To Whom Did You Give Your Longing?

From the day Jian Xi realized she loved him, she was stricken with the poison of longing. She could not quit it, and did not want to. But reality was never warm enough. They kept separating because neither of them was brave enough, and they kept hurting because neither of them was strong enough.

As snow blankets a thousand mountains and the banana leaves whisper beneath the setting sun, all their old grievances and painful memories finally fade away. Only then does she realize that beneath the disguise of resentment, there was forgiveness all along.

And his long-delayed confession finally brings their love to a happy ending.

Beneath the setting sun, he holds their child in his arms and walks with her along a forest path. Then he suddenly whispers something in her ear.

She stops in her tracks and turns to gaze at him. A moment later, her eyes begin to sting and brim with tears, as if something is about to burst forth. Yet what appears on her face is the loveliest sight of spring, something people call happiness.

The wind sweeps past the hem of her clothes, leaving behind the most moving words he ever said to her.

He says he, too, was stricken with the poison of longing, and that he is willing to suffer from it forever.