He Came Back Before the Wind Stopped

Name: He Came Back Before the Wind Stopped
Author: Happy King Guo

风停之前，他回来了

by Happy King Guo (开心郭大王)

Status: Completed
Length: 120k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 3mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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Seventeen years ago, Zhou Yubai left Lin Wan when he loved her most. He said, “Lin Wan, I don’t want you anymore.” Seventeen years later, Lin Wan is in charge of an urban renewal project in the old district. She personally signs the demolition order for Building Seventeen. It was their secret hideaway when they were seventeen. And the place where they last saw each other. On the day they reunite, Zhou Yubai returns as a documentary filmmaker to capture the old district’s final night. She has a husband. He has a fiancée. They have both grown into respectable adults. But an old letter, seventeen years overdue, a receipt for a transfer made in Lin Wan’s name, and a roll of film with only one photograph left gradually uncover the truth about what happened back then. It turns out he didn’t stop loving her. He loved her too much. He was afraid she would leave with him, afraid she would ruin her future, afraid she would follow him into the abyss. So he used the cruelest words he could to protect the life she might have had. And in doing so, he killed the seventeen-year-old girl she used to be. But the truth came too late. She can’t let down Shen Yan, who has stood by her for more than a decade. And he can’t let down Xu Zhiyao, who has been at his side for years. No one was at fault. Everyone made the best choice they could at the time. Yet every right choice ultimately pushed them toward a point of no return. The day the old building came down, he said, “Goodbye, Lin Wan.” Later, she received a text message: “Lin Wan, the wind has died down.” This time, she didn’t reply. Because at last, she understood. A true farewell doesn’t mean you’ve stopped loving someone. It means that even if you still love them, you don’t turn back.

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