The world's appalling love story (1) translated by Zhang Baotong 2017.8.29

1. Eternal love

On this day, Amanda was at work when she received a very beautiful bouquet of flowers. She counted the 11 flowers in the bouquet, and there was a note in the bouquet that read, "I will love you until the last flower of this bouquet withers and withers." ”

It was a flower and a message sent to her by her husband, who was on a business trip, but she was puzzled by the sentence on the note, and she couldn't even understand it. When she came home from work in the evening, she put the bouquet in a water-soaked bottle. As the days passed, the flowers began to wilt and fade, and slowly became less bright and beautiful, and even dried up and withered after that. However, there is still a branch of flower, which is still so delicious and bright, and has not changed color or withered at all. So, she picked up the flower and looked at it, and it turned out to be an artificial flower. Only then did she understand the meaning of the sentence on the note, it turned out that this flower would never wither and wither.

2. The belief in love

In 1975, Charlotte Wyn Sledwin was a 19-year-old student at the Royal Swedish Academy when she learned that there was a very famous painter in India. The painter was born into a very poor family of the lowest race, known as the untouchables in India, but his painting skills and fame are known to many people around the world. So, Charlotte wanted him to paint a portrait of herself. So, she traveled by plane to India and found the painter named Padimna Kumar Mohanandi. It is true that the painter's living conditions were too difficult and too poor, but it was in these extremely difficult conditions that the painter earned himself a great reputation, and it was because of this great reputation that Charlotte Wyn Sladerwin had to make a long trip to India to obtain the portrait he had painted for her.

Originally, she only planned to stay here for a few days, and when the portrait was finished, she would leave. However, by the time her portrait was finished, the two of them had fallen in love with each other. Padim was fascinated by Charlotte's beauty, and he painted many Western women, but he had never seen a woman as beautiful as Charlotte. He wanted to show all the beauty captured in her in this portrait, but he felt that he could not do it anyway. But no matter what, this portrait is still very beautifully painted. And Charlotte also fell deeply in love with this simple and sincere painter. For this reason, she changed her mind and decided to stay in India for a few more days, but now she was going to stay for a few more weeks or months. The two of them loved each other so much that they were so inseparable that they decided to marry and start a family according to Indian traditions and rituals.

They had been together for a long time, but in order to complete her research in London, Charlotte had to rush to England as soon as possible. India and England were thousands of miles apart, and in order not to be cut off by a long separation, they kept in touch by correspondence. They agreed to send each other a letter every week. Of course, the huge distance of space has caused the newlyweds to suffer a lot emotionally. Charlotte wants to buy her husband a plane ticket and ask him to fly straight over to meet her. But she was rejected by her husband. He decided to finish one of his studies first, but also wanted to achieve the reunion he loved most in his life in his own way. He even assured her that he would do everything possible to see her again.

After completing his studies in Padimna, he sold all his possessions. Unfortunately, the money he got wasn't even enough to buy a plane ticket. All he could afford was a cheap and worn out bike. This situation may be a big disappointment for many people, and even make many people give up. But Padimna didn't give up, and he didn't want any predicament to stop him from seeing his beloved wife. He decides to use everything he has to see her again. No obstacle could stop him from seeing his wife, even if he had to do it by bicycle.

His decision was to ride a bicycle from India to the Western world. Padimna took all his drawings and brushes with him so that he could financially support him during his travels. He cycled through eight countries for four months before finally arriving in his hometown of Charlotte, Sweden, where he met his wife. Since then, the two of them have never been separated for too long.