Love Lies, translated by Zhang Bao 2018.2.21

I studied medicine at a well-known university. My parents couldn't afford to pay for my high school fees, so I had to work on my own, so I worked as a waitress in a restaurant.

It was natural for me to get to know Joey, the restaurateur. He was young and handsome, and he was a millionaire. Within a few months, I fell in love with the job because I was madly in love with my boss and I loved him more than anyone else. When he looked at me with affectionate eyes, my heart kept beating. He spoke to me in a very soft tone, and every word touched my heart. The most wonderful thing in my life was when he came up to me and said to me that he loved me too. At that time, I realized that the man I had a crush on felt the same way as me.

We were a perfect couple, although I always felt very shy with him. I'm glad that this dream is about to come true.

A year later, we are still passionately in love. However, one day, I felt that he was a little wrong with me, and I asked him what was wrong. He looked me in the eye and said words to me that would tear my heart apart. He said he was going to break up with me because I was the biggest mistake of his life and I wasn't fit to have this relationship with him. He even said that I was a girl from a poor family, and he wanted to improve my social status and change my poverty status by finding a rich man.

Hearing this, my heart was broken. Tears kept pouring out of my eyes. I immediately turned around and ran away. I went home and felt very aggrieved, pity, and anger. I lay in bed and vowed never to pay attention to him again, not to love him. That night, I even tried to stop thinking about him and forget about him forever. However, I cried endlessly.

The days flew by day by day, month by month, year by year. On this day, I was napping in a comfortable swivel chair when the secretary tapped lightly on the table, and she reminded me to go see the new patient in room 207.

Now, I am a successful and well-known doctor. I got a house, a car and everything I didn't have before. After several years of hardship and hard work, I finally achieved my goal in life. But I still can't be happy. Time did not heal the wound in my heart. No one can heal that wound except one person.

When I got to room 207, I felt like my heart was going to stop beating. I knew this patient, this thin, pale man lying in a hospital bed, his name was Joey. He is still the man I love dearly, and even though he abandoned me and hurt me, he is also the one who makes me want to succeed.

"Joey, Joey—" I whispered his name. Although his eyes did not open, there was a teardrop in his eye. It shows that he knows that I am there for him. At this time, I saw a letter beside me, so I picked it up and opened it and looked at it, and when I looked at it, tears welled up like a spring.

Hello baby, when you read this letter, I'm afraid I can't wake up because I'm sick, maybe I'm no longer with you. I just want to say I'm sorry to you because I lied. What I said to you last time was all false. I was diagnosed with cancer that day. I don't want you to know, I don't want you to worry about me. I want you to know that if I could start my life all over again, you would still be the person I would choose. But, since I'm dying, I promise you that I will love you until the last moment of my life. Joey.

After I read his letter, he was pronounced dead.