Chapter 32: Heart-Wrenching Knife (Part 1) (Second Update)

  Second update seeking recommendations

  Also wrote a bit more about the moving scenes of the protagonist's performance, I recommend everyone to go and watch this play, when I watched it that year, I cried so much...

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  Another Monday, after a day of classes, Kim Hyo-joo did 3 hours of part-time work at the barbecue shop near school and returned home exhausted. She didn't want to watch TV or eat dinner, just took a warm bath, sat around for a bit, then opened her computer which she hadn't touched in days and aimlessly browsed.

  Went to several communities that I used to frequent, and found that after not coming for a few days, they had changed a lot. Many sections were filled with posts promoting a TV series called "Sorry, I Love You", and the administrators who normally delete posts were nowhere to be seen.

  She was a bit puzzled, but didn't pay much attention to it. People like her who love diving usually don't have a strong curiosity and are also more resistant to the behavior of posting everywhere for publicity.

  But today was a bit unusual, Jin Xiaoju wandered around for a while, back and forth, portal websites, music communities, game communities, etc., many places she had been to, all had the shadow of those promotional posts, she felt a little absurd - had this world been occupied by that TV series?

  She thought impatiently and casually opened a topic, the first thing she saw was the poster's apology: "Continuously posting like this will definitely cause trouble to your community and friends, but please read on, because we have reached the most critical moment, urgently need everyone's support, please be patient and read it through, then you'll find that you haven't wasted your time."

  "Attitude is okay!"

  Looking at the apologetic words, Kim Hyo-joo thought that maybe it was because of this point that the administrators of these communities did not delete them. Of course, it may also be related to the "most critical moment" mentioned inside. Anyway, she didn't understand what the most critical moment meant.

  But with the idea that browsing wouldn't take more than a few minutes anyway, she moved the wheel, and the webpage slowly scrolled down, with pictures accompanied by text, unfolding before her eyes in soft brilliance.

  That's a screenshot from the movie "Sorry, I Love You", along with the dialogue. The first thing that catches my eye is a picture of the male and female leads embracing each other like homeless people, sleeping on the ground in a dimly lit underpass. Next to the picture, floating text reads:

  Underground pedestrian walkway, sunset like blood, I hold you and sleep on the ground, I thought we were back to that wandering night in Melbourne, but this time, I'm holding your hand. Uncle, I want to hold your hand and keep walking.

  "The lines are great......" She thought, not knowing why, just such a simple scene, one line, revealed a strong sense of sadness. She hesitated for a moment, this might be a tragedy, she didn't like that kind of plot, mainly because the characters in it were too boring with all the crying and sobbing, however...

  She took another look at the screenshot, thought for a moment, and then decided to take another look.

  The wheel continues to roll.

  The next one seems to be the male lead, carrying a woman on his back, with a desolate and lonely silhouette under the streetlight. The voiceover says: "God, if you really exist, please answer me, in my remaining days, please put her by my side, use this woman as comfort for my remaining life..."

  Below, on the beach, the male and female protagonists smiled as they wrote "Che Wuhe, pervert" and "Song Encai, stone" in the sand. They seemed lively and cheerful, but perhaps due to the gloomy sky inside, she felt a pang of sadness at first glance...

  More pictures are passing by in front of my eyes, without a complete plot summary. In this post, it seems to have just compiled its classic scenes and lines. If another TV series did this as promotion, it would definitely be a flop, but it... somehow works effectively.

  After reading the post, Jin Xiaoju closed her eyes, and those pictures seemed to still be fluttering in front of her. Her heart was tight, as if she couldn't breathe, it's hard to imagine, just looking at these static images, she couldn't help but want to cry out loud, what if it were a TV series?

  After calming down for a while, she went online to search for reviews of the drama. One by one, "heartbreaking to the point of heart collapse" and "crying uncontrollably" were classic comments that made her heart flutter:

  It's been a long time since I last watched TV dramas, how about giving it a try?

  Perhaps it was being moved, perhaps it was just plain curiosity, and then the stir in her heart was confirmed. This night, there were not a few people who had similar decisions like hers, and in every city across the country, there were some people who were affected, preparing to check out this TV series that was touted as "divine" by the internet the next day.

  This promotion is the largest scale since the TV show started, after episode 15 aired this Monday, the increasingly oppressive atmosphere seems to be on the verge of an explosion. Many fans are eagerly awaiting the ending while also promoting it to their friends or joining online promotional campaigns, and the audience is growing like a snowball.

  Similarly, those who had previously watched it but gave up due to the overly sad plot are also planning to return on Tuesday for the finale. They want to see if it can become a classic that will be passed down forever or ultimately be completely ruined.

  As countless people waited with bated breath, the dark night gradually faded away, and the sun brought light, slowly climbing up the sky. The clock hands moved relentlessly past 8, 9, and as it approached 10 o'clock, numerous TVs locked onto KBS2 channel nationwide showed the crimson, beautiful opening scene, slowly unfolding to the final chapter amidst sorrowful music.

  An Junhe was also watching, of course with Zhi Xiu. The moment the music started, his sister's eyes turned red as she sat in her wheelchair, and he couldn't help but laugh: "What's wrong, you're crying before it even starts?"

  "Hmmph!" Zhī Xiù pouted slightly and hummed, rubbing her eyes with her hand, continuing to stare at the TV screen, ignoring him.

  He shook his head and stopped talking, the final plot of the TV series was slowly unfolding. At the time of filming, the director would send a finished episode to the TV station, so he didn't know the specific development of the later plot either. Now he naturally wanted to quietly appreciate his own acting skills.

  S·M company, the rest room that will be occupied by girls during this period of time, was also occupied today. Some boys came over to join in on the fun - the sound of birds chirping and fragrant scents filled the air, but they still went into hiding to practice, which is something only a pervert would do.

  They came to see the girls, as for the movie "Sorry, I Love You" that these girls love to watch, most of them are not interested.

  However, as the plot unfolded slowly on the TV in the corner, perhaps influenced by the soft sobbing of the girls around them, these boys were also unconsciously drawn into it.

  The plot is approaching its end in such silence, with even more oppression than the previous 15 episodes, constantly accumulating in the chests of all viewers. Watching Eun-chae's desperate search, watching Cha Do-jin's confusion at the end of his life, and then seeing him visit his mother for the last time.

  "Make me a meal, I'm hungry!" He asked his mom to take him home and said this to her, somewhat like a spoiled child. His mom suggested ordering takeout, but he stubbornly repeated "Make me a meal, I'm hungry".

  "You're so stubborn, how can I care for you like this?" She didn't realize that the person in front of her was actually her own son's mother. Feeling a bit flustered and exasperated, she hastily cooked him a bowl of instant noodles.

  Steam rose, no side dishes, only a pot of noodles, which he held up in a daze. Behind the white steam was a gaze that was both yearning and reluctant to part with. He ate big mouthfuls, as if it were the most delicious thing he had ever tasted in his life. Then, uncontrollable tears suddenly burst forth.

  "Uggghhh..."

  At that moment, when Che Wuhe suddenly covered his mouth and strongly endured the pain of crying, in front of the TV, countless people also started to sob at the same time. The grief conveyed in that instant, as if it would make one's heart explode, swept through tens of thousands of families like a storm.

  They watched with tearful eyes as he put down the bowl of noodles, lowered his head and walked out of the villa. At the door, from an angle that couldn't be seen by his mother behind the floor-to-ceiling window, he knelt heavily to the ground.

  Then, rush to death calmly.

  The most unfortunate person in the world is one who has no memories at all. As long as I have a beautiful memory, I can be a happy and joyful person.

  These were the words that En Cai had said, but perhaps they suited Che Wu He more. Over the phone, he told En Cai "I'm sorry, I love you", then got on his motorcycle and sped down the road to death.

  Nosebleed slowly flowed down, recalling En Cai at the entrance of the underground passage, again and again telling him "I love you". Recalling five years ago in Australia, once said in front of the camera, wanting to take mom to eat steak, wanting to buy her a beautiful big house, wanting to let her enjoy happiness.

  He, in the screen, began to hold on no longer, weakly smiling, more blood flowing out of his nostrils. As the screen gradually turned white, just before he fell, a beautiful memory from his fantasy started to unfold. There, his mother was saying: "Wu He, son, my little treasure, I love you..."

  At that moment, countless people burst into loud wails, the pent-up pain of kinship that had been brewing throughout the play finally erupted with Wu He's death.

  Even many people watched it for the first time, wanting to see if this drama could continue its tragic tone and become a classic. Commentators were also holding back their heart palpitations and silently shedding tears.

  The story continues, a year later, Encai appears in Australia, as if on a pilgrimage, dressed elegantly, she walks slowly along the roads they once wandered in Melbourne, scenes flashing around her like dreams.

  When they saw this, many people who were still sobbing suddenly thought of what En Cai had said: The most unfortunate thing in the world is to be separated from heaven and man. The happiest thing is that if he leaves, I can only leave to gain happiness, then I will leave.

  The still unrelenting sorrow spread across his heart, and vaguely, they had already guessed the outcome. The undried tears surged out once again.

  In the deeply sorrowful "Snow Flower", under a clear sky, she brings a bouquet of flowers to Wu He's grave, with white clouds in the distance like cotton. She puts down the flowers, looks at his tombstone, strokes the still damp soil on the mound, and slowly lies down.

  A faint voiceover sounded, it was En Cai's voice:

  "In his lifetime, he was so lonely, I couldn't bear to let him be alone again... This life, just this once, I only want to consider myself, live for myself, and I am willing to accept the punishment."

  The camera pans out, under the blue sky and white clouds that seem unchanged, the red lights of the ambulance flash, while the elegant figure lying on the stretcher is quiet, as if asleep, or in another world, she can really find her own happiness...