Restraint

Shangguan Ru took a sip of her tea and carefully savored it with her head slightly raised. Feeling a bit embarrassed and confused, she asked the monk opposite her, "I'm drinking tea but I feel like I'm drinking wine. Am I keeping or breaking the precept?"

"Breaking the precept." The monk's answer was quite straightforward.

"It's really hard to be a monk. Fortunately, I'm not going to be a nun." Shangguan Ru smiled. Then, she said to another nearby monk, "It's hard to imagine you standing this."

The rough-looking Lianqing blushed and put his palms together as he said, "Actually … I'm not a real monk."

"What do you mean? Aren't you Master Fayan's disciple?" Shangguan Ru asked in surprise.