Wen Lan, a 30-year-old financial elite, meets 16-year-old Tang Yuke in a poverty-stricken mountain village. Her parents are dead, her eyes are dull, and her unreachable city dreams are plastered all over the walls.
Feeling soft for a moment, Wen Lan took her back to Shanghai.
She gave the girl a good life, top education, and gentle companionship.
Unexpectedly, three years later, I would find an old photo of myself in the girl's schoolbag, with the hot words "My Light" written on the back.
"You are still young and can't tell the difference between dependence and love." Wen Lan hurriedly drew a line and sent her to a distant place.
"Then wait until I grow up." Tang Yuke turned around at the station, tears pouring into his heart.
Four years, one thousand four hundred and sixty days.
Wen Lan watched the girl grow into a dazzling adult in the wind and rain.
Watching outstanding men of the same sex show their affection to her.
Finally driving away late one night: "No wait. Tang Yuke, we are together."
Wenlan version
When I was thirty years old, I made an impulsive decision to take away a sixteen-year-old girl from a mountain village.
They said I was playing a high-stakes game of development.
But when the photo she had hidden for three years fell in front of me, and when the words "you are my light" burned through all reason, I discovered:
The person who was raised may be me.
It took her seven years to grow from a rose that I watered carefully into a tree that can stand beside me.
Now, it's my turn to ask her:
"Tang Yuke, do you dare to gamble for the rest of your life?"
[Dual perspective·Drama version introduction]
"She runs away, she chases, but they both have no wings to fly."
Reader comments
This short story is really good, and the description of the relationship between the two heroines is also great. Don't give up writing, it's really interesting. I hope the author will publish a longer novel next time, it's a bit lacking.
This short story is really good, and the description of the relationship between the two heroines is also great. Don't give up writing, it's really interesting. I hope the author will publish a longer novel next time, it's a bit lacking.