Chapter 102: A small wish (1/2)

The steps of Bishan Temple totaled ninety-nine.

By the time Zhao Qingfeng reached the entrance, he was already soaked in sweat.

Even though Shen Lingyao felt sorry for him halfway and suggested he let her down,

Zhao Qingfeng firmly disagreed.

After all, if he let her down, what if she refused to let him carry her again?

He called it pain and pleasure together.

And the pleasure was clearly a thousand times more than the pain.

“I’m exhausted, let me squat down and rest a bit…”

Zhao Qingfeng had no choice but to squat down.

Besides being tired, there was another embarrassing reason for his flushed face.

Too soft.

Shen Lingyao’s delicate body was so soft, and her scent was intoxicating. Such close contact was unbearable.

“You’re too hard.”

Shen Lingyao hugged her shoulders and looked at him, suddenly blurting out such a sentence.

“Huh?”

Zhao Qingfeng quickly squeezed his legs together.

What lewd talk!

This was in front of the temple gate. You, Shen Lingyao, a pure school beauty, shouldn’t speak so bluntly.

Seeing him stunned, Shen Lingyao continued to smile, “You should eat more meat. Lying on you is so uncomfortable, it hurts my whole body. You’re skinnier than a husky!”

“Silly girl, you think I’m too skinny? My bones are all muscle!”

“Then let’s go. I’ll see how muscular you are. If you can hit the small copper bell, I’ll admit you’re impressive.”

“You’ll admit I’m impressive? Such high honor, let’s go!”

They teased each other, holding hands and stepping through the threshold into the temple.

Inside, the temple was crowded, with smoke rising and the scent of incense lingering.

The atmosphere was serene with the sound of the copper bell.

In this scene, Zhao Qingfeng’s mood became devout.

Shen Lingyao also became more serious and eagerly squeezed into the Great Buddha Hall.

They bought several sticks of incense.

When it was their turn, Zhao Qingfeng lit the incense and handed it to Shen Lingyao, “Yaoyao, there are exactly two spots. Let’s do this together.”

Shen Lingyao nodded, took the incense, knelt before Buddha, closed her eyes in reverence, and respectfully kowtowed three times. In her heart, she quietly said, “Please bless me, Buddha, to marry Zhao Qingfeng.”

Thud, thud, thud!

The temple’s bell rang three times.

As Shen Lingyao stood up, Zhao Qingfeng had also finished making his wish.

As they walked out, Shen Lingyao asked, “Brother Qingfeng, what did you wish for? Tell me.”

Zhao Qingfeng thought for a moment and said with a smirk, “Of course, to be the top scorer in the university entrance exam. What else could I wish for, to marry you, silly girl?”

Shen Lingyao got annoyed and pinched him hard, “What’s wrong with marrying me? I’m such an outstanding girl, isn’t that more important than the university entrance exam? I don’t even want to marry a bad guy like you. If you could marry me, your ancestors would have to smoke a thousand times over, huh!”

Zhao Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, “Anyway, I won’t tell you. If I tell you, it won’t come true. What did you wish for?”

Shen Lingyao didn’t say.

Isn’t it said that if you tell, it won’t come true? She didn’t want her wish to fail.

Laughing and joking, they lined up to touch the stone monkey.

Then they went to the backyard of the Great Buddha Hall, queuing at the edge of Qingfeng Bridge.

“After walking over the bridge, you can throw coins from here! One coin per person, dear visitors, come here to exchange your money!”

An old devotee was managing the order at the bridge, allowing each person only one coin.

He enthusiastically explained, “You can shout out your wish on this bridge. If you hit the copper bell after shouting, your wish will definitely come true!”

The crowd was enthusiastic.

Coins flew from nearly ten meters away toward the copper coin under the bridge arch.

But

hitting it was not easy.

Because the bell was only half the size of a coin, and the copper coin was only as big as a fist.

With the wind blowing under the bridge arch and the copper coin swinging on a string, finding the right moment was challenging.

“Watch me, my wish is to become a super boss, let me hit it!”

“Ouch, missed. Ten years and I’ve never hit it once!”

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