The Moment You Said You Loved Me, the Sky Turned Azure

[Devoted Love + Heartache and Sorrow + Coming of Age + Story Collection]

[18 romance stories published in renowned magazines across China]

It wasn’t until he stood at the entrance of the cinema after the screening, looking at me sadly, that I noticed the vast screen behind him, filled with a deep blue sky. White clouds drifted above his head, and the scene brought back the afternoon we first met. He had lifted me out of the river, only to lead me into a far more turbulent sea.

Yet his smiling face was so beautiful against the blue water, lighting up the whole sky of my youth.

That was the moment I finally decided to let go.

Perhaps we were simply fellow travelers through that chapter of our youth, keeping each other company along the way. He finally learned how to love, and I finally learned how not to.

These are things we all need to learn.