From campus to the city | Mutual salvation | A love rekindled after heartbreak
A rebellious boy, cold on the outside and gentle within ✖ A clear-eyed girl, tender and considerate
"Xiao Nanzhi, can you see the moon? I miss you."
Xiao Nanzhi was born bold and carefree, with a sharpness in his eyes and brows. He was the most striking sight of youth.
In everyone's eyes, he was rebellious and untamed, never held back by the world.
It wasn't until that autumn night that Zhixu caught a glimpse of a completely different side of him.
She pushed open the door. The dim room reeked of alcohol. In that moment, she finally understood that beneath his dazzling, flamboyant exterior lay a vulnerability no one else knew about.
The boy I love should be cloaked in starlight, not shrouded in gloom.
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Under the moonlight, Zhixu looked at him calmly and gently, her voice soft but firm:
"Xiao Nanzhi, you have me. From now on, whenever something makes you unhappy, you can tell me. I'll always listen, and I'll stay by your side forever."
An accident caused by his attempt to save her shattered their bright past.
Their happiness faded into silence, and guilt created a rift between them.
Xiao Nanzhi gazed at her with a somber look, his voice weighed down by a bitterness he couldn't suppress:
"Zhixu, you broke your promise."
"If you can't keep it, don't make promises so lightly."
She looked at his reddened eyes, her throat tightening. She couldn't put her countless grievances and guilt into words.
The day Zhixu left, rain poured from the sky. The storm raging all around him was the grief he could no longer hide.
Later, she burned incense and prayed before the Buddha. She didn't ask to meet again or stay together. She only wished him good health and a peaceful life, year after year.
[May I spend every day and every year with you. Though the road ahead may rise and fall, I will always be grateful that we met, and cherish the fact that our paths crossed.]
[From the day we met, every inclination of my heart has belonged to you.]
Theme: There will always be someone who comes to you bearing light.
