The Eight-Year Lie： Shattered Vows and a Vengeful Heart - Chapter 4
Xu Ge’s mother had cancer, which unfortunately recurred after his proposal. To care for her, we postponed everything. By the time Xu Ge’s mother’s condition improved, it was already the following year.
In April, the weather was still a bit cool. We took our wedding photos. For aesthetics, I chose light, airy dresses. Xu Ge was incredibly worried, and every time we finished a shot, he would immediately wrap a blanket around me, afraid I’d get cold.
Our wedding photos were taken at the school. Xu Ge had gone to great lengths to arrange it because he wanted us to solidify our relationship where our love began.
The wedding photos were beautiful. He said I was stunningly beautiful, holding my cold photos tightly. Later, he probably realized, came over and hugged me, his voice very soft, with a sense of relief, “Baby, do you know I still have one wish?”
Yes, the marriage certificate.
But the custom on our side was to get engaged first. Xu Ge handled the entire engagement party himself. He didn’t want me to be tired, saying he just wanted me to marry him happily.
The engagement was in mid-May, the sixth year of our love. He even found someone to pick an auspicious date for our marriage certificate, which was set for late May. It was hard to imagine him, a staunch materialist, doing something like that. The wedding date was also set for the third day of June. The weather wouldn’t be too hot, Xu Ge said, so I wouldn’t sweat in my wedding dress and my makeup wouldn’t run.
As I stood on stage in the moon-white gown Xu Ge had carefully chosen, exchanging engagement rings, I truly felt that all the luck in my life was in meeting him.
But now.
Looking at the ring on my left middle finger, I fiercely pulled it off and threw it hard to the ground. The ring hit the floor with two clear sounds, then disappeared.
No matter how precious it was, once it was dirty, it was dirty.
After graduation, Xu Ge joined a public institution. After two years of hard work, he had a great opportunity for promotion.
By chance, I saved the only son of his top superior. His superior’s family treated me like an honored guest, and naturally, that’s how his promotion opportunity came about.
I desperately wanted him to experience the feeling of a shattered dream too.
I put Xu Ge’s silver ring, along with the B-ultrasound report, into my bag, put away my phone, walked out, and started to touch up my makeup in front of the mirror. The tear stains were gradually covered, and the woman who had almost cried herself to death moments ago soon looked radiant again.
I knew very well that momentary pain could only temporarily break a person, while long-term, continuous pain was like a lingering illness, slowly eroding the heart and lungs. A blunt knife kills the most painfully.
My eight years of cherished love, shattered in an instant. Well, if I wasn’t going to leave him with half a life, no one would have an easy time.
