Chapter 653


    “… Well, I don’t know about that,” Michael answered.


    That question was really too deep, and he couldn’t answer it. Sophia started muttering to herself, “So if a


    star like Nichs Yates who has undergone mrsty, rhinosty, and had some work done on his


    forehead went to have his fortune read, would it still be urate? I personally don’t think so.”


    “Technology is pretty advanced these days, so it’s easy to change your looks and body structure. All


    those ways to tell your future through reading your palms or bone structure are all lies! Lies, I say!”


    Sophia continued to mutter for a while before finally falling asleep.


    Michaelid her head on his chest and asionally stroked her hair gently, the sadness and guilt in his


    eyes gradually piling up.


    Feeling her gentle breaths on his chest, he gave her a deep kiss.


    He then looked at her face and studied her brows and lips, not willing to miss any details.


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    Let me take care of everything for you in this life!


    On the next day, Sophia wanted to leave after they had breakfast. She felt that if they stayed even a


    minute longer, they would find themselves scammed.


    Daniel saw them off at the cable cars and waved to them from afar. “Pleasee again soon!”


    ……


    Their second stop was to a mountain that wasn’t well known. They initially hadn’t nned oning, but


    it was on the way they needed to pass through so they came to have a look.


    Although this mountain was big, it only had a small Buddha statue in a small temple on the mountain.


    The temple was not developed to the fullest and there weren’t many pilgrims. The mountain road was


    especially rugged and was frozen near the top of the mountain. Luckily, Michael and Sophia were


    prepared. They changed into an off-road vehicle with tires made to drive in snow, but even so, the engine


    of their vehicle died a few times on their way up.


    Sophia sat in the car, watching as the car traversed the mountain road, crushing the frozen ice beneath


    them. The sound of the ice being crushed was really frightening.


    Some of the mountain roads only had onene and there was no guardrail, and beyond that was a cliff


    dropping down thousands of metres. Sophia was terrified. “Let’s get off the car and walk instead,” she


    suggested.


    Michael was a bit reluctant to walk up the mountain because he needed to be back for filming in a few


    days. The fat he had been umting might be burned off if they hiked up the mountain.


    However, the car was having a hard time making its way up. Even an experienced driver would be


    terrified of the dangerous road. Plus, it had snowed recently so it was white everywhere, and they were


    quickly running out of a visible path.


    Judge was also petrified. The dog’s huge body was curled up in Michael’s arms and trembling, leaning its


    head pitifully on his shoulder.


    Judge was frightened and wanted to beforted.


    Also, the dog had motion sickness and had vomited a few times.


    Without a choice, everyone could only get down from their cars and walk the rest of the way up the


    mountain. They left Nichs and a few others to watch over the cars, then followed the trail.


    Because the mountain was located in the south, there wasn’t only snow there, but also some green


    nts tenaciously surviving in the cold mountain.


    Sophia seemed very happy. Wearing her snow boots, she took big steps as she hiked.


    Some pilgrims had pooled their money to build a pathway to the mountain. It was just some stone steps,


    which were in disrepair for a long time and were pitted. Everyone walked up the stairs cautiously,


    carrying bundles, both big and small, up the mountain with them.


    Judge, who had been suffering from motion sickness, recovered right after getting out of the car. It was


    indeed the descendant of a sled dog and the snow was its yground. It ran in front of them with its tail


    wagging happily, then let out a howl as he rushed into the white forest and was gone in the blink of an


    eye.


    Sophia became anxious, but Michael grew a little happy. He said to Sophia, “It’s alright. Dogs have a


    very good sense of smell and I’m sure Judge will be back soon. There are no wild animals in this


    mountain, so he’s safe.”


    Stupid dog. Just stay here forever and be a wild animal!


    The group continued hiking up the mountain. It was very cold because it had snowedst night.


    Everyone left deep footprints in the snow with each step they took while making twists and turns.


    Michael was in front, holding Sophia’s hand. “Just step on my footprints and follow,” Michael said gently.


    Sophia lowered her head and walked carefully, stepping on Michael’s big footprints as she walked. She


    left her small footprints within his big footprints on purpose, finding it fun.


    It was so cold in the mountain that Sophia’s brows were frozen. Michael turned around from time to time,


    adjusting her hat and sweeping off the frost on her brows.


    They were acting like lovebirds, causing the rest to be jealous of how lovey-dovey they were.


    Halfway up the mountain, Michael received a phone call from the director of the film crew.


    The signal on the mountain was poor so the call would break off intermittently, but Michael still learned


    what had happened to the crew from the director’s roar.


    Celine had made a mess again. This time, she did something even more brain-dead than instructing the


    boss’s dog to eat its own feces—she had seduced the director’s wife!


    Now, the director was running around everywhere hunting for Celine and out for her blood. The whole


    film crew was in chaos.


    Upon hearing the news, Michael really wanted to wring Celine’s neck!


    Although something unpleasant had happened, their pilgrimage to the temple was more important at the


    moment.


    The ce they were heading to was called Dragon Mountain. There was almost no one living on the


    mountain as it was a difficult ce to develop. Cars could only drive halfway up to the mountain, and


    subsequently took around an hour to reach the mountain top by walking.


    After a long walk, they finally reached the parking lot located halfway up the mountain. It was already


    noon and they were starving, so they cooked their meal in the empty parking lot.


    The so-called parking lot was just a rtively t surface of ground. In this weather, no car could reach


    there, which was why there wasn’t a single car. Their group was made up of eight people, and they had


    brought along pots and charcoal with them. Luckily, there was a stream which was not frozen nearby, so


    they collected some mountain spring water and started cooking.


    There was a pond named Free Life Pond in Dragon Mountain where one could free captive animals, and


    Sophia had reluctantly brought two smanders from home to be released.


    But when they were preparing their meal in the afternoon, she couldn’t help but kill one of the


    smanders to satisfy her hunger.


    When it was time to eat, she felt like her merits had halved…


    Judge didn’te back after a long time and Sophia didn’t know where it had gone. The mountain was


    completely covered in snow, so she was worried.


    “Don’t worry. If we can’t find Judge, I’ll just buy another simr dog for Stan,” Michaelforted her.


    “I’ll definitely find one that has not eaten any feces!” he emphasized.


    Michael was acting as ifpensating Stanley with a Husky that had never eaten its own feces was a


    blessing!


    But Sophia frowned. “What if Stan doesn’t agree?”


    “Then I’ll beat him up until he agrees,” Michael replied.


    Sophia was speechless.


    After their meal, everyone packed up and continued their way up the mountain. After walking for an hour,


    they still saw nothing but snow and mist in front of them. They couldn’t see anything in the vast expanse


    of whiteness, and they didn’t know where the road or the temple was.


    When they looked back, they couldn’t even see the path they came from.


    Just when they were about to panic, a shadow rushed over from the front and came up to Sophia. She


    had thought it was a wolf, but when she looked closer, it turned out to be Judge who had gone missing.


    “Ah, it’s Judge!” Sophia happily stepped forward and tried to grab it, but the dog agilely turned around


    and ran away.


    They had finally found the dog, so they hurriedly followed the dog’s footprints closely and chased after it.


    Unexpectedly, after chasing the dog for a few minutes, they saw a temple loom in the distance.


    The group walked into the temple and saw an old monk standing at the entrance of the temple’s


    meditation room, smiling at them. Judge was next to a fire in the room. It seemed like it had been waiting


    for them for a long time.


    Everyone looked at each other but they still entered the temple. After they exchanged greetings with the


    old monk, they started to burn some incense.


    There were only two monks in the temple, which was in bad shape. Even the statue of the Buddha was


    old and dirty.


    Michael burnt some incense for Buddha, praying sincerely. Sophia was carrying a bag of money, and she


    donated some after saying a short prayer. Even after she finished donating all of her money, she wanted


    to donate more, which could be done by scanning a QR code.


    It was quite advanced despite the fact that they were in the middle of nowhere.


    However, after scanning the QR code, she couldn’t donate any money because she couldn’t connect to


    the inte with the poor signal in the mountain.


    “Hm, I don’t have any more cash and there is no signal. I guess that’s it,” Sophia said.


    “Miss, the Wi-Fi password is on the wall,” the monk said quickly.


    Sophia was rendered speechless.