After w.a.n.g Yao had boarded the plane, he found that the monk had already been there . They were on the same plane and in the same cabinet . What was even more coincidental was that their seats were close—they were only separated by the cabinet aisle .

"You really are destined to meet the Buddha," said the monk with a smile .

"I'm destined to meet you . Are you Buddha?" w.a.n.g Yao sat down and smiled .

"Yes," said the monk without hesitation .

"What?" said w.a.n.g Yao in surprise . "Are you not afraid of being blamed by the real Buddha?

"Buddha said, everyone is Buddha," the monk said with a smile .

"You are very articulate," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"I am flattered," said the monk .

The plane was going to take off soon; w.a.n.g Yao stopped talking to the monk and just sat quietly .

With a big noise, the plane took off into the sky .

"Do you live in Haiqu?" asked the monk after the plane was stable .

"Yes," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"I plan to visit Fulai temple . Are you interested in going with me?" asked the monk .

"I've been there before . Sorry, I have no interest in visiting that place again," said w.a.n.g Yao . He actually had never been there before . The temple was located on an unknown hill . Rumor had it that if someone made a wish there, their dream would come true .

The monk just smiled .

"You seem to be pretty wealthy," said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . "Do you get paid as a monk?"

"Yes," said the monk .

"Do you mind me asking how much do you get paid a month?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"Just over ten thousand yuan per month," said the monk with a smile .

"Earning over ten thousand a month by practicing dhyana, and sitting and reciting scriptures sounds like easy money," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Money is not important to me . "

"Why did you become a monk?"

"It's just my destiny," said the monk .

"Destiny?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"You don't sound practical . I'm so confused by your words . You are so eloquent," said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

"I fled from famine and almost starved to death . Luckily, I was saved by a monk from a temple . That's how I became a monk," said the monk after being silent for a moment .

"It sounds like you didn't have a choice . Do you enjoy being a monk?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"Of course I do . I left the world of mortals . I'm no longer troubled by those things in the mundane world . I've never felt so at ease and relaxed before," said the monk with a smile .

"But you look so skinny . What is the food like at the temple?" asked w.a.n.g Yao . The more he talked to the monk, the less he trusted the monk . w.a.n.g Yao thought the monk was really eloquent, so he started to talk nonsense deliberately .

"The food in the temple was actually quite good," said the monk .

"Can you eat meat?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"I haven't reached the level of being able to eat meat," said the monk .

"Can you drink alcohol?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"I haven't reached the level of being able to drink alcohol," said the monk .

"What a pity!" said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

"Being a vegan makes you lose weight . Life without alcohol will keep you away from worry," said the monk .

"I think you are just scared of being an alcoholic," said a middle-aged man with a smile . The man sat next to them had been eavesdropping in on their conversation .

"You are right," said the monk honestly .

"Buddha said that even though the alcohol and flesh goes through one's body

the Buddha stays evermore in my mind . I don't think it will matter if you just eat a little bit of meat and drink a little bit of alcohol," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"If you have reached the level, it won't matter; but if you haven't, you will be easily tempted by the taste of meat and alcohol . Then, your meditative mind will be wasted, and your practice of Buddhism will be destroyed," said the monk .

"Have you ever been in love?" asked w.a.n.g Yao .

"Yes, more than once," said the monk .

w.a.n.g Yao smiled and stopped talking . The monk also stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest . His hands were twisting the Buddha beads .

The conversation was over .

After several hours, the plane landed at Haiqu airport . w.a.n.g Yao didn't ask anyone to pick him up, so he was going to go home by himself . To his surprise, he saw a car waiting for the monk at the exit of the airport .

"Wow, since when do monks have special car service!" said one of the pa.s.sengers in surprise .

"Sir, I'll see you next time," said the monk .

"See you, rich monk!" said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

The monk smiled back and entered the car, which left immediately .

w.a.n.g Yao went to the bus stop nearby . He decided to take the bus home .

"Traveling in first cla.s.s and having a car wait for him at the exit—since when are monks so rich?" murmured w.a.n.g Yao in confusion .

The bus was not fast, especially when it was pa.s.sing Haiqu city business center .

The bus was quite old . The seats on the bus probably hadn't been changed in a long time . The color of the seats had started to fade .

There were not many people traveling from Haiqu to Lianshan at this time of the day, so most of the seats were empty .

Cough! Cough! Suddenly w.a.n.g Yao heard someone coughing . The person who was coughing was an old man; his cough was really bad . He couldn't stop coughing . It was as if he was going to cough his lungs out .

The pa.s.sengers started to look at the old man .

He must be really sick .

w.a.n.g Yao knew he was quite sick just from listening to his cough . The old man was seriously ill . He needed treatment .

"Sir, are you okay?" said the young driver in a nice manner .

"Yes, I'm fine," said the old man . He started to cough again . He didn't look fine at all .

"Sir, shall I take you to the hospital?" said the driver .

"No, thanks, you just keep going," said the old man .

The bus was leaving Haiqu soon .

Cough! Cough! Ugh!

After coughing for a moment, the old man suddenly started to vomit . The bus was full of the smell of rotten food and blood .

What he had vomited was not only undigested food but also thick blood .

Screech! The driver braked hard; then he turned the steering wheel to make a U-turn . The bus headed back to the business center of Haiqu .

"Hey, where are you going?" asked one of the pa.s.sengers .

"Why did you even ask? Of course, I'm driving to the hospital!" shouted the young driver .

"I'm in a hurry to go home!" said the pa.s.senger .

"You can jump off the bus then!" said the driver .

Haha! w.a.n.g Yao laughed .

The nice driver had a hot temper .

The driver drove the bus very fast . It was not easy to go through the busy city center while driving a big bus, but the young man was a very good driver . The bus was like a big mudfish swimming among loads of other fish .

The bus arrived at Haiqu People's hospital as fast as it could . The old man on the bus had become too frail to sit up . The bus went straight into the hospital, which was quite a rare thing .

The staff from the emergency department responded quickly . The doctors went to see the old man straight away . Their response time was far better than the local hospital in town .

The doctors in Haiqu People's hospital were nice and efficient .

No wonder everyone wants to go to big hospitals .

The young driver had no awareness of the trouble he had brought to himself . He was smoking a cigarette pleasantly .

"Aren't you scared of getting into any trouble? The old man's family could blame you for his hospitalization," said one of the pa.s.sengers .

"Trouble? I've got a surveillance camera on the bus," said the young driver . He didn't really care what trouble he could potentially get into .

After the old man was settled in the hospital, everyone went back onto the bus . The driver drove the bus out of the hospital and headed back to Lianshan again .

w.a.n.g Yao was amazed by the courage of the young driver . He knew that nowadays no one would help someone who had fallen down in the street to stand up . What the young driver did was really rare . If he were the driver, he would probably hesitate .

Sometimes, you hesitate to do certain things when you have more life experience .

w.a.n.g Yao smiled as he was listening to the driver singing songs he didn't know .

The young man is so happy and straightforward, thought w.a.n.g Yao .

"The patient's condition is not stable," said a doctor from Haiqu People's hospital .

"Do a CT scan on him; focus on his lungs," said another doctor .

The doctors in the emergency department were quite busy . The old man who was brought in by the young bus driver suddenly deteriorated .

I hope the old man will be fine, thought w.a.n.g Yao as he was looking at the small houses through the window of the bus .

The bus arrived at Lianshan after an hour and a half . w.a.n.g Yao called a taxi to take him back to the village . By the time he had arrived home, it was evening . His parent had already had dinner .

"Yao, how come you didn't tell us you were coming back today? Have you eaten anything?" Zhang Xiuying was surprised to see her son .

"Not yet," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"I'll cook something for you now; what do you want to eat?" asked Zhang Xiuying .

"Anything is fine; just cook me some noodles," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Okay, just a second . " Zhang Xiuying rushed to the kitchen .

w.a.n.g Yao got himself a gla.s.s of water and sat down to talk to his father . His father started to ask him a lot of questions .

"Was everything okay?" asked w.a.n.g Fenghua .

"Yeah," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Have you cured the patient?" asked w.a.n.g Fenghua .

"Not yet, he is very sick . It will take some time to treat his illness," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Will you be going away again soon?" asked w.a.n.g Fenghua .

"Not any time soon," replied w.a.n.g Yao .

w.a.n.g Yao had been away quite frequently in the last few months . He was a person who cared a lot about his family, and he didn't want to be away from his family too often .

"Good . " w.a.n.g Fenghua nodded . As a parent, he also wanted w.a.n.g Yao to be around as much as he could .

After w.a.n.g Yao had boarded the plane, he found that the monk had already been there . They were on the same plane and in the same cabinet . What was even more coincidental was that their seats were close—they were only separated by the cabinet aisle . You really are destined to meet the Buddha, said the monk with a smile . Im destined to meet you . Are you Buddha? w.a.n.g Yao sat down and smiled . Yes, said the monk without hesitation . What? said w.a.n.g Yao in surprise . Are you not afraid of being blamed by the real Buddha? Buddha said, everyone is Buddha, the monk said with a smile . You are very articulate, said w.a.n.g Yao . I am flattered, said the monk . The plane was going to take off soon; w.a.n.g Yao stopped talking to the monk and just sat quietly . With a big noise, the plane took off into the sky . Do you live in Haiqu? asked the monk after the plane was stable . Yes, said w.a.n.g Yao . I plan to visit Fulai temple . Are you interested in going with me? asked the monk . Ive been there before . Sorry, I have no interest in visiting that place again, said w.a.n.g Yao . He actually had never been there before . The temple was located on an unknown hill . Rumor had it that if someone made a wish there, their dream would come true . The monk just smiled . You seem to be pretty wealthy, said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . Do you get paid as a monk? Yes, said the monk . Do you mind me asking how much do you get paid a month? asked w.a.n.g Yao . Just over ten thousand yuan per month, said the monk with a smile . Earning over ten thousand a month by practicing dhyana, and sitting and reciting scriptures sounds like easy money, said w.a.n.g Yao . Money is not important to me . Why did you become a monk? Its just my destiny, said the monk . Destiny? asked w.a.n.g Yao . You dont sound practical . Im so confused by your words . You are so eloquent, said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . I fled from famine and almost starved to death . Luckily, I was saved by a monk from a temple . Thats how I became a monk, said the monk after being silent for a moment . It sounds like you didnt have a choice . Do you enjoy being a monk? asked w.a.n.g Yao . Of course I do . I left the world of mortals . Im no longer troubled by those things in the mundane world . Ive never felt so at ease and relaxed before, said the monk with a smile . But you look so skinny . What is the food like at the temple? asked w.a.n.g Yao . The more he talked to the monk, the less he trusted the monk . w.a.n.g Yao thought the monk was really eloquent, so he started to talk nonsense deliberately . The food in the temple was actually quite good, said the monk . Can you eat meat? asked w.a.n.g Yao . I havent reached the level of being able to eat meat, said the monk Can you drink alcohol? asked w.a.n.g Yao . I havent reached the level of being able to drink alcohol, said the monk . What a pity! said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . Being a vegan makes you lose weight . Life without alcohol will keep you away from worry, said the monk . I think you are just scared of being an alcoholic, said a middle-aged man with a smile . The man sat next to them had been eavesdropping in on their conversation . You are right, said the monk honestly . Buddha said that even though the alcohol and flesh goes through ones body the Buddha stays evermore in my mind . I dont think it will matter if you just eat a little bit of meat and drink a little bit of alcohol, said w.a.n.g Yao . If you have reached the level, it wont matter; but if you havent, you will be easily tempted by the taste of meat and alcohol . Then, your meditative mind will be wasted, and your practice of Buddhism will be destroyed, said the monk . Have you ever been in love? asked w.a.n.g Yao . Yes, more than once, said the monk . w.a.n.g Yao smiled and stopped talking . The monk also stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest . His hands were twisting the Buddha beads . The conversation was over . After several hours, the plane landed at Haiqu airport . w.a.n.g Yao didnt ask anyone to pick him up, so he was going to go home by himself . To his surprise, he saw a car waiting for the monk at the exit of the airport . Wow, since when do monks have special car service! said one of the pa.s.sengers in surprise . Sir, Ill see you next time, said the monk . See you, rich monk! said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . The monk smiled back and entered the car, which left immediately . w.a.n.g Yao went to the bus stop nearby . He decided to take the bus home . Traveling in first cla.s.s and having a car wait for him at the exit—since when are monks so rich? murmured w.a.n.g Yao in confusion . The bus was not fast, especially when it was pa.s.sing Haiqu city business center . The bus was quite old . The seats on the bus probably hadnt been changed in a long time . The color of the seats had started to fade . There were not many people traveling from Haiqu to Lianshan at this time of the day, so most of the seats were empty . Cough! Cough! Suddenly w.a.n.g Yao heard someone coughing . The person who was coughing was an old man; his cough was really bad . He couldnt stop coughing . It was as if he was going to cough his lungs out . The pa.s.sengers started to look at the old man . He must be really sick . w.a.n.g Yao knew he was quite sick just from listening to his cough . The old man was seriously ill . He needed treatment . Sir, are you okay? said the young driver in a nice manner . Yes, Im fine, said the old man . He started to cough again . He didnt look fine at all . Sir, shall I take you to the hospital? said the driver . No, thanks, you just keep going, said the old man . The bus was leaving Haiqu soon . Cough! Cough! Ugh! After coughing for a moment, the old man suddenly started to vomit . The bus was full of the smell of rotten food and blood . What he had vomited was not only undigested food but also thick blood . Screech! The driver braked hard; then he turned the steering wheel to make a U-turn . The bus headed back to the business center of Haiqu . Hey, where are you going? asked one of the pa.s.sengers . Why did you even ask? Of course, Im driving to the hospital! shouted the young driver . Im in a hurry to go home! said the pa.s.senger . You can jump off the bus then! said the driver . Haha! w.a.n.g Yao laughed . The nice driver had a hot temper . The driver drove the bus very fast . It was not easy to go through the busy city center while driving a big bus, but the young man was a very good driver . The bus was like a big mudfish swimming among loads of other fish . The bus arrived at Haiqu Peoples hospital as fast as it could . The old man on the bus had become too frail to sit up . The bus went straight into the hospital, which was quite a rare thing . The staff from the emergency department responded quickly . The doctors went to see the old man straight away . Their response time was far better than the local hospital in town . The doctors in Haiqu Peoples hospital were nice and efficient . No wonder everyone wants to go to big hospitals . The young driver had no awareness of the trouble he had brought to himself . He was smoking a cigarette pleasantly . Arent you scared of getting into any trouble? The old mans family could blame you for his hospitalization, said one of the pa.s.sengers . Trouble? Ive got a surveillance camera on the bus, said the young driver . He didnt really care what trouble he could potentially get into . After the old man was settled in the hospital, everyone went back onto the bus . The driver drove the bus out of the hospital and headed back to Lianshan again . w.a.n.g Yao was amazed by the courage of the young driver . He knew that nowadays no one would help someone who had fallen down in the street to stand up . What the young driver did was really rare . If he were the driver, he would probably hesitate . Sometimes, you hesitate to do certain things when you have more life experience . w.a.n.g Yao smiled as he was listening to the driver singing songs he didnt know . The young man is so happy and straightforward, thought w.a.n.g Yao . The patients condition is not stable, said a doctor from Haiqu Peoples hospital . Do a CT scan on him; focus on his lungs, said another doctor . The doctors in the emergency department were quite busy . The old man who was brought in by the young bus driver suddenly deteriorated . I hope the old man will be fine, thought w.a.n.g Yao as he was looking at the small houses through the window of the bus . The bus arrived at Lianshan after an hour and a half . w.a.n.g Yao called a taxi to take him back to the village . By the time he had arrived home, it was evening . His parent had already had dinner . Yao, how come you didnt tell us you were coming back today? Have you eaten anything? Zhang Xiuying was surprised to see her son . Not yet, said w.a.n.g Yao . Ill cook something for you now; what do you want to eat? asked Zhang Xiuying . Anything is fine; just cook me some noodles, said w.a.n.g Yao . Okay, just a second . Zhang Xiuying rushed to the kitchen . w.a.n.g Yao got himself a gla.s.s of water and sat down to talk to his father . His father started to ask him a lot of questions . Was everything okay? asked w.a.n.g Fenghua . Yeah, said w.a.n.g Yao . Have you cured the patient? asked w.a.n.g Fenghua . Not yet, he is very sick . It will take some time to treat his illness, said w.a.n.g Yao . Will you be going away again soon? asked w.a.n.g Fenghua . Not any time soon, replied w.a.n.g Yao . w.a.n.g Yao had been away quite frequently in the last few months . He was a person who cared a lot about his family, and he didnt want to be away from his family too often . Good . w.a.n.g Fenghua nodded . As a parent, he also wanted w.a.n.g Yao to be around as much as he could .