The table was filled with all kinds of food, including apple pie, roast chicken, and pasta pizza.

"Sit down and eat first!" Mother Hong turned around and took out a portion of cheese baked rice from the oven and placed it on the table while it was still hot.

"Oh, wait a minute, there's ice cream!" Hong's mother clapped her hands, took off her heat-insulating gloves and placed them on the floral cloth on top of the refrigerator. Then, she opened the refrigerator and brought out two cups of ice cream balls topped with jam, decorated with berries and chopped nuts.

"This is what Zhixiu loved to eat when she was a child. It might be a little sweet. Shengshi, you should try it too!"

"Oh! Delicious!" After Song Shengshi took the ice cream, he gently scraped a piece with the small spoon inserted in it and put it in his mouth. He was immediately captivated by the rich milky flavor and ate several bites in a row.

Hong Zhixiu was delighted to see Song Shengshi eating happily, and then she picked up her ice cream and prepared to eat it.

"Joshua, what you said last time...was it..."

I don't know when Mother Hong went upstairs, calling Joshua's name.

"You can go quickly." Song Shengshi didn't even raise his head, concentrating on taking pictures of the beautiful ice cream.

"Then you help me watch the ice cream~"

Joshua went upstairs. At the end of the upstairs corridor was a prayer room. Joshua's mother stayed there specially. If she was busy that week and could not go to church for worship, she would spend a little time in the prayer room every night for a whole week in advance to pray and confess.

"Mom, is there really a God in this world?" Joshua asked when he was a child.

“Yes, God is in everyone’s heart.” Mother Hong looked at the cross hanging on the wall and said, “As long as you believe that God is always by your side, you will be full of motivation, and life will not seem so difficult.”

"Joshua, is this what I think?"

In the prayer room, Mother Hong was kneeling on a cushion. Hong Zhixiu knew that when she usually prayed, she would choose to sit cross-legged or in other more relaxed postures.

Kneeling on a cushion is the only way to do this if something has happened that requires confession.

Thinking of this, Hong Zhixiu's expression darkened. He said sorry, walked over and wanted to kneel beside Hong's mother and confess with her.

"You don't have to repent," Mother Hong stopped him, smiled at him, and propped herself up from the cushion, "Mom has already apologized to the Holy Father on your behalf, he said it's okay, and he's optimistic about you!"

After saying that, Mother Hong pointed to the two bouquets of flowers on the windowsill, with the light green eustoma leaning against the light pink eustoma bouquet.

Mother Hong took out a dusty box from the small drawer of the black sandalwood table under the cross, wiped the dust off with her sleeve, and opened the box carefully.

Inside is an exquisite silver aquamarine ring, and the gem setting is a silver rose. The gem and the rose complement each other, looking very beautiful and exquisite.

"You had just become a Christian, and I even made you a custom engagement ring with a cross on it!"

Mother Hong had a happy smile on her face. She gently took the ring out of her body and said with regret, "Shengshi doesn't believe in religion... What a pity, such a beautiful ring..."

"Oh!" Mother Hong suddenly exclaimed, covering her mouth and looking at the ring box.

"What's wrong?" Joshua leaned over to take a look.

"Look." Mother Hong showed him the ring in her hand. It turned out that the moment she took the ring out, the cross fell off the ring band and lay in the middle of the box. The joint was particularly smooth, as if the cross had never existed in the first place.

"Shua, this is God's will, you must grasp it well!" Then she put the ring in Joshua's hand.

Joshua was moved. He held the ring against his chest and looked at the cross on the wall.

"Thank you."

Song Shengshi was very satisfied with the meal. Hong's mother also told him many interesting stories about Joshua's childhood. Although Joshua's father was on a business trip for work, he asked Hong's mother to prepare gifts for Song Shengshi and his son on his behalf.

It is a pair of gospel pendants.

The small, round, golden pendant is engraved with Christian blessings for the family.

Hong's mother bought these yesterday from a nearby Christian store. There were only two gospel blessings left for family members, as the ones for friends had been sold out.

At that time, Hong's mother thought that since they had lived together for so many years, they would probably be no different from family members, so she bought the remaining two.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a good thing.

It was God's will. Mother Hong made the shape of a cross on her chest.

After saying goodbye to Hong's mother, Joshua and Song Shengshi walked to the cinema while taking a walk to digest their food. While waiting to enter, Hong Zhixiu said that his old friend had something to talk to him about and asked Song Shengshi to wait for a while.

"Just stay in the children's area and don't wander around!"

"Get lost."

It didn't take long before Hong Zhixiu came back with two drinks in her hands. The two of them played with their phones, chatted, and took pictures.

Song Shengshi studied the gospel pendant for a long time and asked Joshua to read the contents on it.

Joshua didn't even need to look at it, because the content engraved on it was something he had memorized by heart.

“May God bless my relatives and loved ones with a peaceful and happy life.”

After watching the movie, the two of them took a walk around the block before it got completely dark.

Song Shengshi felt a little hungry and seemed to have forgotten something, so he pulled Joshua's sleeve and suggested going to eat.

Joshua stopped.

Song Shengshi looked up and saw a small church.

Although small, it is very exquisite. The stained glass depicts the Holy Father and the Virgin Mary. Outside the building, there is a relief of Jehovah saving the world. The back of the building seems to be a cemetery with several huge birch trees planted. Tombstones can be vaguely seen. The surrounding fences are all covered with climbing roses, but it is not yet the flowering season, so the leaves are lush and green.

"This is the church I used to live in when I was in the choir. Do you want to go in and take a look?" Although he was asking, Joshua had already held Song Shengshi's hand without him knowing when.

Nodding was Song Shengshi's first reaction. After agreeing, Song Shengshi reacted and pointed to the closed door.

“It seems not to be open.”

"I have the keys." Joshua felt in his coat pocket and pulled out a keychain with three keys hanging on it.

"Oh? Your friend gave it to you just now?" Song Shengshi was shocked, but there were not many opportunities to tour the church privately, so he happily followed them in.

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