A mutual secret love that runs deep in their bones, and an intensely painful romance woven from sweetness and despair.
Though they are so close to one another and their hearts belong to each other, they can only bury their overwhelming love through countless fleeting encounters, building an invisible wall with silence and misunderstandings.
Su Nian is a talented yet reserved designer, sensitive and insecure, accustomed to hiding all her tenderness and longing behind a quiet exterior. Her love takes the form of countless sketches she draws for him, messages she agonizes over late at night but never sends, and careful glances from the corner of the room, time and again.
Gu Yuanchen is a dazzling heir burdened by constraints. His love is the subtle guidance hidden within his demanding expectations, a source of inspiration delivered anonymously, the pain and vulnerability he swallows alone on stormy nights, and his indirect, unspoken concern, conveyed only through someone else.
They think they have plenty of time, that there will always be a chance to say, “I love you.”
Until fate bares its snarling fangs. When one of them falls from the world, the other finally realizes that the distance they deliberately kept, the indifference that concealed their true feelings, and all those moments lost to circumstance have become regrets that can never be undone and remorse that burns to the bone.
A modern version of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai worth reading. The poignant love makes people cry. They could have been together and grow old together, but in the end they sacrificed their lives with regrets. They couldn't share the quilt in life, and finally died in the same hole. ★★★★★
Super pretty! Recommend this novel!