Some people say, "Man is born alone." But Tagore wrote in The Birds: "I believe that among the stars there is a star that leads my life through the unknowable darkness." "We are in the dark, perhaps just to find the star. In the endless inky star sea, what a lucky and rare thing it is to meet such a star that favors you.
The protagonists of this issue of "The Last Subway" Xu Chang and Luo Jianan are each other's exclusive stars, they redeem each other and lead each other out of the abyss in the dark, in other words, as long as you are there, I love this world.
On Valentine's Day, February 14, on this special day full of sweet factors, we met them, Luo Jianan holding flowers and Xu Chang with smiling eyes.
As post-95s, when some of their peers lingered at the fork in the road of love and hesitated, they had already boldly signed a "lifelong contract". Married for nearly 3 years, unlike other couples who get along day and night, they are in a different place and can only see each other once every two weeks.
Although it is difficult to meet, he will still plot a surprise on Valentine's Day, and suddenly appear downstairs with her beautiful flowers and a loving him.
▲ Delicate and magnificent flowers and full of love
Lin Huiyin said: "Our meeting is meaningful only when you also want to see me." Her longing lover suddenly appeared within reach, and the surging emotion made her smile uncontrollably, saying "This is the highlight of my happiness" while asking her friend to record the moment with her mobile phone.
"Distance is to love what wind is to fire, it blows out those weak, it fuels those strong." This little long-distance couple, exuding the envy of others and infecting us. They make us understand that distance has never been a real obstacle to love.
She worked while studying in graduate school, he concentrated on his doctorate, and in the days apart, they worked hard towards a common goal, on their own paths, and they were in the same step, and they would eventually cross the mountains and rivers at the right time and get together.
Life is a lonely train, but on the established track, you meet a different scenery, and then everything becomes romantic.
"Some things are destined for fate." When she said this with determination and told us the story of the license, we understood how unrelenting their love was, like the most romantic bridge in the storyline.
"We are the parents who got married first, and saw each other later." The two who went in both directions unswervingly chose each other, and since then, one life and one couple, one meal and one meal. In their eyes, the rules and conditions of the world are nothing compared to the heart-to-heart love between the two.
"I wanted to sign up for a class for the public examination, it cost 50,000, and he said, 'Wife, you don't have to think about this, you just go and study', I knew he didn't have the money, but I still thought, yes, it's him."
Some people, who have a hundred candies, give you only one, while others, who have none, also have to find a way to give you one. It is this kind of preference that can give her all the preference, giving her enough security. In the bustling sea of people, because of him, she also has the confidence and capital to stride forward.
When we delve deeper into their stories, we understand why they are so determined to choose each other.
"It feels like that sad little girl has always lived in my heart, even though I'm in my twenties." "There was a scene that was always in my mind, I was crouching in front of my house, and inside the door was the sound of my parents arguing and fighting."
Happy people are healed by childhood all their lives, and unhappy people heal childhood with their lives, and they all belong to the latter.
Similar family background and childhood trajectory, but two flowers of different colors have grown, she is enthusiastic, pursues self-happiness, he is restrained, and develops according to the expectations of others. They are like two complementary puzzle pieces, just you, fortunately you.
"I'm like a plant in a fixture that can only grow the way they want, without the slightest deviation." Because of his native family, he constantly put pressure on himself and built invisible walls in all directions to trap himself. And the girl who pays attention to "the most important thing about her own happiness" breaks the wall and enters his dark world. "If it weren't for him, I don't know what the future would be." The calmness and responsibility in his bones also gave the girl an unprecedented sense of security.
▲ From his sincere confession
"Thank you for having you in my life." Two people who walk through the thorns become each other's light that illuminates each other in the darkest moment, and from then on, the mountains and rivers are lovely, and the world is worth it.
Pure love mixed in, soothing each other's restless souls.
Maybe the original family can't choose, but in the future they have each other, in their own small home, heal each other, cling to each other, feel the fireworks in the world together, watch the sunrise and sunset, and blossom and thank you.
At this moment, she is making trouble, he is laughing, this is the quiet appearance of the family in the most years.
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Director / Li Weipeng
Typesetting, Writing / Li Dandan
Design / clothing
The country's first new documentary series focusing on the lives of urban people, deeply explore the urban night return people and see the ordinary in the world.
We believe that every ordinary person who loves life is running hard and bravely embracing the world; Every stranger who passes by in a hurry has a sea of life worth recording; We also believe that this era needs someone to record its reality, record its temperature.
"The Last Subway" is the story of the strangers you and I meet who commute every day, the story of every city that returns home at night for their dreams, and the story of you and me.