Inside the main hall, the statue of the founding master that originally faced towards the door had somehow turned its back, exposing the back of its head directly to the entrance.
Xia Xin’s eyes widened in shock as he strode over quickly, placing the instant noodles on the incense table and walking straight to the statue to inspect it carefully.
Although the current statue was gilded, a founding master statue standing eight feet tall, the same height as a person, would not easily be moved, even if it were just gold-plated copper.
Could it be that thieves had entered, and not just one?
Xia Xin’s face was a mix of shock and suspicion as he turned and began searching the main hall to see if anything was missing.
But as he turned around, clang—
Xia Xin kicked something.
Looking down, it was the hammer he had used previously when repairing the roof.
He was sure that he had left the hammer behind the door after using it, so how did it get here?
A shock went through Xia Xin’s heart.
Could it really be that a thief had broken in?
Clutching the instant noodles, Xia Xin ran towards the outside while frantically shouting.
"Ancestors, it’s not good! We’ve got thieves in Jiaoyang Temple!"
Jiangli was inside watching cartoons when Xia Xin dashed in looking like he’d seen a ghost, hurrying in.
Jiangli glanced at him impatiently, "What, you saw a ghost?"
Felt like she was being implicated.
Xia Xin couldn’t see Lin Yurong at the moment and shook his head repeatedly, "No, no ghost!" he said in panic: "Ancestors, there seems to be a thief in the temple!"
Jiangli paused her remote pressing, "A thief?"
She frowned slightly.
Her hair moved slightly.
After a moment, she said doubtfully: "No, there’s been no scent of strangers in the temple."
"Did you see anyone entering the temple?" Jiangli turned and asked Lin Yurong.
Lin Yurong shook her head blankly.
Jiangli said: "Right, no one has come in."
Xia Xin put down the instant noodles and pointed outside, "But someone has disturbed the statue in the main hall, the founding master that was facing the entrance is now turned around! I think someone came in, thinking the statue was solid gold and tried to steal it, but then stopped when they realized it’s just gold-plated!"
Jiangli stared at Xia Xin.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly burst into laughter.
Xia Xin, confused by the laughter, looked at himself and asked incredulously, "Did I, did I say something wrong, Ancestor?"
"Hahahaha..." Jiangli laughed heartily, "A thief... Xia Xin, what were you thinking! Even if it’s just gold-plated, such a big statue of the founding master would be worth quite a bit of money. Besides the statue, what else here is worth stealing?"
The money was all on his card, which he always carried with him.
The electrical appliances installed in the temple were too big to be targeted for theft.
Even if someone dared to take a big risk to steal something big, the gold-plated statue would definitely be worth more than those items.
Considering this, Xia Xin became even more confused, "But, but inside the main hall..."
"That old man is throwing a tantrum," Jiangli, knowing what he was about to say, waved her hand nonchalantly, "Don’t worry about him."
Xia Xin was stunned, "Throwing, throwing a tantrum?"
Jiangli hummed in affirmation, "I had put twelve Jade Tokens under his base, benefiting from his incense smoke. Today, I dug one out, and he was displeased; he even showed me a long face at that time. I didn’t expect him to still be fussing now. Leave him be."
He was almost baffled by what he heard.
"So... it was the statue that moved itself?"
Jiangli nodded, "Yes, don’t worry about him. Don’t offer him incense tonight, and skip it tomorrow morning too. Starve him for two meals, and he’ll be fine."
So, that’s... possible?
It felt like the Ancestor was disciplining the statue as if it were a child.
Starving for two meals...
What a peculiar thing.