Standing Next To You

A man in his thirties stood before the she-devil's grave, under everyone's watchful eyes. He dropped a flower into her coffin, his tone dripping with mockery. "Congrats on your death." The next year he returned, saying, "I won. You lost to me and I will live well. Just rot in there." Another year passed, and he came again. "I have a pretty girlfriend and I will marry next year. My life is good. Nothing to worry about." Yet another year, and he was back. "I will stop visiting and forget you! My life is better without you! See, I live well!" But he continued to visit each year thereafter. People said he was haunted by his so-called arch-enemy, that even in death, the devil did not let him go. Standing before her grave, his once handsome face had aged and wrinkled. "Bei Sangyun, I cursed you. You are not allowed to rest in peace. You must be suffering there like me, right? You devil..." He might have been the last one standing, but his life was as dead and empty as hers. He did not live well; he never married, and his heart was never at peace. It was all the fault of one person. ***** Bei Sangyun was a big bully in high school, targeting the skinny boy in her grade, Fei Chuan. They were classmates once in kindergarten and met again in high school. But one day, just a year before graduation, the big bully suddenly changed. One day, Fei Chuan hesitantly opened his locker. The big bully had mentioned leaving something inside. He didn't really want to open it, fearing a poisonous snake would emerge. However, his report card was also there. With gritted teeth, the young boy opened it. Instead of something hideous, he found a bright pink letter sealed with a little heart sticker. It turned out, the surprise was scarier than a snake. Was this a new form of torture? From then on, Bei Sangyun relentlessly pursued young Fei Chuan until they eventually got married. ****** This is a story of rebirth. Two arch-enemies who could not coexist under the same sky became sweet lovers.