Su Yuanyuan's sudden jump startled everyone. For a moment, several surprised and inquisitive gazes were cast upon her.
The Mo family quickly called out to her, "Yuanbao, my good child. You can't wander around here. Come to Mother quickly."
At this moment, Su Yuanyuan was full of panic. Her eyes were wide open as she couldn't help but say to the Mo family, "Mother, I heard..."
[Su Yuanyuan!]
That strange voice in her mind called out her name. [I... I am a god. You must never reveal my existence to others, or it will cause great chaos in the world!]
The words that Su Yuanyuan hadn't said yet got stuck in her throat. It was extremely uncomfortable.
The Mo family noticed that she stopped halfway through speaking. Sensing something strange, she got up, apologized to those around her, then pulled Su Yuanyuan to her side and walked to an empty corner. Lowering her voice, she asked, "Yuanbao, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
[You must not reveal the existence of this god to others, not even your mother.] That voice admonished again.
Su Yuanyuan could only shake her head at the Mo family and say, "Yuanbao is fine."
The Mo family looked at Su Yuanyuan again. "Are you really okay?"
Su Yuanyuan nodded vigorously.
The Mo family had no choice but to stop asking.
After the worship, recalling her previous thought, the Mo family told Su Huaisheng and Wei Linlang, then took Su Yuanyuan to find the young novice monk in the Mahavira Hall.
"Esteemed young master, I heard that Abbot Kongwen is in the temple today. I wonder if you could introduce us to him? Something strange has happened to my daughter, and I have some questions that I hope Abbot Kongwen can answer."
As she spoke, the Mo family stuffed a small silver ingot into the novice monk's hand.
The novice monk quickly returned the silver ingot and clasped his hands in salute. "Amitabha. It is my duty to answer the questions of the benefactors. I dare not accept money. The abbot is meeting an honored guest. I will go and announce your arrival. Whether you can meet him or not depends entirely on fate."
The Mo family said, "Thank you, young master."
...
In the simple meditation room, Cang Xuan and Abbot Kongwen were playing chess, taking turns to make moves.
From the moment they started playing, Cang Xuan always looked a bit absent - minded, but his moves were extremely sharp and decisive. He was always in control of the situation.
At first, Abbot Kongwen could still keep his side of the chessboard under control. But gradually, his train of thought was involuntarily controlled by Cang Xuan, and his speed of making moves slowed down. Before he knew it, Cang Xuan's black pieces had surrounded his white pieces, and there was no way to turn the situation around.
After making the final move to decide the outcome, Abbot Kongwen said, "Life is like a game of chess. It seems complicated and confusing, but once the first piece is placed, there is already a fixed outcome."
Cang Xuan said, "Although it seems like a fixed outcome, with a slight change, everything will be completely different."
As he spoke, he gently moved a white piece, and the chess situation changed instantly.
Abbot Kongwen twirled his Buddhist beads and laughed out loud. "What a great saying, 'completely different'. Young Master Cang is truly an interesting person."
The door of the meditation room was gently knocked, and the voice of the novice monk came from outside. "Master, there is a woman with her daughter outside who wants to see you."
Cang Xuan played with the black piece in his hand, and the smile on his face deepened.
Seeing his expression, Abbot Kongwen had a guess in his mind. He said to the novice monk, "Bring the two benefactors in."
After the novice monk left, Abbot Kongwen said to Cang Xuan, "Young Master Cang seems to know the identities of the visitors?"
Cang Xuan looked directly at Abbot Kongwen and said, "Master, I have something to ask you."
Abbot Kongwen said, "Amitabha. Young Master Cang, please speak your mind."
...
While the Mo family was waiting for the novice monk to come back with a message, Su Yuanyuan stood beside her. She seemed dull - witted on the surface, but in fact, she was talking to the voice that suddenly appeared in her body.
[Hey, you said you were a god just now? Did the Buddha send you to me?]
The voice said, [Yes, that's right.]
Su Yuanyuan was really stunned. What good deeds had she done to deserve the assistance of a god?
But Su Yuanyuan quickly came to her senses. [No, you're lying. You're not a god at all! If you were a real god, you wouldn't be afraid of others knowing your existence. Instead, you'd wish everyone knew about you and that people would worship you and offer sacrifices to you.]
The voice didn't expect her to be so clear - headed. It paused for a moment, then said confidently,
[For the people in your world, my high - tech existence is of course that of a god.]
Su Yuanyuan was very vigilant. [You're not a god. What are you? A monster? Or a wandering ghost? Are you going to fight me for this body? I warn you, this is a temple. There are many eminent monks here. If you dare to make trouble, I'll have the monks subdue you!]
The voice: [...]
[Okay, I'll be honest with you. I'm not a god. I'm an all - powerful medical system. You can call me 018. That's my number. You can also affectionately call me Xiaoba.]
Su Yuanyuan was even more confused. What all - powerful medical system? What Xiaoba? What number? What were these?
But the most crucial question was, why did this thing attach itself to her? And what was its purpose?
Seeing that she was still very vigilant, Xiaoba had no choice but to explain its origin to her.
[Do you still remember that a few days ago at the Autumn Festival Banquet, you accidentally broke the jade pendant on Su Qingyu? I was hidden inside the jade pendant. But since the jade pendant was damaged, I lost my carrier and had to transfer to the agarwood rabbit on you.]
At this moment, Su Yuanyuan in the Mahavira Hall had her eyes wide open. She almost cried out on the spot.
[What did you say? So you belonged to Su Qingyu before?]
So, Su Qingyu wasn't really capable. It was because she had Xiaoba's help?
Su Yuanyuan felt like she was going crazy. She thought all this unbelievable stuff was just a dream, but the continuous warmth from the Mo family's palm as she held her hand told her that everything happening in front of her was real.
There really was a strange thing called a "system" in her body that had transferred from Su Qingyu!
[Xiaoba doesn't belong to her.] Xiaoba "corrected" Su Yuanyuan's statement very seriously.
[Xiaoba was accidentally obtained by her. Xiaoba had a master before.]
Su Yuanyuan blurted out, [Then why don't you go find your master? Why do you have to pester me?]
[Master...] There was a hint of confusion in Xiaoba's voice. [Xiaoba's master is gone.]
Gone?
Su Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat. Thinking about what Xiaoba had just said that it was "accidentally" obtained by Su Qingyu, a bold guess formed in her mind.
Could it be that Su Qingyu wasn't of the bloodline of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion at all? The real master of Xiaoba was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion?