Chapter 505 Heart Demon
"Three thousand acts of charity are easy; the hard part is finding three thousand people who truly need help."
After Lin Libo and his wife finished their conversation, Huang Jiayan was the first to bring up the difficulty.
"It's not as hard as it sounds," Lin Libo mused.
"Oh, you have a way?" Huang Jiayan's eyes lit up, looking at him with a hint of delight.
Lin Libo looked at her and slowly uttered two words.
"Beg me."
Huang Jiayan immediately reached out and pinched Lin Libo's arm.
Lin Wentao, who had been secretly watching from the room, relaxed upon seeing his parents' relationship seemingly restored to what it was.
Meanwhile, Lin Jianming in Bin Hai was making a phone call to Tao Guangsha.
"Yes, Mr. Shen said so, and for the specific situation, you can ask your Dou Dou," Lin Jianming said with a chuckle.
The Tao Guangsha couple exchanged a glance, speechless.
Asking him is like asking nothing.
However, they could ask Taozi since she's now staying at Shen Siyuan's house; she should know something.
Nobody is a fool. It's evident that Taozi staying long-term in a single man's house is quite inappropriate.
But since even the man's girlfriend didn't oppose, they naturally were happy to play dumb.
They knew what kind of person Ruan Hongzhuang was very well; she's not some naive sweet, but someone sharp and strategic, whereas their Taozi is a bit naive.
So everyone was quite aware of the situation, and no one was foolish.
After Lin Jianming informed them, the couple exchanged a look, silent for a long time, but their eyes flickered with excitement.
After a while, they calmed their emotions.
Tao Guangsha spoke first, "We need to plan this ourselves, draft a procedure."
"Do we need him to review it?"
"There's no need to bother him with these matters. Obviously, once he accepts it, how could he care how I do it?"
"Should we go and meet Xiao Shen?"
"Of course, we should meet. Alas, I regret it now; I should've been more generous from the start, and Uncle Lin seized the opportunity..." Tao Guangsha said with some remorse.
"No point talking about it now," Jiang Wenxin also felt helpless.
Tao Guangsha sighed deeply, "Although a bit twisty, the result is good. Thanks to Xiao Shen for giving us such an opportunity."
Turning to Jiang Wenxin, he said, "Once we take the Divine Pill, we'll definitely look younger. By then, lots of people might come asking you, and you mustn't tell anyone that Xiao Shen could give it, as we can't ask for it..."
"I know that."
So the two huddled together, starting to discuss how to begin.
If they did the acts one by one, three thousand acts of charity might take a long time to complete, longer than the youth restored by the Divine Pill.
So their thought was to establish a charity organization, organize manpower, and complete the tasks point-to-point; they would oversee it.
Three thousand acts aren't a lot if there are enough resources and manpower; they just need to keep check to avoid anyone skirting around the issues.
They wondered if Shen Siyuan would approve of this plan or if they must do it themselves, which required asking Shen Siyuan directly.
"You ask Taozi first," Tao Guangsha suggested.
"Taozi might not know, right? Wouldn't it be better to ask Xiao Shen directly?" Jiang Wenxin asked, uncertain.
"I asked you to ask her not just because of this question, but to find out her current relationship with Xiao Shen through this," Tao Guangsha whispered in Jiang Wenxin's ear.
So that night, when going to bed, Jiang Wenxin contacted Taozi.
Taozi, wearing her pajamas, lay on the bed, legs raised, and engrossed in playing games.
Ruan Hongzhuang, also in pajamas, lay beside her, not playing games but browsing through the comments on short videos filmed recently by Wei Suhua.
Ruan Hongzhuang grinned, after all, she's just a mortal and not some fairy uninvolved with worldly matters, so being praised made her happy.
Outside, she might control herself, but with no outsiders in the room, her true nature was unleashed.
Having been worn out by Shen Siyuan's training recently, Ruan Hongzhuang stayed over to sleep with Taozi every night, avoiding Shen Siyuan a bit.
The reason Shen Siyuan did such was because, in his Sea of Consciousness, a Heart Demon was born that looked exactly like Ruan Hongzhuang, something Shen Siyuan hadn't anticipated at all.
That day, through his Sea of Consciousness, Shen Siyuan linked with Ruan Hongzhuang's awareness, teaching her the "Heavenly Maiden's Skill," not expecting her reflection to imprint in his Sea of Consciousness, birthing a Demon identical to her, a Female Demon.
This Female Demon, incredibly alluring, would always pop out from the Sea of Consciousness whenever Shen Siyuan entered it to cultivate, tempting him, shaking his mind, and inviting his desire.
Her "Heavenly Maiden's Skill" was even better performed than Ruan Hongzhuang herself, seemingly born with it.
Although Shen Siyuan had the "Sun Observation Method" to stabilize his mind, desire was a basic human instinct, leading Ruan Hongzhuang in reality to suffer as a consequence...
As Taozi played her game, a green chat bubble popped up.
"Taozi, are you asleep? Can I ask you something?"
Seeing it was Jiang Wenxin's message, Taozi exited the game.
"Not yet. Sis, what do you want to ask?"
"I want to ask if the three thousand acts of charity Xiao Shen mentioned must be done personally, or can we establish a charity and mobilize collectively?"
"???" Taozi was completely clueless about what her cousin was talking about.
"You don't know?"
"I really don't know."
"Then never mind, I'll just ask Xiao Shen myself," Jiang Wenxin replied promptly.
"Wait, I'll ask Ruan Ruan."
"It's late, don't disturb people's rest," Jiang Wenxin urged.
"How's it disturbing? She's right here next to me."
Taozi replied and then turned to ask Ruan Hongzhuang.
Tao Guangsha, who was looking at his wife chatting with Taozi, suddenly widened his eyes.
Three of them?
Seeing his expression, Jiang Wenxin knew exactly what he was thinking.
She pinched him angrily and said, "What nonsense are you thinking? She's asking Ruan Ruan; if Xiao Shen were there too, they'd just ask him directly."
"Hmm, you're right."
Hearing his perfunctory response, Jiang Wenxin immediately glared at him and asked, "Are you envious?"
"Not at all," Tao Guangsha immediately denied.
Jiang Wenxin smiled and said, "It's okay to be envious; which man doesn't dream of having both arms full?"
"I don't. I'm loyal to you and only love you," Tao Guangsha quickly professed his loyalty, not wanting to fall into her trap.
Jiang Wenxin continued, "You could find more if you were like Xiao Shen, and I wouldn't mind."
Tao Guangsha: ...
Tao Guangsha was left speechless by this; what she said was like nothing.
Seeing Tao Guangsha stay silent, Jiang Wenxin immediately lashed out, "Oh, you really have such thoughts?"
Tao Guangsha hurriedly begged for mercy.