Chapter 1363: Is It Really You Who’s Come Back?
The Prince was returning alone on horseback.
He seldom rode in a carriage anymore unless there was a matter to attend to.
Because, when Jiang Ying was around, she would always want him to take her on a horseback ride.
She said, "I can’t ride a horse, but if someone takes me, I’ll learn quickly."
At that time, the Prince avoided such intimate contact due to propriety.
Thinking about it now, it has become a regret.
The guards followed from afar, without approaching.
The Prince, alone, felt the tranquility of the mountain path and the softness of the moonlight.
He couldn’t help thinking that if Jiang Ying really returned, he should come back to Qingjing Temple to properly thank the old Monk.
Suddenly, the Prince remembered.
"How careless of me to forget asking the old monk for his name."
He immediately turned his horse around to return to Qingjing Temple.
Just then, a Little Monk was about to close the door, and upon seeing the Prince return, curiously asked, "Prince, you haven’t left yet?"
The Prince said, "I want to ask, you have an old monk here with a beard down to here."
He gestured around his chest area and continued, "His eyebrows are also quite long and completely white."
"Judging by his kasaya, he should be the abbot or a senior monk, as he provided some guidance earlier, but I forgot to ask his name."
The Little Monk was stunned: "The abbot? Our abbot left two days ago for the Guest Temple in the suburb to give a Buddhist lecture and won’t be back until next month!"
The Prince was taken aback: "Not the abbot? Then... is it another old abbot?"
The Little Monk shook his head: "No, all the elderly masters have accompanied the abbot."
"There is no one in our temple matching the person you described."
The longest beard belongs to the abbot, and it’s just past the chin.
The Prince was utterly shocked.
He wanted to find someone who could confirm that indeed, an old abbot had spoken to him earlier.
However, all the guards collectively shook their heads.
"We were far away, and indeed did not see anyone, only the Prince standing alone at the door."
This made the Prince feel even more bewildered.
He went to the main hall to check the incense he had lit earlier, which was nearly burnt out.
This indicated he wasn’t hallucinating just then.
It’s just quite strange, what was really happening?
The Prince rode his horse slowly down the mountain.
As he was pondering deeply, he suddenly heard the guards behind shout, "Prince, watch out!"
The Prince had no time to react and was about to check when a heavy object fell from the sky and struck him solidly!
He rolled off the horse onto the ground, his whole body aching!
Fortunately, there was no threat to his life.
But the person who fell on him let out a low moan—
"It hurts so much!"
Upon hearing this voice, the Prince felt a chill run through his veins.
He slowly lowered his head, looking at the person still lying in his embrace.
Jiang Ying was rubbing her arms and legs, wincing in pain.
She was still wearing the hospital gown Bai Beirang had seen in his dream.
"You... you..." The Prince stammered: "Is it really you?!"
Jiang Ying paused her arm-rubbing and looked towards Bai Beirang.
Her eyes widened in surprise, and immediately, tears welled up.
Jiang Ying grabbed Bai Beirang’s neck and hugged him fiercely, sobbing: "It’s me!"
"Do you know how much I’ve suffered to come back!"
"Many lights were chasing me, as if trying to catch me, I ran desperately and ended up stepping into the void!"
"I suddenly fell from the cloud!"
Jiang Ying thought she was truly doomed this time.
But unexpectedly, she landed solidly in Bai Beirang’s arms.
Fate had once separated them, and now, let them meet again.