去年，那是一个雨夜，我在国道上拦了一辆车回重庆，现在回想一下，那应该是辆很破的老式客车，车子很空，在车子的最后一排坐着一位少女，她旁边有一排空座。我走过去问她：“这个位子我可以坐吗？”她微笑的点了点头，她很美，美得有点让人惊讶。她穿着一条素色的长裙，出于一种男人的本性，于是我便和她聊了起来。我和她聊了一些我的往事。

她听的很入神，讲到情深之处她还有一些感触。接着，她的话匣子也打开了。她说：“我今年22岁，小时候很苦，在我五岁生日那天，爸爸突然走到我面前对我说，明天妈妈就会离开我们，说是叫我千万不要伤心。那时我还小，并没有在意。第二天早上醒来，我听到妈妈过世的噩耗，我用一种诧异的神看着爸爸，他只是对我苦苦地笑。就这样爸爸、我和弟弟三人又过了几年，在我十岁生日那天晚上爸爸泪流满面的对我说：‘明天弟弟也要离开我们了’。”I ask: “My brother, where is he going?” Dad said: “My brother is going to my mother.” At that time I also did not understand.

Again over a year, my brother suddenly disappeared from the world, I felt fear, went to find dad, dad looked at me with a cold expression without saying a word. Then these years passed well for me but on my 15th birthday morning, dad prepared everything in our home and celebrated it for me. In the evening he suddenly said: “Tomorrow I will leave you too; take care of your future life.” He handed over a letter to me and said: “Wait until you are 20 years old before opening it; everything will be clear then.” I was afraid because I feared what dad said might be true. And indeed the next day dad really left us; they found his body by the river.

As she spoke, she choked up and continued talking about her past hardships until she met someone named Arkan who loved her dearly. They lived together until one day Arkan vanished into thin air. She searched everywhere but couldn't find him; her heart broke into pieces. Finally on her 20th birthday night when all this happened again as written in that letter given by father - "Lian'er," "I know how hard your life has been since you were 18 when you'll meet someone who will leave you after one year don't go looking for him because there's no way finding him tomorrow we'll all be reunited."

I shivered at hearing this story and asked again how old she was now - "22" replied the girl who had become so dear to me just within moments yet seemed like an eternity ago!