Every day after school, she would come see the sapling as soon as possible. She would carefully water it, afraid that it would die if she watered too much or too little. She had always been very careful.
And under her meticulous care, the tree survived and grew better day by day. In the end, it grew to the thickness of a wrist.
On her eighteenth birthday, she and John carved their names on the tree. John even added the words 'Together Forever' at the bottom.
Back then, they had truly thought they would be together forever - they would get married, have children, work, wash clothes, and cook together. And when she turned sixty, he would still dote on and spoil her.
When she left abroad, she thought the tree would die since she wasn't around to take care of it anymore. She didn't expect the tree to still be alive and full of vitality.
