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The sudden request made Shen Yunie frown. He was not prepared to agree because it was too sudden and he had never been a priest. Although there was a church in the welfare home, it was just a place for everyone to gather together and play.

He was about to refuse, but Xilin, who had been watching silently, suddenly said, "Promise him, and I will forgive you."

208. Young Priest

Shen Yunie was holding a black robe in his hand, with a picture of a cross on the chest and a silver cross necklace on it. The old priest gave him a new robe from the room, and the expression on his face was as happy as if he was looking at a disciple who was inheriting the tradition.

Because of the epidemic, there were only two or three people coming to the church every day. He was relieved to let the young man handle it. Not everyone had to confess, and there were more people who came to observe and travel.

The boy glanced at Xilin who was laughing secretly beside him and said helplessly: "I have never been a priest."

Xilin didn't really care and said casually, "It's just listening to the other person talk about the mistakes he made, and then comforting him and saying, God has forgiven you."

Shen Yunie ignored her words and walked towards the room behind him. The girl hurried to follow him, but he turned around and stopped her, "I'm going to change my clothes, do you want to go and see?"

Xilin's face suddenly turned red, "No!"

This is also a way to coax his sister. Shen Yunie naturally chooses to be indifferent to outsiders, so that he can reduce the probability of being involved in various events, but if Xilin speaks up, then the situation will change. He doesn't care about what the priest said, that he should forgive the world all the time.

But he would be willing to do it if his sister would be happy about it.

He took off his coat, covered his whole body with a black robe, made sure he did not put it on backwards, and then put on the necklace. Just like that, he finished putting on the robe. He could not see what he looked like at this moment, so he turned around and walked out of the room.

In the quiet church, Xilin seemed to be sitting beside the cross, swinging her fair and even legs. When she saw him appear, she immediately locked her eyes with him. Under the sunlight, her eyes seemed to spread outward with golden tassels. She said absentmindedly: "Shen Yunie, if you come to be a priest, there may be many nuns who like you."

"I have no interest in nuns." Shen Yunie said calmly. In his blurred vision, the church was obviously still empty. He came to the cross and stood there. "If I stand like this for a whole day, I won't be able to go anywhere."

Xilin's mood improved a lot, and she smiled, "That would be great, I won't go out and flirt with other women and make my mother sad."

That way, no one would make her feel useless by staying here.

But soon, someone appeared at the door of the church, which made her think of nothing. Someone actually came to disturb her. Xilin frowned. She couldn't ask him to stop being a priest. Although she liked to change her mind capriciously, she was not angry at this moment.

She said in a bad tone: "Someone is coming."

Shen Yunie turned around. Since she had promised him, she should choose to do this well. She was facing the church door with a solemn expression. She heard the staggering footsteps approaching. The other party seemed to be in a state of loss of soul. Her large body did not look like a woman.

The middle-aged man with a stubble on his face and a fierce look, looked downcast at the moment. He was stunned to see that the priest was so young, and then he knelt on one knee in front of the boy, lowering his head, "Father, I don't know what to do..."

"Tell me what's on your mind, I'll convey it to God for you." Shen Yunie said according to what the old priest had briefly taught him, there is another kind of people who come here who need guidance. Some may have thoughts of death, so they need to be persuaded.

"My wife died young and left me a daughter, so I dote on her very much." The man still looked lost, with dim eyes filled with the determination to die. His purpose in coming here was just to tell others his story so that he could die peacefully. "But three months ago, when my daughter was twelve years old, a group of people claiming to be officials showed up when I took her on a trip to New Zealand.

They said my daughter's body was different from that of an ordinary person and that she couldn't stay in the society of ordinary people, so they took my daughter away by force. I chased her but was inexplicably infected with an unknown virus. Now I am terminally ill and I haven't found my daughter. I have lost hope of living..."

The place the man mentioned made Shen Yunie hesitate for a few seconds. That was the place where the Destiny Branch existed. It was obviously impossible for the people from Anti-Entropy to go there to snatch people. He seemed to have heard something bad.

Shen Yunie's tone also became serious, and he asked in a low voice to his sister beside him: "Xilin, what does he look like now?"

In the eyes of men, this behavior is considered to be communicating with God.

"The skin is pale, with faint purple lines under the neck, and the eyes are gray." Xilin's heart trembled when she described the other person's appearance. This was similar to the appearance of the assassin she saw in Changkong City.

Shen Yunie roughly understood the man's current situation. In the middle stage of the death transformation, the virus should not grow wildly because he was away from the high-energy environment. He controlled himself not to think about whether this matter was related to fate, and asked the man: "Your daughter was not found, and no one gave an explanation?"

"No, I looked for many people but no one helped me. Some people even chased me away like a fly..." When the man's pain was mentioned, his expression became worse and his breath was as if he was dying. His other leg could not bear it anymore and he knelt down, hanging his head in despair. "I only have my daughter in my life. If she is gone, I will not have the courage to live anymore. Father, I want to die."

The fierce look and the lost look at this moment formed a huge contrast. Xilin couldn't imagine how tender this man would be when facing his daughter. Any expression on that face would be scary. But this made her feel more pitiful for the man at this moment.

Turning her gaze to Shen Yunie, she really hoped that her brother could give a perfect answer.

On the grass outside the church, Fu Hua and Timido stood together uncomfortably, neither of them was good at communicating. They were surrounded by children, who looked at them curiously and asked questions. There were many tourists here, and the children just regarded it as an activity to vent their longing for freedom when they were bored, so they asked many questions.

Fu Hua basically didn't answer anything, occasionally responding coldly, and Timido also answered with a stiff expression. The two looked at each other, they were both thinking of finding someone, Shen Yunie.

A five-year-old girl saw the two of them about to leave and asked in confusion, "Are you leaving, sister?"

"I, let's go find someone and talk later..." Timido answered her stiffly. Although the other person was very cute, she just couldn't stand those curious looks. The little hand tugged at the corner of Fu Hua's clothes, indicating that the two of them could leave now.

The girl pulled her towards the church. They seemed calm on the surface, but in their hearts they couldn't deal with those curious looks and questions. Although they were very enthusiastic, strangers were still strangers after all.

Timido walked on the granite floor and noticed that her eyes were no longer following her. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, hugged the toy in her arms and pouted, "Where is my brother?"

The last figure of the young man that Fu Hua saw was walking towards this side. Someone's eyes fell on her, and she lowered her head to find that the little girl was looking at her. Inexplicably, she was a little concerned about Timido's gaze, and she didn't want to feel that kind of disgust in the other's eyes again.

Fortunately, this time he didn't. Timido just looked at her and quickly turned his gaze to the front. "Sister, you must find him quickly. After all, only you can take care of him."

Fu Hua wanted to say that Shen Yunie didn't need her care, but the words finally turned into a "hmm."

I didn't want her to hate me, so I followed her. The two of them came to the main entrance of the church. A man walked out of the huge open church, looking lost, holding his hands tightly in his arms as if he was holding a treasure. He ran to the gray pickup truck and got in it. From the car window, I could see him let go of the unknown thing in his arms and then burst into tears.

Seeing the scars and stubble on his face, Timido subconsciously said, "Is that man here to rob?"

It looks like he has gotten the thing, but why is he crying?

"I came to confess." Compared to the little girl's strange idea, Fu Hua felt that this statement was more normal. If it was Shen Yunie inside, then he might not have snatched anything but was beaten up and kicked out. With the boy's personality, he would probably do this.

Timido ignored all this and ran towards the church in small steps, saying nervously, "Let's go see if anything has been stolen from my brother!"

The two of them walked into the church. Under the sunlight that sprinkled through the dome, they looked at what seemed to be the end of a golden staircase. In front of a jade cross statue stood a tall young man. He was wearing a simple black robe with an image of a cross on his chest and a cross on a silver necklace resting on his chest.

The sunlight slanted on his body and spread to both sides, like an angel in the church showing mercy to the world.

Timido blinked, rubbed her eyes to make sure she was familiar with the face, then ran to him and pulled the polyester robe, "Brother, have you become an angel?"

"It's the priest." Shen Yunie explained. It was obvious that she was accompanied by a senior schoolmate. Seeing the boy's attire, Fu Hua was stunned for a few seconds and couldn't help but cast a puzzled look.

He told her about his encounter with the priest. It was originally Xilin's request, and he seemed kinder in his words, so she agreed. Looking back at Xilin, she was hanging her head in a daze, probably because of his answer.

Shen Yunie's answer to him was to live on, even if there was no hope, maybe his daughter was waiting for him somewhere. Only by living could he continue to search for the ability, if he died and his daughter came back, it would be another endgame.

The man showed symptoms of becoming a dead soldier, and Shen Yunie gave him some blood. After drinking it, he would have the ability to survive.

As for what the man will choose, it depends on himself. Before leaving the church, he still looked lost. Shen Yunie felt that he would live, not only for himself but also for his daughter who had no news.

He was still a qualified priest, and he said to the two with a smile: "I am probably a priest today."

209.Leah's Girlish Heart

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210. Next time I will be by your side as soon as possible

Run out, this is what Shen Yunie had done when he was in the welfare home. The specific method is also very simple. If the door of the welfare home is not locked, just walk out quietly. If it is locked, just jump out of the window.

The second floor was six meters high, and no one, whether adults or children, had the courage to jump down. But he jumped without hesitation under Leah's encouragement and yearning in his heart. Then he was pulled by Leah in the air. He fell to the ground with his legs sore and numb, and he staggered for a while before recovering.

Now he was no longer afraid of heights of six meters, and even dozens of meters were no problem. He opened the frosted window, and cold wind poured into the room. The flickering flame of the kerosene lamp was almost blown out, and then a stronger wind hit it and completely extinguished it. It was the wind caused by the figure falling.

Shen Yunie landed smoothly, and everything in front of him was dark. It was only when he looked up at the moon that it became a little brighter. In this situation, he could not see the beautiful scene at all. He just wanted to accompany Leah, who was in a state of excitement. "Where are we going?"

"There's a forest over there!" Leah pointed at the forest under the bright moonlight, her sneakers stepping lightly on the grass. That was what the two of them said. When they sneaked out for the first time, they stood at the edge of the welfare house at a loss. Surrounded by the wasteland and flat land under the cold wind, they had no idea where to go.

Only the woods in the distance exuded a sense of mystery. She firmly believed that there would be something wonderful behind the woods. She took the little boy for a walk, stopping and starting. When they left the woods, what appeared in front of them was just as she said. The ups and downs of the hills, and the endless plains could be seen when they walked up.

As Leah was walking, she realized that the little boy was not keeping up with her. She turned around and found that he was walking slowly. She turned back and held his hand, speeding up.

"I'll hold you. We have to move fast. If the nuns find out, they might think you have bad intentions."

The occasional trembling of her hands due to movement slid across her palms, bringing a tingling sensation. Shen Yunie also quickened her pace and said in a funny and helpless tone: "It's me who will be in trouble. Sister Leah will be fine."

"It would be sad for me to see you suffer."

The two of them entered the dense rain forest. The bright moonlight became very scarce under the dense branches and leaves, and occasionally a few white lines appeared, seemingly guiding the way forward. Leah was still in high spirits, stepping on the soft soil and leading the little boy around the bushes.

The green eyes were shining brightly under the moonlight. "I bet there will be something beautiful outside if we walk through this forest."

"But Sister Leah was sleeping when we got here." Shen Yunie was also unsure. The woods were not the way to the church. He wanted to give himself the courage to bet and the confidence to scare the other party, "Then what can we bet on?"

"If you win, do something with me. If you lose, I'll kiss you."

For Shen Yunie, the chips on both sides are not equally important. If he wants to kiss, the other party cannot resist. As for what to do, Sister Lia, who is full of girlishness at this time, doesn't know what she will do.

As he considered the pros and cons, he met those threatening eyes and said, "This is fair."

"Okay, fair."

The muddy ground in front of her was slippery because of the rain. When Leah turned around, it was too late to dodge. She immediately slipped forward and fell backwards. If she fell in the mud, her whole body would be dirty. Forget about the bet. The hand that was holding her was pulled away, and when she fell, her body was quickly supported and pulled into the arms behind her.

"What on earth do you want to do, Sister Leah? You are so impatient." Shen Yunie held her and lifted her up, using a little force with both hands to feel her soft body. Because of the stakes, he gave up this good opportunity to kiss her.

"I didn't notice..." Leia said with a red face, feeling ashamed of her recklessness. She didn't dare to be impatient anymore and walked around the bushes slowly.

Sister Leah was a mature woman, so mature that she no longer feared the darkness and trembled in his arms, which made Shen Yunie feel regretful. But if they were afraid now, the two of them would have to stay here and could not move.

The moonlight caressed the dark woods, and a bright white color suddenly appeared, like falling snowflakes. Leah smiled as she witnessed the beautiful scene. She had already won just by this scene. The little boy beside her obviously didn't know, so she was not in a hurry to speak, but was ready to continue looking for it as a trump card. Anyway, no matter what happened next, she would win.

Can he even say no?

"Have you found Sister Leah?" Shen Yunie looked at the light in the eyes of the woman beside him, and had a vague bad feeling in his heart, thinking that he might have lost.

"No, let's keep going." Leah came back to her senses and pretended to be calm, holding his arm and using some strength to walk towards the end of the woods.

There were only a few rain trees left, growing on both sides. No matter how lush their branches and leaves were, they could not cover the bright moonlight, which fell on the ground in front of them, guiding the two to continue forward. At the end of the moonlight, the road disappeared, and the full moon in the night sky was reflected on the water.

The sparkling lake was rippled by the breeze. It was a large lake. The water was clear due to the moonlight. The cool air was much better than in the woods. The water also reflected the trees on both ends. Even the faint stars were reflected together, as if it was another night sky. Leah finally didn't have to hide the smile on her face, because she had won completely.

She hugged the little boy's arm tightly and said proudly, "There is a lake with very clear water in front of us. I won."

"What does Sister Leah want to do?" Shen Yunie believed her words, so he should have executed his inner thoughts earlier, but now he has no chance at all. Because the wind blowing from the lake is much colder, he wanted to hug her tightly to prevent Leah from feeling cold, but was blocked by the hand across his chest.

Leah smiled and shook her head, as if she had already seen through the boy's mind, and said in a serious tone: "No, because I won."

"I'm just worried that Sister Leah will be cold." Shen Yunie felt a little aggrieved.

She didn't care about that, and quickly pulled the little boy to the front of the lake, where the water surface was only a few dozen centimeters away from the shore. Leah pulled his sleeve to signal him to sit down, then stretched out her slender legs and sank into the water. She had taken off her shoes, and her round toes gently swayed, creating ripples in the water.

"It's beautiful here, just like the feeling of looking at the moon on the hillside in autumn." Leah said softly. Her legs submerged in the water soon felt cold. She didn't have strong resistance and couldn't help shaking her body. Soon, a warm embrace came up to her.

Shen Yunie kept silent and just hugged her to keep her warm, probably knowing that Sister Leah was playing with water in a girlish mood. It was autumn now, and the temperature dropped quickly. It was only about 11 or 12 degrees now, so of course she would feel cold if she touched the water.

This time, Leah did not resist. She hid in the safe haven and kept swinging her fair feet. She could vaguely see a few fish swimming under the clear water. Could they be used as bait? Was she really that attractive?

After shaking her legs vigorously to scare the fish away, she raised her head and looked at the handsome face of the boy. "I have already thought of what to do."

"What?" Shen Yunie lowered his head curiously, and then he watched the beauty in his arms struggle and retract her legs from the water. She stood up on the shore and suddenly jumped into the water.

"Plop--" the sound of falling into the water. In the blurred vision, I saw Leia's clothes soaked and stuck to her body. Her perfect curves were presented in front of me. Her waist-length silver hair spread outward and shone in the moonlight. She was like a beautiful mermaid blowing out bubbles. Even under the water, she opened her eyes and looked around curiously in the darkness.

Leia swam forward, thinking about playing with the fish. The cold instantly enveloped her body. She shook it off but soon she was able to endure it and swam farther and farther away with a bright smile on her face. She forgot about the boy in her excitement.

There was another sound of falling into the water, this time it was Shen Yunie who jumped down. There was no need for Leah to say anything, he had to follow, unlike the other party who could see the surroundings clearly and felt beautiful, he could only feel darkness after sinking, just like the feeling of being surrounded by darkness when he was about to die, the only difference was that there was also a bone-chilling coldness at that time.

In the darkness, he tried hard to swim towards the mermaid, wanting to catch her and escape from the darkness.

"Gululu..." Sister Leah, wait for me! Shen Yunie opened her mouth in the water but could not make any sound. She also spit out bubbles and paddled hard on the water with both hands to get closer.

Sensing the movement behind her, Leah finally came out of her excitement, floating in the water and turning around to look at the little boy who was trying to get closer to her, but he showed no sign of slowing down and finally fell into her arms. She reached out and hugged the boy's head, giving him warmth, smiling brightly, and brought him to the surface.

Leia breathed in the fresh air, her silver hair pressed against her forehead. She asked with a smile in her tone, "How did you catch up so quickly? I haven't even told you what I was going to do yet."

"If you don't catch up, you'll run away." Shen Yunie hugged her tightly and kicked the water with her legs. In the cold lake, the two hugged each other to keep warm. The boy was inexplicably flustered when he saw her jump into the lake, so he jumped in immediately, "This time I'm a little slow, next time I will be by your side as soon as possible."

"What a pity to waste an opportunity." Leah said with regret. Diving was just a spur of the moment idea. She hadn't figured out what she really wanted the little boy to do with her, which was the same idea as the former one.

Shen Yunie brushed away the hair on her forehead, carefully looked at her to see if she had any bad condition due to the cold, and said in a calm tone: "It's okay, Sister Leah, I will accompany you no matter what you want to do."

What to do? What could there be? Leah couldn't think of anything, but seeing the little boy worrying about her, she couldn't help but smile. She got closer to that handsome face, and could clearly feel the heat of every breath under the cold.

There were drops of water on the moist pink lips, and she tilted her head and kissed them.

211. Awakening, the third S-rank

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212. Four people squeezed into the bed

When Shen Yunie woke up, he saw a pure white ceiling. The sunlight shining through the frosted glass windows was not so dazzling. The room was decorated in a simple European style.

The kerosene lamp on the bedside table was not completely burned out, but the dark grey wick was blown out. Everything in front of him became clear, and Shen Yunie's vision was completely restored.

From the corner of my eye, I saw her delicate cheeks with a light red tint and her slightly curled eyelashes like butterfly wings. She had no intention of waking up. Yesterday, she ran to the lake in the woods with Leah and jumped into the water to swim on a whim. I guess she was still sleeping soundly because she had exercised too vigorously before going to bed.

Shen Yunie wanted to hold her in her arms, but her hands froze when her eyes fell behind Leah. Xilin also appeared on the bed, hugging her mother from behind. The bulge on the bed sheet was the girl's legs clamped around her mother's legs.

There was a heavy object on the quilt behind him. It was a waxed little head sitting on the bed, looking sleepy. Timido, who should not be here, appeared on the bed for some reason, surrounded by three people. The original double bed was very difficult to squeeze four people, although there were two small ones.

It seemed that she was not asleep. Noticing the gaze, the little girl rubbed her eyes, yawned a little, and looked at the boy, "Brother, it's time to get up. I'll wake you up...ha~"