Dear Nan Yu,
It feels as though we’re speaking face to face.
Nan Yu, I’ve wanted to sit down and write this letter for a long time.
You said you never imagined that one day, a strange man would open the door of your flower shop, come to embrace you, and tell you he was the lover you had long been parted from.
You said you had an important mission in my eyes, one that might cost you your life.
You said thank you for accompanying me through these missions, facing danger and sharing the joys and sorrows of the world.
I said we had witnessed too many people’s regrets together. Among them were family bonds stronger than blood, pure friendship, love both beautiful and obsessive, and the kindness of strangers...
I said I love you. My love is sincere, and our lives are bound together.
I said I would wait for you and search for you. I waited too long and searched too long. This time, please don’t leave me behind... But you left me behind all the same...
I said, Nan Yu, I’ve wanted to sit down and write this letter for a long time. This is a marriage proposal.
Nan Yu,
let’s get married.
Chi Yi
February 14, 2021
