“Jingfan, it’s been a long time. Maybe you’ve always blamed me. The truth is, I don’t like the person I’ve become either. I just wanted to stand by your side without being doubted. But after everything we’ve been through, I want to keep the rest of my life for myself. Goodbye.”
After leaving the divorce papers behind, He Yunxian walked away from the city without looking back. By the time he caught up with her at the airport, all he received was a red ribbon brought by a boy. Before they married, the two of them had tied it tightly around a wishing tree. It had faded with time, but the words “He Yunxian and Li Jingfan will never part” were still clear. He sank helplessly to the floor...
They had met when they were sixteen. He had loved her for three years, and after they started college, He Yunxian accepted his confession. They had shared their youth, and at twenty-five, after overcoming countless hardships, they finally made it to the altar. But after the deaths of loved ones, her partner’s coldness, and his affections shifting elsewhere, she had lost all faith in their twelve-year relationship. She left. Looking at a photo of the two of them at eighteen on her phone, tears blurring her vision, she seemed to see a spirited young man running toward her, breathless, saying, “It’s okay. If it’s you, I’d be willing, no matter when...”
