Love is the life we weave together with our hearts.
Love is the unwavering promise between you and me through thick and thin.
Love is your hand, soothing my wounds.
Love is listening to your sorrows and joys with my heart.
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I have come into this world, let the storms and whirlpools rage on.
This is your promise of love, letting me see the sunlight shimmer.
Love embraces me, I can feel its caress.
Even if life gives me endless pain and torment
I still feel there's more happiness.
I feel happier
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A high-pitched voice emanated from Xiang Honglian's frail body, sounding particularly desolate in the biting cold wind.
Lin Yao knew this song; Xiang Honglian often hummed it in the office, and even when she lowered her pitch, Lin Yao could still feel the song's grandeur.
Lin Yao didn't quite understand the song "Love Is You and Me" before, but he felt that the lyrics were very accurate in light of his own experience.
But at this moment, Lin Yao had a new understanding and new experience of that song. He suddenly felt that this is how life is. Although life has endless suffering and torment, there is more happiness. As long as people pursue and experience it, happiness will come to everyone.
The song has a very high pitch. With Xiang Honglian's singing level, she could only scream towards the end. But Lin Yao could still hear the essence of the song from her imperfect voice. It conveyed the song's original flavor, its reflections on life, its aspirations for the future, and its acceptance of past suffering.
Everything was released in this scream, leaving Lin Yao deeply shaken.
An indescribable feeling suddenly arose in Lin Yao. He felt as if the whole world had changed. The dark and cold walls, the bare trees with only a few buds, and the lawns lacking greenery all suddenly became lively. A sense of vitality suddenly surged throughout the world.
The trees came alive, the buildings came alive, the whole earth came alive.
Lin Yao's senses were uncontrollably released, spreading further and further, becoming clearer and clearer. He could even hear the heartbeats of everyone far away, so firm and so full of life.
A toddler wriggles in its mother's arms as it learns to speak; a chubby dog picks up a soft ball; a car whizzes by, and the driver and passengers are all smiles... All of these things appear in Lin Yao's mind, perfectly clear and without any confusion, as if they have multiplied into countless forms, appearing simultaneously in a vast area, experiencing everything.
Xiang Honglian screamed at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her cheeks, holding the rose high in her hand as if to send it to the heavens.
Undisturbed, Lin Yao continued to contemplate and meditate, his soul being elevated.
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When Lin Yao regained consciousness, he saw Xiang Honglian sitting on the steps of the flower bed by the street, bent over, her hands supporting her chin, staring intently at the ground not far ahead, lost in thought.
Quiet and graceful, Xiang Honglian no longer resembled a gold digger; she had become a pure young girl, lost in thought.
Lin Yao sensed the duality of human nature in Xiang Honglian. On one hand, she was trying to marry a rich man using the limited resources she had, all for the sake of her father's and her own future. On the other hand, this girl also had her own thoughts and attitudes, but when the two sides clashed fiercely, she chose to back down, suppress her personality, and choose to depend on others for a living, like a dodder vine.
Fortunately, after venting to Honglian, she did not disturb Lin Yao, who was standing on the side of the street thinking, otherwise such a rare insight would have been interrupted.
Thinking of this, Lin Yao felt both fortunate and grateful. He realized that this seemingly calculating woman was actually quite thoughtful and considerate of others. Since that was the case, he might as well help her in the future, as a way of repaying a debt of gratitude, even if the woman didn't know how important it was for him to have some peace and quiet earlier.
The phone rang, and Lin Yao answered it. It was Xia Yuwen. This was the first time she had taken the initiative to call Lin Yao, instead of relying on Lan Xiaoqing or being pressured by her elders to call him as before. This in itself was of great significance.
After hanging up the phone, an excited Lin Yao suddenly realized he didn't know how to bring it up with Xiang Honglian. He had asked Xiang Honglian to skip work with him and they had even said they would spend an afternoon together, but things didn't go as planned and he had to stand her up immediately.
"What? You're on a date? Is it your girlfriend?" Xiang Honglian keenly noticed Lin Yao's expression and took the initiative to ease his embarrassment. "Go on, go on, spend some quality time with your girlfriend. These days, there aren't many girls who don't care about money or status. Treat her well."
Lin Yao was about to explain that she wasn't quite his girlfriend yet, but he didn't want to say it that way. So after mumbling a few words, he prepared to call a taxi and leave. As for Xiang Honglian, Lin Yao knew she would only take the bus home if it wasn't necessary. This girl was quite frugal, even though she was somewhat materialistic.
"By the way, are you a rich kid here to show off?"
Xiang Honglian threw out a sentence behind Lin Yao, almost causing him to trip and fall. He thought to himself, "Did I really fail at pretending? My colleague actually saw through me?"
Fortunately, Xiang Honglian's next words dispelled his concerns; it turned out to be a false alarm.
"But it doesn't seem like it. What pretentious playboy would want others to call him 'Little Lin'? It sounds like a eunuch's name." Xiang Honglian shook her head, scrutinizing Lin Yao's figure as if she wasn't the one who had just expressed her true feelings. "The two new colleagues are more like pretentious ones, especially the tall, strong one, who's practically strutting around with his nose in the air. I bet you're just a relative of General Manager Yang, or the kid of one of his comrades or friends, relying on nepotism to coast through work and get by so you can give your family an explanation, right?"
"Mm." Lin Yao turned around and nodded heavily. Fortunately, the taxi had already stopped, so he quickly waved goodbye and left.
"Yaoyao, did you have another epiphany just now?" Xiaocao's voice rang in her mind, her tone full of surprise. She wasn't sure about Lin Yao's experience just now, only having a vague feeling about it.
"Yes, I can feel it. The world seems bigger and clearer, but it's different from the feeling a few days ago. Last time, I was only inside my own body. This time, I feel the outside environment. It's like I've merged with the environment and am looking at the world with countless eyes."