Gu Chenyi met Leng Yueyan when he was three years old.
I fell in love with her when I was sixteen, but still only dared to call her "Sister Yue'er" when I was twenty.
Everyone knew he liked her.
His roommates knew it, the senior who was chasing him knew it, and even Leng Yueyan herself knew it four years ago.
But she never said anything.
She was unwilling to rely on seventeen years of companionship to make a young man who had not seen the world mistake dependence for love.
She is waiting for him to grow up.
Wait until he has his own education, career and choices.
Wait until he is no longer just a child grabbing her clothes, but can stand in front of her soberly and express his feelings in person.
Until Leng Yueyan signed a two-year stationing notice in Lancheng.
Only then did Gu Chenyi finally understand——
The silence he thought was safe might lead her to another city.
While attending the wedding, someone asked about their relationship.
Leng Yueyan held his arm and smiled softly:
"Gu Chenyi."
"Not my boyfriend yet."
Gu Chenyi finally held her hand.
"Sister."
"I don't want to be your brother anymore."
But the confession is not the end of the story.
Age differences, studies, careers, different places and future choices all force them to answer the same question:
To love someone, does it require her to stay where she is forever, or to let yourself grow enough to be by her side?
She waited for him to grow up.
And he will travel a thousand kilometers to come to her.
Purpose: Love is not about dependence and possession, but about learning to respect and take responsibility in growth and choice, and to move forward side by side with the one you love.