However, no matter how beautiful a moment is, it must end. By Sunday noon, they had to check out and leave Kenting.
On the return journey, both were silent, each lost in their own thoughts, neither speaking. It wasn’t travel fatigue that made them reluctant to talk, but as they were about to separate, neither knew what to say.
Their emotions were equally complex – with joy and sorrow, anger and resentment, and full of reluctance.
Especially Ji Mengtang –
She thought she would be happy, about to be free from his lingering entanglement. However, she realized that in the future, there would be no more gentle greetings from him, no more careful reminders, no one to bring her a steaming bowl of energy soup when she was exhausted, and no one who could bring her such unforgettable passionate memories like he did…
The journey back to Taipei seemed particularly brief, with just a few hours passing before the moment of parting arrived. Kang Yan-cheng stopped in front her apartment, opened the door for her to get out. Ji Meng-tang picked up her travel bag and looked back at him.
At that moment, she didn’t know what to say. Say thanks? No! That would be ridiculous. Say hate? Ugh – actually, she didn’t hate him that much. Say love? Good heavens! What was she thinking?
“Goodbye!” Finally, she took a step back, gripped her travel bag tightly, raised her chin, and bid farewell with the courage of a warrior cutting off his own arm.
Goodbye to the man who once took care of her! Goodbye to five years of memories! Goodbye…
Kang Yan-cheng barely curved his lips, a forced smile in response, gave a hasty nod, and immediately drove away.
He couldn’t say goodbye! He had wanted to appear nonchalant, but the moment he tried to speak, his throat choked up.
He didn’t want her to leave! He wanted her to stay by his side forever and ever!
Yet – how luxurious and impossible was this dream? Her heart only held Gao Zhong-wei. He was merely an intruder, like the villain Ma Wen-cai in the story of Liang Zhu, thinking he could win a woman’s heart through despicable means, not realizing she would rather die than be separated from her lover!
