After being reborn and returning to high school, the first thing Zhang Jingming did was not try to win back the girl he had always loved.
He walked up to his quiet deskmate, Song Qingjia, and said only, “Your perspective in question seven is wrong.”
From then on, he used the wisdom of two lifetimes to quietly shoulder her burdens and light the way for her artistic career, yet sincerely applauded at her wedding. At the end of their youth, beneath the stars, he made a confession meant only to say goodbye: “I liked you for my entire youth. Telling you is how I make peace with myself.”
Then he turned and plunged into the world of medicine, where he met Wen Yuan'an, a calm and composed anesthetic nurse.
Ten years later, at a class reunion, Song Qingjia, now a renowned painter, attended with her husband and gave him a painting titled To My Friend in Medicine. Zhang Jingming clasped Wen Yuan'an's hand and smiled without reservation.
This is a story about “what if.” It isn't about turning the tables and making a comeback. It's about gently making peace with regrets over the course of a lifetime, then holding tight to the happiness right in front of you. Dedicated to everyone who has carried unresolved feelings but still chosen to move forward.
