Chapter 619: 619
Red Boy looked at Monkey, who seemed engrossed in his scriptures . Lone Wolf appeared to be sleeping . Helplessly, Red Boy looked at Fangzheng who raised his eyelids . He pointed at Monkey and Lone Wolf .
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Almost at the same moment, Monkey lowered his scriptures and flipped over the wall, while Lone Wolf scampered away!
“Both of you, stop there!” Red Boy swung a broom as he chased the wolf and monkey around the mountain .
Upon seeing this scene, Fangzheng said in envy, “Youth sure is nice . They run with so much energy . ”
As the moon became bigger and rounder, Fangzheng mumbled . “The mid-autumn festival is coming . ”
A gust of autumn wind blew by as it scattered the fallen leaves . A white-robed Fangzheng stood under a tree and looked up into the sky, missing Zen Master One Finger a little .
At that moment, three men and two women were walking up Mt . One Finger as they took selfies along the way . One of the men wore a black sweater and looked rather sharp . His hands were in his pockets and as he walked, he said, “Liu Ying, are you certain Fangzheng became a monk on this mountain?”
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“I’m sure . Many people know of this . Li He, did you forget? Fangzheng mentioned it in the chat group previously . Besides, you can get the same information from the village . Fangzheng is here,” answered a yellow-dressed girl as she took a selfie .
“No, I just find this crappy mountain so bleak and desolate . Why can’t he choose somewhere better?” “Lin Tai, didn’t your family recently acquire a piece of land? Why don’t you give Fangzheng a part of it and set up a monastery for him?” Li He looked at the 1 . 96-meter-tall man beside him with a smile .
“Stop kidding . Brother Lin’s land is expensive . The houses built on it cost more than ten thousand yuan per square meter . It would be fine if we were to set up a monastery for some accomplished monk, but Fangzheng wouldn’t be able to handle it . ” Beside Lin Tai, a tall girl with long curly hair sneered .
The moment that was said, everyone laughed .
Still, Liu Ying said, “It’s fine if we make jokes here, but don’t say that when we’re at the mountaintop . We were classmates after all . We shouldn’t embarrass him . ”
The others nodded their heads slightly in acknowledgment .
However, no one noticed that Lin Tai’s eyes looked a little pissed! Back when they were in school, Lin Tai had a crush on Liu Ying . She was an arts councilor who was good at singing and dancing . She was cheerful and generous and could make conversation with anyone, but she did not have much of a close relationship with men . This resulted in her having many suitors, but none of them succeeded .
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That was nothing, and Lin Tai did not have to be unhappy about Fangzheng because of that .
However, Lin Tai had been hoping to use the excuse of a small gathering among classmates to hook up with Liu Ying . For this, Lin Tai had not invited anyone else except for Liu Ying, Li He, and Cui Jiandong . To prevent Liu Ying from feeling awkward, Lin Tai had even brought his younger sister, Lin Xi, along . Li He was Lin Tai’s good friend and knew his intentions, so he definitely did not spoil his plans . He even created opportunities for him . Zhan Jiandong was his underling, so he naturally knew what to do as well .
As the saying goes, the best things in life are the things you do not have . Therefore, Lin Tai had done a great deal of homework .
But before the gathering began, Liu Ying suggested to head to Mt . One Finger to visit Fangzheng! What the hell was Fangzheng? Lin Tai had even forgotten about such a person! Yet it wasn’t nice for him to reject her suggestion, so he could only go along with her wishes .
While walking up the mountain which didn’t seem to have an end, Lin Tai had already cursed Fangzheng’s past eighteen generations of ancestors . “This son of a b*tch . Why must he hide somewhere so high for no reason? Can’t he just beg for food on flat ground?”
That’s right . Lin Tai’s idea of Fangzheng was no different from that of a beggar .
Since it was Liu Ying who had spoken, Lin Tai couldn’t object .
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However, as Lin Tai’s lapdog, Cui Jiandong had to say something . He said with a smirk, “How do you imagine Fangzheng’s place is?”
“It’s not like we haven’t seen it before . What else can it be if not just a rundown temple? A slightly stronger wind can topple it,” said Li He with a scoff . All of them were studying at universities far away, so they didn’t return often . Even if they returned, they would while their time away in Songwu County . They knew nothing about One Finger Monastery or One Finger Village .
“That’s right . If I recall correctly, that rundown temple’s doors can’t even close,” said Cui Jiandong .
Li He said, “Yeah . The roof even leaks when it rains . By the way, does anyone remember how Fangzheng looks?”
“Eh… Now that you say it, I’ve nearly forgotten what he looks like . All I remember is that he was bald . As for what he’s like, he was too average . I don’t have an impression of his personality . Boss Lin, do you still remember?”
When the two disparaged Fangzheng while echoing each other in harmony, Lin Tai felt a lot better . He said with a smile, “All I remember is his bald head as well . ”
Lin Xi said, “Sigh . A bald head reflects light . It’s quite disgusting to look at . ”
The moment that was said, Lin Tai, Li He, and Cui Jiandong laughed . What they said was equivalent to cursing Fangzheng . However, Lin Xi did not know him . Therefore, what she said was unintentional, but it only made the few of them feel even better .
Liu Ying’s brows were tightly knitted together . She felt that they were all classmates, and it didn’t seem right to speak ill of another classmate behind his back . However, when she tried recalling Fangzheng herself, she realized that what they had said sounded right . Back then, Fangzheng was considered a needy student by the school . He was treated as a poverty-stricken student by the class . There was one time when they organized a trip to One Finger Temple to visit Fangzheng, and all they saw was a dilapidated scene that looked worse than a beggar’s house . From then on, although more people helped Fangzheng, they ultimately looked at him differently . Even the classmate that shared his desk requested to change seats .
With this in mind, Liu Ying could not help but sigh . However, what her companions had said was right . Fangzheng’s level of presence had been limited to his bald head . Even she did not have much of an impression of him . All she remembered was that Fangzheng had been a boy that didn’t get along well with the others . As for his looks, it was all a blur .
Her suggestion of heading to One Finger Monastery was actually a result of her discovering Lin Tai’s intentions . She wanted to find a pretext, and since she could not contact any of her other classmates as they were either out of town or working, she could only use Fangzheng as a shield . After all, he was a monk that would never move .
But at this moment, she felt a little regret . Back when she was finding a shield, she had not thought things through . Now, from the looks of it, Fangzheng was already in quite an abject state . Yet she was bringing Lin Tai and company to kick him while he was down . She felt a little apologetic .
She thought, “Whatever . He will be helping me shield off Lin Tai, so I can’t treat him badly . If he can still be saved and has the guts to leave his monastery, I’ll take him away from his mountain and let him visit the outside world . It’s better than him hiding on this desolate mountain his entire life . ”
At that moment, a monk appeared at the mountainside . He was a handsome monk dressed in white, clean robes . Most important of all, his bearing could almost be said to be different from that of mortals . Despite just standing there, it felt like he was transcendental . When the monk saw them, he smiled at them with a radiant beam . It was like the sun in the dead of winter, as it left one’s heart warm .