Maria Lin wanted to ask more,
but the matriarch had already opened the big door in the main hall and called her students,
“Jingchen, see off guests.”
The young girl who brought Maria Lin earlier came out of the side room respectfully and said,
“Please follow me, Miss Lin.”
Maria Lin could only nod, look at the old Matriarch, and say,
“I thank Mother for her guidance.”
The Leader’s mother smiled softly and said, “Buddha Amitabha, may Miss Lin always be well protected!”
Maria Lin bid farewell to the Matriarch and followed the young girl out of the large doors of Qingzhao Monastery.
The young girl named Jingchen said,
“Miss Lin, you can go back downstairs via the same path.
I don’t need to accompany you.”
Maria Lin nodded, “Thank you, please continue.”
Jingchen bowed respectfully to Maria Lin and then slowly closed the big door.
Maria Lin saw Charlie down there who looked as small as a grain of rice from this distance.
He waved his hand at her, and saw Charlie wave back as well. Quickly, he walked down the hill.
Down the hill, Charlie had been waiting long enough.
When Maria Lin came downstairs, he approached her anxiously and asked,
“Miss Lin, what exactly is Mother selling in that monastery?”
“What is their purpose in inviting you?”
Maria Lin closed her lips for a moment and answered,
“Master, Mother Abbess wants to warn us of the danger ahead and is trying to persuade us to turn back.”
A look of surprise appeared on Charlie’s face, then he asked,
“He knows where we’re going?”
Maria Lin nodded lightly and explained,
“I feel that the Mother Superior of the Monastery is not a bad person.”
“There seems to be a danger that we don’t yet know about ahead.”
He continued, with pleading eyes on Charlie,
“Master, how about we don’t continue this journey and return to Aurous Hill?”