Sick roommate observation notes

Shocked for a moment, Shen Lu quickly regained his wandering rationality, and realized that the truth in this situation might not be what he thought.

The facial bones of these children are not similar, and the differences in facial features are not small. They don't look like they were born to the same pair of parents. If their father is really this man, at least they can't be born to the same woman. child.

And this man doesn't look very old, not to mention from the point of view of his character, he doesn't look like someone who can mess with several women in his teens.

He was still struggling here, and the blond man apologized and bowed to him again: "I'm really sorry for causing you such trouble, this place is not very far from the Tianmu Hospital where I work, if you have time, would you like to come to the hospital?" Sit here, let me treat you to a glass of juice?"

Shen Lu couldn't remember why he agreed to the man's invitation, maybe it was because of his curiosity about the man, or maybe it was because of the Tianmu Courtyard mentioned by the other party, in short, when he came back to his senses, he had already followed the man and a group of children. The boy walked to the door of a Tianmu courtyard.

Entering the iron carved gate of Tianmu Courtyard with traces of time, several children greeted the blond man and ran to the lawn playfully, as if they were in their own home.

The blond man looked at the back of the child leaving, and said in a helpless tone, "Children are like this. Just after doing something wrong, they can forget it all in a second."

Shen Lu asked curiously: "Are you the manager of this Tianmu courtyard?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to be amused by this sentence: "It seems that you are a non-believer. I haven't seen anyone call me that since I took office, but since you don't believe in religion, you can call me casually. Arian will be fine."

During the conversation, the blond man led Shen Lu into the main building of the courtyard. They walked slowly along the corridors full of old pendants, passed through the lobby full of seats and the confession room, and finally pushed open a door engraved with the Heavenly Mother. Through the black wooden door with the teaching emblem, one stepped into a study room with simple and classical decoration.Shen Lu didn't see anyone along the way, only met two women in gray robes near the lobby, they bowed slightly to show respect when they saw the blond man leading the way, so Shen Lu immediately I confirmed in my heart that the man is the envoy responsible for managing this Tianmu courtyard.

"You can sit on any seat in the room." The man took two water glasses from the shelf by the window, and took out several glass bottles filled with colored liquids from the small refrigerator in the corner. "Here is peach juice, Orange juice or grape juice, which one do you prefer?"

Shen Lu's eyes fell on the two small sofas in front of the window. He took a few steps forward and randomly picked one to sit on: "Then I'll have a glass of peach juice, thank you, Arian."

"You don't have to be so polite," Arian smiled with his eyes narrowed, and a canine tooth slipped out of his lips playfully with his smile, "Usually people who come here are gray-robed monks who report work, and those who are bored come to see me Kid, it's the first time you bring ordinary friends into this room like this."

During the words, the blond man had already placed Shen Lu as a friend.

Shen Lu caressed the cup wall with his fingers, and bowed his eyebrows at the man in a friendly way: "Do you rarely get along with friends outside of work?"

This was just a random question from Shen Lu, but Arian's eyes dimmed unexpectedly, he was silent for a moment, and sighed quietly: "I'm ashamed to say, I don't have any friends, and I usually live in the next room , rarely have the opportunity to go out and make new friends.”

The "next room" in the man's mouth refers to the bedroom set up by the Tianmu Temple for the envoy.

Shen Lu was taken aback when he heard the words, and hesitantly said: "Is the work of your priests so strict?"

"No, it's my own problem, I pushed myself too hard," Arian sighed again, he opened his mouth and stopped talking, "It's a bit complicated to say, if in the future Let me talk to you again when I get a chance."

As soon as the man finished speaking, someone knocked on the glass window next to their heads. Shen Lu subconsciously turned his head to look over, and saw a boy from the previous group of children sticking to the window and making faces at them. .

Arian opened the window, and the haze on his face immediately dissipated: "Kelvin, why are you here to be mischievous? Didn't you go to the cafeteria to eat?"

"I've already finished my dinner!" The little boy named Kelvin shook his head lying on the marble window sill, "They are all still in the cafeteria, and I am the one who eats the fastest!"

"How many times have I said, don't eat so fast, it's not good for your stomach," Arian frowned upon hearing this, and then said earnestly, "It's not easy for Brother Tina to cook delicious meals for everyone, taste carefully These meals are also a kind of respect for her."

"You are probably the only one who thinks that Tina's cooking is delicious. God made your sense of taste really strange!" The boy stuck out his tongue at Arian unhappily, and then quickly slipped down the windowsill and fled the scene.

Shen Lu even confirmed in his heart that the relationship between Arian and these children is not father and son: "Are they the children of the Jiaozhong family who came to worship?"

Arian withdrew his gaze from the boy's back, and shook his head lightly: "No, they are adopted children from this Heavenly Mother's Hospital."

As the religion with the largest number of congregants in mainland China, Tianmu Sect wants to attract all congregants. It is natural to organize religious ceremonies on the one hand, and doing charity is also a very important part of it.Hundreds of years ago, the Tianmu Church already had a tradition of adopting homeless children. After the mainland entered a legal society, the senior officials of the Tianmu Church scattered in various countries negotiated with the government to adopt homeless children. The matter of children has been legalized.

"So, as an envoy of God, what you have to do is not only related to religious activities, but also equivalent to managing a small orphanage," Shen Lu, who had never had a deep understanding of religious matters, heard it from Arian for the first time. After talking about this incident, he said with some emotion, "The job of an envoy is really not easy."

"It's nothing difficult. The monks help me share the housework, and the adopted children are also very cute." When talking about the children, Arian's face was filled with a soft smile, "Besides, everyone's work is very important. It’s not easy. If you always compare yourself with others and always think that you are working hard, you will definitely live a very tiring life. It’s better to look down on all this and try to dig out the beautiful things around you, so that you will feel happier in life. .”

As expected of a priest.

Hearing this, Shen Lu couldn't help admiring Arian's detached thought realm.

And his own thoughts are more boring, Shen Lu thought sternly, tired is tired, not tired is not tired, he can't shirk his tiredness when he is leisurely, and he doesn't need to lie to himself that he is not tired when he is tired. It is not easy to live in this world. If you can overcome this hurdle in your heart when you are so tired, wouldn't it be a great performance of defeating yourself?

But in general, there is no right or wrong between these two kinds of thinking. Their paths to happiness are different, but they still lead to the same goal in the end.

Therefore, Shen Lu didn't mean to express his thoughts to cause trouble for others. He squeezed his chin and talked about his own affairs along this topic: "For me, I don't think I will have children in the future. See if you still have children." It’s unimaginable to have to take care of multiple children.”

"There will be no children?" Arian was a little surprised. After a while, he changed the subject as if realizing something, and thoughtfully did not delve into the reason. "Speaking of which, I still don't know what to call you."

The sweetness of peach juice made Shen Lu narrow his eyes happily: "Just call me Sean."

"Sean, this is a kind and upright name. It seems that your parents have very good wishes for you," Arian unconsciously put on the polite and alienated official tone when chatting with the congregation. After he realized it, he smiled shyly. He smiled, "After communicating with you for a while, I can feel that you are indeed a gentle person. I'm still wondering if everyone named Sean has the same name as them."

Shen Lu didn't have the nerve to say that the name of country C was chosen casually when he thought the pronunciation was similar when he was a child, so he just tilted his head curiously: "Both?"

"Yes, there is a congregation who often comes to our place. His name is also Sean. He is also a gentle and kind person. He often brings delicious snacks to the children during church. As a thank you, Tianmu Hospital wanted to send him some gifts in return. I don’t want to accept it,” Arian shook his head, with a look of gratitude and helplessness, “I heard him say that he was a teacher before, and I was very surprised at that time, and felt that there are so many coincidences in life that it is really wonderful. "

Shen Lu showed an expression of surprise at the right time, as if agreeing, and the next moment, the blond man filled Shen Lu's water glass with his drink, and said tentatively, "If it's convenient, may I ask what kind of work you do?"

Shen Lu felt that there was nothing to hide from the other party about his occupation, but their relationship was essentially that of strangers they had just met, and he didn't want to tell the whole story, so he just answered halfway: "I'm a policeman."

Now Arian's eyes widened in surprise, his face was unpredictable, and he murmured for a while: "No wonder."

Shen Lu was puzzled: "No wonder what?"

The smile on the corner of the blond man's mouth was really not good-looking: "I mean, no wonder you have an air of integrity that blows over your face."

Shen Lu: "..."

Everyone was chatting well at first, why did the situation suddenly become so weird that people couldn't stay any longer?

The setting sun had almost completely set, and under the reflection of the incandescent lamps on the ceiling, Shen Lu felt that Arian's face was almost pale.The professional vigilance was clamoring to tell him that he could not stay in this place any longer. He pondered for a moment, and then he wanted to say goodbye to the man: "That..."

"Mr. Police," Arian suddenly raised his voice and interrupted him, "I have another kind request. If possible, can I ask you to listen to me a few more words?"

Shen Lu observed carefully, the man's current behavior is still very normal, so he really couldn't bear to refuse, he just leaned back on the chair and exhaled helplessly: "Yes, yes...but you don't need to call me that, so Too strange."

"Then Sean, please listen to me a few more words." Arian lowered his eyebrows and his tone trembled for some reason. The heart cannot be completely dedicated to the Heavenly Mother."

The blond man clasped his hands piously in front of his chest, and his lower lip kept trembling. At this moment, the color on his lips almost became the only blood color left on his face: "The Heavenly Mother hopes that her believers will have kindness. And a beautiful heart teaches her believers to admire love and sincerity, and we often tell the congregants who come to worship to always be kind to others..."

Arian slowly raised his head, his voice was already trembling, but Shen Lu found that he was actually smiling at this time.

"So at this moment, I want to confess to you," Arian sighed and closed his eyes, but the smile on his mouth remained unchanged, "I am a sinner."