Good Fortune and Happiness

Ten years ago, a great fire broke out at Huian Temple on the outskirts of Luoyang.

Amid the blaze at the Buddhist temple, onlookers heard the sound of sutras being chanted.

"The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, while practicing the profound Perfection of Wisdom, clearly saw that the five aggregates are empty, and thus overcame all suffering and hardship. Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness, and emptiness is no different from form. Form itself is emptiness, and emptiness itself is form. The same is true of sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness."

On closer listening, it was clear that someone was reciting the Heart Sutra.

After the sacred fire had passed, an unburned kasaya was found among the charred ruins of Huian Temple. The four characters "Good Fortune and Good Wishes" were written on it.

Ten years later...

She fell in love with the auspicious tea at Lucky Tea House on Lucky Street, and she was also intensely curious about the mysterious, opulent Ruyi House.

Then she met a man who embodied every blessing and a hundredfold abundance of good fortune.

She was puzzled: were "Good Fortune" and "Good Wishes" simply the names of the two streets where she had lived for more than a decade, or did they refer to two legendary places in Luoyang, each with its own distinctive character?

Or did they mean...

She never expected that the final truth would be something she did not want...