When the wedding sedan rolled over the firecracker debris on the ground, Gu Wanwan was crushing her palms with her blood-stained nails. The car radio ripped off the festive pretense: "Young painter Zhou Yu was seriously injured in a car accident" - and the groom beside her smiled and stroked her trembling back, leaning forward and whispering during the wedding march recited in Sanskrit: "Do you like this smashed blue sports car?"
Three days ago, the real daughter of the Gu family eloped for love, leaving behind her a blood-stained dagger and her father who was begging on his knees: "Shen Yuan wants the daughter of the Gu family, and you are the daughter of the Gu family!" The moment the red hijab fell, she became her sister's substitute and stepped into the wealthy mansion with the Buddhist hall as a prison.
The gilt Buddha statue cast a shadow on the wedding platform. Shen Yuan took her hand and pressed it on the "Great Compassion Mantra" scripture. The guests in the audience only saw the groom's affection for putting on the ancestral blood jade bracelet for the bride. No one saw the name "Shanshan" engraved on the inside of the bracelet, and no one knew that Zhou Yu's critical illness notice was hidden in the secret compartment of the Buddhist niche.
That night, the blood-stained white moonlight wedding dress was thrown in front of the Buddha. The man pinched the back of her neck and stared at the lotus seat: "Your good sister eloped in exchange for freedom..." When he bit off her shoulder strap, an urgent report from the housekeeper came from outside the palace: "Zhou Yu is awake!" The bronze incense burner suddenly tipped over, and the hot ash was branded on her collarbone.
Shen Yuan licked away the burn mark and chuckled: "Look, even the Buddha has stamped his seal on you."
Only then did she understand the truth of the wedding that night when blood flowed through the scriptures——
The Buddha saved all sentient beings, but wanted her to be trapped in a purgatory called Shen Yuan for eternity.
