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Chapter 2: The Proposal
He came home that night with a bouquet of bellflowers, my favorite. Bellflowers meant loyal, singular love. In his hands, they were a joke. I took them. He thought I had calmed down, so he explained. "Zhong Yaoyao has bone cancer. Her only wish is to marry me. We grew up together. I cannot let her wish go unfulfilled. We will get engaged in three days." "You have always been understanding. You can understand, right?" It was not an explanation. It was a notice. Three days. How convenient. I was leaving in three days. I nodded quietly. In the past, Shen Ling'an could not stand my temper. He said I made scenes over nothing, that I was always asking whether he loved me. So I had learned to swallow it. I had learned to be calm. Now that I was neither shouting nor asking, he looked at me with surprise. "You are really okay with this?" "Yes." He relaxed. "I knew you would be. Yaoyao needs me. After the engagement, we will still be together. Nothing has to change." I looked at the bellflowers on the table. Nothing had to change for him. Everything had already changed for me.
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Chapter 4: The Necklace
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