Back to the 1980s: I Won't Save My Wife, Let Her Sink or Swim

I risked my life to save Song Zhaoyi when she fell while working high above the ground.

I willingly took the impact for her, using my body as a cushion.

She only suffered a few scrapes, but the force of the fall left me badly injured and broke my right hand.

Later, because of the gossip that she owed me her life, she was forced to marry me.

But Song Zhaoyi never loved me. Once, after she got drunk, I even heard what she truly thought.

“If I’d known I’d be tied to Li Ji’an for the rest of my life, I’d have been better off falling to my death back then!”

I felt as if I’d been plunged into an icy pit.

Only then did I realize that all these years, Song Zhaoyi had never forgotten her one true love. She had even secretly told our children the story of their romance.

Even our children thought I had ruined Song Zhaoyi’s chance at love, using my good deed to force her into marriage and stopping her from getting what she wanted.

They left me to waste away and die in an empty nursing home.

When I opened my eyes again,

I was back on the day Song Zhaoyi climbed a utility pole to get ready for work.

This time, I didn’t save her. Instead, I stayed far away.

In this life, I would let her get what she wanted.