
However, the next moment, a large hand had already covered her mouth.
“Don’t scream, Qingqing, it’s me, Chen Hai…”
Panicking and about to struggle desperately, Ye Qingqing quieted down when she heard those words by her ear.
With the help of the moonlight, she clearly saw the figure covering her mouth and speaking to her.
“People sneak up on widows at night, but look at you, sneaking into a nun’s room in the middle of the night.
What are you thinking?”
Chen Hai had just released his large hand from her mouth when Ye Qingqing glared at him fiercely and complained.
“What else could I do?
Knowing you became a nun, I haven’t been able to eat or sleep well.
I just wanted to come and see what’s going on.”
“I came to find you during the day, and you even handed me a note saying our mortal ties had ended and we wouldn’t meet again!”
“Do you think I, Chen Hai, would give up so easily?
If I can’t see you during the day, then I can only sneak in at night.”
“Climbing into a nun’s room in the middle of the night?
Ordinary men can’t, but monks should be able to.”
“Look, to legitimately sneak into your room, I even shaved my head and got a monk robe to wear…”
As Chen Hai said this, he deliberately waved his bald head and the monk robe in front of Ye Qingqing.
“With your character, even if you really became a monk, you’d be a lecherous one!”
“I told you that we shouldn’t meet again, and you even agreed, yet you’re still crawling into my bed.
You’re clearly not letting me have any peace!”
Staring angrily at Chen Hai, Ye Qingqing protested.
“I agreed to never seeing you again because you said you were doing very well!”
“But now, if you were really doing well, would you become a nun?”
“Your words were just deceiving me.
You still love me, and I’m still the only one in your heart, right?”
Facing Ye Qingqing, Chen Hai questioned.
“I chant scriptures and worship Buddha, isn’t that renouncing worldly life for cultivation?” Ye Qingqing responded.
Her eyes seemed a bit evasive; as she said this, she dared not meet Chen Hai’s gaze directly.
“See, you’re lying to me again.”
“Whether you love me or not, we can find out right now!”
Originally sitting on the bed, Chen Hai flipped over, pinning Ye Qingqing beneath him, then leaned in and kissed her, blocking her lips.
In marital relationships, quarrels at the head of the bed are reconciled at the foot of the bed, as the ancient saying goes, and it makes a lot of sense!
Chen Hai couldn’t articulate profound speeches.
To him, bodily reactions were something that couldn’t lie!
With this kiss, whether Ye Qingqing still had feelings for him would naturally be clear.
When Chen Hai first kissed her, Ye Qingqing’s fists beat against his chest repeatedly.
But as she hit him, her hands, unwittingly, found themselves hanging around Chen Hai’s neck.