Shen Rou always remembered Fang Yucheng's expression at that time, with a hint of melancholy and a deep sadness. He said, "I have been pretending that I have not fallen in love with her; pretending that she is just a girl who was kindly adopted by my grandfather; pretending that I cannot see the emotion in her eyes; pretending that we can get engaged and married in the envy of everyone for a lifetime; pretending that I will slowly forget her. But how could I forget that you can't pretend whether you love or not love?"
They have been in love for twenty years and are the people they care about most, but they have never really been together.