Many years ago
A young man, bright as the moon, gazed at Xia Miaomiao with tender affection and said, "I like you. Be my girlfriend!"
For a time, Xia Miaomiao believed she would be happy for the rest of her life.
Then came a kidnapping. Trembling, Xia Miaomiao called the young man over and over, only for another woman to answer and gently tell her, "Siyuan's taking a shower!"
Xia Miaomiao suddenly understood, her heart aching with bitterness. So she really had only ever been a substitute!
She turned away and ended things without hesitation.
Many years later
At a class reunion, Xia Miaomiao found Lu Siyuan in a corner, eyes red, kissing her like a madman, just as he had all those years ago.
But later...
Pale and weak in Gu Ye's arms, Xia Miaomiao remarked as if in passing, "Tsk, I almost thought I'd really found true love..."
She was only twenty-five when she died. Sadly, that proud, noble man was never willing to see her again.
