A Fortunate Sign [Bad Ending Short Story]

[Short story / around 100,000 words / bittersweet ending]

"White hair is no substitute for snow; meeting you was already the best of luck."

She thought that many years later, he might still remember a female classmate named Xuan Zhi,

but he wouldn't know there had once been someone named Xuan Zhi who loved him.

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People say that if you write your wish on a red ribbon and tie it to a tree, the wind will hear your prayer.

Only a rare few ribbons will be blown down.

If the wind blows yours away, it means your wish will never come true.

On graduation day, Li Zhengshi found a red ribbon that had fallen from the wish tree.

The name written on it was his.

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"He stood amid countless rays of light, dazzling beyond compare. She had no wish to be touched by his light. He sailed his ocean, while she walked her single-plank bridge. That was how it should be."

"We were lucky enough to meet in a sea of people, but not destined to love. I found you in that sea of people, and now I return you to it."

*University campus / unrequited love

*Playboy × good girl

*Bittersweet ending, no real-life inspirations

*The first sentence of the blurb is from the internet

(I'll start this after finishing my current long novel and write it all in one go. Please add it to your reading list.)

Theme: Love can be passionate and overwhelming, or quiet and silent