Chapter Summaries

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s summer childcare efforts by partnering with a community, while the temple’s own program boosted staff morale and business. As nearby development advanced, she invested in both a villa project and a small zoo, and Wen Xu offered to support her with money that he insisted was not a loan.

• When registrations for Clear Breeze Temple’s free childcare program exceeded its fifteen places by more than a hundred, Yun Zhaozhao told Tang Li to contact nearby communities and cooperate with any existing plans.
• Tang Li found a community led by Ms. Tang that was preparing a nonprofit program for children in need, and Yun Zhaozhao partnered with it and contributed money.
• Clear Breeze Temple’s own childcare program began, strengthening staff loyalty and helping raise the temple’s daily earnings.
• After local investors secured permits for a zoo and a villa development, Yun Zhaozhao considered investing, and Tang Li suggested getting a professional assessment instead of relying on divination.
• Yun Zhaozhao had a priest perform a divination and invested in both projects, while Wen Xu privately offered her money for the zoo investment and said it was not a loan.

Yun Zhaozhao accepted Wen Xu’s savings and invested them in Clear Breeze Temple, expanding its merchandise business and protecting its trademarks. The temple’s tea sales grew with a new flagship product, while True Yang Temple began paying for tea after its free supply dwindled.

• Wen Xu gave Yun Zhaozhao his savings and calmly promised to earn more when she told him she had spent the money on investments.
• Yun Zhaozhao invested Wen Xu’s money in Clear Breeze Temple’s online merchandise shop, trademarks, and legal protection, raising sales and revenue.
• Yun Zhaozhao and Daoist Chang Kong launched Dao Enlightenment Tea and tea cakes, and she added two contract processing factories as demand increased.
• Yun Zhaozhao declined to rely solely on Wen Xu’s father for business connections and joked with Tang Li about keeping her options open in business and dating.
• Yun Zhaozhao gradually reduced the free Clear Breeze Tea sent to True Yang Temple, prompting its Daoists to allocate funds to buy the tea.

Yun Zhaozhao supported Daoist Qiuting in trademarking and selling the clinic’s medicinal liquor and plasters online, then gathered Clear Breeze Temple’s young Daoists to brainstorm ways to attract more young visitors. The meeting ended with Sansan suggesting a monthly blessing ceremony for pets.

• Daoist Qiuting asked Yun Zhaozhao to help register trademarks for the clinic’s medicinal liquor and medicinal plaster so they could be sold online.
• Yun Zhaozhao set fair prices for the clinic’s two signature products after learning Daoist Qiuting wanted them to help more people.
• Yun Zhaozhao gathered Clear Breeze Temple’s young Daoists, including its underage Daoists, to discuss attracting young customers.
• Daoist Zhu proposed weekend tai chi classes, but Yun Zhaozhao and the others rejected the idea because it would require early mornings or evening work.
• Tang Li proposed a grain avoidance workshop for weight loss, but Jingting objected because it could hurt the temple dining hall’s income.
• Sansan suggested that Clear Breeze Temple hold a monthly blessing ceremony for pets.

Yun Zhaozhao’s pet blessing ceremony helped Clear Breeze Temple build a popular membership program, while her growing closeness with Wen Xu unfolded through small domestic gestures and his secret romantic dream. The chapter ended with Yun Zhaozhao returning to the temple and watching its morning visitors and tai chi classes.

• After Sansan suggested a blessing ceremony for pets, Clear Breeze Temple held its first one, and Yun Zhaozhao launched a membership program that attracted nearly ninety percent of attendees.
• Yun Zhaozhao’s event team promoted popular evil-warding talismans and pet activities, and Clear Breeze Temple Guesthouse filled its rooms well in advance.
• After getting a stiff neck, Yun Zhaozhao replaced her recliner and bedding, and Wen Xu helped carry the new bedding upstairs and change the sheets.
• Wen Xu brought Yun Zhaozhao snacks and drinks after noticing her nearly empty refrigerator, then dreamed about kissing her on her new bed.
• When Yun Zhaozhao advised Wen Xu to drink hot water after he claimed he might have a fever, he laughed and took her words as concern.
• Yun Zhaozhao returned to Clear Breeze Temple, ate breakfast, and watched visitors explore the grounds as Daoists led worshippers in tai chi.

Clear Breeze Temple continued to grow as Yun Zhaozhao promoted it at a livestreamed tea event and left Wen Xu herbal medicine. The temple then competed for a place among the Provincial Top Ten Daoist Temples, climbing to fifteenth in online voting before its ranking stalled.

• Yun Zhaozhao inspected Clear Breeze Temple’s thriving operations, then attended a livestreamed tea-tasting and Dao discussion while drinking tea to stay awake.
• Wen Xu found doses of herbal medicine labeled “Miracle Fever Remedy” in a Clear Breeze Temple bag on his door and smiled, imagining Yun Zhaozhao had prepared them.
• Yun Zhaozhao assessed Clear Breeze Temple’s strengths and shortcomings in the Provincial Top Ten Daoist Temples selection, and experts ranked it forty-ninth, qualifying it for online voting.
• Tang Li noted how many Daoist temples competed in City A, while temple members, student volunteers, the Agricultural College dean, and Yun Zhaozhao organized a broad voting campaign.
• Clear Breeze Temple rose from forty-ninth to fifteenth in online voting, where its ranking then stalled.

Yun Zhaozhao and Clear Breeze Temple rallied support from Officer Xiao Deng, True Yang Temple, other temples, and Wen Xu’s overseas friends to rise in the provincial online vote. Clear Breeze Temple finished tenth and received the “Top Ten Taoist Temples in the Province” honor, with Yun Zhaozhao celebrating alongside old friends and Wen Xu.

• Officer Xiao Deng shared Clear Breeze Temple’s voting event and canvassed for votes, reassuring Yun Zhaozhao that he was acting as a private individual.
• Yun Zhaozhao suggested that Daoist Chuli ask True Yang Temple for support, and he called Jingyang instead of returning in person.
• True Yang Temple and other non-competing temples voted for Clear Breeze Temple, lifting it from fifteenth to fourteenth place.
• Wen Xu enlisted friends from his overseas school to spread the word and vote for Clear Breeze Temple.
• After a month of canvassing, Clear Breeze Temple placed tenth and was named one of the “Top Ten Taoist Temples in the Province.”
• Yun Zhaozhao celebrated the honor with Jingting, Daoist Chang Kong, other old friends, and Wen Xu.