After offering incense to his master and paying their respects to him and all the patriarchs, the three girls felt more at ease in the Taoist Temple.</p>
Chen Shi'an had some free time now, too, and took them around the Taoist Temple to have a look.</p>
There were three halls, four side rooms, a kitchen, a study, an altar platform, and a meditation room. Everywhere held a simplicity and tranquility steeped in time. Unlike the bustling temples outside, this place felt more lived-in, with a natural, easygoing sense of Taoist practice and everyday life coming together.</p>
"Taoist, where are we all sleeping tonight?" Wen Zhixia couldn't help asking first.</p>
"Anywhere is fine. There happen to be four side rooms, and they're all habitable. We can each take one. I'll tidy them up later."</p>
"Taoist, Taoist! Can I stay in your room, then?" Wen Zhixia raised her hand before anyone else.</p>
Lin Meng Qiu refused to give way. "I'm already staying there. Pick another one."</p>
"It's not your room. I asked the Taoist, not you."</p>
"×!"</p>
"Taoist, you tell us, then. Who gets your room?"</p>
Chen Shi'an: "..."</p>
Chen Shi'an's scalp prickled. He should have asked his master to help them draw lots to decide who stayed in which room.</p>
It was the considerate older sister who stepped in at just the right moment. "Shi'an, since the other rooms haven't been tidied yet, don't trouble yourself with them. The three of us can share a room. Your bed looks big enough for two, and there's a daybed as well. It's neither cold nor hot right now, so we can squeeze in..."</p>
"Mm, Sister Wanyin has a point." Chen Shi'an hurriedly took the opening, then turned to the two younger girls. "Little Cicada, Class Monitor, do you want to share?"</p>
With Sister