Chapter 501 - Buddha said 2 (1/2)

Chapter 501 - Buddha said (2)

Yan Buba sat down. His expression became slightly more serious. ”First Young Master, my daughter has been following you around since you came to the rice shop a few years ago. The two of you are always together, and it's inevitable that other people will gossip about that. In a few years, my daughter will be of marriageable age. Since this matter is related to my daughter's reputation, First Young Master, please explicitly state your intentions.”

Ning Jinchen's expression slightly change. He raised his clear eyes to look at Yan Buba. ”Qian-er's reputation will be affected if she stays too close to me?”

Yan Buba nodded. ”Of course. If an unmarried maiden follow after a young man every day, it's inevitable that people will start gossiping. If you're willing to take my daughter as your wife, then that would be fine...

”I won't marry anyone,” Ning Jinchen interrupted him. He pressed his hands together in prayer and recited a Buddhist prayer. ”I'll be leaving the secular world in a few years.”

Yan Buba was shocked. ”You're still planning on becoming a monk?”

Ning Jinchen pursed his lips. ”I've never left that monastic order.”

In the other room, Qian-er looked at her mother with a scarlet face. After hesitating for a long time, she finally nodded. ”I... I like him.”

Madam Yan chuckled. ”If you like someone, there's no reason why you can't say that out loud. There's nothing shameful about that.”

Qian-er was delighted for quite a while. Somewhat shyly looking at her mother, she said, ”But, I don't know what Big Brother Chen is thinking... Mom, you can't go ask him. I can still wait a few more years.”

Madam Yan cover her mouth and laughed. ”Silly girl. Let's just wait to hear from your father.”

Qian-er anxiously stood up. ”Dad went to ask him?”

Madam Yan quietly laughed. ”You can't leave this type of matter unasked. We need a clear answer. Otherwise, it'll be wasting your best years.”

Face paling, Qian-er rushed over to the room on the right side. Ning Jinchen had already left. Yan Buba was still in the room.

Seeing his daughter, Yan Buba said in sunken voice, ”Keep your distance from First Young Master in the future and spend more time learning the scholarly arts.”

Qian-er froze in surprise. Not understanding, she asked, ”Why?”

Yan Buba didn't say anything. He only deeply looked at her, then he let out a long sigh.

Eyes suddenly becoming wet, Qian-er stood in place for a while before suddenly rushing downstairs and outside to the large stone.

There was no one on the stone. Ning Jinchen had returned to the marquis's estate early today.

Qian-er looked at the stone for a while before sitting down on it. Using her memories of Ning Jinchen as a model, she placed her hands on her knees, closed her eyes, and started to recite, ”Buddha said, ”Idealism, fulfill your desires, forget yourself...

If you could gain enlightenment by idealism and fulfilling your desires, why couldn't she do it? Sure enough, Buddhism was just a lie.

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Ning Jinchen continued to come to the rice shop every day, but he no longer spoke to her. He wouldn't even look at her. After sitting on that large stone for three years, he no longer went there again. After finishing his work at the rice shop each day, he would head straight home.

Qian-er couldn't keep her calm. She didn't like that as soon as she saw his figure and approached him, he would disappear like the wind without a trace. Hadn't she been by his side for over the past three years? For her to suddenly not be there, shouldn't he feel unaccustomed to her absence?