Coral Sea

After reading the story of Wei Zheng and Wen Ling written by Meng Zhiwan through Jay Chou's "Coral Sea", the line in the melody "It was just an accident that a seabird and a fish fell in love" accurately expresses the regrets of the two people who have been going around for twelve years. The song is the background of regret, and the novel is the complete carrier of regret. Seabirds are trapped in the sky, and fish are trapped in the deep sea. They are separated by a piece of coral sea that can never embrace each other. From the midsummer of sixteen to the end of the wedding at the age of twenty-eight, from beginning to end, it is a grand tragedy of two-way timidity and missing each other. Wen Ling casually said that she wanted to listen to "Coral Sea", and Wei Zheng quietly sang the entire song for her. At that time, neither of them expected that this song would become a shackles that entangled each other for twelve years. Young love is too clumsy, Wen Ling is passionate and straightforward, and is used to showing off emotions; Wei Zheng is introverted and sultry, hiding all heartbeats and reluctances under silence. They don't know how to dismantle each other's duplicity, and a cruel and angry word forcefully pushed away the twelve years of each other's life. After the separation, Wen Ling went overseas. During the twelve long years, she returned home countless times, persistently looking for Wei Zheng, fully believing that as long as she took the initiative to go there, she could smooth out the rift caused by the quarrel that year. But Wei Zheng always deliberately avoided it and never refused to meet her. Many people will blame him for being cold after reading this, but the details laid out by the author hide his deep affection that no one knows: starting from the year of separation at the age of sixteen, every time Wen Ling's birthday, he would find a quiet place alone and sing "Coral Sea" in its entirety. There is no audience, no sharing, he is the only one holding on to the old memories, kneading all the unspeakable longings into the familiar melody It's not that he doesn't love her, it's just that he loves her so much that he doesn't dare to get closer. When he was a boy, he regarded the words "never again" as a promise. He stubbornly believed that he was annoying her and did not dare to break into her life again, fearing that his appearance would only bring trouble to her. He was a seabird trapped in pride and timidity. He clearly cared about the fish in his heart, but he stopped at the surface of the sea, and did not dare to sink a step to touch her in the deep sea. Wen Lingze is like a fish running to the deep sea, trying her best to jump out of the water and catch up with the seabird that belongs to her. She cannot understand that his avoidance is a forbearing love. She only sees him disappearing again and again, carrying twelve years of failed expectations alone, repeatedly pulling between a foreign country and her homeland. Meng Zhiwan wrote the contrast between the two people's personalities in a very fragmented way. The heroine Wen Ling is a passionate and sensitive type. She is open and brave when it comes to feelings. She takes the initiative to get close to her when she likes it, and openly expresses her sadness. She has never let go of her heartbeat in the past twelve years. She returned to her country, searched, and tested. She exhausted all her courage to get closer to her lost youth. She always held on to a bit of luck, feeling that the two of them still had a chance to come back. She longed for a response, longed to go in both directions, but was defeated time and time again by Wei Zheng's avoidance. Her enthusiasm was slowly worn away by distance and indifference. In the end, she could only convince herself to let go, accept the stable people around her, and walk towards a wedding without Wei Zheng. My Wei Zheng's character is the most poignant pain point in the whole story. He is extremely reserved, hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and has a standard personality that is not expressive. He has never let go of Wen Ling. The ritual of cycling through "Coral Sea" every year for twelve years is a closed loop of secret love that belongs only to him. He silently paid attention to all her news, remembered all her preferences, and hid his thoughts in unknown corners, but he could never cross the hurdle in his heart and refused to take the initiative to take a step forward. He thought that letting go meant perfection, and that disappearing meant not disturbing him, but he didn't know that his avoidance had created countless sleepless days and nights for Wen Ling. He had the longest and longest love, but he used the clumsiest and most hurtful way to push away the person he had cared about for twelve years. The scene that made me burst into tears happened on Wen Ling's wedding day. That was the last time Wei Zheng sang "Coral Sea" in its entirety. Opposite the noisy wedding banquet venue, he alone sang the melody that had run through the twelve years of their youth. After singing, he completely hid the song and never touched it again for the rest of his life. This time, the singing did not have the heart-warming expectations of his youth, only a complete farewell. He personally brought an end to this relationship that spanned twelve years. The lyrics in the song, "Turn around and leave, can't say anything about breaking up" perfectly fit him at this moment. He had thousands of words stuck in his throat, but in the end he could only leave in silence. He didn't even have the courage to send a blessing or an explanation to Wen Ling. "How to clear up the relationship, how to return to A, B, C and D" is the most true portrayal of the relationship between the two. How could a twelve-year bond be simply written off? They knew in their hearts that they could never turn back into irrelevant strangers. It was just reality, self-esteem, and youthful misunderstandings that forcibly built an insurmountable coral sea between them. Seabirds cannot sink to the bottom of the sea, and swimming fish cannot fly into the sky forever. They are destined to have different worlds. After a brief encounter, there is only eternal isolation, just like the core of the song "Coral Sea": No matter how strong the love is, it cannot overcome the inherent distance and the unbreakable barrier. Close the book and listen to "Coral Sea" again. The ebb and flow of the melody is filled with the unspoken confession that Wei Zheng has hidden for twelve years, and Wen Ling's expectations that have been disappointed for twelve years. This piece of coral sea that lies between the two of them is the gap created by an angry word at the age of sixteen, the distance built up by twelve years of avoidance, and the fate that seabirds and fish can never be reconciled. Some love begins with a song "Coral Sea" and ends with a song "Coral Sea". Neither the sea of ​​​​people nor the sea of ​​mountains can be crossed. They loved each other deeply, but in the end they could only return to the sea of ​​​​people, and they would never meet each other in their lives.

I think this ending is another way of he. The separation of the two people further proves the depth of each other's love. Wen Ling and Wei Zheng seem to be the intersection of parallel time and space that briefly overlapped. They share the same self-righteousness for each other's good, and the position that loving someone will not change themselves. This reminds me of a passage, which probably means that some people are gifts just by being with them for a period of time. I think this is probably the case for Wen Ling and Wei Zheng in the Coral Sea universe.

Let the pain and beauty stay in the past

Fortunately, Wei Zheng forgot 😭 I wish Wei Zheng good health and happiness, and the best to meet the love of his life again. I also wish Wen Ling never regrets and always be happy😭 Don't listen to "Actually" after reading this book. I didn't feel it at first. I thought the ending was quite good. After listening to it, I have been recalling their story. I feel so uncomfortable now. I will remember this Coral Sea for you.

I'm crying to death. Gardenia wwww. I want a side story.

I remember that coral sea ——2026.10.6

It's okay if Wei Zheng forgets it, my heart won't hurt anymore, but the one who hurts the most is me.

The male protagonist should take the initiative to earn more money after he is defeated

We both had our own difficulties in what happened back then.

Woooooooooo, I cried to death. I hope Wen Ling will always be happy.