Ruan Chengkai stared at the computer screen glowing with white light, looking at the densely packed black characters like ants on the screen, but suddenly lost any thought.

Just now when he saw Ruan Hanshan's ecstatic expression when he heard the child call out "Daddy", a feeling of jealousy rose in his heart.

He was jealous of Ruan Hanshan, who could hear the child calling "Daddy".

Then he immediately realized that he actually cared as much as Xu Wenting about the fact that he had never had a child.

But he didn't want to put too much pressure on Xu Wenting, so he kept suppressing his feelings, but when Xu Wenting told him her anxiety and worry without reservation, he completely collapsed.

Ruan Chengkai took out his mobile phone, turned on the screen and wanted to send a message to Xu Wenting.But he typed a few lines and deleted them all.

He didn't know how to speak, and he didn't know what to say.After so long, he has forgotten how to talk to Xu Wenting like before.

Ruan Chengkai stayed up all night and greeted dawn with his eyes open.

The next day, the itinerary arranged by the uncle and nephew was to go to the historical and cultural attractions in Yucheng to understand the local historical and cultural atmosphere.

Yucheng not only has beautiful natural scenery, but also has many cultural relics and temples and Taoist temples. Wanfu Temple, located in the center of Yucheng City, is the most famous one.

The driver brother has been getting along with his uncle and nephew day and night these days, and he is no longer intimidated in front of the son-in-law, and started to introduce the big and small things in Yucheng to the two.

Although the morning rush hour had passed, there were still many cars on the road. A four-lane road was tightly jammed with crowded cars. Ruan Hanshan and the others could only move forward little by little.

The driver looked straight ahead, controlled the brake with his right foot, and his face was filled with uncontrollable excitement: "Wanfu Temple is really very spiritual! Whatever you ask for, as long as you are sincere. Isn't my brother-in-law's son taking the college entrance examination this year? Go to Wanfu Temple to worship Buddha, hoping his son can pass the exam. Guess what happened?"

Before Ruan Hanshan and Ruan Chengkai opened their mouths, the driver continued enthusiastically: "Not only have you passed the exam, but you have also entered the military academy that was approved in advance! The husband and wife are very happy. After graduating from this university, they will be military officers!"

Ruan Chengkai's eyes lit up, and his body, which was leaning on the back of the chair, straightened up, his lips moved but he didn't say anything.

Ruan Hanshan spoke instead: "Such a spirit, isn't it true that there are many people worshiping every day, can the Buddha be busy?"

The driver let out a laugh from his nose, saw the car in front of him slowing down, and followed him calmly, and then slowly said: "The Buddha doesn't look at the amount of money, nor does he look at the size of the officials, he only looks at the heart. Not sincere enough. There are many people who go to worship, but there are really not many sincere ones."

Ruan Hanshan nodded with a smile, but said nothing more.

Because the old man likes Buddhist culture, he and Ruan Chengkai have learned about it by ear.Under the influence of the old man, Ruan Chengkai has a good impression of Buddhism; Ruan Hanshan's attitude has always been neutral, neither believing nor rejecting it.

Compared with pinning his hopes on Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Ruan Hanshan felt that he had to rely on his own strength.

The car became quiet again, only the cold air kept blowing out from the air outlet.

Ruan Chengkai sat by the window, looking at the still traffic outside, unconsciously rubbing the surface of the leather seat with his fingers.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Then how can we sincerely worship the Buddha?"

The driver was stunned when he heard the words, scratched his head and thought for a while, and then said: "I don't know that very well. I heard from my brother-in-law that he told the Buddha how his son was suffering, how tired, and how he stayed up late to study. He rambled on for almost half an hour before he finished. Maybe the Buddha agreed to him because of his sincerity."

Ruan Chengkai nodded thoughtfully, then stared out of the window again without moving.

Originally only 15 minutes away, they were stuck in traffic for an hour before arriving.The driver parked the black van in the public parking lot outside the temple, and got off with Ruan Hanshan and the others.

Although there are no ten thousand Buddhas in the Wanfo Temple, there are many enshrined, so it covers a large area.The temple is a back-shaped building structure, and the tall and dazzling golden Buddhas with different postures are enshrined in the Buddhist halls.

Today is Saturday, when you walk into the temple through the mottled wooden threshold, you can see the crowded crowd, the smoke from burning sandalwood is floating in the air, and there is also a faint fragrance, which makes people feel happy when they smell it It became much quieter.

The driver pointed to the Buddhist hall that was crowded with people at the entrance, and said to the uncle and nephew: "The most efficacious Tathagata Buddha is enshrined here."

There were three cushions for knees at the entrance of the Buddha hall. Someone knelt on them and worshiped the golden Buddha in the room, still muttering something to himself.

There are three lines lined up behind the three mats, and it seems that they are all waiting in line to "kneel".

Ruan Hanshan observed the composition of the crowd, and looked at the scene in the Buddhist temple from a distance, and wanted to take a step forward along the back shape, but after walking a few steps, he realized that only the driver and a bodyguard.

He turned his head and saw that Ruan Chengkai was standing behind the kneeling people, with his hands folded and his eyes closed, his lips moved slightly and he was talking to himself.

Ruan Hanshan stood there and waited. After waiting for almost 10 minutes, Ruan Chengkai still had no intention of leaving.

Ruan Hanshan was a little surprised.When the two of them went to Buddhist temples with the old man before, although Ruan Chengkai also worshiped, they never worshiped for such a long time.

He thought of what the driver said in the car.Wouldn't Ruan Chengkai also want to use that method to ask the Buddha to bless him?What exactly did he ask for?

Ruan Hanshan waited another seven or eight minutes, and Ruan Chengkai finally finished.

Ruan Chengkai opened his eyes, his eyes were a little dazed for a moment, but he soon spotted his nephew and bodyguard standing in the side corridor, and walked over quickly.

The two continued to walk inside under the guidance of the driver. The driver introduced the Buddha enshrined in the Buddhist hall: "This is Guanyin Bodhisattva... This is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva..."

Ruan Hanshan clasped his hands respectfully, showing respect to the tall golden Buddhas one by one.

Ruan Chengkai was not as formal as before. He just lit three incense sticks for each Buddha, raised his head and put them in the incense burner in front of the golden Buddha after worshiping.

After walking through a row of Buddhist temples, Ruan Hanshan caught a glimpse of several lush magnolia trees with staggered branches on the right.There was an old wooden table under the tree, and on the bench behind the wooden table sat a benevolent old monk in a brown-yellow monk uniform.

On the wooden table in front of the old monk was a bamboo stick, and beside it were stacks of small white paper slips.

There was a long line of people standing in front of the wooden table, there were almost twenty people.

"Is this releasing the visa?" Ruan Hanshan asked the driver in a low voice.

The driver also lowered his voice: "This monk specially releases lottery tickets for this group of people every Wednesday and Saturday for free. I heard that it is also very effective, but everyone seems to be willing to worship the Tathagata Buddha."

Ruan Hanshan nodded, and saw the woman at the head of the team took a white lottery paper, bowing and thanking her with a smile on her face.After she left, the person behind immediately took two steps forward with a worried face.

Ruan Chengkai also saw it, raised his hand to look at his watch, and said randomly, "It's still early, I'll go ask for a lottery." After speaking, he stood at the tail of the line.

The two wanted to act together, so Ruan Hanshan had no choice but to stand there and wait for him.

Today, he was dressed in black and black trousers. He had a handsome face and a tall figure. He was very conspicuous in the crowd. Many people who passed by couldn't help but look back at him frequently.

Ruan Hanshan even felt that the old monk behind the table looked at him a few times.

Ruan Chengkai waited in line for more than half an hour, and finally arrived at the table of the old monk. He immediately bowed and bowed to show respect.

The old monk raised his head, glanced at Ruan Chengkai's face, and then frowned his gray eyebrows.

Ruan Chengkai's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to ask, but the old monk raised his hand and asked him first: "Are the benefactor and the young man in black together?"

Ruan Chengkai looked in the direction his palm was pointing at, and the old monk was pointing at Ruan Hanshan standing under the magnolia tree.

Ruan Hanshan raised his eyebrows suspiciously when he noticed the gaze of the two.

"Yes." Ruan Chengkai nodded in response.

The old monk nodded slowly, as if thinking of something, his expression was very solemn.

Ruan Chengkai was afraid of disturbing him, so he asked softly, "Is there any problem?"

The old monk sighed, nodded and said: "Seeing that both of you are in the dark, and you are traveling together, you must be more careful in everything recently, but there will be no serious problems."

Ruan Chengkai was overwhelmed by his words, and couldn't help but want to ask for more details, but the old monk didn't want to say anything more.

"It's because I'm not good at learning that I'm here to ask for a lottery to practice according to my master's request. I really can't see more." The old monk kept waving his hands, his wrinkled face was very distressed, "Donor, you Don't embarrass me."

Ruan Chengkai wanted to ask again, but the people behind him had already started urging him.

"Benefactor, ask for a lottery," the old monk handed him the lottery container, "Thinking about what you are asking for, just shake out a lottery stick from the lottery barrel."

Ruan Chengkai took the stick that had been rubbed very smooth, feeling inexplicably nervous, and his heart beat a few beats faster.

With this question in his mind, he began to shake the stick.The slender bamboo stick made a "swish" sound in the stick, and soon a bamboo stick fell on the wooden table.

The old monk picked up the bamboo stick, narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the words engraved on the bamboo stick, took out one of the many stacks of sticky paper on his left hand, and handed it to Ruan Chengkai.

Ruan Chengkai hurriedly took it over and took a look. There were two lines of small characters printed in italics on the white paper, which read:

There are priceless treasures and treasures hidden inside, so there is no need to look outside to get jade; it is better to wait for a high-level person to know, and be more relieved.

The old monk chuckled: "It's a good sign, the benefactor is asking for a son?"

Ruan Chengkai: ...

He shook his head and said, "The question is about marriage."

The old monk immediately changed his words: "It's the same, there is a child in this marriage, I will congratulate the benefactor first."

Ruan Chengkai's face darkened instantly.

He had never heard of such a far-fetched relationship. Although he also wanted a child, what he was asking was how to restore the relationship between himself and Xu Wenting.

He now strongly suspects that the monk in front of him is a liar.

He pouted, hurriedly took the lottery paper handed over by the old monk, stuffed it into his pants pocket, turned around and walked back to Ruan Hanshan's side.

Ruan Hanshan didn't expect him to come back so soon, and asked him with some doubts: "What's the matter? Is it not accurate?"

When asked by his nephew, Ruan Chengkai's face became even more ugly: "No. He also said that the two of us should be careful recently. I think he wants to coax me to donate incense money."

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