Wait Three More Minutes for Me

See the collection of short tragic romances: "Want to Be Free," "Suspended in Love," "Planet 520," "Hidden Away," and "This Has Nothing to Do with Romance."

She had said, "Wait three more minutes," to everyone except him. She never got the chance to say it to him, and they missed their chance.

They say that if you go to the stretch of coast near Beining No. 1 High School and shout your heartfelt wish at the waves, the sea breeze will carry it to the person you long for.

After the college entrance exams, Wen Zheng went there alone. Though she had never believed in superstition, she raised her hands to her lips and shouted the words she had kept in her heart.

"Chen Jue!"

"I like you. I really, really like you..."

"Can you hear me? If we meet again, could we get to know each other?"

Years later, Wen Zheng returned to that stretch of coast.

Waves chased each other across the sand, rising in layer upon layer. The sky seemed to answer the sea's call, heavy with rolling black clouds.

She murmured, "You lied. You never passed my words along."

Her eyes reddened as she gazed at the mountains beyond the coastline.

"Chen Jue..."

"Then in our next lives. Could we meet a little sooner in our next lives...?"

[On a street you never knew, I hid my love for you among the countless times you turned your back on me. The regret is that there were a few moments when I thought I had caught hold of the light.]

Theme: Could we get to know each other?