The bonds formed in youth always run deep.
Ji Qing didn't know whether she liked Duan Ming. All she knew was that she didn't want to disappoint someone who liked her.
So, in her final year of high school, she made a decision: she would date him.
Ji Qing thought that by doing so, she wasn't letting him down, and he was happy! But things didn't go as she hoped. He was wonderful, but she wasn't happy.
So Ji Qing tried to find happiness in her time with Duan Ming.
She still couldn't find any.
Ji Qing understood. This was wrong. It wasn't good.
She'd only cared about other people and ignored herself!
So Ji Qing broke up with Duan Ming.
Duan Ming came to see her a few times afterward, but Ji Qing turned him away each time.
After five years of secretly loving her, Duan Ming ended up with just two months together with Ji Qing.
After that, they lost touch. Later, she only heard about him now and then through friends.
In 2019, at twenty-five, she heard he was dating someone.
In 2021, at twenty-seven, he got married and invited her.
The end.
Theme: Love yourself
