Night deepened, and the mountain breeze brought a sharper chill.
After dinner, neither of them left the Taoist Temple again.
Strangely enough, although it was chilly outside on the mountain at night, it didn't feel particularly cold indoors. At first, Lin Meng Qiu thought it wasn't cold at all, but when she opened the door and went outside, she soon hunched her neck against the chill and hurried back in.
There was no internet on the mountain, but there was electricity. Chen Shi'an had replaced all the old lights in the Taoist Temple a few days ago, leaving the rooms brightly lit.
"Chen Shi'an."
"Hmm?"
"What do you usually do at night in the mountains-"
"Read, meditate and cultivate, or practice wood carving, make incense, paint, practice calligraphy, play instruments, things like that. Why? Are you bored, Class Monitor?"
"No-"
Lin Meng Qiu shook her head. With Chen Shi'an beside her, she wouldn't feel bored even if they did nothing at all. It was just that this way of life was so different from her usual routine that she wasn't quite used to it yet.
"As it happens, there's still some incense powder I made before here at the temple. Want to make incense with me, Class Monitor?"
"Sure."
Lin Meng Qiu had been thinking of taking this opportunity to do some homework, but when Chen Shi'an invited her to make incense with him, she readily agreed.
Chen Shi'an fetched the incense powder and went with Lin Meng Qiu to the meditation room, where they sat together to make incense.
She had watched plenty of Chen Shi'an's incense-making videos and sampled his incense, but this was Lin Meng Qiu's first time seeing in person how it was made.
It was her first time learning, and Chen Shi'an was very patient,