Chapter 279: Fated with Water
Early in the morning.
Qin Luoxia arrived at Taia Temple.
Today, Qin Luoxia was dressed quite sharply.
She was not wearing all white.
She liked to wear red for her daily attire.
It wasn’t because she favored the red of a legitimate wife, but rather because red didn’t make bloodstains stand out.
She wasn’t afraid of getting blood on her clothes, either.
Besides, red was lively.
It was vibrant and auspicious.
Since Cong-geer said that Brother Zi liked things lively, Qin Luoxia wore red for the second day of the Dharma Ritual.
Lively.
She was tall, and thanks to long-term exercise, her figure was fit and toned. With large eyes, a high nose bridge, and clearly defined lips, she had a bright and imposing appearance.
Her eyebrows were thick, and her hair was cut in a crisp, clean style.
Upon reaching the temple, she discovered that there were even more monks performing the Dharma Ritual today, and they seemed to be striking their wooden fish more earnestly.
When she watched yesterday, there were one or two mixed in who were just mouthing the words, not chanting with sincerity.
Looking at them today, every one of them was full of spirit and chanting seriously. The number of people had doubled, and it seemed much more grand.
Qin Luoxia thought to herself that the monks in the capital deserved to make money.
Their attitude was top-notch.
Elsewhere, people would stop working hard once they took the money, or they would do a good job on the first day and then slack off later.
The temples in the capital had a high level of awareness; they were just different.
On the second day, there were even more monks.
Each one was wearing a brand-new cassock, looking solemn and grave as they circled around. It dazzled her eyes, and she felt as though it hadn’t been such a bad deal after all.
Big Brother liked things lively; seeing so many bald heads would surely make him happy.
At a glance, the dense sea of heads was so bright that it stung her eyes.
Seeing that the other side wasn’t cutting corners on the number of monks, Qin Luoxia withdrew from the Dharma Ritual hall.
She thought for a moment.
Then she headed back toward the place from yesterday.
Deep down, Qin Luoxia actually possessed an adventurous spirit.
On the surface, she was an unremarkable housewife, but in reality, she was a housewife with a rich spirit of adventure.
Just like before, when a doctor said the gallbladder of a giant python could cure an illness—others heard it, deemed it impossible, and forgot about it, but she kept it firmly in mind at all times.
And one day, she finally got her hands on that python gallbladder.
In some respects, Aunt Qin was also a person with very strong execution skills.
She was actually a very confident person. She felt her husband was so beautiful and talented that she felt a bit inferior inside, but she projected pure confidence. She worked hard, believing she was worthy of such a good husband. She was worthy, she could do it, and she deserved him.
She pursued strength unwaveringly. As soon as she finished her postpartum confinement, she went hunting in the mountains every day to hone her skills, never slacking. While other women gossiped at the village entrance, she was hunting bears in the mountains.
She felt that she might be poor for a while, but she wouldn’t be poor for a lifetime. For the sake of her children and her husband, she kept becoming stronger.
She was very purposeful in her actions; she didn’t do useless things and didn’t feel the need to prove herself. Back when she was in Kaner Village, she ignored the rumors and gossip, never explaining herself to anyone. She just steadily did her own work until the day she could strike the rumor-mongers dead with a single blow.
At critical moments, she could take action; when she needed to be ruthless, she was, when she needed to smile, she did, and when she needed to kill, she killed.
When an Aunt Qin like this sensed that someone in the temple had a problem and harbored murderous intent, she came.
It seemed slightly different from yesterday; the corner had changed, but that didn’t matter. Aunt Qin carefully circled around. Her memory was excellent; she slowly retraced the images in her mind, and finally, after passing the third main hall, she took a step forward from the side, looking as if she were stepping into thin air.
Sure enough, she didn’t step into thin air.
She walked inside.
This time, what she saw was not a pavilion, but a small lake.
Just after entering, she didn’t feel the presence of a bunch of powerful beasts like yesterday, but instead saw an old woman dressed in strange clothes diving headfirst into the water.
“Whoa!”
How much despair must one have to do this?
Jumping into the water to commit suicide in the middle of winter?
That’s a very cold way to die.
Without a second thought, Qin Luoxia didn’t jump into the water (of course not); instead, she threw out her long whip and instantly coiled it around the old woman who was diving in, pulling her back.
In situations with unknown dangers, Qin Luoxia would not jump into the water and put herself in harm’s way.
She reeled the old woman back and placed her on the edge of the grass.
She immediately scolded, “Auntie, you’ve lived to such an age, yet you’re still trying to seek death? You’ve lived all these years in vain!”
Princess Huiyun:…Trembling with rage and cold.
She just wanted to go winter swimming. Winter swimming was very good for the body and kept one’s figure in shape.
What did she mean by ‘lived to such an age’?
But because she wanted to get into the water, she had sent all the guards away.
Seeing her shivering all over, Qin Luoxia thought she was freezing, so she took off her red cloak and wrapped the other woman in it.
Princess Huiyun, who had been hoisted up and wrapped into a roll:…
Although she called me Auntie, she really acts more like a mother than my own mother o(╥﹏╥)o.
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