It was a summer afternoon in 1997, and 23-year-old Wu Yanzu had just finished participating in a martial arts competition, winning a good ranking, and he was in a very happy mood.
In a hurry, he passed a girl with long blond hair outside a café on the street, and the eyes of the two met at that moment.
Wu Yanzu was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look back at the girl a few times. She has bright eyes and bright teeth, a tall figure and three-dimensional facial features unique to a mixed-race child. At the same time, the girl also turned around and showed a shy smile to Wu Yanzu.
It turned out that the girl was 18-year-old Maggie Lee, a mixed-race model from the United States. This is how two young men and women met by chance on the streets of Hong Kong.
Wu Yanzu took the initiative to introduce himself, and Li Meiqi also responded gently, and the two quickly talked eloquently and hit it off at first sight.
Wu Yanzu found that Li Meiqi not only has an outstanding appearance, but also a simple and lovely heart. Many of her small ideas coincide with Wu Yanzu, and both of them have a strong interest in literary films and exotic customs.
In the back and forth exchanges, Wu Yanzu was completely attracted to Li Meiqi and mustered up the courage to confess to her, and finally Li Meiqi also accepted the pursuit with a red face.
Since then, Wu Yanzu and Li Meiqi have become a little couple and have been in love for several months sweet and vigorous. On every date, they always have endless topics to talk about, and each other's eyes are each other's reflections.
Wu Yanzu will carefully buy gifts for Li Meiqi, and then the two of them will wander the streets of Hong Kong by hand...... Each scene is full of the youthfulness and fiery nature of young people who have an infinite longing for love.
Two years after Wu Yanzu and Li Meiqi met, it was in 1999. This year, 25-year-old Wu Yanzu began to emerge in several film and television works, and gradually transformed from an ordinary martial arts enthusiast to an actor in the public eye.
He has played the leading role in the movies "Glass Bottle" and "SWAT New Human", and started his screen career.
At the same time, 20-year-old Li Meiqi, as a model, is also getting better. Her voluminous appearance is sought after by the fashion industry, and she has shot inside pages and covers for several magazines.
Nicholas Tse, who also debuted not long ago, embarked on her star path through an advertisement. Several drama appointments also came one after another.
The two of them both took off in their careers, and Wu Yanzu and Li Meiqi naturally became more and more inseparable. At the end of their work, they would make an appointment for a candlelit dinner to recount the recent anecdotes. On holidays, you can go hiking, watching exhibitions, and shopping...... Anything is full of fun as long as you have each other together.
The young people are very pleased with the current situation of the two places. They know each other best and the hard work they have put in, but in their eyes, it is like spring breeze and rain. The two began to talk about their future plans, such as a trip to South Africa together or a joint investment in a property...... Everything is moving in the best direction.
However, the good times were short-lived. When the relationship between Wu Yanzu and Li Meiqi was like a prosperous day and a bumper career, a message smashed him to pieces. In 2000, the 26-year-old learned through rumors in his circle of friends that 20-year-old Li Meiqi had sparks with the actor Edison Chen in the same crew during the filming of a new film, and even surpassed the identity of a colleague.
The ecstasy was followed by disbelief, followed by heart-rending pain. Wu Yanzu's whole person fell into a collapse, he didn't expect that his girlfriend, who he had loved for two years, would betray him when he was the happiest.
That night, he poured a few bottles of wine alone, and cried Li Meiqi's name in his dream until dawn.
The breakup is inevitable, even if Maggie Li explains and redeems it in every possible way afterwards. Wu Yanzu, who was once deeply attracted to her, could no longer raise the slightest interest, he left in despair, and never looked back.
Tears dried up as time passed. Wu Yanzu told himself that this is the reality of the entertainment industry, and he must accept the pain of growing up.
People's hearts are unpredictable, and only sincerity can communicate with each other. From then on, Wu Yanzu was determined to find a true love worthy of entrusting him for a lifetime, and never suffer from such betrayal again.
He believes that as long as he loves with all his heart, he will one day meet a partner who is equally loyal.
If there were still illusions at the beginning of the breakup, then in the next few years, Wu Yanzu was completely dead. The scandal between Edison Chen and Li Meiqi intensified in the days after he quit, from the lace news all the way to the "underground law" that is widely rumored in the entertainment industry.
Although the two parties were repeatedly photographed by reporters in secret meetings, they never responded positively to the relationship.
It wasn't until many years later that Li Meiqi finally couldn't help but burst out in an interview: "Wu Yanzu is still the first and most important man in my heart!" It set off a thousand waves for a while.
This confession is undoubtedly the remembrance and redemption of young and vigorous love, but for Wu Yanzu, who now has a happy family, it is too long too late.
He has long seen the essence of this relationship, and he has already given his sincerity to another woman. Wu Yanzu treated it indifferently and did not respond. The heart is like water, there is only one tenderness from beginning to end, and it cannot be regenerated once it has passed.
He believes in Li Meiqi's loneliness and unwillingness, but what does that have to do with him.
In 2010, this year was of great significance to Wu Yanzu, who was already 36 years old. After a long period of celibacy, he finally mustered up the courage to propose to a lady named Lisa S, and held a special wedding in South Africa, which they loved the most.
Wu Yanzu and Lisa S have known each other in the modeling industry and have known each other for more than eight years. From the friendship between colleagues at the beginning to the reality of husband and wife now, Lisa S has accompanied Wu Yanzu too much during this period.
They traveled the world together, discussed life together, and watched each other's most vulnerable and strong moments together. Lisa S knows every wound in Wu Yanzu's heart, and Wu Yanzu also knows every little secret of Lisa S.
They are like two warm currents blending, you have me, I have you. Wu Yanzu will see a lot of his own shadow in Lisa S, and two people with similar personalities will naturally come together.
So, when Wu Yanzu knelt down on one knee and asked Lisa S that question, the answer was self-explanatory.
They held a unique alliance in South Africa. There is no red tape, just a natural set. The two men stood in front of the priest hand in hand and imprinted a kiss in the sacred vow.
This is the true love that Wu Yanzu has been looking forward to for a long time, simple but true and eternal.
After marriage, Wu Yanzu seems to be a different person. Once upon a time, he was very ambitious and always on the go, and he put most of his thoughts on his wife Lisa.
In his daily life, he will take care of Lisa's every move. For example, turn on the heating in your room when the weather gets cooler, or cover Lisa with a thin blanket while she takes a nap.
Lisa will also take care of Wu Yanzu's daily life, such as his favorite braised pork ribs. Husbands and wives are often inseparable, and they have to participate in each other's little things.
In 2013, the birth of her daughter sublimated this happiness. Wu Yanzu, who became a father, spent almost all of his free time on his daughter. He will patiently teach his daughter to read and draw, take her to the playground to play, and buy the cutest clothes for her regularly...... From morning till night, his whole world revolves around his wife and daughter.
Maybe many people don't understand why Wu Yanzu chose to fade out when his career was in full swing, isn't it a waste of his acting life? But for him, his wife and children are his life.
Because Lisa and her daughter gave him unprecedented satisfaction and happiness.
This also stems from the fact that Lisa and Wu Yanzu are very close in character and values. They also don't care about fame and status, and they value their families equally in everything. Wu Yanzu is Lisa's strongest backing, and Lisa also regards her husband and daughter as her lifelong guardians.
It is this mutual support that allows them to spend time together and gradually have a white head.
The first half of Wu Yanzu's life can be said to be a big ups and downs of emotions. From the moment I met Li Meiqi in 1997, to the heart-wrenching betrayal of being betrayed again and again in 2000; From finally washing hands with Lisa in 2010 to today's happy family, every step has been bumpy.
If he wants to write a love guide for those who come after him, Wu Yanzu will definitely use his own experience to warn young people: choose a partner carefully. First of all, we should pay attention to judging whether the other party's personality and values are in line with you, such as whether you also value family more than career, whether you are more introverted and single-minded than outward-looking, etc.
Secondly, after going through the ups and downs of love, you also need to confirm whether the other person also sees you as the most important one in life. Just as Lisa is willing to do whatever it takes to accompany Wu Yanzu, even if he falls from the peak to the bottom, even if he has to face all kinds of criticism from the outside world.
This is the real know-your-heart.
Finally, of course, both parties need to be willing to work hard for this relationship, and manage, care for, and maintain this precious fate together.
Only if people's hearts do not change, can they stay together for a lifetime.
Therefore, although it is difficult to meet love, it is even more difficult to get together and disperse. If you don't have sincere fellowship, why grow old together. Wu Yanzu's married life can be said to have experienced lows and peaks, but he never gave up easily, so he eventually became a family.
Looking back on Wu Yanzu's emotional history, the ups and downs he experienced can almost be published as a life textbook. Those ups and downs cover the epitome of all the emotional journeys of too many ordinary people.
In the process, he has indeed grown from a simple and straightforward martial arts enthusiast to a mainstay of family authority.
When he was a teenager, Wu Yanzu's single-mindedness and extremeism in his personality were his most beautiful flaws. His sincerity is easy to give, but what he can't predict must be a sincere return.
After meeting Li Meiqi, it fell in love at first sight, and two years of smooth sailing, but also fell into the freezing point of emotions in an instant. At that time, he was defenseless, and he would only continue to torture himself and ask questions about the past.
It wasn't until the passage of time helped him gradually cool down and gradually let go that Wu Yanzu realized how naïve he was before. He let go of his obsession with looks and began to look for a true soulmate.
When Wu Yanzu took Lisa's hand and swore an oath in front of the priest and relatives and friends, his heart was calm for the first time in a long time. Because he knows that he has grown up to be a person who knows how to love, and he will let his beloved feel that hard-won happiness.
He finally found the meaning of life at this stop of life.
Many years later, when Wu Yanzu and his wife and granddaughter bathed in the golden sunshine, he would definitely smile and recall the ups and downs along the way. After thousands of sails, just to be with you.
Therefore, this life is not in vain, it is not in vain, it is not worth the love, and the life is complete.