Urban Love Stories: I Don’t Want to Leave You Alone
She loves cats and her drawings of cats are lifelike. Her family calls her “Mimi,” but she has never seen her own drawings. She was born with congenital cataracts, leaving her with only light perception and the ability to distinguish colors.
In a school for the blind, she met him. She learned piano tuning, and he studied traditional Chinese massage. Love for them was equally happy and sweet. They rented a small room less than 9 square meters and got married. She said, “In the future, we will definitely live in a big house, very spacious, where we can walk around without bumping into things.” He held her hand, as if giving her strength, and promised her a future.
That year, on New Year’s Eve, the landlord asked them to move out immediately. They were truly at a dead end. That night, in the cold little room, they discussed finding a new place on New Year’s Day. Life seemed hopeless.
On the fifth day of the new year, they packed their things again and were forced to move. Moving was harder for them than for ordinary people; they had to touch everything to pack and touch everything again to place it in the new location. She rode a tricycle, and he pushed from behind. She didn’t know that he was already in tears. He proposed a divorce, saying, “I haven’t been able to give you happiness. You should go find your own happiness.” She punched him hard and said, “Do you think I’m a coward? No matter how hard it gets, we will shoulder it together.”
Life gradually improved. He became a massage therapist, and she opened her own piano tuning company. They took out a mortgage and finally had a small home. But fate wasn’t ready to stop testing them. She developed a tumor in her abdomen and needed immediate surgery. She also had asthma, making surgery very risky. But she told him, “Don’t worry, I will be fine. I haven’t lived enough yet.” What she really thought was that the mortgage was a big expense every month. If she was gone, he couldn’t afford it and would be homeless again. For his sake, she had to survive. She didn’t want to leave him alone in this world.
What they feared happened: she developed asthma complications during surgery, and her heart stopped beating at one point. Waiting outside the operating room, he felt empty inside as nurses went in and out. He couldn’t imagine life without her and how he would face the long future alone.
At that moment, fate loosened its grip on her hand, and she survived the critical situation. They moved into their new house. She said, “Let’s go take a wedding photo!” He agreed readily; he was willing to do anything to make her happy.
Wedding photos for a blind couple? It sounded like a fantasy to the studio staff. She laughed beautifully and said, “I’ve never seen myself as a blind person, and I never complain or feel inferior. Our hearts are brighter than anyone else’s.”
People who saw their photos envied them; their happiness was clearly written on their faces.
The protagonists of this story now live in Beijing. Her name is Chen Yan, and his name is Guo Changli. They have been together since 20xx and married since 20xx.
Love doesn’t change because of physical imperfections; it only changes because of impurities in the heart. Facing this blind couple who have walked through life’s storms together, can we still doubt love? If we do, it’s only because we don’t love enough ourselves.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
