Chapter 885 Full of Grievances
Xu Yi forgot how long it had been since he last went to the temple.
Ever since she could remember, she had only believed that man could conquer nature.
What she gets through her own efforts is real, so when she has time, she will try to improve herself instead of pinning her hopes on gods.
When she was in high school, she seemed to have gone to a temple with Jiang Qing once.
The Song family seemed to have encountered something that time, and Jiang Qing took her and Song Yuqian to worship the Buddha together.
Song Yuqian had a hot temper and started to argue with Jiang Qing right away while they were in the car. Jiang Qing started to curse at Song Yuqian.
Xu Yi held Jiang Qing's hand and said, "Yu Qian is right. I am not my mother's biological daughter. I am just an adopted daughter. I will go back after I finish college and will not cause any trouble to my mother."
Song Yuqian was so angry that she seemed to kill her with her eyes.
Jiang Qing: "Look at Xu Yi, then look at yourself. Xu Yi didn't say a word after getting in the car. What's wrong with her looking at you? Why do you want to dig out her eyes after looking at you? Song Yuqian, there are so many people in the world, so many pairs of eyes, can you dig them all out?"
After finishing speaking, Jiang Qing pouted at himself, "I brought you to worship the Buddha, you, you really disappoint me."
Song Yuqian: "She stared at me, looking at me provocatively?"
Jiang Qing: "Why are you staring at me? What's that provocative look? What's wrong with Xu Yi's look? You can't let her cover her eyes..."
Xu Yi: "Mom, don't be angry. Yu Qian didn't mean it. She might have misunderstood."
Song Yuqian pointed at her and said, "What do you mean by misunderstood? You are deliberately provoking me, and you are still pretending?!"
Knowing that they were going to the temple to burn incense, Xu Yi wore a school uniform, while Song Yuqian followed the trend of the times at that time, wearing a belly-baring top, loose jeans, short hair that reached her ears, earrings, a tall stature, a clavicle chain, sneakers, and eyeliner like Wu Meiniang.
Xu Yi knew that Song Yuqian would be scolded by Jiang Qing if she wore this outfit. Just when Jiang Qing was scolding her, Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and glanced at her.
Otherwise why would Song Yuqian get so angry?
Xu Yi: "Mom, I didn't mean it."
"Xu Yi, you are still pretending. Do you want to piss me off to death?" Song Yuqian was so anxious that she wanted to hit her.
After arguing all the way, when they arrived at the temple, Song Yuqian's aversion to Xu Yi only increased, and she couldn't even keep a straight face.
Jiang Qing was also very angry and told Song Yuqian: "Just wait here and don't go into the temple. How can you worship the Buddha dressed like this?"
Xu Yi was wearing a school uniform and holding Jiang Qing's hand, "Mom, don't be angry. You didn't eat much this morning."
Jiang Qing held Xu Yi's hand and asked, "Are you cold wearing so little?"
"It's strange that you're still cold even though you're wearing so many clothes." Song Yuqian continued to be ambiguous.
The weather in the morning is a bit cool. Jiangcheng likes to plant a lot of bamboo and cypress trees near the temples...
The whole temple is in a foggy environment.
Xu Yi didn't care what Song Yuqian said. Her inner core was already very strong at that time. She shook her head at Jiang Qing and said, "Mom, I'm not cold. Are you cold?"
"I'm not cold either, you're the one who's being nice..."
After he finished speaking, Jiang Qing glanced at Song Yuqian, who curled her lips and said, "You're really good at pretending. Aren't you tired of pretending for so many years?"
"Mom, slow down."
Xu Yi gave Song Yuqian a provocative look and went up the stairs with Jiang Qing.
Song Yuqian tried to calm her inner anger by closing her eyes, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
"Xu Yi, are you a trash can that can hold so much?"
"You, Song Yuqian, you...you..."
Jiang Qing was shaking with anger. Xu Yi pulled Jiang Qing and said, "Mom, don't be angry. Yu Qian didn't mean it. She just said something harsh. She didn't have any bad intentions."
"Xu Yi, I have really wronged you over the years."
"Nothing."
That was the only time Xu Yi went to worship in a temple in Jiangcheng. Jiang Qing bought the incense and the nanny followed from a distance behind.
To show his sincerity, Xu Yi carried it, but Jiang Qing didn't let him, so they argued for a long time.
Xu Yi was wearing a blue and white loose-fitting school uniform with cuffs, a high ponytail, and a pair of canvas shoes of the same color. The zipper of the school uniform was pulled up to the collar, and her face was round with a cute outline.
With big black eyes, he looked at the Bodhisattva and put his hands together.
The smoke from the incense smoked her eyes a little. She was free of distractions and had only one thought in her mind.
Please pray to the Buddha, I will be very rich when I grow up...
I pray to the Buddha to bless me so that I will never have to live a life where people look down on me when I grow up...
I pray to Buddha to bless me so that I can make a lot of money when I grow up.
I pray to the Buddha to help me get into a good university, better than the one Song Yanming attended...
I pray to the Buddha to bless me to be beautiful...
I pray to Buddha that when I go to university there will be many rich second generation kids lining up to pursue me, that will make me very proud.
I also pray to the Bodhisattva for blessings, so that those who are good to me will be rewarded, and those who are not good to me, hehe... will not be rewarded.
When she came out, Jiang Qing asked her, "What wish did you make, Xu Yi?"
Xu Yi looked at Jiang Qing: "The wish won't work if you say it out loud."
Jiang Qing looked at her with a smile: "That's true, Xu Yi, have you grown taller again?"
"No, Yuqian said I'm still very short, a dwarf."
"Don't bother with her. She is just...she..." Jiang Qing hesitated and finally said, "She just grew taller."
Xu Yi lowered her head: "But Yu Qian is my mother's daughter."
"You too, you are closer to me than my own daughter."
Xu Yi smelled the scent of incense on Song Yanming's body, and his thoughts went back to many years ago.
She opened her eyes, held the man's face, and realized belatedly that all her wishes seemed to have come true.
"Which temple did you go to?"
Song Yanming told him the address, and Xu Yi hooked her arm around his neck and slowly stood up, "I've been there before."
"I know."
Xu Yi's eyes widened, "How do you know I've been there?"
"You and my mom have been there, and I came to pick you up. Did you forget?"
Song Yanming touched Xu Yi's face, and Xu Yi was stunned, "You?"
"Yes." The man gently pinched her face, just like kneading dough, "I'm at the door. Yuqian and I will wait for you and my mother to come out."
Xu Yi didn't believe it: "Then tell me, what was I wearing at that time?"
"School uniform..."
Xu Yi was shocked. Song Yanming didn't seem to appear in her memory.
The man saw her hesitant look and smiled, "But I only picked up Yu Qian and left. When I saw you and my mother were about to come out, I left first."
Xu Yi suddenly realized, "Then do you remember whether Yu Qian said bad things about me to you on the way back?"
Song Yanming had taken over the Song family at that time. He accidentally heard that Jiang Qing was going to take her two younger sisters to burn incense, and he especially wanted to see Xu Yi worshiping the Buddha seriously.
I am also curious about what wish she would make in front of the Bodhisattva.
Clear eyes full of ignorance, but a belly full of little thoughts.
But when he arrived, he only saw Song Yuqian stamping her feet in anger outside.