You and I: No Illness, No Ending

Some people left Zhong Ning's life, and most of the time, she was the one who let them go.

People came and went. For Zhong Ning, losing touch was as simple as putting down her phone. But Mei Hanxiang was different.

"Zhong Ning, I can't be both your god and your worshipper. You have to choose one."

"Zhong Ning, can you be good to me and only me?"

"Zhong Ning, don't be so naive."

"Zhong Ning, you have such a cruel heart."

Zhong Ning spent ten years exploring every corner of Yuncheng, ten years entering and then leaving someone's heart, and ten years going from fearing nothing to being wounded all over.

Mei Hanxiang once thought the day she met Zhong Ning was the most humiliating moment of her life. She was wrong. The most humiliating moment was when she couldn't make Zhong Ning stay.

Others praised her beauty and intelligence. Zhong Ning worried about how tired and overworked she was.

For that concern, she was willing to give everything, using money, influence, and connections to help Zhong Ning succeed and pave the way for her.

In the end, Mei Hanxiang couldn't tell which of them had let go.

Clouds drifted past the airplane window. At last, their ten years were over.

Time passed in a blur, and trees grew tall and leafy. Through all those years and months, Mei Hanxiang pressed her hands together and prayed they would have another ten years.

May you and I, in this life, know neither illness nor end.

Warnings:

1. Ten-year age gap; one character is divorced and has a child.

2. Some morally questionable behavior later on.

3. The story is full of plot holes. No matter how you look at it, you're the one who's right.

4. Purely for entertainment, with no real-life parallels intended. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Theme: Love is humanity's greatest theme.