"Uh... and besides!"
His voice suddenly rose as if he'd grasped a life-saving straw. "That stuff about it being a 'Holy Land of Marriage' and 'super effective for couples'—that's all just word of mouth! You know?"
Shen Yuan spread his hands, giving her a 'you-get-it' look.
"To put it bluntly, it's just because a ton of young couples go there! When more people go, the sample size gets bigger. Then the few couples that actually work out come back and spread the word, embellishing it a bit."
"And hey, presto! It seems super effective! It really has very little to do with the temple itself! It's just survivorship bias!"
"Maybe... maybe the reason Faxi Temple is so effective is because you're supposed to go as a guy and a girl?"
Shen Yuan said this while watching Li Zhi's expression. Seeing that her face was still taut but she hadn't immediately started cussing him out, he grew a little bolder and muttered tentatively.
