Patreon bonus chapter
The monk stood beneath the Bodhi tree, a beautiful and surreal vision. Lin Feiran’s eyes teared up a little. He asked, “How should I tell her?”
After all, in this life, she was only a Bodhi tree.
Who knew if she could understand human speech…
“Benefactor, you need only speak to her.” A flash of gentleness passed through Cheng Guan’s eyes and was gone. “She has grown here for three hundred years and has developed awareness. Like a human, she can feel her surroundings, but she cannot access the Yin-Yang, and so cannot feel my soul… Benefactors, you two have talked for so long to this empty space under the tree. She is clever and sensitive and has probably guessed the gist of it. I only ask that you tell her one more time.”
“All right.” Lin Feiran nodded gravely. He thought for a moment, then asked, “You also have feelings for her, right?”
Cheng Guan only lowered his gaze and did not answer.
Lin Feiran’s eyes flashed and his lips lifted in a crafty smile. He followed up: “If you don’t, then say you don’t. If not, I’ll take it as a tacit admission.”
This scandalous behavior must have been a result of Gu Kaifeng’s influence!
Cheng Guan kept his eyes lowered. His long, thick lashes cast a small gray shadow in his eyes so that Lin Feiran couldn’t tell what he was feeling, but he didn’t shake his head. Eve his clothing didn’t move at all. He seemed to have turned into a statue in that moment.
Lin Feiran didn’t ask again. He moved closer to the Bodhi tree and placed one hand lightly on the bark. He thought for a bit, then said adorkably, “Nice to meet you. Can you hear me?”
“Pfft.” Gu Kaifeng covered his mouth and turned his face away.
Lin Feiran looked at Gu Kaifeng with narrowed eyes for a while, then turned to the Bodhi tree and said with enlightenment: “I want to tell you something. Monk Cheng Guan has stayed with you here for three hundred years. Since he passed, he has stayed under your shade and released other souls. He has never left you… My boyfriend and I have the Yin-Yang Eyes, and can see him. Monk Cheng Guan told us that your favourite flowers are the hibiscus on the western slope and asked us to bring them here for you to look at. My boyfriend dug up two of them and planted them here for you to see in the future.”
After these words were spoken, the Bodhi tree remained as it was, ordinary. It didn’t suddenly turn into a human, and didn’t suddenly open its mouth to speak. The reaction was so unexceptional it didn’t do justice to that tragically beautiful legend.
Lin Feiran paused and glanced at Cheng Guan, who was looking at him. He put one hand over his mouth, as if worried that Cheng Guan would hear him. He quietly whispered to the tree bark, “Monk Cheng Guan has feelings for you too. He tacitly admitted it.”
This was a promise.
Even though they were fated to have strong feelings yet be kept apart by fate, at least they would know that all that time and all those feelings had not been in vain.
Even though Lin Feiran covered his mouth, his little trick didn’t deceive Cheng Guan. Besides, Cheng Guan didn’t really want to hide it, either.
A slight uncertainty surfaced in Cheng Guan’s calm face. He gripped the prayer beads in his hand tightly and stepped away, then turned and returned to the tree’s shade and gazed at it alongside the two of them.
The Bodhi tree still did not react at all.
The Bodhi tree’s leaves looked a little like hearts. The tree had an entire crown of hearts, yet seemed like a heartless tree.
YOU ARE READING
Don't You Like Me (Complete)
RomanceShort, rich, and handsome, Lin Feiran was always the center of attention. But after transferring schools in his second year of high school, he discovered that his limelight was snatched by his Adonis classmate, Gu Kaifeng.
