Because most people,
Apart from looking for quality, we also look for deeper meaning in wearing bracelets.
In the Buddhist tradition, a large mala usually consists of nineteen items,
which represents one Buddha head plus eighteen great teachings.
However, this bracelet uniquely has twenty-eight items.
Because the number of items is quite large,
This bracelet is actually not suitable for wearing on the wrist,
but more suitable for holding and twirling in the hand.
Charlie couldn’t hold back and asked,
“Do you think this represents my age?”
Maria Lin nodded,
“Most likely so.”
Charlie asked again,
“Maybe this is just a coincidence, right?”
Maria Lin shook her head,
“It’s possible outside, but it’s impossible here.”
Charlie pursued, “Why is that?”
Maria Lin answered seriously,
“Young Master, you should understand that everything here is prepared for you.”
“The reason they asked me to come in was simply because I happened to be accompanying you.”
“If I wasn’t here with you,
they will definitely meet you straight away.”
Suddenly, Charlie felt a little nervous.
He felt that what Maria Lin said made sense.
However, he still didn’t understand who they really were and why they cared about him so much.
Since it started with a little nun under the mountain who automatically started a conversation with the two of them, Charlie had always wanted to know what the origins of these people were.
And now, that doubt deepens.
Just then, Maria Lin suddenly remembered something and said,
“Young Master, when I first came in,
I didn’t see anyone entering or leaving this room.”
“And look, in this room there are tables and chairs, and this bracelet.”
“I now think, at that time someone should have been here.”
Charlie nodded,
“Maybe that’s the brain behind all this.”
Holding the bracelet and twirling it around for a while, Charlie continued,
“It’s not clear why they want to hide themselves,
but I agree with you that they don’t seem to be enemies.”
“Regarding their identity, we can only wait until they appear again.”
Then, Charlie looked at Maria Lin and asked,
“Please help me think,
if I exit this door and continue into the Shiwan Dashan forest,
is it possible they will show up again to stop me?”
Maria Lin was surprised and asked,
“Young Master… you… you are serious?”
Charlie replied,
“Right now it’s just a discussion about this possibility.”
Maria Lin hesitantly said,
“Young Master, theoretically it is possible,
but I do not advise Young Master to try it…”
Charlie smiled as he looked at the bracelet on his hand,
“Don’t worry, I’m just saying this in passing.”
“I wouldn’t look down on them that much.”
After that, he kept the bracelet and said to Maria Lin,
“Let’s go to the back yard,
if there’s nothing strange, we’ll go back to Aurous Hill!
Finally, Maria Lin felt relieved and went with Charlie to the backyard of Qingzhao Monastery.
The back yard of this monastery is not very big,
only a few roofed buildings seemed to be where the nuns in the monastery lived.
However, this place has long been abandoned,
indicating that no one had lived here for a long time.
This further confirmed Maria Lin’s guess
that the two nuns he met weren’t actually nuns.
Charlie even started to doubt
had this Qingzhao Monastery been abandoned for many years
and only reactivated by them temporarily to hinder him.
The two of them didn’t find any valuable clues in the backyard,
but they saw a small path leading down from the back of the yard,
heading down the mountain.
They might have left this place via this mountain pass.
Because more than an hour has passed,
at this time, Charlie could not find any clues through this path.
And out of respect for these people,
Charlie didn’t have the mind to chase them to find out more.
Looking at the small winding path, Charlie let out a light sigh and said to Maria Lin,
“Let’s go, we’re going back to Aurous Hill.”