Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 318 - 152: Xiaobai, you’re not making good use of the opportunity!_3

Chapter 318: Chapter 152: Xiaobai, you’re not making good use of the opportunity!_3

Although it was just a small company, the pay wasn’t bad, allowing Li Jing to accumulate a small nest egg.

Classroom 302, the door was closed, but the lights were on.

"Shen Xin didn’t stay up all night again, did she?"

Li Jing pushed the door open and, like a hamster, poked her head in for a quick glance. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the oil painting on the easel.

The morning light streamed through the window, some of it falling upon the easel, making the sunflower painting seem vibrant and full of the promise of a bountiful season.

It was a very warm oil painting.

Looking at it was like reading a heartwarming story.

Li Jing knocked on the door and then walked in: "Shen Xin, thanks for your advice before!"

Shen Xin turned around and grunted in response.

Li Jing suddenly felt that such dry thanks were insincere, so she remembered the ticket she had just booked: "This National Day, there’s an ancient Egyptian artifacts exhibition at the provincial museum, I have a ticket, if you have time, you can go and see!"

The ticket cost 350, a bit pricey, but for Shen Xin, Li Jing was more than willing.

"No need, I already have one."

Shen Xin refused.

"Oh!"

Li Jing felt a bit disappointed, then she saw the oil painting in her bag and quickly took it out: "Shen Xin, could you give me some more advice?"

This was her graduation project.

Shen Xin glanced at it.

This classmate was imitating the Gallic painter Ingres’s "The Grand Odalisque," the original of which is kept in the Louvre.

"You’re too focused on highlighting the female’s physiological features. Sometimes, a little concealment can be even more alluring!"

Shen Xin commented.

"Uh!"

Li Jing felt embarrassed. She had recently been drawing character designs for a gaming company, and they wanted large breasts, curvy buttocks, and scanty clothing.

"Making money isn’t shameful. How can you create good art on an empty stomach?"

Shen Xin smiled faintly: "As long as it’s infused with your effort and passion, it’s a good piece!"

"Thank you!"

Li Jing nodded hastily.

Shen Xin turned back to continue staring out the window, lost in thought.

Li Jing knew it was time to leave. She took a few steps but then remembered something: "By the way, Lin Da Hungry Man has released a new video. Have you heard it? It’s absolutely amazing!"

"Hmm?"

Shen Xin raised an eyebrow, put down her paintbrush, and took out her outdated phone from her pocket, opening Bilibili.

In her follow list, there was only one uploader: Lin Da Hungry Man.

Shen Xin clicked on his name and saw a new video, indeed.

Click to play!

For he has of his very nature no form, no semblance, no fixed abode.

All compound things are impermanent; when one sees this with insight, one becomes weary of suffering. This is the path to purity.

...

It was the Diamond Sutra!

The warm, mellow voice flowed from the phone, bearing the clarity and openness of someone who had tasted the myriad aspects of mortal life, entering Shen Xin’s ears.

Shen Xin didn’t care about external things like phones and clothing, but today, she felt an urge to get a new phone.

Because the sound quality was just too poor.

As the sutra was recited, it seemed as if a faint scent of incense wafted through the classroom, with high monks passing by barefoot and in simple robes, preoccupied with spreading the teachings.

Shen Xin’s recent irritability receded, and in her chest, it seemed a Buddha’s heart was taking shape.

Li Jing had wanted to chat with Shen Xin about Lin Da Hungry Man, but seeing that Shen Xin had listened to it once and then started to play it again, she tactfully left.

Shen Xin listened to it seven times in a row until her phone was almost out of battery, then she reluctantly stopped.

Lin Da Hungry Man’s new video not only didn’t disappoint but far exceeded expectations.

Within a few days, it had already reached ten million plays, and it looked like it would hit a billion soon.

Shen Xin flicked her finger, scrolling down to look at the comment section.

"Hoping for my mom to stay healthy and live to a hundred."

"I hope I can pass the exam this year and start getting a government salary!"

"Please let me find a girlfriend this year and finally become single no more?"

The comments section was filled with nothing but wishes.

"What’s going on?"

Shen Xin was puzzled, then chuckled. Were they treating Lin Da Hungry Man’s video comments as a wishing well?

Some of the comments even came with images of incense and fruit offerings.

Shen Xin had intended to leave a comment, to share her thoughts, but seeing these ’wishes,’ she didn’t want to break the pattern and gave up.

Just as she was about to close the app, she noticed a private message. She opened it to discover it was from Lin Da Hungry Man himself.

"Thank you for your support. I made this Diamond Sutra especially for you, I hope you like it!"

"..."

Was it written for me?

Shen Xin’s mouth curved into a smile.

What’s going on?

Suddenly she felt an inexplicable sense of happiness.

Shen Xin got up, stretched her arms above her head, and as she prepared to pack up and leave, she looked once more at the oil painting on the easel.

She shook her head, tore the painting down, and then picked up a brush. In just over ten minutes, a "Sunflower" painting was born.

In the golden morning light, the flower was laden with hope.

Shen Xin looked at the ticket on the table. She initially didn’t feel like going, but now,

It might be good to take a walk!

...

After having a hearty breakfast at Nangong Shu’s place in the morning, Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao bid farewell and left.

"What are you planning to do for the National Day holiday?"

Xia Hongyao hopped along, stepping into the sunlight.

"Haven’t decided yet."

Lin Baici thought about going home, but he also wanted to take advantage of the National Day holiday to look at houses, buy one, and then bring his mother over directly.

Buying a house, after all, isn’t like buying cabbage; it requires careful selection.

For example, the surrounding environment, the neighbors, the property management of the community...

These were all things he learned the previous night while chatting with Nangong Shu.

"How about exploring the Divine Ruins?"

Xia Hongyao was full of enthusiasm.

"Forget about it!"

Lin Baici said exasperatedly, "Have you not had enough ’fun’ recently? A regular God Hunter faced with so much pollution from the rules would probably have had a mental breakdown by now!"

"All right then!"

Xia Hongyao seemed slightly disappointed: "How about we just find a place to have some real fun?"

"Stop!"

Lin Baici looked at High Ponytail: "I think this National Day holiday, I should stay far away from you. Every time you take me out, nothing good happens!"

Like a jinx.