Night walk

Qiao Yixiao stood behind the door and waited for a long time. It was only after dawn that he heard the sound of the car driving away.

With a long sigh, he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up again, it was already past one in the afternoon.

He moved, and Qiao Dongyang came out from the kitchen and said softly, "Brother, are you awake?"

"Ah."

"I am cooking."

Qiao Yixiao rubbed his eyes, sat up, and said in a daze, "Eat by yourself, I'll go out for a while."

"What are you going out for? I'm going home tomorrow. I'm going to fire here for the last time. You can go out after eating."

"Go eat yours." Qiao Yixiao brushed her teeth, washed her face, took a shower, put on her clothes, changed her shoes, and went out.Qiao Dongyang chased him out and asked him, but he didn't say where he was going.No matter how worried Qiao Dongyang was, he could only watch him leave.

Qiao Yixiao went to Longhua Temple.

For a long time in the future, the temple is exactly the same as before.

Qiao Yixiao doesn't believe in Buddhism, he doesn't have any religious beliefs.But he did believe in Bodhisattva, maybe because he was too young at that time, facing his mother who was seriously ill and weakened day by day, he could only place his hope on Bodhisattva.At that time, his mother was critically ill, and he really kowtowed her long head.The temple in my hometown is on a small slope, and the city in my hometown is located on a plain without mountains.Therefore, Napo is like a small hill. As the only formal temple in the local area, it is exquisitely built.

He knocked all the way from the foot of the mountain to the main hall.

It turned out to be of no use at all.

The fuck is still dead.The Guanyin Bodhisattva that his mother enshrined was also smashed by him.

After that, he never kowtowed to the Bodhisattva, nor went to the temple again.Until that time when Mo Zhao brought him here and he heard what the old monk said, he didn't take it seriously at that time.

Unexpectedly, the old monk was really right.

He came here today, but he didn't have any purpose.

He was just a little uneasy, so he wanted to come to worship again.Before leaving, come back to the bodhisattvas to talk about it, so that the bodhisattvas know that he and Mo Zhao are far away, and bad luck should not be tied to Mo Zhao any more.So that Bodhisattva can take care of Mo Zhao more.

For this reason, he took a shower before coming here.

There are very few people in the temple on weekdays.

He kowtowed again without exaggeration. He walked into the temple and worshiped all the bodhisattvas he could worship.Put your hands together, read a sentence silently, kneel down and kowtow three times, read a sentence silently, bow three times after getting up, and read a sentence silently again.Every bodhisattva is like this, and after all the bodhisattvas kneel down, an hour will pass like this.His legs were trembling, and he leaned against the pillars in the temple, and it took him a long time to regain his senses.

He went to the merit box again, stuffed a thousand and ten dollars into it, bowed to the merit box again, turned around and strode away.

He wanted to leave the matter directly, but he detoured to the wing where Mo Zhao had taken him to.

He couldn't remember the exact location of that wing, and he was embarrassed to ask someone for directions.Fortunately, the air in the temple is good, and there is a touch of sandalwood, so he enjoys walking, looking for it all the way.From a distance, he seemed to see the original row of wing rooms, and he quickened his pace and approached it.

Stepping up the steps, he was carefully identifying when the door of a wing room in front of him suddenly opened.

He stopped slowly.

A person walked out of the wing, with his back turned to him, seemed to say something to the people in the room, and then walked forward.The door slammed shut again.

The man kept his back to him.

That person, Qiao Yixiao will never admit his mistake, is Mo Zhao.

After Mo Zhao walked a few steps, he remembered to hide quickly, and turned around to leave.

However, Mo Zhao had already turned around one step earlier, obviously he did not expect to see him, and he also showed surprise on his face.

Qiao Yixiao saw clearly and knew it was a chance meeting, but he felt very embarrassed for no reason, so he turned around and ran away.After running for a few steps, Mo Zhao caught up and grabbed his wrist.Qiao Yixiao shook it, but did not shake it, and hurriedly whispered: "It was just broken!"

Mo Zhao let go immediately.

Qiao Yixiao leaned against the pillar, rubbed her wrist, looked at him dissatisfied, and asked intentionally, "Are you following me?"

"No."

"Hehe." He deliberately sneered again, "Then I'm leaving."

"Don't go."

"What are you going to do? Didn't you make everything clear last night. Today is a working day, why didn't you go back to City Z?" Qiao Yixiao asked like this, as if he didn't know that Mo Zhao stayed at his door until dawn before leaving go the same.

"Today I rest."

"Can the mayor still rest? Doesn't the mayor have meetings every day? Doesn't the mayor have to serve the people all the time?" Qiao Yixiao said deliberately mockingly.

Regarding this, Mo Zhao just smiled slightly and didn't care.

Qiao Yixiao felt uncomfortable when he saw his calm and breezy appearance, and couldn't help but rolled his eyes again, and said, "Is there anything wrong, I left without me."

"This." Mo Zhao spread his palms towards him.

In Mo Zhao's palm was actually another jade gourd, which was about the same size as the one he wore before, but it could be seen that they were completely different.After Qiao Yixiao saw what it was, he looked up at him in puzzlement.

"I wanted to send it to you later." Mo Zhao said and was about to bend down and squat down.

Qiao Yixiao hurriedly took a few steps back, and said cautiously, "What are you going to do?"

"The master has chanted the scriptures, and it can keep you safe. It will never be like last time."

Qiao Yixiao blinked her eyes, feeling very shocked in her heart, but she couldn't spare anyone: "Are you still superstitious about this? Any consecration is a lie. I don't want your things."

"This doesn't count, it's a talisman. When you go home, you should argue less with others. If someone makes you unhappy, just tell me—"

"Why should I tell you, you have nothing to do with me."

"..." Mo Zhao nodded, didn't say anything, just squatted down and grabbed Qiao Yixiao's ankle, "I don't wear socks."

Qiao Yixiao's strength was no match for him, he looked down at Mo Zhao and forgot to struggle.His ankle could feel the warmth of Mo Zhao's palm, which made him suddenly reluctant to struggle anymore.In this way, Mo Zhao tied a jade gourd on his ankle again, and tied a knot again.Afterwards, Mo Zhao pulled down his pants, looked up at him, and said seriously, "Remember to wear socks."

Involuntarily, Qiao Yixiao nodded.

Mo Zhao then stood up and said calmly, "Do you want me to take you back?"

"Ah?" Qiao Yixiao was in a daze, not coming out of the situation just now.

"I'm leaving, I'll take you back."

Only then did Qiao Yixiao come back to his senses, he shook his head, and said softly, "I'll go back myself." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran away quickly.

Mo Zhao stood where he was, watched his figure disappear at the end of the corridor, then turned around and left.

Qiao Yixiao went around into a nearby temple, he leaned against the door, still feeling afraid.

When Mo Zhao looked up at him just now, he almost said to Mo Zhao, "Aren't you going to keep me?"

He shook his head irritably, even banging his head against the door.

Is he crazy?

But what is Mo Zhao thinking?He is crazy, he will never know what Mo Zhao is thinking.

I don't want to keep him, why do I always come to see him.Always come to see him, why not keep him?

Just because he scolded Mo Zhao back then and Mo Zhao's self-esteem was damaged, did he not want to keep him anymore?

However, he was dumped by Mo Zhao back then, shouldn't he be a little bit tempered?Is it okay to scold and scold?

He turned in pain, his face pressed against the door.With the cold wood on his forehead, he breathed a sigh of relief as the heat gradually disappeared.He raised his legs, looked at the jade gourd on his ankle, and finally pulled up his pants to cover them, and ran to the wing again.

He stood by the door, hesitated for a while, and knocked gently.

After a while, the door was opened, and the old monk was still behind the door.

"Master, Master, hello."

"donor?"

"Me, do you remember me? About three years ago, I came here with Mo Zhao. Mo Zhao is the one who just left from you."

The old monk showed a slight smile, nodded and said: "Of course I remember, come in and tell me." After speaking, get out of the way.

Qiao Yixiao walked in carefully, and saw that there were still two cups of tea left on the table.

"What's the matter with the benefactor?" the old monk asked him.

He just looked away, thought for a while, and said: "Do you still remember, three years ago, you said that my name is too hot, and it will burn others."

"remember."

"Then, is there any remedy?" Qiao Yixiao looked at him earnestly.

The old monk laughed again: "Then you will get closer to people who are not hot."

Qiao Yixiao took it seriously, and asked: "Then how do I know whether he is hot or not? Master, you can tell whether a person is hot or not by his name? Back then, you said I was too hot after hearing my name." Prosperous."

The master just smiled and said nothing.

Qiao Yixiao said stupidly: "Then what, do you know what the name Mo Zhao is? What kind of person would beat him?"

"Mr. Mo's fate, forgive me for not revealing it."

Qiao Yixiao couldn't help showing concern, and whispered: "Master, just tell me quietly, I won't say it."

Seeing him like this, the master smiled and said: "I can't disclose other things, but he happens to be not hot."

"Really?!" Qiao Yixiao almost stood up excitedly.

The old monk's smile was even worse. Qiao Yixiao gradually calmed down seeing his exaggerated smile. He recalled the conversation just now, why did he feel that the old monk was teasing him? !

"Master, were you kidding me just now?"

The old monk still laughed.

Qiao Yixiao's face was burning, and he simply stood up and said, "It's fine if you don't want to tell me, you still lie to me, don't you monks never lie to others?" Monk, don't tell that person that I asked you this question before!"

The old monk laughed out loud, and made an inviting gesture: "My friend, please sit down, I was the one who was rude just now."

Qiao Yixiao looked at him hesitantly.

The old monk made a one-handed salute to him: "Mr. Mo told me about my birthday. You are Naimi, and the five elements are indeed short of fire. It must be for this reason that the master gave you such a name back then." .But it’s too much. Your surname is Qiao, and you are originally a wood. There are too many fires in your name. There are advantages and disadvantages. Once the fire is too hot, it is easy to burn others, and even yourself."

Qiao Yixiao listened to it. He was obviously not a superstitious person, but he still asked, "Then, what about Mo Zhao?"

"What he lacks is wood."

Qiao Yixiao's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again.Even if Mo Zhao is short of wood, and he happens to be a wood, but he is still easy to burn others!Then he is still not suitable to be with Mo Zhao, isn't this still unworthy?He was a little disappointed and bowed his head to leave.

The old monk wanted to stop him: "Little friend, in fact, most of the things in the world, except for the affairs of mountains and rivers, are still a matter of human effort. You don't need to pay too much attention to these. I just want to tell you something here."

"What's the matter?" Qiao Yixiao asked not very interested.

"The jade gourd on your ankle was worn by Mr. Mo since childhood."

Qiao Yixiao was about to leave, but when he heard this, he turned around and looked at the old monk in surprise.He had obviously never seen any accessories on Mo Zhao.

The old monk had a kind face and kind eyes, and said slowly: "When he was born, I consecrated the jade gourd by chanting scriptures myself. He has been wearing it close to his neck. It was taken off when he was 20 years old, and I kept it on his behalf. Chanting scriptures every day. Today he came to me specially to retrieve it, saying that he wanted to bless a person.”

Qiao Yixiao stared blankly at the old monk.

The wooden door creaked again and closed behind him.

Qiao Yixiao couldn't move anymore, he didn't care about his obsession with cleanliness, so he sat down on the ground.He raised his legs again and looked at the gourd carefully.

The old monk said that gourds are blessings.Many people don't believe this anymore, but jade is a spiritual thing.Especially for those jades that have been worn close to the body for many years, it is even more unusual if they are consecrated by eminent monks.Jade in the shape of a gourd is indeed the best amulet.

The old monk said that when Mo Zhao grows up, he will gradually enter and exit more serious occasions, and will appear on the screen, so he can no longer wear these around his neck.However, the close-fitting amulet cannot be taken off at will, but it will be fine if it is handed over to the person who consecrated it to continue to chant sutras and protect it.

The old monk is a monk, so he naturally believes in these things.

Qiao Yixiao shouldn't have believed this, but after hearing a lot from the old monk, he gradually began to believe it.

On the day of the car accident, he was about to roll onto the road, but he saw the big truck driving past his hair, and he knew that he was almost dead.But something grabbed him at the time. Afterwards, he guessed that the red rope on his ankle should have caught the branch on the roadside.

But he just thought about it, except that he was sad that the things Mo Zhao gave him were broken, he never thought that it could be like this.

That time, it was indeed the jade gourd that saved him.

He buried his head between his knees, again not knowing what to do.

He didn't know when Mo Zhao fell in love with him, and he didn't know when he fell in love with Mo Zhao.

Back then, what kind of mood did Mo Zhao have when he tied a gourd around his ankle?

Just now, what kind of mood did Mo Zhao, who tied a gourd to his ankle, feel?

Why did he know Mo Zhao? It was really painful.

But if you can't know Mo Zhao, it will be the greatest pain in this life.

There were many moments when he almost couldn't help running to Mo Zhao again. He didn't want any self-esteem or pride.He still only wants Mo Zhao.

However, he found that he did not have Mo Zhao's contact information.

He didn't know where to find Mo Zhao.

He calmed down slowly again.