Chapter 36 (1/2)

Ch.36 – Seen Through

Hearing the monk's voice, Shen Yu was stunned and subconsciously thought that the monk was talking to someone else.

But there are clearly only the two of them in this place. Who else could he be talking to?

Shen Yu paused and turned to look at the monk. After a moment of silence, he pointed doubtfully at himself, “Me?”

The monk's expression remained unchanged.

Shen Yu put away the wooden cards and followed the monk into the next room.

The room is small and seemed to be for monks and temple staff to rest. There is only a small bed, a table and chairs, and some other simple equipment. The scent of sandalwood still lingered in the air.

Shen Yu sniffed this smell and his restlessness seemed to fly away.

The monk went to the table, sat down, and poured two cups of tea for Shen Yu and himself.

“Please, have some tea.” The monk gestured to Shen Yu.

Unfortunately, Shen Yu, as if he hadn't heard the monk's words, sat in his wheelchair in front of the door. His seemingly calm eyes were a little more vigilant. After a while, he pretended to have calmed down and said, “Is there a reason you're looking for me?”

The monk seemed to be aware of Shen Yu's rejection and was not annoyed. He spoke slowly and gently: “Perhaps the person who has something to say is the donor?”

Shen Yu was stunned. “I don't understand what you're talking about.”

“Everyone who comes to this world has a fixed destiny, whether it's a donor, a monk, or someone else. If you change your destiny, you may be attacked.”

The monk's intonation was not high, but every word was clearly introduced into Shen Yu's ears.

Shen Yu's face was as white as paper. He opened his mouth and could not even p.r.o.nounce a single syllable. At this moment, he felt that the words he couldn't find turned into tiny hammers and beat hard on his nerves.

What does the monk mean by that?

He didn't want to understand.

But in an instant, he understood.

“I…” Shen Yu's voice was so hoa.r.s.e that it took a lot of effort to squeeze out the remaining words, “I just want to save myself.”

The monk looked at Shen Yu very gently. To be exact, he gave out a kind and approachable aura from head to foot. However, this aura did not make Shen Yu feel better.

Under the monk's gaze, Shen Yu felt cold all over.

The fear of one's soul being seen is like a heavy shackle, which firmly binds all of Shen Yu's being. He was is so eager to leave, but he can only remain stunned in his place and stare at the monk.

“You can do something else.” The monk said helplessly.

“This is the most effective way. What's more, if I don't take the initiative to change my destiny, there's not a good ending waiting for me in the future,” Shen Yu whispered.

When the monk heard the words, he shook his head gently, as if he disapproved of Shen Yu's statement: “But while you are changing your destiny, you are also subtly changing the destiny of others.”

Shen Yu was shocked.

Now he understood that the monk came for Tang Li.

It's just…

How many monks know that he did not belong in this world?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Shen Yu was, and the more cold sweat kept overflowing from his forehead. His body began s.h.i.+vering – he could not calm himself down.

After a long silence, Shen Yu asked frankly, “What else do you know?”

The monk looked at him and laughed quietly.

Shen Yu did not get an answer. He took a deep breath and said, “I don't think I did anything wrong. Even if he had a set fate, it would be painful and wrong. Maybe what I did could pull him out of the abyss.”

After that, Shen Yu inevitably felt guilty.

What he had to admit was that he really intervened in Tang Li's life in order to make him own safer.

Moreover, it was impossible for him to just kick out the little villain for no reason.

Besides, Shen Yu and Tang Li had already lived together for a period of time. Even cats and dogs could be easy to get attached to after a period of time, not to mention Tang Li who was a human. He was reluctant to throw Tang Li out, so that the child could return to his lonely life as before.

Shen Yu didn't want to talk with the monk anymore. He turned around and left.

As soon as he left the door of the wooden house, the gentle voice of the monk called out from behind him: “I hope the donor will return to the right path as soon as possible, or I am afraid that there will be no room to maneuver when he suffers a counter-attack in the future.”

Shen Yu's face was pale, he clenched his hands against the armrest before the wheelchair rolled forward at a very fast speed.

At that moment, the wheelchair seemed to encounter something, coupled with the speed of moving forward too fast, the unstable center of gravity, Shen Yu unexpectedly straight forward.

What the f.u.c.k!

Shen Yu cursed and seized the wheelchair reflexively.

In response, the heavy wheelchair slid forward with him.

Ah…

It's over…

Shen Yu closed his eyes in fright, but unexpectedly, the antic.i.p.ated pain did not arrive. Instead, he felt a pair of hands wrap around him as he rolled on the ground two times.

The next second, Tang Li's panicked voice called out in his ear: “Shen Yu, are you okay?!”

During the shout, the hands clasped more tightly around Shen Yu.

Shen Yu felt that if he had not been killed before, then he was about to be strangled by Tang Li's grip. He opened his gloomy eyes and saw Tang Li's worried face.

“I'm fine…” Shen Yu shook his head and tried to get up from the ground. Then he realized that he had accidentally used the little villain under him as a cus.h.i.+on.

The little villain didn't appear to have any serious injuries, it's just that Tang Li's palms sat blood-soaked on the pebble-covered ground.

When Shen Yu saw this, he was so distressed that he stopped breathing for two seconds.

He picked up Tang Li's injured hand and observed it carefully for a moment, unfortunately he didn't have a handkerchief on his person. He could only let Tang Li help him into his wheelchair. They went back to their original resting place to find Uncle Zhang together.

Uncle Zhang and the guide were shocked by Shen Yu's awkward appearance. Before they could ask anything, they heard Shen Yu ask them if they had alcohol and cotton swabs.

So the guide quickly swallowed back the words that were stuck in his throat and went out to find the temple staff for some alcohol and cotton swabs.

Uncle Zhang looked at his watch and whispered to Shen Yu, “Sir, it's almost two o'clock.”

Shen Yu nodded silently. He still grasped Tang Li's wrist and looked down at the scarlet blood soaked from the wound. However, what the monk had said kept ringing in his mind.