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As I quietly watched her, Zheng Qingling suddenly grabbed my sleeve, tears streaming down her face. "It isn't you who fell into the fog, so how could you know my pain? Do you know how hard I've worked? Do you know how much I've endured? Do you know what I've done for you...? Why am I the only one who can't? Why..."
I raised my other hand, wanting to pat her head and comfort her, but in the end, I lowered it again.
She was right. I wasn't the one who had fallen into the fog, so I couldn't represent what she was feeling at that moment. If I were the one yearning for something unattainable, I wouldn't have any more paths to choose from than she did.
I sighed and said, "Qingling, I've seen all your efforts. But sometimes, aren't people always longing for things they can't have? It's precisely because they can't obtain them that they strive to do so. But does that mean everything they went through on the road to success is unimportant? I think everything you gain while living should be what matters most. As for me, I'm merely one of the milestones on your road to success."
"There really isn't any way..." Zheng Qingling's tears still wouldn't stop. She actually knew that a relationship between us was impossible; she simply didn't want to let go of the only possibility.
Perhaps I had inadvertently given her an example of a possibility becoming reality. Or perhaps she had driven herself into a dead end. Regardless, the facts could not be changed.
I shook my head and said, "Qingling, my love for you comes from the love I have for my own child. It's different from other kinds of love.