C2 (2/2)
The hunter looked at Ashley who came in, but did not say anything. He placed the big eagle on an eagle rack beside him, and then commanded the three big dogs to quietly hide in the corner. Then, he pulled out a broken praying mat and knelt beside the other person, bowing to him.
Ashley raised his head and looked at the statue of the god in the hall, it was a bronze statue, a brave warrior with a ferocious beast under his feet, a dragon coiling around his body, his two hands grabbing onto the dragon's body as if he was fighting, but he could not find out which god it was.
No matter what, this was a temple after all, and the worshipers were all gods, so it was not wrong to pay respects. Ashley thought as he knelt down. There were no broken prayer mats left in the hall. She was only wearing a pair of thick stockings. Kneeling on the cold and hard floor tiles, she immediately felt cold and pain. She clenched her teeth and persevered.
After a while, the two men stood up. The hunter who had saved her walked over and gently grabbed Ashley's arm. He pulled her up and asked, ”You're quite a funny person. Why are you following me?”
Ashley smiled awkwardly and replied, ”I just want to thank you, and I'm also really curious about this temple. I want to come in and see, if there are some cultural relics here or if they have some value for protection, I'll go back to the company to study them and see how I can deal with this place.”
Hearing her words, the man shook his head and smiled bitterly, ”Don't worry, there are no cultural relics here. The bronze statue is from the Qing Dynasty, but it's probably not worth much money. At least it's better than being treated as trash. ”
”This temple... What must it have to do with you? ”Can you tell me?” Ashley asked sincerely.
The man asked her, ”You rent this place, but you don't know anything about it. What are you going to do with it?”
Ashley quickly explained, ”Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. This is my business card and I'm the manager of this foundation. We want to build a bird protection station here.”
At this time, the person beside them spoke up, ”Hehe, this is really funny. You guys actually set up an animal protection station here. Hahahaha.”
Ashley didn't understand why he was laughing at her. She sized up the man, who was also a young man in his twenties. His features were handsome, but his face was full of gloom, as if something was on his mind.
”Is it funny?” ”The ecological environment here …”
”It's nothing. Do you know how you got here?” The man asked her without waiting for her to finish. His face was full of mockery.
Ashley was a bit angry. She stubbornly said, ”Of course I don't know. That's why I'm asking you! ”What's so funny about that?”
The two men looked at each other and smiled. The hunter said, ”Let me tell you, this Temple was created by two famous hunters of the Qing Dynasty. These two hunters have killed countless ferocious beasts in their lives. ”You're trying to build an animal protection station here, that's too much of a black joke.”
”Hunter?” Why should a hunter build a temple? Are they monks too? Hey! ”Can you guys not leave? Tell me about this, do I want to tear down this temple or not …!” No matter how Ashley shouted, the two men didn't look back. They greeted the big dogs with eagles and disappeared into the pine forest like ghosts and spirits in the night.