Only by praying in front of the Buddha for the child who died, can Kathy get a moment of peace.
After praying, she found a familiar Buddhist monk in the temple, donated a sum of money prepared in
advance, and then proposed that she wanted to enshrine an ever-bright lantern.
Since the ever-bright lanterns required people who specialized in Buddha dharma to sing the prayers, a
Buddhist monk asked her to take a rest in front of the hall, and he went in to invite the master abbot.
After a while, The Buddhist monk turned back and said apologetically, "A guest told master abbot that
he also wanted to enshrine an ever-bright lantern, and I just went in to help him deal with the matter, so
I wasted some time."
Then he asked, "Miss, who do you want to enshrine the ever-bright lantern for?"
With that, The Buddhist monk took out a pen and paper and asked Kathy to write down the name.
She was slightly stunned. Looking at the blank paper in her hand, she felt the grief spreading.
Yeah, she didn't even think about the child's name and it left her.
The breeze passed through the hall, making the white paper in Kathy's hand rustle.
Seeing her in a daze, The Buddhist monk called her tentatively, "Miss?"
Kathy came to her senses, and then said, "I'm sorry, I haven't thought about it yet, can I come to you
again later?"
"Okay, but I'm going to do other things in the hall later, you can go there to find me if you have any
needs."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The Buddhist monk gave a salute and left. In fact, he was holding another piece of paper with words
written on it. Kathy accidentally saw the name on it when he turned around, and suddenly froze. She
could only saw the word “Jos”.
After The Buddhist monk left, Kathy stood there and didn't move. After a long time, she crumpled the
white paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
As the sun went down, the leaves fell on the ground in the yard, and the yard was dappled with
sunlight.
Kathy didn't know how long she had been waiting, her body was exhausted, and her thoughts drifted
further and further with the solemn Buddhist song.
It wasn't until her legs became numb that she finally saw someone coming out of the meditation room
at the end of the corridor.
The wrinkled but vigorous abbot walked here with a handsome man across the threshold.
The long corridor of the meditation room has a large pillar every few meters, and the red paint on them
had flaked. It had been not as brand new and bright as it was when it was just renovated.
Kathy leaned on the side of the pillar, so the abbot did not see her.
She watched them speak a few more words at the door before the abbot returned to the meditation
room.
She didn't deliberately avoid them. She frowned, it was really him.
Thinking of the name written on the piece of paper in the Buddhist monk's hand again, her heart ached.
She watched from a distance at that handsome profile. The sun cast an orange glow over him. His
expression was always indifferent. Even if he laughed at this moment, it didn't make people feel warm
at all.
If a child is born, will he be like him?
Her chest seemed to be pressed against a boulder, and her breathing gradually became quick and
uneven, so Kathy just leaned on the pillar without any movement for a long time.
After saying goodbye to the abbot, Joseph turned and walked down the stairs, but he quickly changed
direction, and suddenly walked in Kathy's direction.
She didn't even know how he found her.
Obviously he didn't look at her from beginning to end.
When he was getting closer, she hid all her emotions and said coldly, "I'm going down the mountain."
"Go together." He looked at her.
She didn't mention the ever-bright lantern, nor did he say it.
She didn't even know what name he named the child.
When going down the mountain, they did not take the cable car again. The stone steps were very
winding, with lush trees on both sides.
People would feel cold in the mountain. The afterglow of the setting sun was about to dissipate, leaving
only a small orange halo.
Stepping on the solid and cold stone steps, Kathy stopped suddenly.
She looked at the sky in the distance, and the setting sun finally disappeared between the valleys
completely in her sight.
The last trace of heat in the air also dissipated, and the wind blew coldly on her arms, but Kathy didn't
seem to realize it and just stared at the sky in a daze.
She was dressed very thinly. Her skirts on her limbs were blown to stick to her legs, and her long and
supple hair fluttered gently on her back.
It seemed that after a long while, she heard the man next to her ask her, "What wish did you just
make?"
The voice was familiar to her. It was a little deep, but it was as clear as ice water, so she couldn't tell
whether it was true or false and whether what he said was all pretence.
She did not answer, but frowned slightly.
The cries of various insects came from the forest, one after another, which sounded very cheerful.
It seemed that because of this, Kathy was slightly in good spirit.
She spoke slowly, "Do you really want to know what I wished for?"
When she was speaking, her gaze was still looking into the distance, but she knew that he was
standing behind her, never moving.
His breath had always been so strong, she can feel it even at a distance.
She once thought that meeting him was the greatest luck in her life.
But she didn’t expect that after all, it was just a dream. She was helpless when she was taken away
from City N three years ago. But he finally gave her a blow. She won't give up being with him until the
last moment.
But he married someone else first.
Since then, no matter how beautiful or pleasing things were, she can no longer feel them.
She felt like she was like a dead-alive person, but she also pretended to be very strong and worked
hard to live as if nothing had happened.
She hid all the fragility and erected a strong shell, but the moment she met Joseph again, she suddenly
collapsed.
But now, can everything really come to an end?
"Do you want to know what I wished for?" She withdrew her dazed gaze, and finally turned slowly to
look at the man behind her, but she said word by word, "Then tell me first, why did Veronica die for
me?"
Hearing that, Joseph finally had some emotions on his dull face. Kathy could tell he was in pain.
He pursed his thin lips and his voice was low and depressed, "The night when Veronica had an
accident was the night you disappeared. At that time, you left with Reece. Veronica was waiting for
Reece to see you get on the car and even behave intimately. She ran a red light in a fit of temper and
led to tragedy."
After Joseph finished speaking, he became sad, and even his eyes were red.
Kathy had been stunned for a long time, she was in a coma that night, and she didn't know what Reece
had done to her that could stimulate Veronica.
However, she was also passive and she was even the victim.
"Do you think I will have something with Reece?" Kathy asked expressionless. She was shaking all
over, revealing her anxiety and panic.
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