Love Adventure
Television programs often interview celebrity couples, asking them about their most romantic memories. The answers often revolve around flying back from the West Coast and having lunch together before flying back, or something similar.
Is that the most romantic? Can it compare to the story below?
He was a prisoner, confined within high walls for nearly two decades. He could make calls to the outside world at designated times, but he didn’t know who to call because those familiar numbers had either been changed or were no longer answered.
One day, he tried dialing a friend’s number. On the other end was a female voice, clearly a wrong number. However, he couldn’t bring himself to hang up; the voice was gentle and soothing, so he listened in a daze for a while.
After hanging up, he found himself haunted by that voice. At the next opportunity, he inexplicably dialed the same number again.
This time, the girl was annoyed and asked him not to harass her, then promptly hung up. When he dialed again, there was no answer.
Luck was on his side, as one day he couldn’t resist dialing again, and the girl happened to be in a good mood due to a raise at work, so she chatted with him. They talked until he said, “Sorry, my time is up,” and the call ended.
“What do you mean by ‘my time is up’?” The girl was curious, unconsciously realizing that she was actually waiting for that mysterious call. During their next conversation, he candidly told her everything about himself. He didn’t want anything from her, just to hear her voice, nothing more.
She was a kind-hearted girl and thought that talking on the phone wasn’t a complicated matter. If chatting could help and encourage the person behind the high walls, why should she refuse him?
As time went on, she found herself somewhat reliant on this phone call. If the scheduled time passed without his call, she would feel restless.
I can understand the reason behind this – he was wholeheartedly devoted. In this day and age, can you still find someone who is wholeheartedly devoted?
She went to see him, waited for his sentence to be reduced, and now they have formed a happy little family, with a child.
But initially, everyone around them thought she was crazy. What did she see in him? It was too risky.
I once interviewed a couple who had been married for sixty years. They had eloped to Yan’an amidst gunfire and bullets, and to this day, they are as sweet as ever. What is romance? Adventure is romance. Nowadays, young people think their elders’ love lives are plain and lack romance, devoid of sports cars or sparkling diamond rings. But the truth is, the marriages today lack romance the most because they lack daring.
But is a marriage that lacks daring truly safe?
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
