When Shen Tingxi was seven years old, she met Lu Tang under the peach blossom tree in Tanghe Town.
One talks more, the other talks less. One wants to go somewhere far, far away, and the other says, "I'll probably always be here."
Together they walked across the river, the bridge, and the tree that bloomed every spring. They thought life would go on like this.
But later——
One went to Beijing and the other stayed in the county seat.
One made a phone call from the dormitory balcony late at night, and the other responded to messages at the supermarket checkout counter in the early morning.
One said, "Come with me," and the other said, "You can't stop writing."
They tried everything. Try to get closer, try to understand, and try not to embarrass the other person. But there are some things that cannot be changed by hard work - such as roots growing in different soils, such as wind destined to fly in different directions.
Later she got married, but she didn't come.
Later she published a book with the title "To My Eternal Hometown" written on the title page.
Many years later, Shen Tingxi opened a conversation with Lu Tang on a rainy night.
She typed a line, read it for a long time, and then deleted it.
She typed many lines and deleted them all.
Finally she asked: "Is it raining where you are?"
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It's not that I don't love it. Even love can't change anything.
Not separated. It's that they were never really together.
This is a story that is destined to be parted from the moment they meet.
It doesn't rain heavily, but it rains all my life.
Intention: Dedicated to all those who are separated in the torrent of fate - I hope you will be well under different skies, and that the peach blossoms in your heart will bloom every year.