Although it was still fairly early, quite a crowd had already gathered near the Mazu Temple, lining up to make their way inside.
Some were praying for love, some for success in their careers, some for academic achievement, and some to have a child soon. Of course, there were also people hoping for the opposite.
For example, someone might pray that the person her younger sister liked would break up with his girlfriend, so she could swoop in.
Mazu, please forgive me. I only want Linlin to be happy. What's wrong with that?
Lin Zhu walked with the crowd, making her way up the steps. The temple was still some distance away.
Lin Yilin was dragging her forward when she said,
"Little Yilin, your senior and his girlfriend are from out of town, right? They probably won't know the proper procedure for worshipping Mazu. I'll go explain it to your senior."
"No way! Sis, don't think I don't know what you're up to."
Lin Yilin stared at Lin Zhu and flatly refused.
Her sister definitely wanted to come between her senior and Senior Sister Su!
"By Mazu, I only want to introduce our Minnan traditions to visitors from out of town."
Lin Zhu looked at her with an earnest expression.
Lin Yilin thought it over, then finally said,
"Then go explain it to Senior Sister Su!"
That way, she wouldn't have to worry about her sister bothering her senior!
"Sure. Then Linlin can go explain it to your senior!"
Lin Zhu replied with a smile.
See? If I'd said outright that I wanted to distract Little Jiang's girlfriend, Linlin would never have agreed.
But with a little rephrasing, Linlin was practically begging me to keep the girl company.
That was the art of language.
It was like how two things