124: Chapter 124 The Goddess's Oracle: How Does an All-Female Church Date?
Hearing Yun Zhuo say she was pretty, she didn't stop walking, but subconsciously touched her cheek. Fearing that Yun Zhuo behind her might see, she quickly lowered her hand after just one touch.
"Am I pretty?"
"Of course. If I'm lying to you, I'm a puppy."
Yun Zhuo smiled slightly. As expected, there wasn't a woman in this world who didn't like hearing others praise her beauty.
What's more, she was actually quite good-looking herself.
Di Zhenzhen felt a smile subconsciously tug at the corners of her mouth. "Now add another point: you're also a smooth talker."
"Fine then, you're not good-looking."
Di Zhenzhen suddenly turned around, staring at Yun Zhuo with an unfriendly gaze. "What did you say, kid? Say that again."
"I said, you're so charming with just your face exposed. If you took off your headscarf, it would be even worse."
"Hmph, you're smart enough to know what's good for you."
Seeing that he had coaxed her into a good mood, Yun Zhuo continued to ask, "Sister Zhenzhen, what is the organizational structure of our Guanyin Sect?"
"What organizational structure? We don't have those things here."
"Shouldn't every sect have a leader, a Protector, and things like that?"
"A leader?" Di Zhenzhen paused, looking back at Yun Zhuo. A hint of tenderness appeared in her eyes, and then she took a deep breath. "She has already returned to the embrace of the Goddess."
"What about the Protectors?"
"None."
"Then who manages this Guanyin Temple on a daily basis?"
"Your Sister Jingjing. She is the temple keeper here."
"I thought she was the village security guard. Turns out she's the temple keeper."
Yun Zhuo complained inwardly: What kind of mess is this? A bunch of nuns worshiping Guanyin, no priests, but they have a temple keeper. If this were in the old world, people would probably be cursing them as crazy, yet everyone would still be scrambling to join.
No other reason, it's just that the girls here are pretty, and their figures are all top-notch.
Besides, they are just a bunch of crazy people, not people with twisted values.
"By the way, who taught you the etiquette for worshiping the Goddess?" Di Zhenzhen suddenly asked.
"My mother."
"Is she doing well now?"
"She has already returned to the embrace of the Goddess. She's probably doing better than I am."
A look of understanding appeared on Di Zhenzhen's face, and then she comforted him softly, "Don't be sad, you will see each other again."
"Thank you."
"I'm serious. The Goddess once gave an oracle: anyone who returns to the embrace of the Goddess will one day meet again."
"The Goddess can still send down oracles?"
"Mm." Di Zhenzhen nodded seriously. "But only those who are particularly favored by the Goddess can hear them."
Yun Zhuo was lost in thought.
At this moment, Di Zhenzhen stopped at her door. "Alright, I'm home. Do you want to come in for a cup of tea?"
"Home already? Time flies when chatting with you, Sister."
"Less smooth-talking. Are you coming in?"
"I'll pass for today. I'll have some when I come over to fix your pipes another day."
Di Zhenzhen shook her head and smiled bitterly as she watched Yun Zhuo's back.
"You're back?" Jiang Jingjing appeared at the doorway.
"You're here. Who is at the village entrance?"
"I asked Miaomiao to help me keep an eye on things there for a while." As she said this, Jiang Jingjing changed the subject. "I just saw that kid chatting with you so happily. Did you tell him about the matter in the letter?"
Di Zhenzhen shook her head. "No, I plan to tell him tonight."
"Tonight? Isn't today the day of the Dharma Assembly?" Speaking of which, she suddenly paused. "You mean, you want him to attend our Dharma Assembly tonight too?"
"He is also a believer of the Goddess. Shouldn't he attend the Dharma Assembly?"
"I mean, did that kid agree? Didn't he suspect your motives?"
"Suspect my motives? Could I possibly harm him?"
Jiang Jingjing laughed. "You wouldn't harm him, but that kid—don't look at him as young; his Jianghu experience is no less than yours or mine.
Do you remember what I told you before? Tian Mang was clearly killed by him, but he immediately framed someone else. Not only did he remove his own bounty, but he also instantly realized the Dongji Company's conspiracy and outplayed them.
If it were you or me, could we do all that in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette?"
Hearing this, Di Zhenzhen stood in front of her doorstep and subconsciously looked in the direction where Yun Zhuo had left.
"You forgot that he is Dr. Qiu's son. His IQ is higher than others; isn't that normal? Besides, he has already agreed. He agreed to come to our Dharma Assembly tonight."
"He agreed? Did he ask anything else?"
"What do you think he would ask?"
"For example, the content of the Dharma Assembly."
Di Zhenzhen shook her head and smiled. "No, that kid just asked if people can date in the church."
"Ah? And what did you say?"
"Of course I told the truth. Our church only forbids marriage with outsiders; it doesn't forbid believers from dating each other. But do you know what he said after he heard this answer?"
Jiang Jingjing complained silently, 'The church is full of women except for that kid, how are they supposed to date?'
"What? He wouldn't want to pursue you, would he?"
Di Zhenzhen looked at Jiang Jingjing and smiled slightly. "You actually guessed right this time."
Jiang Jingjing looked at her in surprise. "Then did you agree?"
"That kid has the heart but not the guts. Before I could even agree, he changed the subject."
"You're really going to agree to him?"
"Didn't we agree yesterday? Since he is Dr. Qiu's son, it is only right that we take care of him. Also, the Su Family asked us to provide one person. If that kid really has his eye on me, then I'll be the one to go."
"What if he likes me instead?"
"Don't even think about it. If you leave, who will watch the house? Rely on the Su Family? Don't forget that in the eyes of the Su Family, we are just a bunch of scrap. If it weren't for the core data left by Dr. Qiu that they haven't mastered yet, they would have disposed of us long ago."
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Yun Zhuo returned to his temporary residence in the village.
The two Teacher Su sisters had long since returned. One was lying horizontally on the armrest of a single sofa scrolling through a show, and the other was squatting on the carpet, carefully tending to a potted plant.
Seeing Yun Zhuo return, the elder Teacher Su looked up at him and smiled slightly. "You're back?"
Hmm, this is the elder Teacher Su, Yun Zhuo confirmed.
Who told the two sisters to buy the same tactical gear? Who knows who invented the idea that twins must wear the same clothes? With the elder Teacher Su not wearing glasses, it made it so that when they weren't talking, he couldn't tell who was who.
The younger Teacher Su flipped over and sat up, patting the space beside her. "Come here."
Yun Zhuo walked over to the younger Teacher Su, just about to ask how two people could sit on such a small sofa, when the younger Teacher Su stood up, pushed him onto the sofa, and then sat on his lap, leaning into his arms like a child.
The elder Teacher Su acted as if she didn't see anything, or perhaps she was already used to it, and continued to fiddle with the potted plant she had just made.
"What did you find today?"
"I went to the water supply station," the elder Teacher Su said. "I also chatted with some nuns and didn't find anything special. It's just an ordinary village.
If you had to say what the difference is, it's that this village is more like a shelter—collective labor, equal distribution. There are two people who make decisions in the village: one is the village head, and the other is the temple keeper. By the way, Xiao Zhuo, do you know who the temple keeper is?"
"Jiang Jingjing, the security guard at the shop at the village entrance."
"That's right, it's her. How did you know?"
"The village head told me."
The younger Teacher Su in his arms paused, grabbing Yun Zhuo's clothes. "You went to find her again today, kid?"
"It was a chance encounter. Don't I have to go to the village entrance to ask about what happened outside last night? I ran into her on the way back. By the way, what did you find?"
"I went to the power station. I discovered that the solar collection towers outside are just a facade; their real power supply System is a Corrosion Energy fusion reactor."
"Are you sure it's a Corrosion Energy fusion reactor?" The elder Teacher Su looked over, looking astonished.
"You find it strange too, right? How could a small village have such high-tech equipment?"