Tragic romance Stories: In the Next Life, I Will Still Be Your Bride
Their encounter was purely by chance. Perhaps it was because of their shared fate that they met in a city that didn’t originally belong to them, eventually getting to know, fall in love, and love each other.
His home was in Chengdu, Sichuan, while she came from faraway Northeast China. Neither of their families was well-off, for if they were, they wouldn’t have ventured far from home to lead a life of drifting.
He was 19 that year, and she was 20. They both worked as laborers at a glass factory. He did the physically demanding work of loading and unloading glass. Her job was relatively lighter; she cut glass with a glass cutter.
One day, while she was cutting glass, she accidentally slashed her wrist, severing an artery. Blood gushed out like a flood. At that moment, he happened to be in the workshop moving glass. Seeing this shocking scene, he didn’t have time to think. He immediately rushed over, tore off a sleeve from his shirt, and tightly bound her wrist. At that time, they didn’t know each other, only that they worked in the same factory.
Due to excessive blood loss, she fainted. To save her life, he carried her on his back and ran to the hospital. The hospital was about three miles away from the factory, but he never stopped. He feared that if he did, his coworker’s life would be in danger.
After emergency treatment, she was finally saved. During the 24 hours she was unconscious, he stayed by her side without leaving for a moment. Notably, during the search for a blood donor, he unhesitatingly extended his own arm. After donating 600 milliliters of blood, he could barely stand, but he held on until she was out of danger.
And so, they met.
His name was Qingzhu, and she had a beautiful name, Lan Hua. It was through this incident that they got to know each other.
He often told her about the yellow loess hills of Shaanxi, the cave dwellings, and his poor father who herded sheep every day. She, in turn, told him about the vast wilderness of the Great Northern Wilderness, the towering birch forests, the swirling snow, and the various customs of Northeast China.
And so, they fell in love.
He was a good man who knew how to take care of and cherish his woman. She was a good woman who understood how to care for and be considerate of her man.
They lived together for three years, even though they weren’t married yet.
One day, he said to her, “Let’s get married,” but she didn’t agree. He couldn’t figure out why she wouldn’t marry him, though he knew she loved him deeply, even more deeply than the ocean.
That day, just like any other, he was moving glass when terrible news came—she had fainted while cutting glass and was now in the hospital emergency room. Upon hearing this, he stood there in a daze, letting the glass fall to the floor, shattering into pieces.
When he stumbled into the hospital, she had already regained consciousness. Her face was pale, drained of all color. As he stood by her hospital bed, he couldn’t say a word. Silent tears fell from his eyes.
The doctor told him she had leukemia, and it was already in its late stages. His heart broke. How he wished the illness had struck him instead of her.
He hated that she had kept this from him, but at the same time, he understood why she had refused to marry him.
Her condition worsened day by day, and even the light in her eyes began to fade. Knowing she didn’t have much time left, he held a grand wedding ceremony in the hospital room. That day, she wore a white wedding dress, and with great gentleness, he placed the wedding ring on her finger. Although the ring had cost him all his savings, he had no regrets. The room was filled with orchids.
In that moment, she looked radiant and happy, nothing like a sick person. The hospital director acted as a witness to their wedding.
But she still left, quietly, without a sound, leaving nothing behind. Yet he clearly remembered the promise she made before she departed: “In the next life, I will still be your bride.”
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