You once said, "The one I love is across the water." Later, the withered lotus listened to the rain, and longing became hopeless.
The final installment of The Three Young Masters of the Capital.
He was born to greatness; she was a mysterious orphan.
She was sixteen, he was eighteen, when she came to live by his side. From then on, she became his housekeeper: carrying his schoolbag, cooking for him, studying with him, practicing calligraphy with him, washing his clothes, finding his socks, and helping him pursue girlfriends...
She stayed by his side as he grew up, from middle school through university, witnessing his countless romances and heartbreaks, and watching him grow from a problem boy into an exceptional young man and a brilliant legal professional.
He never knew that the reason he could keep pushing forward without giving up was that she had always been by his side. All he had to do was turn around, and there she would be...
Only later, when another man appeared by her side and the two of them stood shoulder to shoulder to say goodbye to him, did he narrow his deep-set eyes and say coolly, "Fine. Have a safe trip, and disappear halfway there..."
Three years later, he was a legend in the legal world, and she was a young lawyer newly returned from studying abroad.
He stared at her ringless left ring finger and smiled as he called her "little sister." "I think your name is on my marriage certificate."
"So what?"
"There’s a legal term for this. I’m sure you understand it better than I do, Attorney Ye..."
She smiled bitterly. It seemed he was the one who didn’t understand...
Ever since she had come to live by his side, he had never realized that she had never once disobeyed him.
But how could he know there were three words she would never say aloud? She understood all too well that she could never be the one standing at his side...
