Novel E Era - Auctioning Love

Author: The Fallen One
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Green tea leaves were densely displayed on the board. A dish name caught her attention. "I'd like to drink 'If the British Were in Love.'" "Sure." Taozi replied. While mixing the drink, Taozi said, "You haven't heard its story, have you?" Fuyun nodded. "It was invented by a British person. The story is about a pair of good friends who fell in love with the same woman. The inventor of this tea was a step too late. His friend confessed his love to the woman, who accepted him. They fell in love and eventually got married, but the inventor never gave up. He still had a secret crush on the girl and never married. It wasn't until his friend passed away due to illness that he finally confessed his love to the woman. Although it had a happy ending in the end, it had already been forty years. He spent forty years waiting for the woman he loved. This tea is a tribute to those forty years of waiting."
After hearing the story, Fuyun was speechless with astonishment. "It's incredible, isn't it? How a love can last so long." Taozi added to the conversation. "Alright." Taozi opened the lid and poured the tea into the cup. "This tea has a special feature—it's gray green tea. Try it!" Fuyun took a light sip and looked at the dull gray color in the cup, pondering deeply, "Doesn't deep waiting always end up being shrouded in gray?"
If human relationships were like a marketplace, love would keep passing hands among the crowd. Since he had insisted on passing on this love, I had to make the decision to enter into a binding contract. Moreover, even if the memories we shared were auctioned off, they couldn't sell all the memories I had of him, nor could they bring back the depth of my love for him. So, I decided to preserve this love in a way I could accept.