Chapter 150
Boom
A brilliant firework bloomed in the night sky, fleeting, leaving only a few seconds of light.
I stood there, looking up at that moment of brightness.
Not far away, a couple embraced.
The girl tightly grasped the boy’s hand, saying with determination in her eyes: “We must be together forever.”
I watched their silhouettes, and suddenly, a bitter feeling welled up in my heart.
An unprecedented impulse surfaced-
I really wanted to fall in love.
Real love.
Not because of duty, not because of youthful obsession, not a marriage dragged out from misplaced devotion.
Ever since I fell in love with Ferris, I had rejected everyone’s approach, all pursuits.
I had never been in love, and just like that, through countless silences and waiting, I married him.
Even now, I didn’t know what it meant to be truly loved, what love really felt like.
I looked up at the dark night sky, the last firework cutting through the sky, then extinguishing, the world returning to silence.
My eyes misted over, even the night becoming blurred.
In my heart, I softly called out:
“Mom, I regret it.”
I regretted choosing Ferris so firmly back then.
I regretted loving too early, too completely, giving my entire heart to someone who never truly loved me.
If I could do it over again, I wanted to know what it felt like to have an equal relationship.
12:40
Chapter 150
At half past eight, the fireworks completely ended.
The sky returned to darkness, the river breeze was a bit cold but I stood there, reluctant to leave for a long time.
The crowd dispersed.
“Bang!”
The last cluster of fireworks burned out in the night sky, the night fell silent, leaving only the river breeze on my face, carrying a faint coolness.
I stood there dazedly, as if I hadn’t yet emerged from the emotions of a moment ago.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded behind me, steady and heavy.
I didn’t turn around, didn’t move.
“Are you alone?” It was a familiar, deep male voice.
My heart trembled slightly, I slowly turned around, and saw Adrian standing not far away, wearing a dark gray windbreaker, his eyes calm, his gaze resting on me without excess surprise.
“How are you here?” I asked instinctively.
He walked a few steps closer, his gaze turning to the sky where fireworks had just risen: “I heard there were fireworks here tonight, so I came.”
He spoke lightly, as if passing by casually, yet also as if he came deliberately.
I didn’t ask further.
Adrian stood beside me, we stood side by side, neither deliberately distant nor deliberately close.
He looked at the dark night sky and suddenly said: “You just said you regretted it, is it because of him?”
I paused, lowered my head and smiled softly: “You heard that?”
“Not too clearly, but I could guess.”
I didn’t respond, just put my hands in my coat pockets, letting the wind blow past.
“If you had chosen me back then,” he suddenly said, his voice steady but not without emotion, “at least now, it wouldn’t be this kind of ending.”
Jurned to look at him, he was also looking at me, his eyes showing a deep patience.
“Too bad there are no ifs.”
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