Chapter 242: Past, Present, Future ( 1 )
Noticing the concern in Yan Yuling’s voice, Jin Zhiwen smiled and replied, "I’m much better now."
Yan Yuling looked at her father for a moment before saying, "These past days, I have thought a lot about our family. To be honest, I can’t completely forgive you for what you did to my mother back then. But I know my mother wouldn’t want me to resent you."
"Before she passed away, she showed me a photo of you and her. In that photo, I could see that both of you loved each other and were very happy. I only want to know what happened back then that made you leave my mother."
When Jin Zhiwen heard this, he sighed and looked out the window.
After a long silence, he said, "Back then, I was just a boy from a poor single-parent family, while she was the daughter of a wealthy family. The first time I met her, I was 15 years old. She came to the mainland from Shanghai as an exchange student."
"I knew that our family backgrounds were worlds apart but I was still attracted to her like a moth to a flame. I fell for her from the first time I saw her, but I knew it was impossible for us. So, I tried to distance myself from her. Yet, she kept approaching me, making me yearn for more."
"We went to the same high school and university. After seven years, it was still her who confessed to me when I didn’t even have the courage to take a step toward her. For the first time in my life, I was greedy and wanted to ignore everything just to be with her," he said with a bittersweet smile.
Taking a deep breath, Jin Zhiwen continued, "I thought that as long as I worked hard, we would be able to be together forever. But reality hit me hard. During our short two years together, I was so happy. It was the happiest time of my life."
"When her father came to find me, I realized how naive I had been. Compared to her family, I was nothing. With just a word from her father, I lost my job and my scholarship. Even my mother couldn’t get treatment for her illness."