Chapter 502 - Love me 1 (1/2)

Chapter 502 - Love me (1)

Ning Jinchen didn't move. The snow slid down into his robe from his collar, and he suddenly felt a slight chill. Monk Xuwu had told him that if he was devoted to the task at hand when he recited scriptures, then he wouldn't notice anything else. It seemed that he wasn't devoted today.

Sighing, he raised his head to look at Yan Shengqian and said, ”Miss Yen, you're a person that belongs to the secular world. Please follow your secular world's etiquette rules and keep your distance from this one.

Qian-er sneered. ”Are you a person from the secular world?”

”No.”

”Why are you following the secular world's rules then?” Qian-er raised her eyebrows. Standing in the distance, she had her hands on her hips. She found his logic ridiculous. ”If you uphold the rules of the secular world, doesn't that make you a person from the secular world?”

Ning Jinchen froze in surprise. He lowered his head to contemplate.

Qian-er, who was standing more than three steps away from him, smiled and said, ”In the secular world, men and women have to keep a distance of three steps from each other. If I take the initiative to keep a three-steps distance from you, could you stop hiding from me?”

Ning Jinchen slightly furrowed his brow. ”Miss Yan, why must you be so persistent?”

”Why does that have anything to do with you?” Qian-er's eyes slightly reddened. ”Go read your Buddhist scriptures!”

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Seeing that she really did adhere to keeping a distance of three steps between them, he didn't have anything left to say. The two of them went back to their previous routine. While he sat there in meditation, she would stand by his side to keep him company. It was only that she was standing a little farther away now.

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During the Chinese Valentine Festival, Qian-er insistently pulled him out to see festivities. The streets were lively, and the stalls lining the streets were doing exceptionally good business in selling jewelry and jade ornaments. Many young men easily brought an item to give to the girl in their heart for a smile.

When Qian-er and Ning Jinchen passed by, there was only one item left, a wooden hairpin. It was probably because the material was too cheap, so no one was interested in it. However, the carved plum blossom on it looked pretty good and paired well with a certain someone's facial features.

After looking at it for a while, Qian-er took out a small bag and brought the hairpin.

”Oh, Miss is quite special. Are you buying it for that young man?” The old grandmother was in an especially good mood as she packed up her stall. ”It's usually young men that come here to buy something to give to a girl. You're the last one to come here today, and you're doing things in reverse.”

Qian-er blew out her cheeks. ”Why? Am I not allowed?”

”Haha, there's nothing that's not allowed. If you like someone, you should go ask him how he feels. This hairpin is simple yet elegant. Men can wear this too. It's quite suitable for the young man over there. May you achieve your heart's desire.” The old grandmother put her bag over her shoulder and smiled as she left.

Qian-er blushed. Clutching the hairpin, she stopped three steps away from Ning Jinchen and called out, ”Hey!”

Illuminated by the colored lanterns on the riverside, Ning Jinchen turned to look at her. There was an endless stream of people walking between them.

Qian-er, who was three steps away from, held her hand out. ”This is for you...”

A passing person bumped into her hand, and the unremarkable wooden plum blossom hairpin fell into the crowd. Greatly alarmed, Qian-er lowered her head and was about to crouch down to look for it, but Ning Jinchen frowned.