This is a story whose ending you can see from the very beginning.
From the moment Liu Qingxi was diagnosed with cancer to the moment he met Shen Guo in a village swallowed by endless sunlight, he knew their story would never have a proper ending. So he chose not to remain in Shen Guo's world.
That evening, beneath the setting sun, Liu Qingxi told Du Susu, "He's all I have in my world, but I can't be all he has in his. I'm going to die." Those words became the dust of the story, something that could never be swept away.
But how could Shen Guo not know how much Liu Qingxi loved him? The sandwiches on his desk every day, Liu Qingxi coming out in the rain to walk him home, and giving up smoking because Shen Guo couldn't stand the smell. So when Shen Guo tried to fall in love with someone else again, he understood that Liu Qingxi had never truly disappeared from his world.
"Mom, we had a fight..."
"I don't want to die. I still want to love him..."
"Will I become a butterfly specimen after I die, too? Shen Guo..."
Theme: Maybe missing each other was the right choice after all
