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In the middle of the night, in the bedroom of a luxurious mansion in the bustling capital, a dim night light reflects a battered figure tossing and turning in bed, the bedding already in chaos.
This person is Jet Li, who has entered the age of sixtieth year, the film and television superstar who once enjoyed a high reputation in the film industry and was known as the "King of Kung Fu", but now he is suffering from ruthless illness, and the years have carved a clear mark on him.
At this moment, Jet Li was drenched in sweat, his eyes were closed, and his brows were deeply locked, as if he was engaged in a life-and-death contest with the endless pain in his body. He gritted his teeth as hard as he could, fearing that if he slackened his slackening, he would let out a cry of pain and disturb his sleeping wife, Lizhi.
Since marrying Jet Li, Li Zhi has devoted himself to taking care of her husband and has never set foot in the entertainment industry again. At this moment, she was lying quietly on her side beside Jet Li, her face was calm and peaceful, but her hands were holding one of his hands tightly, as if she wanted to use her body temperature to relieve his pain, and she was unwilling to give up even in a dream.
Suddenly, an even more intense pain swept over like a storm, like countless sharp steel needles piercing Jet Li's body deeply. He couldn't take it anymore and finally couldn't help but moan in pain.
"Ah......h
This cry of pain brought Li Zhi to her senses in an instant, and she quickly leaned forward, holding Jet Li tightly with both hands, lest he fall from the bed due to the pain. I saw tears flowing from the corners of Jet Li's eyes, his facial expression was extremely distorted, and the pain was beyond words.
Facing the former martial arts master in front of him, but now he was so emaciated by illness, Li Zhi could no longer hide the grief in his heart, and tears poured out like a flood that burst the embankment. This scene seems to lead readers through time and space and return to their love journey through ups and downs.
Li Zhi has lived in a huge shadow since he was a child. She was born in an ordinary family in Shanghai, and when she was not yet one year old, her parents separated for some reason, and then experienced the first major blow in her life - her parents divorced.
According to the tradition of the time, the young Rizhi was sentenced to be raised by his father, Lee Yong-seok. However, Li Yongxi focuses on his career and devotes most of his time to work, and rarely has time to spend with his daughter.
In order to avoid personal labor, he had to entrust Lizhi to his parents.
Sadly, Richina's grandmother, who had gone through the vicissitudes of life, was now old and immobile, and had to lie in bed for long periods of time and rely on others to take care of her. However, as the only child in the family, Li Zhi, who is six or seven years old, has the difficult task of going to the hospital alone every few days to diagnose his grandmother and buy the medicine she needs.
In such an environment, Li Zhi has experienced the bitterness and loneliness of life since he was a child. Her childhood was spent in an environment devoid of parental love and care.
After entering the school, Li Zhi suffered another round of bullying and torture. Factors such as family poverty, divorce of her parents, and lack of care made her the most vulnerable target for bullying in the eyes of her classmates.
On campus, Lizhi is often subjected to verbal ridicule and physical abuse, but she has nowhere to turn for help and suffers all this silently alone.
However, just when she was just beginning to enjoy the joy of success, in the bustling city of Hong Kong, she once again experienced a baptism of exclusion and bullying. As an immigrant from Chinese mainland, she was often treated coldly and discriminated against by local residents, and was even given the insulting title "Beigu".
Li Zhi was deeply devastated in her heart, but in order to survive, she could only endure the humiliation and bear it all silently.
In 1996, when Li Zhi and Jet Li were just two strangers who had nothing to do with each other, they met because they co-starred in the movie "Dragon in the World". The two actors play the leading roles in this film, and thus their destinies meet.
At that time, Jet Li was already a well-known action superstar and was known as the "Oriental Marlon". And Li Zhi is also a hot first-line actress in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. However, as two strangers who emigrated to Hong Kong from Chinese mainland, when they first met, they both had an indelible wariness of each other.
After all, in that era, new immigrants, especially women, were often discriminated against and ostracized by the locals, and were even given insulting titles such as "Beigu". In the face of this unfair treatment, Jet Li and Li Zhi disliked each other when they first met, and no one expected that this cooperation would create a love story that will be passed down through the ages.
Perhaps it was a coincidence of fate, or perhaps the two sides were too close to each other, but after a long period of working together, the two young people gradually infiltrated their respective areas of life. One is a beautiful girl from the bustling metropolis of Shanghai, and the other is a struggling young man who came out of the vast northern countryside.
They have both endured many hardships in a foreign land, but now they can rely on each other and support each other, which makes people sigh at the impermanence of the world and the deep emotional bond after the hardships.
What touched Li Zhi even more was that Jet Li, who was extremely heroic in the eyes of everyone, showed her gentleness and care that was beyond everyone's expectations. In those difficult days, Li Zhi faced a huge debt of more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars, and the whole person fell into extreme trouble.
However, after Jet Li learned the news, instead of despising or ridiculing it, he accepted the shooting task of six action movies without hesitation, and exchanged the sweat of his hard work for Lizhi's debt repayment.
Such a move undoubtedly deeply touched Li Zhi's heart and made her admiration for Jet Li even stronger. However, Li Zhi, who has experienced a marriage setback, is not willing to easily set foot in the ocean of love again, so she proposes a unique and challenging agreement to Jet Li - "Ten Year Covenant", hoping to spend a long and testing relationship with him.
Sure enough, the ten-year covenant was not an easy task. However, in the baptism of these years, Li Zhi deeply realized Jet Li's sincere and firm love for her. The martial arts master is astonishingly considerate and tolerant, and he will make all kinds of compromises in order to win the favor of Rizhi, and even completely comply with Rizhi's wishes in some ways.
In 1999, the two finally realized their dreams and held a grand wedding in Los Angeles, starting a new chapter in their lives.
After getting married, Li Zhi and Jet Li moved to the United States to settle down. However, it is an undeniable fact that Li Zhi has never really integrated into Jet Li's family, and has always been like a bystander isolated on the edge.
Back then, in order to be able to marry his beloved Li Zhi, Jet Li resolutely divorced his first wife Huang Qiuyan and entrusted the responsibility of raising the two daughters to his ex-wife.
This practice can be described as unprecedented in Chinese society, and it is extremely inconsistent with traditional values, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition from the Li family's relatives.
In their opinion, Li Zhi is the "third party" who destroyed Jet Li's happy family.
Although Li Zhi has been deeply loved by the Li family for many years, she has never received a warm welcome and sincere acceptance from her family. In this family, she was always coldly treated as a person with a foreign surname.
On important festivals such as the Lunar New Year, when Jet Li returns to his hometown with him to pay New Year's greetings, Li Zhi always seems to be extra cautious, lest he anger a family member with an unintentional behavior.
However, despite her best efforts to be cautious, the attitude of the Li family towards her was still cold and ruthless, and both her words and expressions showed obvious displeasure and contempt.
Even, his ex-wife Huang Qiuyan openly challenged Li Zhi and snuggled up to Jet Li intimately in front of her, deliberately narrowing the distance between the two.
In the face of such naked rejection, no matter how strong Li Zhi is, it is difficult to hide the pain and grievances in his heart. Every time she left from Li's house, she would always hide alone in a no-man's corner, crying bitterly, while Jet Li could only accompany her silently on the side, helpless.