My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion
Chapter 175 - 155: Let’s Discuss

Chapter 175: Chapter 155: Let’s Discuss

After the residual echoes, Yin Tingxue panted, curled up in the bedding, silently gazing at Chen Yi.

Observing his relaxed expression, Yin Tingxue still felt a bit of tremor.

Had she... been dragged along?

Anxiety filled Yin Tingxue’s heart. What if Chen Yi turned his back on her afterwards? No matter how much she pleaded, it wouldn’t end well.

Perhaps, unknowingly, she would suddenly realize her belly was already that big... just the thought startled Yin Tingxue.

If there was a child, she wouldn’t know how to face such a family, a family formed by enemies.

Yin Tingxue more or less figured out that he wanted both her affection and a child; he always wanted everything. With two options, he probably wanted them both, but she wanted neither.

So, in the end, she could only think of this way, to give in a bit more, compromise a bit more. As for what the final outcome would be, Yin Tingxue dared not think.

At this moment, Chen Yi turned over, seemingly about to get out of bed.

"Are you going to make breakfast?"

Yin Tingxue asked out loud.

"Yes, and I’m going to buy some flour, make some dumpling wrappers, and take you back to Yintai Temple."

Chen Yi caressed her face as he spoke.

Yin Tingxue was used to his casual touch, and responded with a soft "Mm."

Just as Chen Yi was about to get up, perhaps noticing his good mood, Yin Tingxue pulled him back.

"Let’s... discuss something."

Yin Tingxue spoke softly, looking at him like a fawn.

Chen Yi leaned down, got close to her, and this time softly asked:

"Discuss what?"

"To make you happy, we should set a count, wouldn’t that be convenient for you?"

Yin Tingxue tried to speak lightly to cover her true thoughts.

Having a written rule is always better than unwritten rules. Otherwise, if Chen Yi suddenly wanted to force her to have a child unjustly, or misconstrue the original intention, she would have nothing to argue back with.

Chen Yi watched this little fox with interest,

"What do you want to do?"

"Draw tally marks. As long as I make you happy ten times, then no children for a year..."

Noticing his expression turned playful, Yin Tingxue quickly changed her words:

"Twenty times, twenty times."

"Thirty times."

Chen Yi directly gave a number, and the Xiang King’s daughter agreed, nodding her head, just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

He immediately added,

"Upset me once, and it’s minus ten times."

Upon hearing this, Yin Tingxue’s face paled, but she still agreed with difficulty,

"Alright, but you mustn’t be unreasonable..."

"Of course not. Where are you planning to draw the tally?"

Chen Yi teased with a smile as he asked.

Yin Tingxue caught his gaze, feeling both shy and confused:

"Why... are you looking at my legs?"

Even though they had been together for so long, she sometimes still didn’t quite understand his words.

"Never mind, I’m just teasing you. I’ll hang a piece of paper on the wall, draw it there."

Chen Yi glanced at the bedroom wall.

Yin Tingxue nodded repeatedly, seeing Chen Yi’s reaction, she let out a sigh of relief, and smiling lightly in relief.

"Achoo."

She sneezed.

"Have you caught a cold?"

Chen Yi moved closer.

"I don’t know, maybe."

Yin Tingxue thought about how she had sat on the doorstep for a long time pondering this matter, perhaps unknowingly catching a chill.

Suddenly she thought of something, quickly saying:

"It’s nothing serious, I can still go back to Yintai Temple."

Chen Yi patted her head, pondered for a moment, then said gently:

"Alright, wear more clothes then, I’ll make some soup for you later."

Yin Tingxue responded with a "Mm," then returned to the bed, hugging the bedding and curling her legs. Thinking about returning to Yintai Temple the next day, her lips curled up, her eyes slightly stung; was this bitter end turning into sweetness? She couldn’t help but ask herself that, and the question nearly brought her to tears again. No matter what, she could finally return to Yintai Temple.

Watching her like this, Chen Yi felt a bit of tightness in his heart, and turned away with a wry smile.

When at Yintai Temple, he won’t tease her, he’ll treat her a bit better.

After changing clothes and crossing the threshold, Chen Yi stretched, took a glance at the guest room, confirmed through the paper window that Zhou Yitang was still there, then stepped out of the yard to buy some fine flour back.

Before long, a trail of cooking smoke rose in the kitchen.

Plates of dishes were placed on the dining table, the sky had already darkened, and lights were lit. Chen Yi knocked on the guest room door.

"Dinner is ready."

After saying that, Chen Yi didn’t wait and went straight back to the hall.

At this moment, he saw that Yin Tingxue was already prepared at the dining table, wrapped in thick clothes.

Soon after Chen Yi sat down, the one-armed woman appeared as if out of nowhere, crossing the threshold and taking a seat.

With her appearance, it seemed as though an extra layer of silence had fallen over the table.

"We’re going to Yintai Temple tomorrow, are you coming?"

Chen Yi asked softly.

"Either way is fine."

Zhou Yitang said this, and Chen Yi understood that meant she was coming.

He pondered for a while, recalling the recent events, and asked:

"Master, do you know... the Medicine Bodhisattva?"

When these four words fell, Yin Tingxue’s almond eyes froze slightly.

She recalled the stone Bodhisattva sisters enshrined in Yintai Temple, the Medicine King Bodhisattva, and the Medicine Bodhisattva often appeared in pairs; in Buddhism, they are the Buddha’s attendants, the two Bodhisattva statues beside the Buddha’s lotus throne.

"Naturally I know, in the past during the Buddhist Tao dispute, Medicine Bodhisattva and Penglai Daozi each led their followers in debating the scriptures and doctrines..."

At Chen Yi’s request, Zhou Yitang slowly recounted this episode of the Buddhist Tao dispute.

An even match, in past disputes between Buddhism and Taoism, it has often resulted in Buddhism’s victory and Taoism’s defeat, standing out from the crowd, the result of the Buddhist Tao fusion was something neither side could accept.