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Second chances after a breakup + both leads’ first love + a man pursuing his ex until he hits rock bottom
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“Why did you break up?” someone asked Lin Nan.
“He always said I was the only one for him, but I could never be the most important person in his heart. We were both in love for the first time, too reckless and constantly making mistakes.”
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Meng Zezhi still remembers that year, on the avenue lined with plane trees. The hem of the girl’s skirt fluttered, and starlight seemed to scatter from her hands as she stepped lightly over the leaves carpeting the road. She turned to him with a bright smile.
“Meng Zezhi, listen.”
Years later, looking back, he finally realized that those moments he once took for granted had become an eternity he could only long for.
The girl moved on toward the future, while he remained trapped on that avenue beneath the plane trees.
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They were both too young then, too reckless. They hurled cruel words at each other as if neither cared whether the other walked away. But once they really did part, they spent countless sleepless nights consumed by longing. Like poisonous vines, it wrapped around them until they could barely breathe, leaving only pain.
