infodatos Chapter 25 Want lamp oil again
Chapter 25 Want lamp oil again
Outside the gate of Qingshan Temple.
Chen Hao knocked on the door again, but the Qingshan Temple remained silent and unresponsive, and the mountain gate did not budge.
Chen Hao approached the mountain gate, stood on tiptoe, craned his neck, and stared intently into the gap between the two wooden doors.
Unfortunately, all he saw in his pupils was a thick fog.
"Could it be that the abbot is not here today? What should we do?"
Unable to peek through the crack in the door, Chen Hao paced back and forth in front of the tightly closed gate, looking anxious.
Click...
The mountain gate slowly opened inwards.
The sudden opening of the door startled Chen Hao.
"Since you're here to offer incense, please come in."
Chi Le stood in the main hall and spoke to Chen Hao.
"Ah, ah... um."
Chen Hao didn't react for a moment, but his body's instincts made him agree immediately. He stepped over the threshold and entered the Qingshan Temple.
Chi Le sat down on a chair in the main hall and closed his eyes to rest.
Chen Hao was left to handle the incense offerings in the hall.
Only the panel that Chi Le could see appeared before his eyes.
A video, resembling a surveillance video, is projected onto the panel, with Qingshan Temple at the absolute center.
Chi Le didn't come last night.
The main gate of Qingshan Temple is operating as usual.
There were actually "visitors" last night, but the abbot of Chi Le Temple was not there.
No one can grant "visitors" permission to enter Qingshan Temple.
Chi Le could only let this offering slip by.
"I simply can't be in two places at once; it's not possible for me to stay at Qingshan Temple all the time."
Chi Le thought to herself.
He has more than just the identity of the abbot of the Qingshan Temple in the mysterious world.
He is currently a busy, highly capable employee at a company, and is about to receive a promotion and a raise.
In short, they are the advanced "ox-horse" who have tasted a couple of bites of the pie in the sky painted by their boss.
"Sigh, I can't just quit now. My living expenses for this month are almost gone, and I'm just waiting for payday in a few days to keep me going."
"Qingshan Temple is indeed the foundation for my survival in this treacherous world."
"But my current job is also another foundation for my survival."
Chi Le's thoughts were racing, and she couldn't help but sigh softly.
"well……"
[Received a devout kowtow from Chen Hao, incense offering +2!]
Current number of worshippers: 14
After reading the message that popped up, Chi Le looked up. He saw Chen Hao, who had finished offering incense, standing in front of him with a conflicted and embarrassed expression on his face.
"What is it?"
Chi Le composed herself.
You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step.
Even if you want to run this Green Mountain Temple well, you still have to make sure you don't starve to death in the real world.
I can't afford to lose my current job!
Chi Le made up her mind.
After Chen Hao leaves, I'll go back to the real world, and then... ask my supervisor for half a day off.
Unfortunately, staying up all night in the real world is not the same as staying up all night in the bizarre world.
I was really sleepy!
If Chen Hao weren't still inside Qingshan Temple, Chi Le would have suppressed his yawns and not dared to yawn in order to maintain his composure.
If he doesn't catch up on half a day's sleep soon, Chi Le thinks he'll just collapse at his workstation.
Chen Hao, who was pondering how to start the conversation, was startled when he heard Chi Le's voice suddenly reach his ears, and his whole body trembled.
"Hmm...yes...there really is..."
Chen Hao stammered as always.
Chi Le noticed this behavior.
Based on my observations when I first met Chen Hao, and my brief interactions with him at Qingshan Temple on several subsequent occasions.
Chi Le could generally confirm that Chen Hao was very weak-willed.
They belong to the type of people who are honest and straightforward, easily compliant to others' wishes, and easily manipulated.
They might be easily bullied in the village.
Wasn't the first time he came to Qingshan Temple because a rogue stole his lamp oil?
With nowhere else to turn, he risked everything, even as darkness fell, to come to Qingshan Temple to obtain the oil for the imperial lamp.
After stammering for a while, Chen Hao finally managed to utter a complete sentence.
"Master, I would like another jar of lamp oil."
After waiting for a while and receiving this answer, Chi Le asked directly.
"You want lamp oil again?"
Chen Hao was clearly not expected Chi Le to ask him a question in return. He was at a loss for words, his face full of panic, and his knees buckled, almost causing him to kneel down on the spot.
But remembering the abbot's instructions, he had no choice but to forcefully tighten his knees and barely stabilize them.
Unable to stand upright or kneel properly, Chen Hao could only maintain this ridiculous posture.
"Master, I...I didn't mean to, but...but I spilled the lamp oil on the ground again."
Chen Hao explained in a flustered manner, his fingertips trembling slightly with fear.
Chi Le remained silent for a moment before waving his hand, and a jar of [Spirit-Controlling Lamp Oil] appeared on the offering table.
"Go and get it."
Chi Le said, and after seeing Chen Hao quickly walk up to the offering table and take the lamp oil, he added a sentence.
"Return home if there's nothing else."
Chen Hao bowed repeatedly to Chi Le before turning and walking down the mountain.
Watching Chen Hao's departing figure.
Chi Le shook his head helplessly.
"Am I being taken for a fool, and they're constantly taking advantage of me?"
"Or does Chen Hao have some unspeakable difficulty that forces him to come to me for lamp oil?"
Chi Le spoke to himself, summoned the door to leave Qingshan Temple and return to the real world, and stepped out.
In the present-day room, Chi Le looked at the several missed calls from her supervisor on her phone.
I have a bit of a headache.
With a swipe of his finger, Chi Le contacted his immediate supervisor.
"Hello, supervisor, this is Chi Le. Regarding this morning's absence, it's like this..."
He then outlined a portion of the events of the previous night, including his encounter with a pickpocket gang, his assistance to the sheriff in apprehending them, and his active cooperation with the interrogation and investigation, and explained it to his supervisor.
This prevented the deduction of a day's wages due to missing the morning shift.
"Okay, supervisor, I'll be at the company shortly."
Assuring everyone that he was already on his way and would arrive at the company soon without traffic, Chi Le hung up the phone and leisurely lay back on the sofa.
"It'll be lunchtime soon, let's go over then."
Unable to sleep, Chi Le had nothing to do, and the panel of Qingshan Temple floated in front of him.
The edges of the panel are flickering.
Like the black and white noise in an old black and white television with a poor signal.
Soon, a third-person perspective view centered on Chen Hao appeared on the panel.
This feature was already unlocked after Chi Le first took Chen Hao into Qingshan Temple and sheltered him for one night.
The perspective of those who return home during the day is different from that of people in the modern world, whose images are fixed within a certain range with Qingshan Temple as the absolute center.
As long as he has sheltered the natives of the bizarre world, he can obtain a third-person perspective image with that native as the absolute center.
"It feels like playing a game of civilization and watching the scouts they send out."
Chi Le took a sip of the freshly brewed instant coffee and looked at the control panel with great interest.
He wanted to see where Chen Hao had used the three jars of "Spirit-Controlling Lamp Oil" that he had asked for.
If you really think of yourself as a fat sheep to be fleeced...
"This instant coffee is really bitter."
Chi Le squinted and muttered a complaint.