Reborn: I Refused to Get Engaged to My Childhood Friend, and Now She Regrets It

I had a crush on my childhood sweetheart for twelve whole years, but when her parents jokingly suggested over dinner that we get engaged, I turned her down on the spot.

In my previous life, I was overjoyed. I loved her, pursued her, married her, and loved her for the rest of my life.

She was gentle and gracious. Though she was cold by nature, she never turned down my kindness.

Until a car accident, when she shielded me with her life and was left without a whole corpse.

Everyone said she loved me more than life itself. I believed them, and for a time, I wanted to die with her.

Then, while sorting through her belongings, I found that the safe she had kept so carefully was filled with photos of her stepbrother, Gu Wenzhou.

On the back of every photo was a confession.

“Ah Zhou, if you hadn't gone far away all those years ago, would our story have had a different ending?”

“Every day for the past decade, I've mourned you as if you were dead.”

“Ah Zhou, I love you.”

At last, I understood what she meant when she told me to “let her go” as she lay dying.

Now that I've been given another life, I smile at the childhood sweetheart across from me.

“I'll let you go, and I wish you happiness.”