After the Stand-in Shou Faked His Death

"Very good, I took a stroll around the town today." Xu Chengyan smiled, "There is a temple here, I plan to visit it tomorrow."

Xu Chengyan said again: "By the way, I'm not sure when I'll be back, how about I send you the stamps tomorrow?"

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Jiang Lin said quickly, "If sister-in-law is ready to come back, just tell me and I'll pick you up!"

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Chengyan put the stamps on the table and went to rest first.

In the morning of the next day, Xu Chengyan woke up early and sent a message to Qin Zhou, preparing to go to the temple.

Before departure, Xu Chengyan prepared snacks and water, took his backpack and went out.

The two gathered at the pier. When Xu Chengyan passed by, Qin Zhou was already waiting there.

Qin Zhou also carried a bag, and when he saw Xu Chengyan, he waved quickly.

Xu Chengyan passed by, and the two walked towards the foot of the mountain together.

"Boss, there is a shortcut here, you can go directly to the foot of the mountain." Qin Zhou took Xu Chengyan to a shortcut, walking through various alleys.

Not long after, the two came to the foot of the mountain.

And because there are fewer tourists in the town recently, there are even fewer people who come to climb the mountain in the morning.

Qin Zhou walked in front and said: "Boss, be careful, the road is a bit steep."

It was already past nine o'clock in the morning, and the sun was out.

Xu Chengyan got a little hot from the sun, so he stopped first, took off his coat, put it in his backpack, and continued to walk up.

And when passing a corner, Xu Chengyan accidentally stepped on the air and fell to the side.

"Little boss!" Qin Zhou on the side quickly reached out and grabbed Xu Chengyan's arm, but it was too late to bring him back, and he was thrown down together with him.

Fortunately, the two fell on the grass. Qin Zhou quickly helped Xu Chengyan up and asked, "Is little boss okay?"

Xu Chengyan stood up, patted the grass leaves on his body, and replied, "It's okay."

Qin Zhou also helped to pat Xu Chengyan's clothes, and when he raised his hand inadvertently, he found that his watch had been broken.

Qin Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then withdrew his hand, took off the watch and checked it carefully.

Xu Chengyan also saw Qin Zhou's movements and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Chengyan leaned over and found that the dial was broken.

Qin Zhou fiddled with the watch for a while, and found that the pointer still didn't understand, so he replied, "It must have been broken."

Qin Zhou casually put the watch in his pocket, ready to continue walking up.

Xu Chengyan simply took off his watch and said to Qin Zhou, "Use my watch first."

Qin Zhou looked at it and said quickly, "Boss, this is quite expensive..."

Qin Zhou doesn't know much about watches, but the little boss looks better dressed and has fair skin, so he looks like a city dweller, and this mechanical watch is also exquisitely crafted, so it's probably quite expensive.

"It's okay." Xu Chengyan looked at the watch and said calmly, "It's not worth much."

This watch was a birthday present from his husband, but he later found out that Shen Xiuzhu had the exact same watch.

It's not worth anything anyway.

It's just a substitute.

Xu Chengyan: "You can wear it temporarily, I don't look at my watch very much."

"Then thank you boss!" Qin Zhou no longer refused, took the watch and put it on.

The two continued to walk up the mountain, but the sun was getting hotter and hotter, so Xu Chengyan had to keep blocking the sun with his hands.

Qin Zhou saw it, and suddenly thought of something, quickly rummaged through his backpack, found a black hat from the corner, and quickly gave it to Xu Chengyan: "Little boss, why don't you wear this hat!"

Xu Chengyan asked: "Don't you wear it?"

"I resist the sun!" Qin Zhou narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm used to the sun anyway."

Xu Chengyan put on his hat, and the brim of the hat blocked the sunlight, and only then did he feel better.

Not long after, the two had arrived at the temple.

The temple is a little deserted, and there is a wishing tree in the yard.

There were a lot of blessing wooden signs hanging on the wishing tree. Xu Chengyan looked at those wooden signs and couldn't help but stop and take a look.

Qin Zhou saw that Xu Chengyan seemed to be interested in the blessing tree, so he pointed to a place next to it and said, "Little boss can go over and write blessings."

Xu Chengyan went over and bought a wooden sign from the staff.

In addition to the wooden sign, there is also a small table next to it, with pens and ink on it, allowing tourists to write their own blessings, or the staff can write them for them.

Xu Chengyan wanted to write by himself, so he sat on the chair next to him, holding a pen.

The nib of the pen hung above the wooden sign, Xu Chengyan thought for a long time, and finally wrote only seven words——

【May you be safe and sound all year round】

After writing the blessing, Xu Chengyan looked at the wooden sign, still a little lost in thought.

Visitors can hang the wooden sign on the tree or take the wooden sign back.

But Xu Chengyan didn't hang it up in the end, he just put the wooden sign in his bag as a souvenir.

The two stayed in the temple for a while, then went down the mountain.

I went down the mountain from another road. When Xu Chengyan went down, he saw a road outside.

Looking along this road, there are towns on one side and rural areas on the other.

"That's the countryside." Qin Zhou pointed to the distance, "There are old people in the countryside, and the younger ones have gone to work outside or come to the town."

The tourism business in the ancient town here is good, but the countryside is still relatively backward, and there are not many people in the countryside.

And when the two were about to go back to the town, Qin Zhou suddenly noticed a figure not far from the roadside, and quickly said: "Little boss, wait for me, I will have a few words with my grandma."

Xu Chengyan responded, and saw Qin Zhou running to the side.

On the side of the road, an elderly woman was dragging a sack, picking up plastic bottles on the ground, and putting them into the sack one by one.

"Grandma! Why did you come out suddenly!" Qin Zhou said anxiously, "Grandma, go back first."

The old woman ignored it, just hunched over and continued to pick up plastic bottles.

"Grandma, go back!" Qin Zhou took the old woman's arm, trying to bring her back.

The old woman still ignored Qin Zhou, until she raised her head after picking up the bottle, and when she was about to leave, she suddenly saw a young man not far away.

The young man was tall and thin, and he was wearing a black hat.

The old woman quickly broke away from the people beside her, and walked towards the young man hobbling.

"Xiao Zhou..." The old woman came to Xu Chengyan's side, grabbed Xu Chengyan's arm, and said a little excitedly: "Xiao Zhou is back..."

Xu Chengyan was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at Qin Zhou.

Qin Zhou hurried over and said to Xu Chengyan, "I'm sorry, little boss, my grandma has dementia, so it's easy to mistake people..."

Qin Zhou supported the old woman, and explained in a low voice: "Grandma, I am Xiaozhou!"

But the old lady just continued to pull Xu Chengyan, as if she didn't hear Qin Zhou's words, "Xiao Zhou..."

Qin Zhou was a little anxious, afraid that the little boss would be angry, so he slightly emphasized his tone: "Grandma, go back!"

The old woman looked at Xu Chengyan, took out a small cloth bag from her coat pocket, opened it slowly, and took out a small portion of ginger candy, "Grandma bought it for you..."

"Candy..." The old woman carefully handed this ginger candy to Xu Chengyan, "Xiao Zhou eats candy..."