At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

"Huh?! Ah Che! What are you doing in my house! What are you doing! Where are you taking me?! Are you trying to imprison me! How long? Will it be more than a month?!"

"...Stop your overly unrestrained imagination."

Su Che casually picked up a light blue dress from the clothes rack and got into the car with the child.

"Change your clothes yourself, I don't care about the back row. Now we're going to pick up An Qing."

"Okay...but! Actually, it's fine to watch! I trust A-Che!"

"Is there any necessary connection between seeing it or not, and believing it or not...?"

Helpless, Su Che restarted the car.

Returning to my own residential community.

On the way, Yuan Xiao called An Qing to remind her to bring the "tribute fruit".

"I've been kidnapped by A-Che! I didn't bring any fruit for Buddha! You have to get some down from upstairs for me! Otherwise, our trip will have been for nothing!"

"Row."

An Qing responded happily, and it seemed that she had also finished getting ready and putting on makeup.

She began rummaging through drawers and cupboards, searching for anything that might be useful.

Yuan Xiao sighed:

"Hey, we were supposed to prepare butter lamps and red candles too. My dad had some left over, but he didn't give me time to get them... I guess you don't prepare these things where you are, right?"

The child hit the nail on the head.

Indeed, Su Che doesn't usually believe in gods or Buddhas.

I only have a perpetual calendar on my phone to check today's feng shui.

This resulted in his family not having any Buddha statues or purchasing any incense or other Buddhist offerings.

Forget about butter lamps, there wasn't even a decent fruit platter...

"..."

Su Che was driving in front, and of course he could hear the birds chirping.

Seizing the opportunity, he asked, "Yuan Xiao, where did you find out about this place? Did someone tell you it was very effective?"

"No, it's precisely because there's nothing there that I want to try it out. Hey, someone like you who doesn't believe in these things wouldn't understand."

"Oh."

Su Che remained noncommittal.

Do you believe in ghosts and spirits?

【ha.】

Having grown up alone, he felt that if God could truly help him, his childhood wouldn't have turned out that way.

He had already made up his mind—

[If I don't save 3000 million, I will absolutely not have children in this lifetime.]

I will not get married until I have saved 1000 million yuan.

Any attempt to raise children in poverty is simply making them cannon fodder for other wealthy families' children.

Since it cannot meet the child's basic needs, such as learning music or studying abroad,

Then don't have children, don't let them come into this world to suffer, under the guise of passing on the family line.

To some extent, Su Che believed—

"Passing on traditions is also a kind of selfish desire of parents."

"Look at how great my child is."

"Look, my child scored so many points and got into such and such university."

"Look how much money my child earns in a month and what a respectable job he has."

“Look, my son got married before he was even 30. His wife is quite beautiful, and he can pay off the mortgage himself.”

"Look, I'm not even old yet, and I can already hold my grandchildren. How come your child is still single? They're almost 40, aren't they planning to get married?"

These kinds of conversations are the topics that Su Che finds most annoying when his parents talk to him.

Comparing children, deriving vanity from them, using them to show off, racing—it's like raising a dog, a pet that's been brainwashed from birth.

Therefore, a dark childhood leads to a dark belief system.

In today's society, Su Che only trusts himself.

Only believe in the concrete actions I take, only believe in what I see, hear, touch, and feel.

The most genuine things.

He refused to believe in ghosts and gods.

-

……

The problem with the butter lamps remained unresolved.

An Qing only found some fresh fruit that could be used as tribute.

Of course, pure water can also be used as holy water; all you need is a cup.

Therefore, the problem needs to be solved by Gu Zhi.

Fortunately, Gu Zhi did discover that there were incense sticks and lamps in the house.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll get it."

Gu Zhi tidied her clothes and waited downstairs at the apartment building.

As the car approached, it became clear that she was carrying quite a few things, large and small bags.

One of the hands was carrying food.

In his other hand he was carrying offerings for the Buddha.

“My mother doesn’t believe in anything else, except the God of Wealth… so my family worships the God of Wealth every year during the Lunar New Year, and the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is a big day.”

Gu Zhi said calmly.

"..."

Su Che refrained from commenting, after all, Aunt Gu did indeed seem like a wealthy woman obsessed with money.

Believing in the God of Wealth is understandable.

At this moment, all three little ones had already boarded the car.

Gu Zhi sat in the passenger seat, while Yuan Xiao and An Qing sat in the back.

"I'll drive on the way there, and you can catch up on sleep; you drive on the way back, and if you get tired, just let me take over, okay?"

Su Che planned the route.

Gu Zhi nodded happily: "OK, but I want to ask, why do we suddenly want to go to the countryside?"

She only knew that her younger sister was going to worship Buddha, but she didn't know why she was going to worship Buddha or what kind of Buddha it was.

At this moment, Yuan Xiao chimed in: "Because An Qing cried last night, saying she was lost on the road of life and needed me to think about it..."

"!"

An Qing reacted quickly, covering her mouth with her hand and explaining with a smile:

"No, no, actually I was just curious. I wanted to see if all the Buddha statues in Tianhai were really effective, since I'm from out of town, you know."

"..."

Gu Zhi understood only half of what he heard, nodded, and remained silent.

Su Che drove in complete silence.

He was fully aware of his cat's needs, but he didn't say anything.

Because he also wanted to see, "what changes would happen to me after An Qing prayed."

And, "What will be the outcome if one insists on going against Buddha?"

Those without faith are very bold.

Not only do they not believe it, they also challenge it.

Challenging the so-called "ancient Buddha",

I want to investigate whether He truly possesses Buddhist power, and whether He is really as sinister as he seems.

An Qing had no idea that Su Che was so stubborn.

He whispered to the little bird from the back row, "Don't tell everyone... Our business is confidential!"

The little bird seemed to understand but not quite: "But... is an operation that's already been caught still considered a secret...?"

"Of course! Although I was arrested and beaten up, the most important thing was still not exposed! He doesn't know what I'm going to promise..."

"?"

Yuan Xiao suddenly narrowed his eyes, catching the key word—

"An Qing, what did you say?"

"what?"

"You got beaten up by A-Che behind my back?"

"!!"

【broken.】

The girl thought, "Oh no!"

I accidentally let it slip, and the little bird found out.

"Why? Why?! Why can you get hit but I can't?! Ah Che! I... I want one too!"