I'm wandering in the world

Chapter 48 Borrowing some divine power

Chen Qingyuan said: "So?"

Julia subconsciously grasped the edge of her robe with both hands and said forcefully, "I don't know who Edith was with. She got pregnant and gave birth to a child. The dean thought Edith was a mentally ill patient and could not successfully raise a child, so he sent someone to take the child away..."

"Edith wanders around during the day. She can't even speak clearly. At night, she goes outside the orphanage and makes unexplained noises. I don't understand what she says, but I know she wants her child back."

"So, if you can, reunite Edith with her child."

Chen Qingyuan: “…”

He put the bag of bread on the bench, burped, and teased her: "You are not a pure nun. You are extremely beautiful, wealthy, and determined. This determination means that you will obey the arrangements of the church in everything and will never make decisions for your own personal reasons! Besides, praying to Jesus is much more reliable than praying to a mortal like me..."

Julia didn't expect Chen Qingyuan to say such a thing.

She couldn't find a reason to refute for a moment, and she was so anxious that she didn't know where to put her hands. Finally, she said, "I... I just feel sorry for Edith."

Chen Qingyuan smiled and said, "What can you give?"

Julia was stunned: "Me? I don't know what I have. Sorry."

Chen Qingyuan stretched his muscles and said, "Then I can't accept your commission. I have to decide what to do by myself. And...thank you for the bread and water."

Ah this?

Julia was dumbfounded. She had seen many men who came to the church to pray. They would always agree to many things if she begged them a little. Why was it that this man was not like this? Was it because he was a foreigner that he had different ideas? That must be the case. There was nothing she could do.

Chen Qingyuan considered himself a person who believed in the truth. He never believed in appearance or tears...

Julia is good looking.

But what the hell does this have to do with him?
This bread and water, if she is in danger, help her if you can, if you really can't... just respect her fate.

Chen Qingyuan looked at the cross hanging around her neck and stood up suddenly: "Where is the auditorium? Come on, take me to see your great Jesus. I suddenly feel guilty..."

茱莉娅：“… … ”

She really couldn't figure out the man in front of her, so she had to take Chen Qingyuan to the auditorium.

The orphanage was quite large, with three floors. Chen Qingyuan followed Julia to the auditorium. Looking up, he could see a huge cross on the altar. Jesus with thorns on his head was hanging on the cross, and his hands were pierced by nails...

Chen Qingyuan quickly walked over and knelt on the mat. He clasped his hands together, looked at Jesus and said, "Respected Jesus, if you have a spirit, you should know my origins. There are evil spirits troubling the living now, and I am unable to stop them due to my limited ability. I hope you can lend me some strength to help me..."

He gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

For some reason, the Western gods looked at him... He just couldn't believe in them, but he wanted the magic power. What should he do?

borrow!
Chen Qingyuan stared straight at the statue of Jesus.

Julia walked slowly, and when she arrived beside Chen Qingyuan, he had already finished praying.

She asked, "What do you pray to Jesus for?"

Chen Qingyuan said: "It's nothing. God loves the world, and I want to borrow some of his power."

Julia nodded and said, "Yes, Jesus loves the world deeply. As long as all sinners are willing to change their ways, they can... what, borrow divine power?"

She even suspected that there was something wrong with her ears. You, a foreigner, came here to pray for the first time and asked God to borrow something. You are so proud. We nuns and even senior priests don’t know what divine power looks like. Foreigners are foreigners. It is easy to think that unknown cultures are too simple... Chen Qingyuan waited for a while, but the statue of Jesus did not respond.

He was a little disappointed.

But my eyes were quickly attracted by a basin of water under the statue. It was a copper basin filled with clear water, and at the bottom of the water there was a beautifully crafted cross shining brightly...

"what is this?"

He felt that this thing seemed not simple.

Julia said, "This is the cross that the priest left here when the orphanage was first established. It is said that it can protect the orphanage from the invasion of demons and evil spirits. If you pour clean water into the basin, it will become holy water in seven days. I have never seen demons and ghosts, so I don't know if it is true, but the orphanage has indeed been peaceful for ten years..."

Chen Qingyuan can't take things in front of other people, this is too much.

Just then, a strange sound came from outside the window, creaking and hoarse, as if someone was rubbing a branch on the dry ground...

Julia's expression changed slightly: "It's Edith, she's here."

Chen Qingyuan stood up from the mat, walked to the window of the auditorium, and looked in the direction of the sound. It was almost dusk and the remaining light from the sun was not enough to illuminate the environment.

A thin woman stood by the edge of Dutat Lake.

To be honest, if he hadn't seen the movie, it would be hard for Chen Qingyuan to classify Edith's appearance as human. Her face was very long, a bit like a shoe horn used in Northeast China, and the proportions of her facial features were weird. The rule of three parts and five eyes didn't apply to her at all, and her spine seemed a little twisted...

She was wearing a dirty and tattered robe, and stretched out her arms towards the orphanage, making a gurgling sound from her mouth...

Edith saw Chen Qingyuan.

The two looked at each other, and Chen Qingyuan saw the pain in her eyes...

Edith was like a robot, repeating the same actions over and over again. She suddenly bent down, picked up something from the ground, and held it high. It turned out to be a mouse. She took a bite and handed it over, as if she was going to give it to the orphanage in exchange for something. She didn't get a response from the people in the orphanage, so she threw the mouse out with force. It drew an arc in the air and happened to enter the auditorium...

So strong.

Chen Qingyuan thought that Edith would be so strong only after she turned into a ghost, but he didn't expect that she would be so strong while alive!

Julia hurriedly threw the dead mouse out with a stick. Edith walked over carefully, picked up the dead mouse, looked deeply at the old nun standing at the door of the orphanage, then turned and walked into the darkness.

The old nun saw Chen Qingyuan and Julia at the window of the second-floor auditorium and snorted, "You have successfully seen Edith's appearance. Now it's time to leave."

Chen Qingyuan did not refuse.

He came downstairs, said thank you, and walked towards the darkness...

Julia chased down and looked at the pitch-black Dutat Lake and said, "You can't see anything at night. He has no lights. I heard that there are many robbers on the road from here to the town. The black color is their natural barrier."

The old nun came to her senses and thought to herself that she was being too emotional.

Originally, he simply hated Edith for being a mentally ill person who couldn't raise a child, and insisted on keeping the child with him, which would only ruin him.

She also hated Chen Qingyuan who came to look for Edith. She had just subconsciously expelled Chen Qingyuan, but he really ran away. If she was killed by the bad guys hiding in the dark because of this incident, she would never be able to go to heaven no matter how many good things she did in this life...

(End of this chapter)