Those Ten Silent Years

[Secret Crush + Healing + Awakening + Male Lead Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Light Angst, Sweet Romance] The year of the college entrance exams, Shen Qing'an disappeared. No one knew where she'd gone. The timid, cowardly Shen Qing'an everyone talked about had finally followed through on her promise.

Years later, Shen Qing'an and Gu Yanbai reunited at the wedding of the woman he'd always loved. The three childhood friends were once again drawn together by fate. Looking at the former golden girl, once the center of everyone's attention, now treated like a discarded pawn, Shen Qing'an couldn't help sighing inwardly.

Ji Qinghuan spoke with her usual pride. “This time, I really lost. Someone as proud as me lost to someone as insignificant as you. An'an, even though I stole your feelings for so many years, I don't regret it, even if they were based on a lie. I may have lost, but you never won either.”

“Qinghuan, I've always known about the things you've done. We know each other too well. We know exactly where to stab for the most pain, and even when we're covered in blood, we still have to land the fatal blow. But it's all in the past now. I don't want to pursue it, and I don't want to hold you accountable. It's not that I've forgiven you. I've simply let myself move on.”

I have been reborn. I'm no longer the timid, cowardly Shen Qing'an I used to be. If no one can save me, then I'll kindle that light myself.

Still, do I regret it? Gu Yanbai and I were never together.

If only we hadn't been so stubborn back then.

If only we'd been a little braver...

The greatest regret in life is meeting someone special, only to find you can't be together. I can't bear to let you go, yet I can't have you.

Maybe we never believed that, in this hurried world of long roads and rushing horses, someone could truly hide their love for years.