When the three of them arrived at the outside of the church, the Christmas atmosphere was already very strong. In front of the main entrance of the church, an artificial pine tree was erected, decorated with small lamps, purple in a water, extremely gorgeous, and there was a white fluorescent five-pointed star on the top of the tree, which looked pure and holy in the night. The white strip of light decorates the main wall around the church, setting off the tranquility of the night and showing the power and beauty of the holy light. Countless people who came to the church for Christmas Eve gathered, men and women, old and young, gathered at the entrance of the church. Although there were many people, it was very quiet, and there was no noisy scene.

In addition, on the street near the church, many stall owners have set up stalls, some selling roses, some selling church-related ornaments and souvenirs, and some selling various books related to Catholicism. At first glance, it is also very lively, like a small night market.

Li Rui and the three stood outside the crowd, silently watching this scene.

Li Rui suddenly said with emotion: "If you don't come here, you don't know that there are so many Chinese people who believe in Catholicism. Gao Zixuan said: "Faith may not be, maybe these people are just like us, come to join in the fun." Li Rui said: "That's also strange." You say that good Chinese, why do you believe in other people's foreign religions?" Gao Zixuan said: "Jokes, right? Who said that Catholicism is a foreign religion? Religion has no nationality restrictions and belongs to the whole world. Didn't Buddhism also originate in India, but now it has become a religion in China. There is only one religion native to China, and that is Taoism. Who else believes it now?" Li Rui said: "This also better reflects the essential characteristics of the Chinese people who worship foreigners and flatter foreigners. Gao Zixuan sneered: "I'm here to have fun, join in the fun, who will talk to you about human nature?" After speaking, he said to Lu Qingman: "Sister Qingman, you see how uninteresting our husband is." ”

When Lu Qingman heard her say "our husband", she couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "Then you transform him and make him more interesting." Gao Zixuan nodded and said, "I will." Seeing that her expression was very serious, Lu Qingman couldn't help but smile again.

Tonight's Christmas Eve event at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is arranged as follows: Mass on Eve, 5 to 6 o'clock, the play "The Lord's Love Deepens" from 6 to 7 o'clock, the visit to the church from 7 to 9 o'clock, the candlelight service of Holy Love after 9 o'clock, and the midnight Mass at midnight.

Li Rui and the others came at six o'clock, and the holy drama "The Lord's Love is Deeper" was being staged in the church at this time. The three of them followed the flow of people into the church, and Li Rui soon saw the interior scene of the church that was difficult to see in his life.

The tall columns, to say the least, numbered hundreds, the magnificent frescoes set off the sublime and holy atmosphere of the church, and the bright red silk, which extends from under the huge lampstand in the middle of the roof of the church, is divided into four branches, and after crossing a graceful arc in the air, it is attached to the lampstand in four directions. Golden light stands, flaming candles, bright ribbons...... This arrangement alone adds an unknown amount of sacred and luxurious flavor to the lobby. The depth of the lobby is about the size of a large theater screening room, and the innermost is a high platform, and I don't know whether to call it the rostrum or what the stage, and at the moment a drama-like "holy drama" is being staged above. Under the stage are more than a dozen rows of seats, which are full of people, and everyone is watching the performance on the stage intently. There are also hundreds of spectators who don't have seats and just stand in the open space behind the lobby.

Li Rui counted, there were at least five or six hundred people in the lobby, so many Chinese people gathered together, and there was no noisy movement, which was really amazing.

The three of them found a place and stood there, enjoying the performance on stage with other tourists who came to admire the visit.

After a while, Li Rui heard a familiar woman's voice on the right side: "Zixuan?" It sounded a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but if he wanted to remember where he had heard it, he couldn't do it, he looked at it curiously, he didn't know, and he was so frightened that his heart almost didn't jump out of his cavity, and he hurriedly turned his head.

On his right is Lu Qingman, and on his right is Gao Zixuan, who is hooking his arm with Lu Qingman, and at this moment, on the right of Gao Zixuan, there is a tall and well-dressed long-haired beauty, who is greeting Gao Zixuan with a smile on her face. If I am not mistaken, this beauty is the sister of the nemesis Zhang Zihao, who has obtained her first Zhang Zixiao. How did she get here?

Li Rui was frightened, like a little white rabbit basking in the sun who suddenly encountered an unexpected wolf, just thinking about escaping the church as soon as possible, and didn't want to stay for a minute.

He wasn't afraid of Zhang Zixiao, what was he afraid of her? is the opposite of being afraid of her, I still like her a little bit in my heart, and I think that my relationship with her is not bad, after all, the two have drunk and slept together. What he was really afraid of in his heart was that he was worried that she would know his true identity, and he was even more afraid that she would know that he was Lu Qingman's fiancé.

If she knew her true identity, it would be equivalent to saying that she had been lying to her before, and she would definitely think, why did she lie to her so good? If she thinks of Liu Annie, who once introduced herself to her, maybe she can think that she and Liu Annie are teaming up to play her, and then Liu Annie may be exposed; and if she knows that she is Lu Qingman's fiancé, on the premise that she has already had a relationship with her or even took her for the first time, who knows if she will do something unfavorable to herself? She only needs to show that she is very familiar with herself in front of Lu Qingman, and it will be enough for her to drink a pot.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he just wanted to withdraw immediately, but how to explain it to Lu Qingman? Suddenly, he had an idea, yes, why don't you say that it is going to the toilet? Lowering his head and just about to tell Lu Qingman about going to the toilet, he heard Gao Zixuan say: "Didn't you always want to see my sister Qingman, she is also here today." Sister Qingman, introduce you to a good friend......"

Hearing this, Li Rui didn't catch his breath, almost didn't cough violently, hated Gao Zixuan so much that his teeth itched, and said in his heart that you are a dead girl, and you don't know about my "holiday" with Zhang Zixiao, and took the initiative to introduce Qingman to her, why don't you want to think about it, your husband is next to your Sister Qingman? She Zhang Zixiao sees you Sister Qingman, can't she see your husband? Are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

How dare he talk to Lu Qingman again, and when she turned to look at Zhang Zixiao and blocked Zhang Zixiao's sight at the same time, he turned around and drilled into the pile of people on the left. The crowd wasn't dense, and he got in easily. However, the scene was so solemn and solemn, but he walked through the crowd like a clown, which was really a bit of a scenery.

Everywhere he passed, everyone looked at him in wonder, and some people showed incomprehensible boredom on their faces.

Li Rui also knew that he had affected many people's mood to appreciate the holy drama, but there was no way, he would rather lose face in front of a hundred outsiders, and he would never let Zhang Zixiao know that he was Qingman's fiancé, otherwise he wouldn't be able to tell.

He quickly crawled through the crowd, escaped from the church through the left portal, and when he came to the outside of the church, he let out a few breaths, quite a sense of happiness for the rest of his life.

In the church, Zhang Zixiao looked at Lu Qingman, a woman who had been pursued by her younger brother, and nodded secretly, although her appearance was not extremely beautiful, and her figure was not devilish, but she was better than graceful and demure, it was a typical lady, the traditional Chinese virtuous woman type, if his younger brother could marry such a woman as a wife, it would not be his great blessing, but unfortunately he didn't have that blessing, and he couldn't marry her, but he had nothing to do outside, causing trouble, resulting in the current disabled and sterile unlucky ghost. Alas, I can't really say.

Zhang Zixiao has been in Qingyang for more than half a month, and has been trying to get close to Liu Annie, trying to find out her flaws. It's a pity that she didn't know that Annie Liu had already recognized her identity with Li Rui, so when she contacted her for a while, she was acting with her. Poor Zhang Zixiao was born in a famous family and has not been deeply involved in the world, especially when she comes into contact with people with a low social level like Liu Annie, it is like a flower in a greenhouse encountering a strong grass that has experienced strong wind and rain in the field. Liu Annie later didn't take her seriously at all, treated her as a toy to play, and even often took the initiative to invite her out to eat and chat, taking the opportunity to show her gentle and virtuous side and reduce her suspicion of herself.

In the end, Zhang Zixiao also knew that she couldn't find out anything, Liu Annie was either the real murderer and covered it up very well, so that she couldn't find her flaws, so if she stayed, she still couldn't find her flaws; Just in time for Christmas, she was distraught and went back to her home in the provincial capital.

She is not a devout Catholic, the reason why she appeared in the Sacred Heart Cathedral tonight was also because she was invited by her best friend to come over and have a good vision for the coming year, but she didn't expect to see Gao Zixuan as soon as she entered the church, and then met Lu Qingman, who she had always wanted to know.

Lu Qingman, Gao Zixuan and Zhang Zixiao, although they may not all be regarded as celebrities in the provincial capital, they are definitely the children of high-ranking cadres and the provincial capital. Although they come from different backgrounds, they all cleverly entered the same circle in the end. This circle is invisible, and they may not really enter, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are all in this circle, so there is a natural sense of intimacy between each other. Although there is sometimes competition with each other, most of the time, they can still help each other. The key word here is: the same kind, sympathetic to each other!