Chapter 20 — Wu Yang Flower – Jade Snow Palace

I don't love anyone anymore. That heart died once, then came back to life again, and soon there was no more room for anyone else to enter. There are times…I will wonder. Occasionally, I will still think of him. Where is Tieu Quyet now? Does he live peacefully? Does it still exist in this world? But it was just a fleeting thought, then let the wind blow it away. We are like two lines that once intersected at a single point. After that intersection, each person rushes towards their own horizon, going further and further, never to meet again. That's... good. That winter, Jiangnan poured down a huge snowfall that was rare in hundreds of years. The whole Thanh Nguyet Cu was immersed in immense white, snow covered the eaves, covered the lake, covered every tree branch, so beautiful that it seemed like a watercolor painting had just been lightly touched by someone. I put on a sheepskin coat and stood in the hallway, looking at the snow flying across the sky. Fragile snowflakes fall, spin in the air, and then quietly touch our hands. I reached out my hand and picked up a flower. In just a moment, it melted in the palm of my hand, leaving behind a fragile wetness - exactly like the life span of me and him, both short and long, lasting as long as two lifetimes. I don't know why, I suddenly burst out laughing. A real smile, not forced, not bitter. In our previous life, we died on a snowy night, that was the end. In this life, when we meet again in the snow and rain of Jiangnan, it becomes another beginning - not his and my beginning, but our own beginning. A new life, belongs to us. I raised my head to look at the pale gray sky in the distance and spoke softly in the sound of snow and wind:

“Tieu Quyet.” “Thank you.” “And…” “From now on, we will never see each other again.”

Snow fell more and more thickly, gradually covering the roof, covering the path, covering the old traces of the past. Those engraved memories, along with the white snow, also gradually faded away. I know, from this moment on, I am truly free. (FULL TEXT)