Chapter 514
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Chapter 514: Lin Qiye’s Treatment Plan
“From now on, you are the new caretaker.” Lin Qiye patted the head of the pug, “Make sure to get along well with the young master, and don’t swallow it whole.”
After saying that, Lin Qiye stood up contentedly and walked towards the second floor.
Bail Kland looked at the pug in a tailcoat, with a wicked smile at the corner of its mouth, and fell into silence…
“Boss Pi,” the pug smiled slightly, “Shall we go catch some jellyfish?”
Without waiting for Bail Kland to refuse, it bit him and scampered off towards the bathroom…
…
Lin Qiye stood in front of the door to the fourth patient room, holding a pot of rice wine.
After hesitating for a long time, he gently knocked on the door and then pushed it open to enter.
In the empty patient room, the ancient ape draped in a cassock sat quietly like a stone statue, with its eyes lowered, a faint Buddhist light shimmering around it, as if it hadn’t noticed Lin Qiye entering, remaining completely still.
Lin Qiye walked to sit directly opposite it, crossing his legs.
He placed two small bowls on the ground with his left hand, opened the rice wine bottle, and began pouring.
“The conditions in the hospital are limited, so they can only brew this ordinary rice wine, but it tastes pretty good.”
Lin Qiye offered one of the wine bowls to Sun Wukong, who remained as still as a stone sculpture, with his hands pressed together, showing no intention of accepting the bowl.
Lin Qiye was not surprised by this; he naturally placed the wine bowl on the ground in front of the ancient ape and lifted his own to take a sip.
“If you don’t want me to call you the Great Sage, what should I call you?”
Lin Qiye muttered to himself:
“Fighting Saint Buddha?”
“Sun Wukong?”
“Monkey King?”
“Bi Ma… um… forget it.”
“Monkey Brother?”
Upon hearing the last two words, the solid figure trembled imperceptibly, and the surrounding Buddhist light rippled.
A glimmer flashed in Lin Qiye’s eyes.
“Well then, I’ll call you Monkey Brother.” Lin Qiye slowly set down the wine bowl.
“Monkey Brother, do you know how popular you are among us in the Great Xia?
Walking down the street, there’s hardly anyone who doesn’t recognize you. Even children who haven’t fully learned to read can recite your stories bit by bit using pinyin…
You are a true national idol.”
Lin Qiye raised his wine bowl and took a big sip, continuing:
“I never expected that one day I would have the chance to sit in front of you and drink…
Even if it’s just a monologue.
Since you don’t want to talk to me, I’ll have to say a bit more.
How about this, I’ll tell you the stories that are passed down about you in our Great Xia. If anything differs from the facts, just interrupt me, or give me a signal.”
Seeing that the ancient ape still showed no intention of responding, Lin Qiye continued to talk to himself:
“Once upon a time, in the East Victory Divine Continent, in the Aolai Kingdom on Huaguo Mountain, there was a giant rock…”
Telling his story in front of the Great Sage was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather the best plan Lin Qiye had come up with after careful consideration.
From that phrase “Don’t call me the Great Sage,” Lin Qiye could initially infer that his illness was related to those two words. To investigate where the problem lay, it was unrealistic to rely on the Great Sage to speak about it himself. Therefore, Lin Qiye could only cast a wide net, recounting the entire Journey to the West, and deducing the issue based on his reactions.
In simple terms, Lin Qiye was trying to find the Great Sage’s “pain point” through this method.
Before coming to drink and chat with the Great Sage, Lin Qiye had taken the time to repeatedly review “Journey to the West,” breaking down the relevant details and committing them to memory, which led to the current scene.
This was destined to be a long and tedious process, but in a sense, it was the most effective solution.
The pot of rice wine gradually ran low.
Lin Qiye took the last sip, licking his cracked lips, his throat feeling a bit hoarse.
He had been telling stories for nearly two hours, and the entire pot of rice wine had been consumed by him alone. During this time, the Great Sage remained completely still, as if he had truly transformed into a statue, transcending the world.
Lin Qiye glanced at the time and slowly stood up from the ground.
He picked up the two wine bowls and the empty wine pot, letting out a long sigh.
“Monkey Brother, it’s about time for today. I’ll come back tomorrow to drink with you.”
He waved his hand and stepped out of the patient room, remembering to close the door behind him, his footsteps gradually fading away in the corridor.
After an unknown amount of time,
In the patient room, the ancient ape slowly opened its lowered eyelids…
…
“One.”
“Four tiles.”
“Peng!”
“Hu.”
Shen Qingzhu played a tile, pushing the mahjong in front of her down, her gaze sweeping over the table at Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan, her eyes filled with mockery.
That expression seemed to say, “Is that all you’ve got?”
Baili Pangpang’s mouth twitched slightly.
“I’m done, I’m done! You guys are cheating!” Baili Pangpang exclaimed angrily, “It’s been the whole morning, and I haven’t won a single round. Even Sister Jialan has won one…”
“…” Jialan’s expression turned unfriendly, “What did you say?”
“Uh… nothing.” Baili Pangpang quickly backed down, “Let Qiye or Xiaoyuer play with you. I’ve lost enough.”
Cao Yuan glanced at Lin Qiye, who was dozing off in a chair, and An Qingyu, who was sitting on a coffin staring out the window in a daze, and said softly:
“Cheaters are banned from participating.”
“What about Sister Jiang Er?” Baili Pangpang turned to look at Jiang Er, who was sitting on a small stool watching the tiles.
“I can’t draw any tiles.” Jiang Er’s helpless voice came from the airplane’s intercom.
Baili Pangpang sighed helplessly and sat back down at the mahjong table to shuffle the tiles again.
“Let’s play two more rounds; we’ll be at Huaihai soon.” Cao Yuan glanced at the flight route and said.
“Huaihai… I didn’t expect we’d be back so soon.”
Baili Pangpang looked around the cabin, feeling a bit emotional, “When we left, there were still five of us, and now we’ve turned into seven.”
“You forgot about Sword Saint.” Jialan reminded.
“He’s the team leader.” Baili Pangpang paused, “But it feels like something is missing without Sword Saint here…”
“Missing his kidnapper-style remarks,” Cao Yuan added, “It’s actually quite interesting.”
“Yeah… I wonder if when we find the 007 team, they will acknowledge it.”
“…”
As the group chatted, the plane slowly descended onto the tarmac.
A person and a coffin walked off the plane, getting into the car that Baili Pangpang had arranged, heading straight towards the 007 Night Watch team stationed in Huaihai City.
“The 007 team has a total of members, with the captain being of the ‘Klein’ realm, the vice-captain of the ‘Wuliang’ realm, and the other members are all of the ‘Sea’ realm.” Lin Qiye analyzed the situation regarding this challenge based on the information.
“In the best-case scenario, the captain of the ‘Klein’ realm doesn’t intervene, and the others engage us in a seven-on-seven battle…
If that captain joins the fight, our chances of winning will be very slim.”
