The time his mother teetered on the brink of death, Wen Ye, who had never believed in gods or Buddhas, made a special trip to Jiangnan. At Yunyin Temple, the most efficacious temple according to his mother, he knelt and kowtowed with every step to pray for a safety charm for her.
Later, he knelt and kowtowed with every step here again, this time praying for a future with Luo Yang.
Their fate began here, and here it would end, too.
The Buddha says fate cannot be forced, but he insists on trying.
Wen Ye believes in neither Heaven nor destiny, only himself. After meeting Luo Yang, he came to believe in the gods and Buddha, too.
But there is one thing he does not believe the Buddha about: whether he can spend his life with her is for him to decide.
