[Fateful sadomasochism + running in both directions + falling in love with each other + being tortured to the point of heartbreak + urban sadomasochism]
They obviously love each other to the core, but they can only look at each other from a distance across a sea of people.
He was a decisive investment banker, but he didn't even dare to give her a hug in front of her.
She is a gentle and healing illustrator. For him, she dared to risk her remaining half life on a fruitless love.
After fifteen days of living together, his career collapsed and she was admitted to the ICU.
After being separated for half a year, he returned to his peak and she recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
Fate gave them the cruelest answer: to love each other is to die.
Countless late nights, he drove to her downstairs and watched the lights in her room go on and off, without a sleepless night.
For countless early mornings, she hugged the photo of the two of them and cried until she couldn't breathe, but she didn't dare to call him.
The world doesn't understand why they insist on torturing each other.
But only they understand that all the stability in this world is not worth a look from the other person.
In the windy sand of the African Gobi, white-haired Li Jinci sat in front of a tombstone, his fingertips gently brushing the smiling eyes of the girl in the photo.
"Nianyi, I don't regret it after they asked me."
"I only regret not being able to hold you for one more day."
"In the next life, let's be a couple of ordinary people and stay together for the rest of our lives, okay?"