Before parting, should you say “I love you” or “Forget me”?
After parting, should you brand the thought “I’ll love you forever” into your mind?
Is a reunion a new beginning or a continuation of the past?
Gentle gong, seemingly aloof but actually forthright & beautiful shou, knows he’s flirtatious but keeps his distance
“If it’s an incurable illness…”
“Don’t say that,” Jiang Ye interrupted An Yang. “It’s bad luck.”
“Just a hypothetical.” An Yang narrowed his eyes. “I’m just asking. Are you superstitious too?”
“If you were diagnosed with an incurable illness, would you tell your lover, ‘Forget me and live well,’ or even just break up and say, ‘I never loved you’? Or would you say, ‘I love you’? Which would you choose?”
Jiang Ye hesitated for a while. “I’d say I love you.”
“Why? I didn’t expect you to say that.” An Yang laughed. “I thought you’d tell them to live well.”
“No particular reason. Maybe I’d just be selfish at the very end. Besides, at a time like that, telling someone to live well is no different from saying I love you.”
“Then why not say, ‘Let’s break up. I don’t love you’? In stories, people push their lovers away in the name of doing what’s best for them.”
“They wouldn’t believe it, would they?”
An Yang smiled. “You’re pretty confident.”
“What about you? What would you say?”
An Yang was quiet for a long time before answering. “I’d say I love you. And I’d add that you absolutely mustn’t forget me. I might even force you to promise not to find someone else.”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
The moon shone bright tonight, and the person before him smiled slyly.
Theme: Live well, pursue your dreams, and never give up.
