The scene opens in a temple in Hangzhou, China, where a young woman is trying to find her way. She is approached by a man, who tells her that he is a fortune-teller and that he has come to draw her a fortune stick to marry her. The man tells her to go to the Buddhist hall and light the incense there. The young woman wonders why the man is there, and the man explains that she has been brought to him by fate. He gives her the incense, and she asks him why he is there. He explains that he wants to see what the voice is talking about. The woman asks him if she can see him, and he says that she can't because she is pregnant with an heir. He asks her to return the incense to her, and says that he will find her and bring it to her.