Hou Xinmei and I were married for forty years.
But when she died, she left everything she owned to the man she had always loved, even asking him to lay her to rest as her husband at her funeral.
All she left me was a single sentence:
"Lin Yi, you trapped me in this marriage for forty years. Please, have mercy and set me free to return to A Sheng..."
Her beloved looked at me coldly, too.
"Lin Yi, you never could beat me. Do you know why you two never had children? Because... she didn't want a child that wasn't mine!"
Memories of the past came crashing down on me, shattering my heart.
A mouthful of blood burst from me. My vision went black, and I collapsed.
When I woke again, I was back at my wedding to Hou Xinmei, forty years earlier.
This time, when she ran after Lu Mingsheng, I didn't try to stop her.
I handed her the car keys instead.
"Drive after him!"
