The Twilight Years

“With you, I finally know how to go on living.” These are the most tender words of love in old age, spoken by Wang Ye to Xu Ying, and by Xu Ying to Wang Ye. After Xu Ying suffers a sudden stroke, she is left partially paralyzed and unable to care for herself. Her children’s feelings and attitudes undergo a series of changes as they face what has happened to their mother. When Xu Ying is sick, lonely, despondent, and helpless, her husband, Wang Ye, despite being over eighty, stays by her side and cares for her. With the strength he has left in his advanced years, he gives Xu Ying the simplest yet greatest love during the time they have left. A lifetime is short, just long enough to love one person. If he had more time, he would keep walking forward with her hand in his. She became his whole world, his everything. Xu Ying could not bear to see him suffer, so she left, hoping he would have an easier life. If there is a beautiful love story about growing old together, it is the love between Wang Ye and Xu Ying.