The streets of Jiangcheng are still prosperous, neon lights are flashing, and every corner is full of noise and laughter. However, Lin Yi, who is in a hurry, cannot find a trace of warmth in this bustling scene. She always feels that she is one of the lonely shadows, floating in this illusory world.
She has never felt that the city is so indifferent, especially on such a night, looking at those couples walking hand in hand, she suddenly wonders if she has missed something. She was young, had dreams, and thought that she would go to the end with that person. But all kinds of helplessness and changes in life have long taken her away from the future she once dreamed of.
She used to be a passionate person. When she was young, she devoted all her energy to a love affair. At that time, she and Cheng Anding were like two stars floating in the sky, as if all the beauty could find belonging in each other’s eyes. She still remembers the afternoon when they first met, the sun shone on his face through the window. At that moment, time seemed to freeze. She looked at him and smiled, and a throbbing that she had never had before emerged in her heart.
Cheng Anding was the most gentle man she had ever met, with a firmness in his eyes that could not be ignored, but also warmth. They often went to eat his favorite fried chicken together, with a simple table and simple dishes. Sitting opposite him, he always smiled and said unimportant things to her, but she could feel inexplicably happy in these trivial words.
However, happiness also has a time limit. Cheng Anding finally chose to leave, for a simple reason that could even be said to be irrefutable: he found a more suitable person, a woman who could better fit his life plan and give him a more secure future. And Lin Yi seemed to never be able to keep pace with him. She still remembered what he said before he left: “You are special, but we are not suitable.” At that moment, she smiled with a painful self-mockery – she thought they would go on together, but she didn’t expect that they were just passers-by to each other.
He left, but she stayed where she was. She didn’t even dare to look for the person who once loved her deeply. She knew that he had gone far away with his future, and she could only find the meaning of life again in this strange city. She tried to let it go, but every time she looked at the blank space without an answer, she found that she could not get out of it. She began to become taciturn and lived like an insignificant passerby, no longer loving and living as passionately as before.
The city was still busy, and the cold night wind gently brushed her face with a hint of moisture, and she felt a deep loneliness. She once thought that love would make people strong, but after Cheng Anding left, she found herself more vulnerable than before. Those inadvertent glances, those inadvertent memories, always quietly eroded her heart in the dead of night.
However, just when she thought she would live like this, fate gave her an unexpected turn. She met Xiaopeng, a man completely different from Cheng Anding. He was not as gentle and rational as Cheng Anding, but more of an impulse and passion. Xiaopeng was someone she met at a friend’s party. They had completely different personalities and views from the beginning, but strangely produced a deep attraction.
Compared with Cheng Anding, Xiaopeng is more direct and frank. He doesn’t care about her past pain, nor does he care whether she can love again. He just hopes that she can pursue her inner voice in the future. Lin Yi once doubted whether she should be with him. She was afraid of repeating the same mistakes again and getting stuck in them again. However, in the end, she chose to let go of the past and accept the person in front of her. Because she understood that life can’t turn back after all, no matter what the past was, she can only move on.
However, this relationship was not as smooth as she expected. Xiaopeng also gradually became busy and gradually lost his original passion and enthusiasm. The distance between the two people became larger and larger, and Lin Yi began to feel lonely again. She finally understood that the feelings between people sometimes do not depend on how beautiful the encounter is, but whether they can maintain each other’s warmth in countless ordinary days.
She began to understand that love is sometimes not vigorous, but the ordinary dependence of two hearts in a long time. She once thought that if she missed that person, she would miss the happiness of her life, but now she knows that life is full of encounters, and what she missed was just that moment, not that love.
The rain was still falling outside the window, hitting the glass and making a slight sound. Lin Yi stood in front of the window, looking at the city that belonged to her, and her heart was no longer confused. She knew that she would eventually find a piece of tranquility that belonged to her. Maybe her fate with Cheng Anding had already ended, and maybe Xiaopeng was not her final destination, but she knew that in the days to come, she would walk out of her own life in this city and welcome her own sunshine.