In the Sunlight

Is a well-intentioned lie "well-intentioned," or is it a "lie"?

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Blurb:

The day rumors spread that Ning Xiuyuan was dating a female star, Ning Sixing discovered she was pregnant.

She didn't take either matter to heart.

After all, in Ning Xiuyuan's eyes, Ning Sixing was his enemy: the daughter of a murderer.

That day, Ning Sixing knelt before the Buddha statue and refused to get up.

Please, Buddha, help me escape this sea of suffering forever.

The young novice monk beside her struck up a conversation.

"All things in this mortal world are part of one's cultivation. The Buddha is compassionate and will surely save those with a connection to him."

Ning Sixing gave a silent, faint laugh.

Covered in sin and with a heart full of worldly dust, could she still be someone destined to meet the Buddha?

On Ning Xiuyuan's birthday, Ning Sixing deliberately stepped in front of his car.

As her body was flung into the air, she thought of the birds flying freely across the sky beyond the narrow window.

If the Buddha won't save you, you must save yourself. The daughter of a murderer might become a murderer herself.

But the person Ning Sixing killed was herself, along with the unborn child she and Ning Xiuyuan had conceived.

*** A melodramatic story. The male lead runs off with the child, and then has to grovel to win his wife back.

Theme: Live well.