Fate, 緣 . . .

I received this email from Alice. It's a story about fate.

從前有個書生 , 和未婚妻約好在某年某月某日結婚 .
到那一天 , 未婚妻卻嫁給了別人 . 書生受此打擊 , 一病不起 .
家人用盡各種辦法都無能為力 , 眼看奄奄一息 .
這時 , 路過一游方僧人 , 得知情況 , 決定點化一下他 .

Once upon a time, there is a student who has engaged with his fiance, and they planned to get married on X day, X month and X year. And when the day came, the fiance already married another guy. The student was so sad, and he got sick seriously.

His family tried every possibility to save him, but he seems like dying soon. At this moment, there is a monk by pass the area, and he got to know this matter, and he thought of to pay a visit to this guy, to talk to him.

僧人到他床前 , 從懷裡摸出一面鏡子叫書生看 .

The monk came to his bed, and show him a mirror.

書生看到茫茫大海 , 一名遇害的女子一絲不掛地躺在海灘上 .
路過一人 , 看一眼 , 搖搖頭 , 走了 ....
又路過一人 , 將衣服脫下 , 給女屍蓋上 , 走了 ....
再路過一人 , 過去 , 挖個坑 , 小心翼翼把屍體掩埋了 ............
疑惑間 , 畫面切換 . 書生看到自己的未婚妻 . 洞房花燭 ,
被她丈夫掀起蓋頭的瞬間 ...
書生不明所以 .

The student saw a naked lady dead body at the beach. The first pedestrian passed by just felt pity to the girl, and shake his head then left. The second pedestrian took off his own clothes to cover the naked dead body, then he left. The third pedestrian buried the body.

Out of sudden, the mirror changed to another scene, where the fiance wedding's day. And he saw the fiance's with her current husband.

The student couldn't understand what is that indicate.

僧人解釋道 , 那具海灘上的女屍 , 就是你未婚妻的前世 .
你是第 2 個路過的人 , 曾給過他一件衣服 . 她今生和你相戀 , 只為還你一個情 .
但是她最終要報答一生一世的人 , 是最後那個把她掩埋的人 , 那人就是他現在的丈夫 .

The monk explained, the dead body was the student's fiance previous life. The second pedestrian was him who gave the dead body his clothes, therefore, this life they were in love, to pay back. But the person she has to payback forever is the person who buried her in previous life, that's her this life husband.
書生大悟 , 唰地從床上做起 , 病癒 !

The student understood it in sudden, and he woke up from bed, and he recovered from his sickness.

I told my dad this story. And he said, he must be paying back to Coco this life, because Coco woke him up so many times each night he still loves her so much.

I told him yeah....may be Coco was the second pedestrian to you. But dad, remember, I was the third pedestrian in your previous life who buried you. So it's more for you to pay back to me in this life. :P