A Chance Encounter One Second, A Lifetime of Waiting the Next

I thought that chance encounter was only a brief, beautiful moment. Once we went our separate ways, all the entanglements would fade and everything would return to normal. But when fate brought our paths together again, could we walk away unscathed, without a trace of feeling?

If we meet again at the next crossroads, will we be strangers who go their separate ways, or can we set aside all we have lost and all we still long for, and calmly say, “Long time no see”?

Youth is a sigh, a dream. When the dream ends, tears at the corners of our eyes remind us, without warning, that the dream was real, that it existed. Was that beautiful past only a dream? No. The ache in our hearts keeps accusing us of the wounds left behind before the dust had settled. Even as time blurs the ending, those unforgettable moments keep replaying like a movie, carving the name you should have lived an ordinary life with, but never did, into your heart, leaving a faint ache.

Chen Xi, in the end, I still couldn't forget you. If only I knew how to let you go. We both gave ourselves to this love with all our hearts. How did it come to end like this...