[#BE Fiction #Romance and Youth #The Regrets of Youth]
The heart of the story: He lies in eternal sleep, while she thinks of him constantly. Time may pass, but her longing has long since been etched into her very bones and blood.
“He was the love of my life, so I can never accept anyone else.” This was no melodramatic vow. It was the truth Jiang Xiaowei inscribed with the rest of her life.
“Yu Chaoyi, this time, I really can’t find you anymore.” How many times had she murmured those words in the dead of night, alone in an empty room? The only answer was boundless silence.
“Yu Chaoyi, I got my medical degree. I can finally treat patients with stomach cancer. A Yi, can you hear me?” She chose to wear the white coat he had always wanted to see her in. Scalpel in hand, she raced death beneath the surgical lights, each battle like a silent promise kept to him.
“Yu Chaoyi, it snowed this year. Did you see it?” Her voice was soft, with a barely audible catch in it, as if she were sharing every little change in this world with the young man who slept forever.
“Yu Chaoyi, I’m really leaving now! I’ll come see you again whenever I have time.” Just as she had on every visit before, she said goodbye in her lightest voice. Only after turning to leave did she let the tears fall freely. She promised to come again, as though he had merely gone somewhere far away and she were leaving for a little while. Yet every time she left, it felt as if a piece of her heart had been torn out.
