His heart had felt as though it had been stabbed with a knife—a pain that he hadn't been able to describe to this day.
He quietly hung up on Wu Hao and stood there for a long time without moving. He then received approval from his supervisor and flew to Beijing without caring about anything else.
He had never thought that his beloved would find someone better than him, hold another man's hand, or be in a relationship with someone else, or much less marry someone else.
After arriving in Beijing, he waited for her until late into the night outside of her college dorm. His world crashed when he saw her getting out of a luxury car. He flew back to his military station that same night.
Instead of returning to his dorm, he settled in a restroom for privacy and chain-smoked as his depression worsened. By the end, he had decided to cut all connection with her. His depression had finally crushed him, and despite his strong will he cried like a baby.
