The next morning, after breakfast, we set off.

Gu Huaizhi stayed up all night again. Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see the blood at the corner of the woman's mouth and the cold body. The man had a cold face at the moment, and the air pressure around him was so low that Yi Lin couldn't breathe.

Yi Lin thought for a while, fearing death, and got on his horse directly. After asking Chang Su about the next stop, he rode his horse ahead.

Chang Su also successfully got rid of those who were following him.

inside the carriage

Ruan Zhen was about to find a place to sit down when she heard the man's unkind tone.

"Sit here yourself."

Ruan Zhen looked over.

The man was rubbing his eyebrows in pain.

She pursed her lips and walked over in small steps.

sit down.

Suppressing all restraint, she took the man's well-jointed hand and clasped it around her waist.

She was a little nervous and stuttered a little.

"Go to sleep."

Gu Huai paused, his thick eyelashes quivering like crow feathers. Then he laughed muffledly.

Ruan Zhen's reaction was beyond his expectation. It was also hard to refuse. Feeling the woman's slender waist, he just asked in a low voice.

"Your shoulder doesn't hurt anymore?"

Ruan Zhen shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Gu Huaizhi continued to laugh.

"You are quite sensible."

As he said that, he narrowed his eyes, as if there was nothing she could do.

"It's too thoughtful."

Ruan Zhen:!!

Ruan Zhen pursed her lips, feeling that he was pushing the envelope even further.

It was time to break open his hand from his waist.

But...it can't be broken apart.

As soon as she turned her face, the man stepped forward and magnified his handsome face.

The woman's delicate lips were pink and she almost bumped into her. Ruan Zhen quickly leaned back.

Gu Huaizhi fell down unprepared with his Adam's apple rolling.

She let out a low cry and her eyes widened, obviously frightened.

Gu Huaizhi was no less frightened than she was, but he immediately protected her head. The two of them fell onto the thick mat.

Fortunately, the wound did not open. But before he could take a breath, he could hear the woman's ragged breathing next to his ears. The other thing was her soft body.

The feeling pressing against her was more real than a dream.

Gu Huai's eyes turned dark.

Ruan Zhen just avoided his wound and pushed him, the blush spread from her face to her neck and earlobes.

"You...get out of the way."

She was breathing rapidly and her chest was heaving.

Gu Huaizhi always knew that her body was more graceful than her peers, but he didn't know how it felt until he really felt it.

Gu Huaizhi didn't move, and just asked lazily: "Did you do it on purpose?"

His eyes moved downward inch by inch.

"I didn't!" She didn't have her usual gentleness at the moment, and her eyes were filled with water. She was angry and annoyed.

"Ruan Zhen, I refused to stay in the same room with you last night. You must have felt very uncomfortable."

Gu Huaizhi admired her embarrassment.

"So, you can't hold it any longer this morning?"

Ruan Zhen:……

She took a deep breath, knowing that Gu Huaizhi would not stop until he teased her.

If he really wanted to do something, he wouldn't have stayed with An Qiyi last night.

What's more, we're on a carriage now.

After thinking about this, Ruan Zhen felt ashamed and angry, so she could only close her trembling eyelashes and follow him.

She didn't push him anymore, she just rubbed the man's collar nervously.

Gu Huaizhi's slightly cool fingertips slid from the woman's fair and delicate forehead to her straight nose, and then gently rubbed on her delicate and tender lips.

Ruan Zhen trembled even more.

He asked hoarsely.

"Do you know what the scholar did when he went to the village girl's house that night?"

Ruan Zhen's delicate body trembled. She opened her frightened eyes on the watery cloth.

Before he could cover his ears, Gu Huaizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and pulled Ruan Zhen into his arms.

"Forget about what scholars do."

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For lunch, we had cakes made by Grandma Ren early in the morning. They were delicious. We stopped for a rest along the way. In the evening, we bumped into Yi Lin, who had been waiting for a long time, at the foot of Fanshan Temple.

Yi Lin didn't complain about their slowness, but got on the carriage with a suspicious expression on his horse.

Just muttered something.

"There are so many people coming to offer incense today."

Chang Su is still driving the horse.

Just follow the path up from the bottom of the mountain. Fortunately, the slope is not steep and the horses are not strenuous. It is longer than walking up the mountain, but it is better than the ease.

Gu Huaizhi of Fanshan Temple had accompanied Sheng Wan here several times, so he was not a stranger.

The number of pilgrims this time was indeed twice as many as usual. But fortunately, they were the only ones taking this path.

The journey was smooth and smooth.

By the time we entered Fanshan Temple, dusk was already approaching.

Ruan Zhen knew how tragically her aunt died, and the child who died before the accident happened.

Fortunately, the Fan family has committed serious sins, and retribution will be late, but it will not be absent.

My aunt has suffered enough in this life, Ruan Zhen only hopes that she can escape the suffering of the six realms of reincarnation.

If Sheng Wan hadn't mentioned coming here, she would have come before getting married.

The host personally received the reception. He saw Ruan Zhen stunned for a few seconds, then clasped his hands together.

"My Buddha is merciful, so the donor should be fine."

Ruan Zhen was so blessed that she never thought that the host would still remember her.

Before he could reply, Yi Lin asked curiously.

"What's wrong? Could it be that Sister Ruan was injured?"

Gu Huaizhi's eyes flashed, and the hand holding the jade ring tightened. Soon, he returned to calm.

The host smiled lightly and said nothing. After all, if he said it out loud, he might damage the girl's family reputation.

He just said: "There have been many pilgrims these days, and they are all here to listen to the abbot's Zen lecture tomorrow morning."

When Gu Huaizhi heard this, he had a headache and asked, "Abbot Yunyou is back?"

The host laughed: "Exactly."

"The donors will go to the dormitories to rest for a while and eat some fast food, and then come back tomorrow to burn incense in front of the Buddha."

As he said this, he was about to let the young monk beside him lead the way.

Ruan Zhen took a step forward.

“I don’t know what to do to enshrine a permanent tablet in the temple?”

Gu Huaizhi lowered his eyes and looked at her, not surprised.
To be continued...