Chapter 12
- Eighteen-Year-Old Jiang Yu - I never thought that I would fall in love with Su Qiao.
She was cold, aloof, keeping everyone at a distance like a hedgehog with sharp thorns.
Every time I saw her, she was covered in scars.
But there was a stubbornness in her eyes that caught my attention.
Even when being bullied mercilessly, she never showed weakness or begged for mercy.
However, her desperate resistance only resulted in more severe bullying.
At first, it was just the sense of justice of a young boy, I just wanted to protect a pitiful person.
But when she risked her life to drag me out from under a burning motorcycle, accompanied by the piercing sound of sirens, my heart fiercely pounded in a life-or-death struggle.
If I hesitated for a second, I would have been blown to pieces in the explosion.
Unknowingly, I fell in love with her.
And then, I couldn't bear to see her get hurt even a little.
Su Qiao has suffered too much hardship, and I want to give her the best of everything.
My parents were very angry when they found out about this girlfriend of mine.
They said that she and I are from two different worlds.
I was brought up being pampered and spoiled, unable to endure any hardships.
And she was trampled upon in the mud, struggling just to survive.
Two people with such contrasting lives were destined to be unable to stay together.
But I didn't believe that.
In order to be with her, I almost broke ties with my family.
Every obstacle only made us more determined to choose each other and our love grew deep into our bones.
At the time when I loved Su Qiao the most, I unexpectedly traveled to the future.
I was happy to find out that we were married.
But what I didn't anticipate was that I had a change of heart in the future and my love for Su Qiao vanished.
Yet, Su Qiao still loved me deeply.
From then on, we constantly argued, I lost patience with Su Qiao and began staying out late, indulging in worldly pleasures and pretending in the presence of others...
I was a fucking asshole.
Seeing Su Qiao in pain, my heart ached intensely.
The one who hurt her the most was me.
She also fell seriously ill.
When I found out it was a terminal illness, I was overwhelmed with helpless despair.
How did it come to this? Where did things go wrong? Su Qiao was tormented by her sickness, writhing on her sickbed, unable to keep any food down.
Her fair hand became red and swollen from injections, and she lost a lot of hair.
She often stared out the window in a daze, expressionless, urging me to leave, but I refused to go.
She asked me why I treated her so well.
I couldn't say anything, I could only remain silent.
If she were to find out, I would become the past Jiang Yu.
With her temperament, she would definitely drive me away.
Most importantly, if she found out, I would also disappear from this world.
I couldn't leave her alone.
If I could help alleviate her pain, I would do anything, even if it meant dying immediately, I wouldn't hesitate for a moment.
But I couldn't share a single bit of her pain.
Su Qiao is a determined person.
Once she is deeply hurt, no matter how remorseful I may be, she won't turn back.
She would abandon everything about me, the good and the bad.
Even when she was in pain and her consciousness was unclear, she still thought about divorce, cutting clean ties with me.
On the day of our divorce, I stood outside the civil affairs bureau for a long time.
The sunlight was intense, but Su Qiao was so pale, as if she could disappear at any moment.
I wanted to accompany her until the end and fulfill all her wishes.
But she still recognized me.
My body was slowly becoming transparent, and I begged her for one more hug.
As expected, she refused, saying, "Jiang Yu, after returning to the past, don't provoke me anymore." Su Qiao left me with a cold back.
It was me who hurt her thoroughly, leading to her resolute departure.
My heart was in such pain that it felt like it was dying.
I thought this was the ending of our story.
But what I didn't expect was that Su Qiao suddenly got hit by a runaway truck, and I could only watch helplessly as she fell into a pool of blood.
Su Qiao is very afraid of pain, and she bled so much.
How much pain must she have been in? All of my screams got stuck in my throat, and I desperately ran towards her, but I couldn't grab onto anything.
In that moment when I touched her hand, I completely disappeared.
"I hate my future self, exchanging my remaining years for Su Qiao and the moments we missed, exchanging it for her safety and happiness.
I went back to the past, before I even knew Su Qiao.
This time, Su Qiao protected herself in her own way, and all I could do was stay away from her and silently protect her.
The gears of fate turned once again, rewriting everything from the past.
Every memory Su Qiao had about Jiang Yu was gradually erased.
"Bang..." I traveled through time once again, and when I woke up, Su Qiao had completely forgotten about me.
And I was dying.
This time, it's her turn to live well.
As long as she can live well, that is enough for me."