"Ten Years' Appointment: the Unprecedented Wedding"
《十年之约:未赴的婚期》
by Hope Shu Yayi (望舒雅意)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 14k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 12mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
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This is a ten-year love race for those born in the 1980s. On the day of registration for college freshmen, Lin Xiao and Su Ran looked at each other during military training, and their fate was planted. Since then, they have studied together in the library, walked side by side on the playground, and left the mark of love in every corner of the campus. On the eve of graduation, they made a promise to get married ten years later. After graduation, Lin Xiao dreamed of entering the highly competitive advertising industry and often stayed up all night to make plans, while Su Ran worked step by step in a traditional company. As time goes by, the pressure of work and the trivialities of life mean that they spend less and less time together, but they have more and more conflicts. On a business trip, when Lin Xiao was tired and confused, she had a cross-border behavior with a partner of the opposite sex. Although Lin Xiao was filled with guilt and quickly ended the wrong relationship, the incident still planted a rift between the two that could not be healed. Coupled with real problems in life, such as the pressure of buying a house and differences in career development directions, they continue to quarrel. The once sweet vows became vulnerable under the erosion of reality and the collapse of trust. As the ten-year period approached, they found that they had drifted away from each other. The wedding they had been looking forward to had finally become an unattainable dream. I forget who said that people can't recognize the preciousness of the present moment. They have to wait for time to wear away their memories before they are willing to go back and pick up the pieces. The camouflage uniform from the military training that year still smelled of new cloth. When the evening breeze blew through the street lights at the entrance of the supermarket, the note he handed over was stained with the warmth of his fingertips. The handwriting on the notebook was as neat as if he was afraid of disturbing something. At that time, I just felt that the days were long, like the unfinished song "Remember to Forget". I thought that the story had just begun. I even dared to say the promise of "seeing the sea of Qingdao together in ten years". Until many years later, I accidentally heard a familiar melody, and the coolness of the old days suddenly drifted in the wind. It was only later that I understood - it turned out that the heartbeat of the first acquaintance and the panic when handing over the notebook had already been buried in time. I vaguely remember the pain caused by that incident. It was the pain of my heart being tightly grasped and my breathing becoming tight. Even after so long, every time I think of that suffocating touch, it is still as clear as if it happened yesterday. If we had been less stubborn when we were quarreling and were willing to offer reconciliation during the Cold War, perhaps those unexpressed feelings and unfulfilled promises would not be left with just the sentence "we have never seen each other again." Some encounters are full of stars at the beginning, but they fail because they don't know how to hold on tightly. In the end, the agreement can only be left in the memory, and even the wind when thinking about it is wrapped in inextricable regret. Purpose: To show the fragility and helplessness of love under the test of reality and human nature, and to trigger people's thinking about cherishing feelings, sticking to promises, and how to deal with love dilemmas.