Preface
The marriage of Wu Zhongyi and Sima Yan was once considered a model couple. However, after Sima Yan became terminally ill, Wu Zhongyi's behavior caused controversy in the outside world.
Should we condemn a widowed person for renewing their relationship? What does it mean to love someone? All of this may need to be avoided to be appreciated.
Happy: Their marriage used to be so sweet
Wu Zhongyi and Sima Yan are both Hong Kong artists who are popular with half the sky. The two met, fell in love at first sight, and officially entered the palace of marriage three years later. Newlyweds are basking in the sweetness of their honeymoon phase.
Wu Zhongyi is handsome and chic, Sima Yan is gentle and generous, both of them have children and have a successful career. Friends envy them so affectionately and think that such a marriage is really flawless. They are gradually entering middle age, and they are still in love.
In order to make up for the regrets of their youth, the two also went to Europe to hold a modern version of a fairy tale wedding in the beautiful Netherlands, making a beautiful promise, as if they would be together forever and never separated.
The sky is falling apart: her illness came so suddenly
No one thought that a happy life would come to an abrupt end. Sima Yan was diagnosed with a terminal illness - terminal stomach cancer. The couple's world was turned upside down.
"Why me?" The moment she learned the bad news, Sima Yan's whole person seemed to be swept under the freezing point. She is still so young, with a successful husband and two lovely children, she should be living at her peak.
But after 8 years of marriage, he suffered such a blow. She felt fear and despair like never before.
Never give up: He chose to accompany his wife on this last journey
If it is the husband who is sick, then Sima Yan, as a wife, will definitely be by his side without hesitation. Now, in the face of his wife's illness, Wu Zhongyi has not flinched. "No matter birth, old age, sickness or death, I will accompany you. ”
Wu Zhongyi firmly held his wife's hand and practiced his marriage vow with practical actions. For the rest of Sima Yan's life, Wu Zhongyi almost never left, leaving his work and accompanying her to face the pain of chemotherapy and surgery.
This considerate "good husband" who takes care of every little detail of his wife amazes the outside world. Many people believe that Wu Zhongyi's selfless dedication and companionship are worthy of admiration.
It's been going on forever: he has a new love first
However, Wu Zhongyi, who is so flawless in everyone's eyes, actually hides an unknown secret in his heart. Only half a year after his wife's death, Wu Zhongyi's secret lover was suddenly exposed.
It turned out that during his wife's illness for 5 years, he had been secretly communicating with actress Summer to maintain an underground relationship. This news is like a slap in the face, which is difficult for the kind-hearted people to accept.
It turned out that the good gentleman in our eyes chose to cheat on his wife in the last few years of her life. On the surface, he is by his wife's side, but in fact, he already has a place in his heart.
Wu Zhongyi became the target of public criticism for a while, and the sentence "no matter birth, old age, sickness or death" became so pale and powerless. It turns out that the vows of marriage cannot resist the erosion of time; It turns out that loving someone is really so difficult to practice in a lifetime.
The past does not look back: he chooses to move on
In response to the criticism from the outside world, Wu Zhongyi chose to remain silent. Perhaps, this decision made him extremely painful and even guilty. But there is no way to repeat the past, and it seems that he can only choose to move on.
Wu Zhongyi officially admitted a new relationship. After that, he settled down in Singapore and started a new life with his two sons.
Two years later, three years after the death of his wife Sima Yan, 56-year-old Wu Zhongyi remarried. He married his secret lover Summer, and the wedding was held in Singapore.
Spotlessly clean: He also worships his deceased wife every year
To the surprise of the outside world, in the same year that Wu Zhongyi got married, when the first death day of his deceased wife Sima Yan came, he also deliberately returned to Hong Kong, put a fruit plate and candlelight at home, and worshiped his deceased wife with his new wife Summer.
This behavior has undoubtedly sparked strong controversy in the outside world. Some people questioned Wu Zhongyi's conscience, and some people supported him to continue.
Every year after that, on the death day, Wu Zhongyi would appear on social networks on time and post some nostalgic copywriting about Sima Yan. Some commentators speculated that this may be a kind of atonement in his heart, wanting to wash away his infidelity back then.
How are they doing now?
Today, the once model couple is separated and destined to never cross path. And most of the careers and wealth they worked together were left to their two sons.
The eldest son, Wu Lantao, seems to have accepted the new family and understands his father's remarriage. And the youngest son Wu Zhiyao still can't let go, and he left alone to gain a firm foothold in Canada.
As for Goh Zhongyi and his new love, he is now settled in Singapore and lives an ideal second marriage. But every time Sima Yan's death day comes, will Wu Zhongyi still feel a little ashamed and uneasy? This is probably only clear to him.
Their stories may always be told only by the parties themselves. What qualifications do people outside of us have to judge whether a person's actions are right or wrong?
epilogue
What does it mean to love someone? Many people may think that love is to accompany each other through all the difficulties in life, even birth, old age, sickness and death.
But do we really have such great ability and endurance to resist the erosion of time and temptation, and always have a deep affection for a person? Love is an existence that needs to stand the test. It may be beautiful, but it is also fragile.
When the relationship is crushed by the burden of life and the commitment is unsustainable, many people may choose to give up halfway and turn away. However, where do we blame others for their betrayal and change of heart?
Everyone has their own difficulties and struggles with the shackles and struggles of their hearts. All we can do is forgiveness and forgiveness. Because, who can predict that when the day of pain comes, will he really be able to keep his original vow and never forsake it?