There really are people like that in this world!
Hu Ju was so shocked he stammered, "Are you saying you stuffed joss paper into the merit box???"
"Yeah!" Chen Qinglai lowered his head in shame, "I thought only Buddha could handle such things. We're just mortals, how could we deal with ghosts?"
"Speak properly," Yun Qiuce said.
"And then?" Yun Qi asked.
"Then the ghosts didn't come for me, but the Bodhisattva did. At night, I dreamed that the Bodhisattva earnestly told me, 'You never offer incense, but expect Buddha to help you when you're in trouble! It's not that Buddha can't help, but at least if you had offered a real coin, it would show some sincerity...'"
Chen Qinglai didn't finish but looked up timidly at everyone.
He suddenly noticed everyone was looking at him like he was an idiot, yet they all had a hint of admiration in their eyes.
Yun Qiuce even gave him a silent thumbs up.
Encouraged, Chen Qinglai grinned, "Did I do it right?"
