He Loves Me More Than Time

Do you know what it means to miss someone?

Those memories buried deep inside: even bringing up a single word can leave you aching to the bone.

It took Su Anan a year and ten months to remember Xu Qingshi, seventeen years to cling to him, five years to love him, and the rest of her life to miss him.

When they met again, she smiled at him alluringly. "Xu Qingshi, what would you do if you suddenly lost your hearing?"

Back then, he didn't understand what she meant. He thought she still couldn't bear to see him doing well, as always, and turned away into the wind and snow.

Later, she whispered in his ear, "Xu Qingshi, I'm so glad that missing someone makes no sound."

In that moment, it all became clear.

Heaven was kind to me. I missed the storm, but I didn't miss you.

[If memories could make a sound, then today's dragonfly wings and the thunder before the rain would all belong to you;

If longing had a voice, then every one of my countless words would be for you.]

1. The first half of the sentence in brackets comes from a post by Xu Song on Weibo.

2. I swear on my life, this is a sweet story, sweet story, sweet story, sweet story, sweet story. No angst, no angst, no angst, no angst!