Xie Linchuan stood to the side, his expression beyond words.

His heart was churning with a multitude of emotions, yet he couldn't grasp any of them.

He could only stand there mechanically, listening to Jiang Tian recount the story of her first love with him.

"Perhaps God couldn't stand seeing others being too happy. Later, something happened. My company's procedures are very formal, but there are always some partners who don't have a rigorous legal awareness. They always think that as long as they can't be caught, it means that these things can be done."

As the proverb says, some bad people always live a long time, while good people just don't seem to live long.

But there are some people with a conscience who can never be bad people in their lives; they can only be good people.

Take Chen Zhendong for example.

“I should have handled that business myself, but I was too tired. Chen Zhendong felt sorry for me and offered to do it himself. At that time, he was still planning the wedding—because I was too busy, he said he would take care of everything for the wedding himself.”

“I told him that we should get married when he comes back from his business trip. We’ve been together for so many years, and whether we get married or not, everyone already thinks we’re a couple.”

Jiang Tian's tone was very light and casual.

But he didn't come back.

A business partner encroached on someone else's business interests and took what they shouldn't have. Chen Zhendong, who was negotiating business with him, was caught up in the chaos abroad.

Those people truly disregard life; they only seek profit.

They were not satisfied with the benefits offered by their partners.

Chen Zhendong negotiated with them, but failed to gain their trust.

After all, there was a precedent where a business partner made all sorts of promises to them, only to end up scamming them.

Later, Chen Zhendong made every effort to reach an agreement with them, and Jiang Tian hurriedly wired the money over.

But he still couldn't come back.

Fearing that he would reveal things about his kidnapping and implicate others, the group chose to silence him.

Before he died, Chen Zhendong only had time to make one phone call to Jiang Tian, ​​and he said two words—

"Wife..."

Before the words were even finished, a life was lost.

"Things got really messy after that. I didn't do anything else. After retrieving Chen Zhendong's body, I spent a year avenging him and sending those people to prison. Our wedding was completely ruined. After all, we couldn't have a wedding without one of us."

Jiang Tian took a few steps forward, stood on the mountaintop, and looked into the distance.

"Chen Zhendong is very good to me. Sometimes I hate my fate. Why does it have to be like this? Life is rarely perfect, so why is my life so imperfect?"

"Later, I gradually came to terms with it. In this life, you have to walk your own path. Chen Zhendong accompanied me for a part of the journey, and he certainly doesn't regret it, nor do I."

She called out towards the mountain pass, and a gentle breeze ruffled Jiang Tian's hair. Suddenly, she laughed.

“We made a promise that if we had the chance, we would go back to our hometown. According to him, this is the place where we fell in love, but I guess he was just making it up. But there’s nothing I can do about it. I promised him, so I come here every year. His grave is here according to his wish.”

"In this life, there are many things we can't take with us when we're born or when we die. Since he wants to stay here, I'll just spend more time with him."

A long silence followed.

The mountain breeze was still blowing, like the whispers of lovers.

Jiang Tian continued to smile as she faced the valley.

Xie Linchuan stood behind her, watching her figure.

An indescribable sense of desolation suddenly swept over him.

It turns out that she had such a past.

It turns out she had also deeply loved someone.

Jiang Tian didn't care about his feelings. After she finished speaking, she looked around and finally said to Xie Linchuan, "It's getting dark, let's go down the mountain."

Xie Linchuan nodded.

Xie Linchuan was in a very good mood when he went there.

When he returned, he felt a void in his heart.

After dinner, Jiang Tian read a book for a while.

"...So what do you think of him?"

Jiang Tian turned a page of her book, without looking up, and asked him, "Who are you talking about?"

"Your first love."

“I don’t really watch it. He’s a very nice person, we had a very pleasant time together, he’s loyal and kind, and the years we spent together were very worthwhile.”

"If you ask me why I didn't stay by his side, I can only tell you—some people left, some people stayed. If the person who left truly loved the person who stayed, they wouldn't ask her to follow any dogma. They would only want me to be happy. I don't feel like I lost everything after leaving him."

"Life goes on. I have to live it happily."

Xie Linchuan looked at Jiang Tian.

She can be calm, passionate, affectionate, or rational at times.

She was a contradiction, no wonder her first love was willing to give his life for her.

In this lifetime, how many people can one truly love?

How many people are just making do?

When they reach a certain age, they quickly form a cooperative group through various means to complete a task called having children.

Love is elusive, and not everyone can attain it.

Jiang Tian gained and cherished her love with that man.

Her lover left, but her journey continued, and she continued to live her life according to her own pace—what's wrong with that?

Xie Linchuan felt a great sense of panic.

He couldn't pinpoint the source of this panic, yet it gripped his heart tightly.

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