Short Story: Fate Ridge

"Fate" tells the story of Wang Youtian and Ma Laosan, farmers in Majialiang Village in the west, who have been involved in a ten-year lawsuit over a land dispute. They exhausted their efforts but got deeper and deeper into the situation. Xiao Zhang, a newly graduated lawyer, enthusiastically intervened in the mediation, trying to resolve the grievances with the law and human relations, but he was drawn into a deeper whirlpool. During a street conflict, the Ma family's son impulsively detonated explosives, seriously injuring the Wang family's son and himself imprisoned. In the process of trying to "help", Xiao Zhang almost instigated perjury, and his own professional career was in crisis. In the end, under the stern guidance of Chen Yan, an old lawyer, he gradually understood: the law can determine right and wrong, but it cannot determine the cause and effect of people's hearts; lawyers lead the way, rather than carrying people's lives. This novel is rooted in local reality, profoundly reveals the intertwining of obsession and destiny, and reflects on the boundaries of legal work and the limitations of human beings.