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Once Yang Gexiang said, I burn the life's flame, when it fades, I depart.

Later, when Mr. and Mrs. Gexiang passed away, they were still at peace, elegant and graceful, turning away. If separation is inevitable, then this separation may offer some comfort to our hearts.

However, most separations are sad and helpless, full of gray.

Reader Xiaoxue, grew up with divorced parents, had little impression of her father, sometimes doubted whether such a person really existed. If not, where did she come from? She could only judge that her father existed.

Xiaoxue and her mother lived quietly for over twenty years, and Xiaoxue grew up and married and had children.

At the wedding, there was no father, and Xiaoxue said, 'Father passed away a long time ago.'

But a year ago, her father appeared.

He always called her mother, and her mother initially refused to answer, but eventually, she spoke to Xiaoxue. Now, her father has nothing and is very ill, with no specific diagnosis, but constantly suffering, and he desperately seeks his daughter.

Xiaoxue wanted to say, 'Why? You didn't raise me, why come to find me when you're old?' But Xiaoxue's husband was more understanding, always saying, 'Let's see.' It was, after all, a father-daughter relationship.

They met, and the old man was visibly excited, obviously confused and bewildered.

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Xiaoxue's child refused to take the red envelope, and the family was awkward and didn't know what to say.

Later, not long after, the old man fell seriously ill, and Xiaoxue rushed to the hospital, but he was already unconscious and didn't leave a word, and he passed away.

He left behind a burial plot that he had chosen long ago, and the medical expenses had already been paid, leaving only a few thousand yuan.

Xiaoxue said goodbye to her father.

Life is like this, always missed, but when you're tired and want to leave, you come to see me. Break my peaceful life, and I also fantasize about it—if a little girl were loved by her father, would she be different?

Floating fantasies haven't yet unfolded, he left.

It's so regrettable, this kind of separation, this kind of farewell, if we can have another chance to be a father and daughter, we should not have such a parting.

Actually, it's not just Xiaoxue, there are so many people who are not raised and separated, but when they are old and sick, they suddenly become soft and yearn for warmth and care, so they chase after their children.

But such reunions and farewells are mixed with many entanglements and twists and turns, making it impossible to accept them wholeheartedly.

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Reader Cangwei grew up with her grandparents, her parents were nearby, but Cangwei was a small child, and her parents were still young, they didn't have patience to take care of a baby.

So, Cangwei grew up with her grandparents.

Later, when Cangwei was in junior high school, her parents suddenly became more concerned about her, saying they wanted to take her home to live, saying they wanted to help her study, and they said, 'Cangwei's grades are too bad, or she will have a dark future.'

So, Cangwei returned to her parents' home, and she was always scolded, and she couldn't be happy except during weekends when she went to her grandparents' home, which was like being a child.

Cangwei could snatch food from her grandparents, and she could beg her mother to wash her clothes, but she never treated her parents with respect, no matter how busy or tired they were.

They never ordered their own food, it was as if they were guests.

Her parents always said, 'Cangwei is like a block of ice, it's hard to warm up.'

Later, when Cangwei was about to graduate from junior high school, her parents had a younger sister. Sometimes, she realized that they were a complete family, and she was always an extra.

When Cangwei was in high school, her grandparents passed away one after another.

At the funeral, Cangwei was very calm, didn't show much sadness, but half a month after the funeral, Cangwei looked at the empty room and couldn't bear it. It turned out that her beloved two elders had really gone.

Her parents wanted to sell the old house, and Cangwei went crazy and desperately didn't allow it, because if they lost the old house, it would be a complete separation.

We never prepared for farewell.

04

The pain of separation is always bitter. We constantly meet and part with different people in life.

Some separations are heartbreaking. When her mother passed away in June, she didn't believe in ghosts, but at that time, she dreamed that her mother was leaving, and she desperately chased after her, but she couldn't reach her, and finally, she passed away.

She remembered every picture clearly.

So, she took a leave of absence and bought a plane ticket to Xi'an.

She went, saw her mother's condition was very serious, but her eyes were clear. So, I stayed with her, and she left. Perhaps this is the way that she chose for this farewell.

I don't know if there is a paradise outside this world, I don't know where she is, and I hope she is doing well. I'm willing to believe and pray that she is fine.

Life's farewells are always sad. We keep meeting and parting with different people in life.

Some separations are heartbreaking. When her mother passed away in June, she didn't believe in ghosts, but at that time, she dreamed that her mother was leaving, and she desperately chased after her, but she couldn't reach her, and finally, she passed away.

She remembered every picture clearly.

So, she took a leave of absence and bought a plane ticket to Xi'an.

She went, saw her mother's condition was very serious, but her eyes were clear. So, I stayed with her, and she left. Perhaps this is the way that she chose for this farewell.

I don't know if there is a paradise outside this world, I don't know where she is, and I hope she is doing well. I'm willing to believe and pray that she is fine.