Gu Le never imagined things would end this way with Qiu Yuehai. Just as he never imagined they'd become bosom …
Gu Le never imagined things would end this way with Qiu Yuehai.
Just as he never imagined they'd become bosom friends in the first place.
Their friendship had begun in an unexpected way and now ended in one too—such is the capriciousness of fate, beyond human reckoning.
It all started with the girl's request before she left: Don't tell Qiu Yuehai.
It wasn't that they had a quarrel. She just didn't want to drag him into danger."If Big Brother Yuehai knew, he'd charge headlong after me," she'd said with a laugh.
"But you—you've always been restrained."
Yes. Restrained. And so, restrained as ever, Gu Le kept her secret. Watched her leave. Then lost her trail entirely.
The girl's whereabouts became a mystery—one he couldn't bring himself to share with Qiu Yuehai.
Why? First, he'd promised. Second, the guilt was too heavy.
He'd intended to reveal the truth once he found answers himself. So when Qiu Yuehai turned away, Gu Le stayed silent and vanished into the jianghu alone.
Years later, after untold hardship, he finally uncovered the answer.
But when he gathered the girl's bones gently into his arms, he realized the truth was even harder to confess than the mystery itself.
Some lies become lifelong burdens.
All he could do was watch Qiu Yuehai leave in anger, heave a long sigh, and bury the story's bitterness in his own heart.