She was close.
She gently took his hand.
Xie Jingchen's whole body stiffened.
But he didn't dare turn around.
He was afraid that it was all... just a dream.
Time passed.
Their lives gradually changed.
Lu Wanxing began to learn how to care for him.
She learned to cook.
Even though the first dish was almost inedible.
Xie Jingchen still ate it all.
"Is it delicious?"
She asked.
He nodded.
"Delicious."
She looked at him for a long time.
Then she laughed.
"You're such a bad liar."
But this time...
her smile was truly gentle.
Three years later.
She gave birth to a baby boy.
The baby looked very much like Xie Jingchen.
Every time he saw his son, he would be stunned for a long time.
As if he couldn't believe it was all real.
One evening.
Lu Wanxing held her son and sat on the sofa.
Xie Jingchen had just returned home.
She looked at him and softly called out,
"Jingchen."
He turned his head.
"Yes?"
She looked at him for a long time.
Then suddenly said,
"I love you."
Those three words...
Caused the cup in Xie Jingchen's hand to fall to the floor.
Shattered.
He stood frozen.
His eyes reddened.
"...Can you say it again?"
Lu Wanxing smiled.
"I said..."
"I love you."
This time...
Xie Jingchen couldn't hold back anymore.
He stepped forward and hugged her and the baby tightly.
Like hugging his whole world.
But...
That happiness only lasted two more years.
One morning...
Lu Wanxing suddenly felt dizzy.
Everything before her eyes blurred.
She fell down.
The sound of her son crying rang out.
Then...
everything plunged into darkness.
When she opened her eyes again.
Blazing white light.
The familiar smell of disinfectant.
She lay on the hospital bed.
Her body felt heavy.
A nurse saw her wake up and immediately called the doctor.
"The patient is awake!"
Rushing footsteps.
The doctor examined her for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally, you're awake."
Lu Wanxing asked hoarsely:
"...Where is Jing Shen?"
No one answered immediately.
She asked again.
"Where is my husband?"
The nurse bowed her head.
After a while, she whispered:
"...You've been in a coma for half a year."
Lu Wanxing's mind went blank.
"Half a year...?"
"And my child...?"
The nurse was surprised.
"...My child?"
"You've never had a child."
Her heart suddenly turned cold.
"Impossible..."
"My son...is only three years old..."
The entire ward fell silent. The doctor looked at her with pity.
"Miss Lu."
"Perhaps you were dreaming."
Her world began to crumble.
"No..."
"It can't be a dream..."
"Where is Jing Shen?!"
She almost screamed.
Finally.
A nurse couldn't bear it any longer.
She spoke very softly.
"...He passed away."
The atmosphere in the room froze.
Lu Wanxing looked at her.
"...What?"
The nurse said tremblingly,
"The day you were shot..."
"Mr. Xie rushed forward and hugged you."
"The bullet hit him."
"He was brought to the hospital at the same time as you..."
Her voice choked.
"But... when the ambulance arrived..."
"He didn't make it."
Lu Wanxing felt her heart being torn apart.
"No..."
"No..."
She shook her head frantically.
"Impossible..."
"He hugged me this morning..."
"He even said he'd be home for dinner tonight..."
"He even..."
Her voice choked up.
The nurse looked at her.
Tears fell.
"Miss Lu..."
"That... was just a dream while you were in a coma."
Lu Wanxing lay there.
Her whole body trembled.
Memories of five years of cold indifference.
Cruel words.
His gentle gaze.
All of it flooded back at once.
In that dream.
Heaven had given her a chance.
Given her to love him.
Given her to say the three words "I love you."
Given her to live a happy life.
But when she woke up...
He was gone.
Lu Wanxing burst into tears.
Her cries were so painful that the entire ward fell silent.
She clutched her chest.
As if her heart were about to break.
"Cảnh Thâm..."
"I didn't even have time to truly love you..."
"How could you leave before me..."
Only then did I realize that those happy illusions were just my fantasies, that everything was unreal, and that I could never say... "I love you."