Chapter 964: The Nouveau Riche Trio's Excursion

The two of them had bright red wigs on their heads—bird's nest explosion style, looking just like turkeys.

Around their necks, they wore flashy, oversized gold chains; the chains were thick enough to be used as dog leashes.

That wasn't even the end of it; all three of them wore huge, exaggerated earrings, and all ten fingers were adorned with glittering, massive gold rings.

A typical nouveau riche look.

Their clothes and jewelry were so exaggerated, yet the shoes they wore on their feet were all sneakers!

Shi Yucheng: "This outfit of yours doesn't match at all, does it? Dressing up like this, you should be wearing high heels to make it look right."

Ji Yingjie glared: "What does a nouveau riche need with matching? Shanlin Temple is built on a mountain; you want me to wear high heels and exhaust myself to death?"

Before the three of them had even reached their destination, they had already attracted the attention of many people.

The stream of people going up and down the mountain was endless, all of them glancing sideways; the head-turning rate was three hundred percent!

Shi Youxuan held her head high and chest out, yet she pulled her headscarf to cover her face a bit more.

She was afraid of being recognized.

Her aunt's idea wasn't bad, but this outfit was just too exaggerated.

Nianyin was much the same, perhaps even less confident than her.

She muttered in a low voice: "Are these people sick? Why are they staring at us instead of walking properly?"

Ji Yingjie said in a low voice: "Be confident, don't show weakness. Don't separate for a moment, and both of you follow my lead."

Nianyin: "Yes."

Shi Youxuan:...

She thought to herself, as long as you don't cause some shocking, scandalous scene in this Buddhist place, I'll listen to you.

They finally arrived at Shanlin Temple.

Today happened to be the fifteenth, so there were many people there to offer incense, and smoke swirled in front of the main hall.

If they were dressed normally, it wouldn't be easy to attract attention, but it was hard for these three not to.

"Move aside, let us go first." Ji Yingjie shoved others crudely, unreasonably forcing a path through.

Those who were shoved were naturally dissatisfied and wanted to argue with her, but after seeing the three's outfits, they backed down.

These people didn't look like normal folks, so it was better to endure it in front of the Buddha to avoid the Buddha blaming them.

The three of them successfully made their way to the main hall to burn incense and pray, kneeling and then rising.

Ji Yingjie took a stack of banknotes out of her bag and stuffed them into the merit box!

The brand-new banknotes were in a stack of ten thousand yuan.

The young monk adding incense oil nearby paused for a moment, then continued with what he was doing.

"Wow—"

The people nearby were in an uproar.

Wasn't this too extravagant?

Pilgrims adding incense oil in front of the main hall usually gave at most one or two hundred; they had truly never seen anyone stuff money in like this.

But it wasn't over; Ji Yingjie continued, one stack, two stacks, three stacks...

She stopped only after putting in a full ten stacks.

Every time she put in a stack of money, it drew a chorus of screams.

Finally stopping, she said to the two: "Let's go, let's go back and see if it's accurate. If it's accurate, we'll continue coming tomorrow; if not, we'll go worship somewhere else."

After speaking, she turned and left, and the two followed behind, agreeing.

Just as the three were about to walk out of the mountain gate, the young monk ran out and shouted to stop them: "Three female benefactors, please stay. Our abbot invites you to the back for a chat."

Ji Yingjie: "Not going. We heard the Immortal Maiden here is efficacious, so we came to worship the Immortal Maiden. What's the use of seeing your abbot?"

The young monk: "We do have people who come here to pray for the Immortal Maiden, and it is very efficacious, but you worshipped in the wrong place just now. Praying for the Immortal Maiden is done in the side hall, not the main hall. Usually, our abbot leads people for such matters, so please come with me."

"Oh, you should have said so earlier, making me worship in the wrong place. Take us there."

The three arrived at the back hall, where the young monk served tea and then bowed and retreated.

After a cup of tea was finished, the abbot had not arrived.

Ji Yingjie began to lose patience, cursing and swearing: "What the hell? They asked us to come over, only to leave us hanging like this?"

"They really think they're someone important. It's just a small, broken temple; what's so great about it? I have money, I can go worship somewhere else."

After speaking, she stood up to leave, but her arm was grabbed by Shi Youxuan: "Wait a little longer. The incense is flourishing here, and everyone says it's efficacious. If you aren't even willing to wait this long, what if it doesn't work elsewhere? Is it easy for Dad to earn money? You spend money like water, you spendthrift!"

"Who are you calling a spendthrift? I spend the money my husband earns however I want! When is it your turn to point fingers at me? You uncultured thing..."

"Who are you calling uncultured?"

"Calling you! So what?"

Then the two of them started arguing.

In a nearby meditation room.

It had antique blue bricks and red tiles, yet inside sat several of the latest model computers.

The abbot sat in front of a computer screen, watching the two people arguing inside, while the third stood to the side, wanting to persuade them but not daring to.

Even if she persuaded them, no one would listen.

The three's relationship should be mother and daughter, but the two arguing were stepmother and stepdaughter, and the content of the argument was about property.

It was just an argument, but it seemed they weren't satisfied, and soon the two started physically fighting.

"Bang!"

The young woman "accidentally" bumped into the table, and the teacups and teapot on the table fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

This was just an ordinary teapot for guests and didn't matter much, but soon the older woman grabbed a vase from the curio shelf and threw it to the ground as well, smashing it to pieces.

"Oh my."

He hurried out; there was no need to observe any further, or else everything in the room would be smashed.

Soon, the abbot appeared at the doorway: "Stop."

"This is a sacred Buddhist site, how can you run wild here?"

Ji Yingjie huffed angrily: "She was the one who started it."

Shi Youxuan shouted even more angrily: "This woman has ill intentions; she doesn't want my father to come out of Prison alive and wants to swallow up my family's assets. I won't let her get her way."

It looked like the two of them were going to keep arguing, and there would be no end to it.

The abbot reminded them: "Aren't the two benefactors here to pay respects to the Immortal Maiden? Do you still want to pay your respects? If you want to argue, please go back and argue elsewhere." He had already concluded that these three women were vulgar and ignorant, so he was no longer being so polite.

"We will."

"We will pay our respects."

"Follow me."

The side hall.

After the prayers were finished, Ji Yingjie asked: "Where is the Immortal Maiden? Have her come out and calculate exactly when my husband will be released."

The abbot said: "The Immortal Maiden is not here. Please leave your husband's information, female benefactor, and I will pass it on to her. You may come yourself or send someone on the first day of next month, and you will get your answer."

"No way!"

Ji Yingjie jumped up in disagreement: "You old monk, you're trying to put me off for half a month. In half a month, my husband will already be sentenced; what use will it be to calculate it then? It will be too late for everything."

"Take us to see the Immortal Maiden right now. How about this: as long as I can see the Immortal Maiden, I will donate one million in incense money to the temple."

"This..."

He did not agree immediately, but he was clearly tempted, though he was still hesitating.

Ji Yingjie would not give him a chance to hesitate.

She opened her bag and dumped out all the cash inside—ten stacks.

The visual impact of cash placed right before one's eyes was different from just hearing the number spoken aloud.

Ji Yingjie: "There is one hundred thousand here, and I will swipe my card for the remaining nine hundred thousand as soon as I see her."

After saying this, she flashed the black bank card in her hand to demonstrate her sincerity.