Chapter 466 Hard And Soft Tactics


    The abbess asked Maria the same question that she had asked before Maria decided to shave her


    hair off and be a nun. And her answer remained the same. "Yes."


    "In order to fully let go of your mortal life, you need not forgive others, you need to forgive yourself.


    Based on the Buddhist scriptures, you will never feel at peace with yourself unless you let go of


    your worldly obsessions. A butler can be a Buddha afterying down his knife. In reality, what


    he has put down is not the knife, but the hand holding the knife. What you must achieve is not to be


    a Buddha, but to be the best version of yourself."


    Maria didn''t know what to say.


    ''To be the best version of myself, huh?'' She had led herself to believe that her life was perfect if


    James hadn''te to disturb her.


    After leaving that abbess'' ce, Maria went to look for Lucille instead of going back to her own


    room.


    Hesitantly, Lucille refused Maria''s request to stay with her. Maria didn''t persuade her anymore, and


    went to look for the other nuns.


    However, everyone else refused her.


    Maria wasn''t sure how James managed to do this, but the details didn''t matter. She knew that this


    was probably his scheme.


    The moment she returned to her room, she found James washing his face and brushing his teeth,


    and


    Coy was doing the same thing by his side.


    Maria sat back at her table, and continued transcribing the Heart Sutra in silence, doing her best to


    calm herself down.


    Before long, it was time to go to bed. The nunnery was quiet, save for Coy''s exuberantughter.


    This was the first time in his life that his father was sleeping next to him for the night. He was so


    excited that he couldn''t fall asleep.


    James was wearing luxurious silk pajamas, and it didn''t fit the ce. Coy crawled under James''


    quilt despite the fact that Maria was against it.


    The bed that had been prepared for James wasn''t that big, but it was enough to amodate the


    father and son.


    Upon seeing them, Maria didn''t say anything more and just went to sleep alone.


    After turning off the light, James held Coy tightly in his arms.


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    Under the dark night, the three of them closed their eyes.


    "Dad, tell me a story!" said Coy.


    "What story would you like to hear?"


    "Do you know any stories about lions?"


    After a moment of contemtion, James said, "I''ll tell you a story that I once told your brother."


    "Okay!"


    In a soft, soothing voice, James began to narrate. "One day, a lion was sleeping in the forest, a little


    seed fell from the tree. And since the seed fell on the lion''s tail, it begged the lion to wag its tail..."


    The sound of his voice made Maria annoyed. She tossed and turned several times, and yet she still


    couldn''t sleep.


    Meanwhile, Coy had fallen asleep before James could even finish his story.


    After a long while, he quietly got up from his bed and came to Maria''s side of the bed.


    She heard him moving, but she ignored him and pretended to be asleep.


    Regardless whether she was asleep or not, James went to her bed and embraced her. Despite the


    darkness of the room, he managed to kiss her lips urately.


    Maria tried her best to prevent herself from having a mental breakdown. She could no longer


    pretend to be asleep, and started struggling from under his body.


    "Mia, I just want to hug you. If you keep resisting like that, I won''t be able to control myself," he


    whispered.


    Maria was at a loss for words. James was bing more and more shameless by the minute. Not


    only was he hugging her, he was also kissing her.


    James didn''t want to annoy her, so after he kissed her, he just held her in his arms and said, "Go to


    sleep."


    ''How am I supposed to sleep if he''s holding me like this?''


    But Maria knew that she must not argue with him at this time. Otherwise, the end result would be


    disastrous for her.


    In the nunnery, everyone must get up at five in the morning. Maria was now very sleepy, so she


    didn''t care about him anymore and gradually fell asleep.


    It seemed as though James was trying to prove his words. He had plenty of time on his hands to


    deal with her. Every day, he acted as if he had settled down in JT Nunnery. Like everyone else, he


    became a vegetarian, got up early, and went to bed early.


    During daytime, while Maria was busy with her work, he would work in the room or at the yard. And


    whenever Coy was pestering him, he would take the child out to y.


    Every night, just like the first night, the boy would sleep next to him. And once he had fallen asleep,


    James would go to her bed, and sleep while holding Maria.


    She knew that it wouldn''t be a good idea to let it go on like this. Every day, she contemted on


    how she would be able to convince James to leave.


    She had employed both hard and soft tactics to drive him away, but even violence couldn''t repel


    him.


    In H City


    Sandra rushed into a cafe and saw a man sitting in a corner.


    She bowed her head and straightened her clothes before walking towards him.


    When her eyes met his, Sandra put on a smile and asked, "Are you Mr. Fang?" This man was the


    one her mother had arranged as her blind date.


    At once, he stood in attention to greet her. He looked like he was in histe twenties, and he was


    quite good-looking. He was wearing a dark blue casual clothing. With a smile, he said, "Yes, I am.


    And you''re Miss Shen, aren''t you?"


    Sandra nodded. "That''s right."


    "Please, have a seat!" He pulled out a chair for her like a gentleman.


    "Thank you!" Sandra then sat down and ordered a cup of coffee.


    After a moment of silence, he said, "My name is Larson Fang. Miss Shen, to be honest, I''ve known


    you for a long time."


    Sandra was surprised to hear that. "You know who I am?" She didn''t know him, and she was certain


    that they had never met before.


    "I do!" Larson nodded. "Here''s the thing.


    I saw how you taught Joslyn a lesson at the auction two years ago."


    Sandra didn''t know how to react to that. ''This is quite embarrassing!''


    Larson smiled at her and said, "Everyone has been saying that you were bullying Joslyn, but I knew


    that it was all a lie. In fact, I was certain that you''re a kindhearteddy."


    Not knowing how to react, Sandra replied, "So, do you still want to get to know me or not?"


    "Oh, I do! Very much so," Larson blurted out. "I think you''re very cute and different from the rest of


    them." The moment he hadid eyes on her, he had wanted to court her.


    Sandra smiled helplessly. "Mr. Fang-"


    At this moment, a familiar voice interrupted her conversation. "Sandra!"


    She turned to the speaker and saw Cooper wearing a gray casual suit. He was holding arge


    bouquet of delicate red roses, wearing a gentle smile, and staring back at her with a pair of


    enchanting eyes.


    Sandra''s heart skipped a beat. As the man drew closer and closer, she slowly stood up.


    The fragrance of the roses wafted into her nose. The bouquet fell into her arms and dazzled her.


    Cooper put his arms around her shoulder and faced Larson, who was currently dumbfounded as


    well. "I''m sorry. I made Sandra upset, so she went on a blind date to piss me off."


    Confused, Larson said, "Mr. Xi, who are you to Miss Shen?"


    Cooper looked at Sandra, wearing an even wider grin. He then looked at Larson again and said,


    "I''m her boyfriend."


    Both Larson and Sandra were shocked. Those simple words that came out of Cooper''s mouth


    instantly destroyed Larson''s affection for her.