Chapter 41: The Lord's Interrogation

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  "Little master, just now on the street... You were frightened, and our girl hastily brought you to find Master Shuijingchen. Our girl is actually Little Master's biological older sister. Fourth Sister may be good, but that's only superficial. How can she compare to a biological older sister?" Yuanyang subtly began to lead Gu Ningxuan in a logical sequence from the side.

  Upon hearing Yuanyang's words, Gu Ningxuan furrowed his brow. Although he was startled, he still remembered some things from before. Indeed, not being biological siblings wasn't a good thing? Although in his heart he agreed with Yuanyang's words, on the surface he appeared very unruly, "She is not my sister! Have you ever seen a biological older sister who takes pleasure in bullying her younger brother?"

  When Yuanyang heard Gu Ningxuan's words, she was a bit speechless. She thought of the scenes where her own daughter usually interacted with the young master, although her daughter always promised to give in to the young master, but every time they faced each other, she still managed to annoy the young master terribly.

  Seeing the speechless Mandarin duck, Gu Ningxuan also remembered Qingjin's past deeds towards him. He glared at Qingjin fiercely, thinking to himself: Don't think that just because you saved me once, I'll forget your usual evil ways.

  Qing Jing gave him a cool glance, and Gu Ning Xuan was infuriated by her gaze, unable to hold back his words: "Don't think that just because you saved me, I'll acknowledge you as my sister. You can dream on." He turned around and was about to run away.

  But because he had just been frightened, he had been leaning on Gu Qingjin's body all along, and suddenly wanted to run, his body couldn't exert its strength and he fell to the ground with a thud. Gu Ningxuan, who had fallen to the ground, felt extremely wronged in his heart, and his eyes were about to overflow with tears in an instant, but he stubbornly refused to let the tears flow out.

  The mandarin duck hurried forward to help him up, but he suddenly shook off the mandarin duck's hand that was about to help him up and glared at Gu Qingjin with a fierce expression.

  Gu Qingjin saw his appearance, sighed in her heart, and felt some pity for him. She thought that he had just been frightened, and after all, this was her blood-related younger brother. Qingjin tried to show a gentle expression as she walked to his side and stretched out her hand to help him up.

  Gu Ningxuan was taken aback by Gu Qingjin's sudden gentle expression, and before he knew it, she had helped him up. When he came to his senses, he immediately looked embarrassed and tried to struggle out of Gu Qingjin's arms.

  "Alright, I was wrong in the past, shouldn't have always bullied you."

  Struggling, Gu Ning Xuan heard Gu Qing Jin's apologetic words and his body, which had been struggling fiercely just before, unknowingly quieted down. With a harsh tone, he opened his mouth and said, "It was you who was wrong."

  "Alright, I won't." Qing Jin replied obediently.

  As the sentence fell, Gu Ningxuan's struggling body finally quieted down. Qing Jin thought of the ways she had seen mothers comfort their children before crossing over and patted Gu Ningxuan's back reassuringly.

  Feeling Qing Jin's gentle movements, Gu Ning Xuan's face still showed some reluctance, but his body had already completely stopped struggling. Qing Jin secretly let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

  Suddenly thought of the water mirror dust standing beside, Qing Jin quickly shifted her gaze over and saw the calm and peaceful Water Mirror Dust. Qing Jin suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. Gu Ning Xuan also realized his own awkwardness and the presence of outsiders watching, so he buried his head in Gu Qing Jin's shoulder.

  Feeling Gu Ningxuan's movements, Qing Jin's slight discomfort suddenly dissipated. She turned to Shui Jingchen standing beside her and said, "Thank you, Master." Some distances should be maintained or opened up.

  Upon hearing Qing Jin's address, Shui Jingchen gave her a calm and transparent look, "The Buddha said in the Infinite Life Sutra: It is desired to save all living beings. The Buddha loves all living beings, never leaving them. As an ordained monk, one should hold compassion and vow to save all living beings as their own duty. Even the Honored One was able to cut off his own flesh to feed a hungry eagle because he couldn't bear it, what I have done is merely a superficial fulfillment of my duty compared to the Honored One."

  "Amitabha Buddha..." Upon hearing Shuijingchen's words, Qingjin looked at the magnificent and dignified aura emanating from his body, but she didn't know what to say, so she simply joined her palms together and silently recited the Buddha's name.

  "If Mr. Gu wants to show his gratitude, he can donate more incense money when visiting the Banruo Temple next time." Water Mirror Dust spoke lightly, seeing Gu Qingjin's entangled expression.

  "Amitabha... I'll definitely offer double the incense money next time." Qingjin immediately responded.

  "This humble monk sees that the young patron's complexion should be fine, but... how about this? This humble monk has two strings of Buddhist beads, which have a calming effect on the soul. Since the young patron had a fright today, wearing these beads will be even better. So, I'll give these two strings of beads to the two patrons!"

  Looking at the two strings of Buddhist beads handed over by Shuijing, Qingjin's expression was complex. The round and smooth Buddhist beads emitted a faint fragrance of sandalwood, which was obviously a rare and precious Buddhist artifact that could not be bought with money.

  Such a great gift, she couldn't bear to accept it, and instinctively wanted to refuse. She glanced sideways at her brother Ning Xuan, who had recovered but still looked somewhat dispirited, and swallowed back the words of refusal. "My younger brother was frightened, so I'll keep one string on his behalf. Please take the other string back, Master!" Qing Jin said after a moment's thought.

  "One thing is good and precious, but it's only because someone needs it. If no one needs it, even the rarest and most precious things are just decorations. I'm giving you two donors a Buddhist rosary, which is exactly what you need. I've been observing that you two donors seem to be a bit restless today, so please keep the rosary with you."

  Upon hearing Water Mirror Dust's words, Gu Qingjin raised her head and gazed directly at Water Mirror Dust. Seeing the calm and unruffled appearance of Water Mirror Dust, Gu Qingjin withdrew her gaze after a brief moment and took the Buddhist beads from Water Mirror Dust's hand. She then spoke to Water Mirror Dust: "Then thank you, Master!"

  "It's just what monks should do."

  "Anyway, thank you very much for Master's gift, and also thank you for helping my brother today!"

  "Amitabha... Then this poor monk will take his leave first!" Water Mirror Dust bid farewell at the right moment.

  "Master, slow down!"

  Upon hearing Qingjin's words, Shuiming dust nodded lightly and turned around, drifting away gracefully.

  Watching the figure of Shuijing fade away into the distance, sacred and unparalleled, alone in the world. Qingjin put a string of Buddhist beads on Gu Ningxuan's hand, and another string was worn on her own wrist.

  The cool Buddhist beads carried that person's faint body temperature, making people unconsciously forget their troubles and worries.

  Until the end of the road, there was no longer any sign of that person. Qingjin turned to Yuanyang beside her and said, "Let's go back!"

  The Gate of Anji Marquis Mansion

  From a distance, I saw Madam Jun anxiously waiting at the door with her maid. As soon as Qingjin helped Gu Ningxuan down from the carriage, Madam Jun immediately walked over.

  Before Qingjin had even finished greeting her, Junshi rushed to Gu Ningxuan's side and examined him from head to toe, muttering: "Xuan'er, Mama's Xuan'er, are you okay? Mama was worried sick about you..." As she spoke, she checked her son for injuries.

  After checking and finding that her son had no injuries except for a slightly dejected expression, Madam Jun let out a sigh of relief before turning to Qingjin beside her and asking, "What's going on? How could you let your brother run into someone and almost get into trouble?" Her tone carried a hint of reproach.