Chapter 57 He is a sinner
The man who came was a somewhat fat, especially a little big belly lama, that belly at a glance is quite ‘worthwhile’, because not the year-round meat and wine and easy life, is not able to raise so big a belly, especially the man who came also does not appear to be very old.
He didn’t notice us at first, but was holding his robe, as if he was rushing to the toilet.
I could see that Lu Shan was trying hard to restrain himself, but he couldn’t help but look at this person. There was a glimmer of hatred in his eyes. Compared to Lu Shan, Tao Bai looked a little confused, as if he was trying to remember something, but he couldn’t think of anything.
Facing this person, Lu Shan tried hard to bite his lower lip, and finally a sentence popped out of his mouth: “Chengyi, I’ll go first. You take care of everyone and leave.”
As he spoke, Lu Shan took Tao Bai and walked out. The Tibetan girl looked at Lu Shan with a worried expression, but she just covered her mouth and didn’t say anything.
The monk walked past the Tibetan girl, saw her exaggerated expression, and muttered something, but the girl quickly bent down and explained something in a panic. The monk glared at us and then continued walking towards the toilet.
He didn’t see Lu Shan, because Lu Shan was behind us, but I sensitively noticed that Lu Shan’s hand holding Tao Bai was trembling, and Tao Bai still had a look of pain.
I don’t know why, but seeing this, I felt a stirring in my heart, and I walked a few steps forward to hold Lu Shan.
Lushan looked at me in surprise, and I said to him with a smile, “It’s hard to forget, isn’t it? So, even though you know you might run into something here, you still can’t help coming here.”
Lu Shan looked at me with a rather complicated look, but mostly with an understanding and moved look. His lips trembled a little, and it took him a few seconds to say to me, “It’s hard to forget, but Chengyi, I didn’t mean to cause trouble for everyone. I might just want to remember it, and I also have a fluke mentality! Let’s go.”
“I, Chen Chengyi, am good at nothing else but causing trouble. You followed me, and although you had your own purpose, now, in such a difficult situation, you are still following me as always. The trouble should be greater than your purpose of following me, not to mention that you have experienced life and death with me. You don’t have to go this far.” I said to Lu Shan seriously.
“Chengyi…” Lu Shan looked at me with confusion.
“Didn’t Bai Lao already say it? Jiangyi has completely withdrawn from the operation. There are a thousand reasons for you to leave and get out of this predicament! You, Lushan, treat me as a friend, so you don’t have to endure for me. Tell me straight, do you hate that guy?” I took Lushan by the hand and pointed to the other side of the toilet.
At this moment, the fat monk just walked into the toilet, leaving behind a fat back.
Lu Shan stared at the back, his eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames, and he said to me in a low voice, “I hate him. He is one of the people I hate.”
“Well, although we are running for our lives, we can’t kill him in this kind girl’s shop, but we can still beat him up a bit to vent your anger! I said, my friends don’t have to bear it for me, that would make me feel sorry for my friends.” I said sincerely to Lushan.
At this time, everyone who saw the wrong movement had already surrounded me. In the face of my statement, Xiao Dasha said with his hands on his chest, “Yes, it is said that a gentleman can wait ten years to avenge a grudge. If you don’t rush up and bite a few bites when you meet him, you will be upset. At that time, don’t say that you are a cultivator. If you want to cultivate your heart, you will sooner or later become a psychopath.”
“Uh…” Lu Shan was obviously speechless by Xiao Daxiao.
“If you’re blocking my way, you’re not my friend. Let’s go.” Xiao Daxiao was even more aggressive than I was, and he wouldn’t let Lu Shan make a choice. He grabbed Lu Shan and walked him into the store.
The Tibetan girl saw this and hurriedly came forward, speaking Tibetan to Lu Shan, seemingly trying to stop him. Lu Shan, however, said to her, “These people are friends, very reliable friends. You can speak in Chinese.”
“Don’t go, there are still a few powerful people inside.” The girl’s Chinese was not very fluent, but she expressed what she wanted to say.
“Will it cause you trouble?” I asked the girl with concern.
The girl shook her head repeatedly and said, “No, it won’t. We are protected by the Virgin, and no one can touch us here.”
When she mentioned the saint, the girl’s eyes shone with reverence, so pious, but I felt that the whole person standing next to me was shaking. I turned around and saw that the sadness in his eyes was like the ice on a snow-capped mountain that never melts for thousands of years.
This time, without Xiao Chengqian pulling him, he walked into the restaurant on his own. He said, “Zhuoga, don’t be afraid. My friends are very powerful. The wicked will be punished, and I’m just temporarily collecting a little interest. I’m going to eat here! I’ll be back later. At that time, the flames of hatred will illuminate the land here, burning the evil here and allowing the holy light to shine here again.
“Mmm,” the beautiful Tibetan girl no longer stopped us, but let us walk into the restaurant.
The restaurant was decorated in a very ethnic style, with colorful murals all around, just like those gorgeous temples, but there weren’t many diners in the restaurant, only the occasional noisy sound coming from the private room over there.
Lushan’s face had already returned to its calm state, and he was skillfully ordering food from the waiter who had followed him to the restaurant’s entrance. I was leaning lazily against the wall, thinking of only one thing in my heart, which was that I was hungry and ready to fight.
Soon, Lushan ordered the dishes and said to me with a determined look, “Chengyi, I can’t tell you who these people are yet, but they are not good guys, and their magic is quite strange and peculiar. If they are involved with the four major forces, maybe after you help me vent my anger, our whereabouts will be exposed soon.”
I shrugged and said, “Sooner or later, it will be exposed. I don’t care for my friends. Besides, no matter how strange and peculiar their magic is, they can transmit messages in an instant. Can they still compare to mobile phones? Barefooted people are not afraid of wearing shoes. I just love adventure. No one can stop me.”
“Mobile phone, po…” Chengxin, who was drinking butter tea, spat it out in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and said with emotion, “Science is also quite powerful. Everyone is holding a mobile phone, a magical weapon, and it has instantly surpassed the mysterious sound transmission of Taoism.
“So my master said that science and metaphysics should be mutually corroborative. Maybe the key to unlocking some of the profound things in metaphysics is science…” I also followed Chengxin Ge and talked nonsense.
At this time, the food had not yet been served, but the fat lama who had gone to the bathroom had already returned.
He gave us a fierce look, and I gave him a look back. You can tell a lot about a person from the details. A guy who can look at strangers with fierce eyes can be seen how domineering he is in his daily life.
The guy obviously didn’t care about my gaze, but soon he saw Lu Shan sitting next to me, and he obviously froze for a moment! Then, he looked at Lu Shan a few times without restraint, and his gaze became confused, but in the end he didn’t say anything and walked into his private room.
“That guy already recognized me,” Lushan said to me after the fat lama walked into the private room.
“Are you scared?” I casually took a sip of butter tea. I wasn’t used to it at first, but after a while, I found that I could taste a little bit of flavor.
“No, I’m just a little nervous.” Lushan is a very good at hiding his emotions, but here, I found that he was sometimes helpless like a child.
I didn’t say anything, just put down the butter tea bowl and patted him on the shoulder!
Lushan smiled at me, and his expression finally relaxed a little.
After less than five minutes, the food we ordered finally arrived. The fragrance was overpowering, and the wild mushroom and salmon stew was incredibly fresh and sweet. The fish was tender and the soup was clear and delicious. I slurped up a bowl as soon as it arrived.
“The base soup was already stewed. When the guests arrived, the fresh fish was added and it was ready in no time,” Lushan was telling me.
I was so happy to eat that I nodded in agreement.
The four-flavored beef that came next was a “tough” dish, as it turned out to be a mixture of fresh raw beef and the mysterious Tibetan medicine.
When you take a bite, you can feel the very original taste of blood, but the strange thing is that there is no fishy smell, and it is very pungent, just like the Japanese like to eat wasabi, but it is different. If you have a pot of wine, even I, a native Sichuanese, can be washed out with tears.
But after swallowing, perhaps it was the Tibetan medicine that took effect, and my stomach felt like a ball of fire had exploded, warming the whole person. I was so comfortable that I wanted to squint.
I was eating and drinking, while Brother Chengxin was already excitedly researching what Tibetan medicine was in the four flavors of beef!
While we were enjoying our meal and chatting, the door to the private room next door opened. The door made a loud squeaking sound because it was opened so forcefully!
Several lamas walked out of the private room, led by the fat lama.
Lushan’s face suddenly turned dark, and I patted his leg under the table to calm him down.
Lushan took a deep breath to calm himself down, while the fat lama was already striding towards us and then stopped in front of our table.
No one paid any attention to him. Xiao Da Shao, with a smug smile, raised his glass and yelled at me in an exaggerated voice: “Chengyi, cheers!”
I smiled and raised my glass in response to Xiao Chengqian.
At this moment, the fat lama, who had been ignored, showed anger on his face. With a loud ‘pop’, he used his bear-like fat hands to slap our table heavily. He pointed at Lushan with the other hand and said in broken Chinese, “This person among you is a sinner. You must come with us!”