If there were no beloved in one's heart, how could there be anyone ashore?
Laywoman Bai Yue murmured it several times. Setting aside the crooked nonsense from before, those words had truly struck home.
If there were no longing in her heart, why would she struggle so desperately to seek purity?
But with longing in her heart, how could she reach the shore? She couldn't truly cut down the one she loved, could she?
Laywoman Bai Yue sighed faintly and said in vexation, "Junior Brother is like a heart demon, harming me deeply. I wish to cut you away, yet my heart clings on and cannot let go."
"If Senior Sister sees it that way, I won't argue. Regard me as a heart demon and challenge your own weakness. Perhaps one day, you'll overcome that heart demon. Heh, your Buddhist cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds, and you may truly become a great Guanyin." Xiang Yuan said cheerfully.
Xiang Yuan could tell that Laywoman Bai Yue knew she could not escape and had given up struggling. No—that was wrong. She had successfully reached the shore.
Seeing Xiang Yuan's smug face, Laywoman Bai Yue could do nothing about him. Cursing this ill-fated entanglement inwardly, she shot him two fierce sidelong glances.
Xiang Yuan did not see the glares. All he saw was boundless charm. Looking around, he took Laywoman Bai Yue's hand and made to head for the pavilion ahead to sit for a while.
As they passed the waterside pavilions and saw the lotus pond below, along with the goldfish poking their heads out, the corner of his eye twitched.
There was an audience. Not appropriate.
"Senior Sister, take me to your room. I have a treasure to show you," Xiang Yuan whispered into her ear.
Laywoman Bai Yue