Love Fades into Silence

Love Fades into Silence (also known as The Boss’s Woman)

When I, Liang Wanwan, was eighteen, fate took me down a different path. From then on, I was tossed from place to place, swept up in a life of excess and upheaval, with nowhere to turn, and none of it could be separated from the man named Ruan Shaojie.

For years after I left, I often dreamed about him. When I couldn’t break free from the turmoil, everyone told me I was simply sick. Remember, love that runs too deep does not last. I tried to treat the illness people said I had, but year after year, I never recovered.

Many years later, a man both strange and familiar stood beside the Hohenzollern Bridge on the Rhine and asked me, “Did you... ever love him?”

I gazed at the shimmering lights in the night and sighed softly. “He’s here. So my love is still here...”