Faded love 28

Chapter 28 

Two small characters were signed in the lower right comer 

Wind rises 

froze 

That was the code he used most 

Every time he sent a postcard on a business trip, he’d write, “Wind rises-wait for me.” 

I laughed 

My laugh trembled. 

“He’s alive.” I whispered. 

“Yuanzi, he’s still alive.” 

That night, I drove to the northern port alone. 

The harbor was wrapped in night, 

the sea air so salty it stung. 

Far out, the dock lights blinked- 

like dying stars. 

When I got out, the wind hit me so hard I could barely keep my eyes open. 

An old man sat by the road, smoking 

I walked over 

“Excuse me Have you seen a man? 

He’s in his thirties, old injury on his shoulder-* 

The old man looked up at me 

“That meatmant 

My heart leapt 

“Where u be? 

“A few days ago, someone pulled him out of the water 

Head took a hit-didn’t remember a thing 

Kept shouting one name-Wendy” 

The ground swayed under my feet 

“And then?” 

“Then?” He spat smoke. 

“A fisherman took him. Said he was hauling him down to a southern island, to treat the 

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:.. 

I clenched my fists until the knuckles went white. 

Wind whipped my hair across my face. 

“Thank you,” I said softly. 

He took another drag, then added with a crooked smile, 

“Girl, the sea spits the strong-willed back. 

It never keeps those who won’t give in.” 

By morning, I boarded the ferry to the southern island. 

The fog was so thick I couldn’t see my hand. 

Waves thudded against the hull, 

beating like a heart. 

I sat by the rail, watching land fade to a blur. 

Wind skimmed past my ear. 

For an instant, I almost heard a voice: 

“Don’t rush. 

I’m waiting.” 

I turned. 

Nothing moved on the water. 

At the same time. 

South Island. 

In a shore-side wooden house, 

a man sat by the window. 

Bandage wrapped his brow; his eyes were vacant. 

Outside, the sea went on and on. 

A gust slid in. He lifted his head. 

The wind flipped a newspaper on the table, 

revealing a headline: 

“Wendy Becomes New Chair of Z Group.” 

He stared at the page for a long time, 

his fingertips brushing the letters of Wendy. Suddenly a sharp pain stabbed his chest. 

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Flashes tore through his mind- 

surgical lights. 

Blood. 

A woman crying. 

He clutched his head and growled. 

A nurse rushed in. “Headache again? 

Calm down!” 

He panted, voice rasped: 

“Ming… 

Yue.” 

She blinked. “What did you say?” 

He lifted his face, bewildered. 

“Who am I?” 

Meanwhile, at Z Group headquarters, 

Sybil was being held in an interview room. 

I placed a secret call. 

“He’s alive,” I said quietly. 

The other end was silent for a few beats. 

Then a man’s voice: 

“Good. 

The game isn’t over.” 

Night fell. 

F:.. 

The wind blew from the southern island toward the northern shore. 

I stood on the deck. 

The wind lifted my hair. 

The sea flashed cold light. 

I stared at the line of the horizon and said very softly, 

“Wind rises.” 

And the wind on the other end answered- 

low, chaotic, yet gentle: 

“I hear you.” 

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I had thought that sea had swallowed him for good. 

But the wind had never stopped. 

That day, Yuanzi pushed into my office. 

Her expression was odd. “CEO Gu, a client has an appointment-says he just came up 

from the south.” 

I signed another page. “Have him wait.” 

“But…” She hesitated. “He looks… 

very much like him.” 

My pen froze midair. 

For one beat, my chest went hollow. 

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