Because of what happened tonight, the dormitory seemed a little silent. Wang Chaohai was the weakest and had fought with others tonight. He fell asleep not long after, and only Ye Chen, Qi Wenlong, and Li Feng were still sitting around the bed, watching.
Night view outside the window.
"Brother Chen, I'm really sorry today!"
Qi Wenlong looked at Ye Chen and apologized.
"In the box before, I saw that you didn't stand up to support me, so I had a problem with you, and your attitude was not very good later. It's my fault!"
Hearing this, Ye Chen chuckled and shook his head.
"We are all brothers, so why do we care so much? No need to explain to me, I understand!"
At this moment, a huge searchlight suddenly swept in from a distance, just passed Ye Chen's window, and then scattered into the distance.
"Um?"
Ye Chen raised his head slightly.
When Qi Wenlong saw this, he immediately explained: "Brother Chen, that is the lamp of Jiulong Temple in Xishan. It will sweep the whole area at ten o'clock every night, and then turn off after half an hour!"
"Jiulong Temple?" Ye Chen paused when he heard this.
The past events flashed through his mind, and he felt something in his heart and suddenly stood up.
"You guys go to bed first, I have something to do and I have to go out!"
After saying that, he went straight out regardless of the reactions of Qi Wenlong and Li Feng.
Xishan Mountain in Beijing is considered a tourist attraction. During holidays or weekends, countless foreign tourists or locals go to the mountain to visit.
On the top of the Western Mountain, there is a temple with a long history, which is the Jiulong Temple.
Ye Chen stood at the foot of the Western Mountain, his eyes dim, looking at the top of the Jiulong Temple in a daze.
"Xiaochen, the most important thing in this life is to have faith and goals!"
"Mom brought you here to burn incense and worship Buddha, not because of feudal superstition, but just to seek peace of mind!"
"You kid, if you get lost in the future, remember to go to Jiulong Temple to find your mother. Your mother will definitely be waiting for you there!"
The words from more than ten years ago lingered in Ye Chen's ears. His eyes were deep and long, and his mind was constantly turning.
He didn't know why he came to Jiulong Temple, but he still took steps and climbed to the top of the Western Mountain!
"Um?"
As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Ye Chen frowned slightly. He felt that there were two familiar scents on the top of the mountain, but they were Hua Nongying and Ye Xing!
"Why are they here?"
Ye Chen's body and mind swayed, and he suddenly melted into the night. There were many monks present, but no one found any trace of him.
Ye Chen's body and mind drifted away, and he landed on a Zen room. Ye Xing and Hua Nongying were in the room.
Through a layer of tulle, Ye Chen could still see clearly that Ye Xing and Hua Nongying were sitting on the futon at this moment.
Opposite them, a beautiful middle-aged woman with long hair tied high, dressed in a monk's robe, twisting Buddhist beads in her hands, looked slightly haggard, as if she had been weathered.
Ye Chen stood high in the sky, but his eyes were trembling wildly and his mind was surging.
Isn't that beautiful middle-aged woman in monk's robe his mother, Shi Xiuyun?
Ye Chen's eyes fluctuated, and his mood fluctuated like waves.
If there was anyone in the Ye family who he felt grateful for, apart from Ye Xing, there was only the plain-dressed nun below.
That's his biological mother, Shi Xiuyun!
More than ten years ago, when he was still a few years old, Shi Xiuyun took him to the west mountain to burn incense and pray to Buddha, almost every weekend without interruption.
Shi Xiuyun told him that praying to Buddha is not superstitious, but represents a kind of faith and a kind of spiritual sustenance.
I remember that one time, Ye Chen got lost in Jiulong Temple, and it took Shi Xiuyun a long time to find her. That time, Ye Chen did not cry, but Shi Xiuyun held him and cried until he cried.
After that time, Shi Xiuyun told him that no matter where Ye Chen went in the future, no matter where Ye Chen was, if he couldn't find her, go to Jiulong Temple and she would definitely wait for him here.
When Ye Yunlong stripped off Ye Chen's martial arts veins, Shi Xiuyun cried hoarsely, trying to protect Ye Chen, but was pulled away by Ye Shan coldly. In the end, she could only watch helplessly as Ye Chen was stripped of his martial arts veins, and gradually
Leave the Ye family.
Now nine years later, Ye Chen will never forget Shi Xiuyun's despairing eyes.
The reason why Ye Chen came to Jiulong Temple tonight was because he felt something in his heart and thought about the past. However, he did not expect that Shi Xiuyun was actually here, and he was wearing a monk's robe and twisting Buddha beads in his hands. He looked exactly the same.
The nun's dress made him bewildered.
Ye Xing and Hua Nong Yingpan sat in front of Shi Xiuyun. He was holding a lunch box in his hand, and the energy in his palms was mobilized to keep the temperature inside.
"Mom, this is the lotus seed and white fungus porridge that Nongying and I brought for you. It's always hot. Drink it quickly!"
He opened the lid, and suddenly the aroma filled the Zen courtyard.
"Xing'er, you are serious!"
Shi Xiuyun had a smile on her face, but there was always a hint of sadness between her brows, as if she had some unsolvable knot in her heart.
She just drank a few sips and then put it down, losing her appetite.
Seeing Shi Xiuyun's appearance, Hua Nongying felt a flash of pity in her heart.
"Auntie, please drink more. It's just that I haven't seen you for a week and you have lost a lot of weight!"
Shi Xiuyun waved his hand.
"The vegetarian food tonight tastes good. I ate a lot and I'm still very full now!"
Hearing this, Hua Nongying knew that she couldn't force it, so she could only put the plate away.
Shi Xiuyun looked at Ye Xing and said softly: "Xing'er, you told me not long ago that you were in seclusion to attack the Martial Master Realm. Didn't I tell you that you don't need to spend time coming to see me during this period? Why are you here again?"
Hearing this, Ye Xing shook his head.
"Mom, why is attacking the Martial Lord more important than coming to see you?"
He grabbed Shi Xiuyun's hand and begged a little: "Mom, tomorrow is the Ye family's get-together. I came here specially to invite you back!"
"Since...since eldest brother left the Ye family, you haven't returned to the Ye family to reunite with our family for nine years!"
Ye Chen, who was outside the window, immediately stopped when he heard the words, and his heart was like a flash of lightning.
"Nine years?"
He murmured softly and could no longer look away from Shi Xiuyun.
"Could it be said that she has been worshiping Buddha at Jiulong Temple for the past nine years and has never returned to the Ye family?"
Ye Chen's eyes froze and he stayed where he was.
In the Zen room, Shi Xiuyun touched Ye Xing's head, smiled and shook his head.
"Home? Where is home?"
There was an incomparable sadness in her tone, as if she had exhausted all her strength.
"Back then, your father brutally beat your eldest brother in front of my eyes and threw him into the mountains, leaving him to fend for himself. From that moment on, I no longer have a home!"
"I said that I will never forgive your father in this life. Just because of a criticism, he did this to his own child without any mercy. Such a person is not worthy of being a father at all, let alone me.
husband!"
Although Shi Xiuyun was wearing a monk's robe, his words were sonorous and powerful, without any wavering.
Hearing this, Ye Xing trembled all over and said sadly.
"Mom, it's been nine years since eldest brother's incident happened. He and grandpa were helpless about what happened back then. This is the ancestral precept passed down from the first generation of the Ye family, and they don't dare to violate it!"
"Please forgive dad and grandpa. Although my eldest brother is gone, you still have me!"
Hua Nongying next to her, her jade hands trembling slightly, also looked sad.
Since she was a child, Shi Xiuyun has been partial to Ye Chen and treats Ye Chen with almost every possible care, to the point of doting on him, even more so than Ye Xing.
Shi Xiuyun loved Ye Chen so much that she saw her beloved son stripped of his martial arts veins by her husband and expelled from the Ye family. Is there anything more painful than this?
Shi Xiuyun had a trace of desolation in his eyes and shook his head at Ye Xing.
"Xing'er, I will never forgive your father and your grandfather in this life!"
"It was them who killed my Chen'er, it was they who destroyed Chen'er!"
"Unless they return Chen'er to me, I will never step foot in the door of the Ye family again in this life!"