When Jiang Mingchuan was twenty, he met eighteen-year-old Lu Zhiyuan at a factory in the south.
One had lost his parents young and struggled up from the bottom, relying on his quick wits and grit to make something of himself. The other came from a poor family and worked at the factory to scrape together his tuition. His greatest wish was to get into medical school and give his sick mother a better life.
At first, they were just friends.
Later, Lu Zhiyuan began opening Jiang Mingchuan's WeChat over and over. When he realized he might be falling for a man, he was terrified of his own feelings for the first time. He tried to keep his distance, tried to hold himself back, but every night he waited for a reply, he discovered he had long since crossed the line between friendship and something more.
Jiang Mingchuan was no better.
He dared to fight for anything, except asking Lu Zhiyuan one question: Do you like me too?
They endured poverty together and weathered years of long-distance separation. They even seriously discussed work, a home, and the distant future. They thought that if they just worked a little harder, they could build the life they wanted. Then the burdens of family, the pressures of reality, and the fears neither could bring themselves to voice pushed them in different directions.
Jiang Mingchuan made the decision for Lu Zhiyuan, then walked away without leaving an address or looking back.
Seven years later, Lu Zhiyuan had become an emergency room doctor, but he had never stopped searching.
On the winter solstice, Uncle Li finally told him who had left the money he had once lent Lu Zhiyuan's mother.
And the person he had searched for over seven years was already dead.
Some people spend their whole lives before they finally learn how to love.
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