Only in the fifth year of Xu Zhiyao's love for Jian Ning did he finally get an ending for a relationship that had never begun.
The most painful thing about some love is not that it never gets a response, but that the response is too gentle and too much like love.
The phone call on a thunderstorm night, the shoulder lent to her on Christmas Eve, the companionship of sitting on the beach until late at night, the reliance placed in her hands when she was sick... Jian Ning had given her too many moments that could be mistaken for love, but he always kept her in the position of "best friend".
Xu Zhiyao also tried to leave.
Delete contacts, avoid her birthday, force yourself to meet new people. Nearly a year later, she saw Jian Ning sitting in the fifth row from the rear left in the group photo of the acting workshop.
She added her back and just wrote:
"I'm here today too."
From that day on, all the restraint that was finally established failed again.
In the fifth year of their acquaintance, Xu Zhiyao finally said the words he had hidden for so long:
"I have never liked any other woman except you. Let's be together."
Jian Ning's rejection was still gentle.
So gentle that she couldn't even find a place to hate.
Later, Xu Zhiyao had a stable life and made his own films. She no longer waits, asks no more, and no longer needs to be needed to prove that she is worthy of love.
Everyone thought she finally came out.
Only she knows——
Letting go of waiting and letting go of a person are never the same thing.
Purpose: Bravery is not only to speak love, but also to admit that love cannot be exchanged for choices, and to become the center of one's life again.