As the door closed, the light in the Buddha hall dimmed considerably.
The candlelight flickered inside the chamber, and the hazy shadows made the otherwise solemn Buddha statue seem somewhat menacing.
The old monk sat on a cushion with his back to the Buddha statue, facing the others.
A certain eerie sense of disharmony prevented anyone from speaking up.
Seeing everyone silent, the old monk laughed and said, "There's no need to be nervous. Here, you can speak freely about the difficulties you've encountered."
Upon hearing this, the husband of the couple seated on the far right hesitated for a moment and then began to speak.
It was similar to what He Feng had previously learned. They were an ordinary working-class family with one child already, and the wife suffered a miscarriage during her second pregnancy.
