Chapter 71 Confusion, Three Huts (1/2)

“Thanks, father!” Qin Huaiyong heard her words and saw her cheerful bowing decorating with her water-like eyes and flower-like smile, and he could tell she was thrilled.

This kid was kind and friendly as she didn't mention anything that could make him feel embarra.s.sed, and her smile looked so sincere.

So from now on, Wanru would be raised by Ruolan, and he knew Ruolan's characters which would make her treat this kid very well. Therefore, he thought he didn't owe her.

Qin Huaiyong didn't stay on the mountain for a long time. He comforted Qin Wanru with a few sentences and then left.

Madam Xin and Luo Xiaowan left on the same day after they finished their lunches. Qin Wanru sent them to the foot of the mountain, and she whispered with Luo Xiaowan many issues. Finally, she followed Madam Xin and left reluctantly.

“Miss, let's go back!” Qing Yue took a glimpse at the forest at the back mountain and reminded Qin Wanru and said. Even though it was in the daytime now, Qing Yue felt worried because the accident happened here to Qin Yuru.

“Nothing to be worried about.” Qin Wanru shook her head. Madam Xin went down towards the back mountain. Looking around, she found a path and said, “Let's go further.”

“Miss, where is this path leading to?” Staring at this separate path and said worriedly. She was not familiar with this place and was concerned if any accident happened. She was very alert because of Madam Di's scary behaviors.

“No idea, just go!” Qin Wanru fell on several cl.u.s.ters of orchids by the path.

There were only several cl.u.s.ters, and none of them were in top quality but the most ordinary one as if they grew by the roadside randomly. All of them were blooming in yellow flowers, which were not large but delicate. It was not super gorgeous but subtle enough that a gravel path was dotted with several cl.u.s.ters of orchids like this.

A gravel path was unfolding in front of her, and it was precisely the one that brought Madam Xin and Luo Xiaowan down the mountain. While this path was leading the foot of the hill, so where was this one leading?

It was rarely likely that both paths led to the same destination, which was the foot of the mountain. Moreover, both of them scattered gravels, and Jingxin Monastery wouldn't do something unnecessary.

“Come, let's go have a look!” Qin Wanru found it imposing, so she turned around and lifted her foot.

“Miss, I think we shouldn't go!” Qing Yue was very worried. Although she still followed behind Qin Wanru, she was concerned.

“It's alright!” Qin Wanru shook her head. Standing and looking at the path for a few more minutes, she lifted her foot again, and an a.s.sumption just came into her mind. However, she didn't know if her guess was correct, so she would explore it yourself.

Finding her Miss was so determined, Qing Yue had no way but followed behind her and walked carefully into the forest.

After a few steps, a turn came into their views alongside with several orchids which were blooming in small flowers and demonstrating an attractive posture. Those orchids looked normal but emanated a sense of elegance of the autumn day.

In the wake of several turns, Qin Wanru stood there to have rest as the path was leading them to go up and down from time to time. She looked back and found the path was going up generally. Far away, the land of gra.s.s had three huts resting on it, and several tall and beautiful bamboos growing behind huts.

It was the purple bamboos which were different from other ordinary green bamboos.

She smiled slightly. It seemed that she found it.

She approached the huts and found it was locked, and the windows were shut tightly as well. Then she turned to the back of the huts and found several purple bamboos, bunches of orchids. This was a serene accommodation.

She lifted her head and knew that this place was below the side of the top of Jingxin Monastery and was not behind it. She could see a few Buddhist halls above Jingxin Monastery. Smoking of incense was drifting in the air, and the peaceful Buddha's rhythm could also be heard, but all of these would not bother anyone.

This was an excellent place for meditation and learning the knowledge of Zen.

“Miss, n.o.body is around!” Qing Yue walked around the hut for three times but found nothing, “maybe this is a deserted house, it seems that no one is living here for a long time.”

“Someone is living here!” Qin Wanru shook her head and spotted a bamboo hat, which was still wet, hanging outside the door.

She looked at the sun in the middle of the autumn day. The bamboo made hat could not be wet if it were put in the sun for a long time.

Qing Yue followed Qin Wanru and saw the wet bamboo hat as well. She couldn't help but touch it and got surprised, “Miss, it's wet. Who… who is living here? Who would choose not to live in Jingxin Monastery but here? Couldn't it be… be some male pilgrim?”

“No!” Qin Wanru shook her head. It was widely known in Jiangzhou that Jingxin Monastery would never keep any male pilgrims to stay overnight, and even her father would never break the rule.

If a male pilgrim could be retained here, then it would be impossible that an easily found path like this would be ignored even in people's gossips.

“Female pilgrims would live up on the mountain, and male pilgrims are not allowed to live here. So who else would live here except all the pilgrims?” Qing Yue asked in confusion and raised her head to check around. “Miss, this is a nice place for living. It's quiet, and it has good scenery. Both Jingxin Monastery and the mountains are in the view.”

Qin Wanru' cherry-like lips bent up and smiled, “does it have to be some pilgrim?”

“Who would live in the mountain if it's not a pilgrim?” Qing Yue asked that unconsciously.

Qin Wanru pointed up there with a smile on her face, but she didn't say anything. Looking at this hut, she skewed her beautiful head to the other side a little bit and started to think.

Qing Yue followed her movement and looked up, but she found nothing except the sky and the Buddha hall standing.