Chapter Five: Editing Love

Some details came from their life and others might have come from an edited past. Unable to tell which was which, he had observed and confirmed each one anew. “I can't prove why I first loved you,” he said. “I can only decide how to love you today.” It should have been exactly what she wanted to hear. His heart remained silent. The next day, Xu Manqing returned to the studio with Chen Jiashu. He would not give up the Shanghai position or admit that concealing it was a betrayal. “I did it for our future,” he said. Once she moves there, she'll understand I chose correctly. Crack. This time, Manqing seemed to hear something too. She set her ring between them. “You didn't just choose Shanghai. You chose forgiveness on my behalf.”