Chapter 354: Cause and Effect (2)
-Drip, drip.
Hot tea was poured into a rough teacup.
This was the pavilion right next to the reception hall where the Abbot of Shaolin greeted guests.
Originally, we were supposed to enter the reception hall, but because of the children, we settled here instead.
The older children couldn't enter through the reception hall doors and had to wait outside.
Of course, my children would have waited outside just fine, but the Shaolin disciples were so nervous about making them wait that they couldn't bring themselves to leave them outside.
Even though I said my kids wouldn’t bite, the Shaolin monks were surprisingly timid.
'If you die, you’re supposed to reach nirvana and go to paradise. Monks sure are more scared than I thought.'
Weren't religious people supposed to naturally be unafraid of death?
Thinking such things, I settled into the pavilion.
The younger children were leaning their bodies against me here and there, and the older ones were underneath the pavilion, resting only their heads on the wooden floorboards as they looked up at me.
"Here, take it."