A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily was not sure whether Jacob was angry or not, so she quickly ended the topic,"Well...
It's getting late, good night."
"Good night."
Jacob's voice sounded deep and captivating. After a while, he added,"You can call me whenever you want, even if you're feeling
down."
Emily paused, and then hung up without saying anything else.
The next day, at noon, Emily returned to her home again.
Her father's attitude had suddenly made a complete U-turn. He was surprisingly nice to her this time,"Emily...well, I had too much
to drink yesterday. Don't take what I said to heart. Is your face still hurting?"
Emily was nonplussed. She replied,"It's all right...
Are you hiding something from me again?"
Mr. Bai coughed uncomfortably. "What are you trying say?"
Emily was suspicious of his change in attitude. It was too fast and abrupt. She spontaneously assumed he was keeping
something from her.
Debby also added,"Emily, I had a talk with your father yesterday. He was just confused and highly intoxicated. He knows he was
wrong. Can you forgive him?"
Emily decided to let it go since her dad had offered to be nice. More than anything else, she just wanted her family to be
harmonious and happy.
They had lunch together and spent the next few hours catching up. The three of them avoided talking about what had happened
yesterday.
Later at night, Emily found out about their true intentions when she went out for a walk with Debby and saw Jack.
Debby smiled as soon as she saw Jack. "I'll give you two a moment to have a chat."

"Mom, I don't want to talk to him."
Emily turned around to follow her mother, but Jack caught her hand on from behind.
"Emily, listen to me. It's normal for a couple to have a quarrel with each other from time to time, but sometimes you need to be a
little considerate. A man as good as Jack is hard to come by..."
Emily took a deep breath and explained impatiently,"Mom, I'm not quarrelling with him. We have already broken up!"
Debby frowned and continued,"I'm certain that you two can work it out amongst yourselves. I can see that Jack loves you very
much..."
"Mom, you don't understand..."
Agitated, Emily looked at Debby with dissatisfaction. She finally understood why her parents were acting strange all day. The
reason behind it all was, Jack.
"I don't understand you young people. I'm sure you can talk about it amongst yourselves..."
Debby gave Emily a gentle nudge and trotted away.
Emily was also about to leave when Jack stepped forward and grabbed her hand.
"Emily, don't go."
Emily struggled, but couldn't get rid of his grip so she turned around and said,"Jack, why are you here?
Do not say that you are here for me."
"Of course I am here for you."
Jack admitted it directly. Somehow he found out that that Emily was returning to Haicheng City, so he came here secretly from D
City to meet her.
"Jack, why are you chasing after me? What's your plot here?"
"Plot? Do you think I have a plot against you?" Jack's face frowned in utter disappointment. "If I didn't feel so strongly about you,
I wouldn't have humbled myself before you like this!"

"If you really loved me, you wouldn't have slept with other women!
You don't even have the most basic loyalty to be a man. Don't even try to talk about you loving me. You don't deserve me!"
With her fists clenched and eyes wide open, Emily yelled out mercilessly.
Jack took the blow to his heart and looked at her helplessly, unable to respond. After a while he opened his mouth,"Emily, let me
take you to a place."
As soon as he said that, he ignored her reaction and forced her to get in the car.
The car sped all the way and soon arrived at the destination, the famous Lover Bridge in Haicheng City.
After getting off the car, Emily looked at the colorful concentric locks hanging on the railings of the bridge. A few years ago, she
and Jack came here on their first anniversary. They were madly in love at the time. There they locked a concentric lock on the
bridge together.
"Can you still find our concentric lock?"
Jack stood by and asked.
Emily snapped back to reality and replied with straight face,"It was a long time ago. The number of locks here have increased
over time."
How many couples had gone there to lock concentric locks, but how many of them really ended up together?
"I say it is no problem,"
Replied Jack, as he walked forward, squatted down where they had placed their lock and started searching one by one.
Emily was feeling impatient and confused, so she said,"Don't bother looking for it. There are too many locks. You won't be able
to find it."
Jack ignored her, and continued to look for the lock one by one. It was as if he had something to prove to her.
Half an hour later, Emily looked at the man still crouching by the bridge. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. She bit her
lip upon losing all her patience and said,"Even if you find it, it wouldn't mean anything..."

However, before she could finish talking, Jack's cheerful voice interrupted her,"Got it!" Emily! I found it!"
Although, Emily had just said that it wouldn't mean anything even if Jack had found the lock, she couldn't held back her curiosity
and walked up to take a closer look at the golden lock in Jack's hands.
The lock was designed in the shape of two overlapping love hearts. Both sides were engraved with the names of Emily and Jack.
Although, the lock had endured years of rust and wear, their names could still be seen clearly.
Just at that moment, there was a sudden cracking noise in the sky. Fireworks burst above, searing their brilliant light and
vivacious color into the sky. In the middle of the fireworks the special smoke beautifully formed the name "Emily" in the sky with
vibrant colors.
The people walking along the road were all attracted by it as they stopped to enjoy the fireworks.
"What beautiful fireworks. What festival is it today?"
"I guess it's a lover's confession. Look at the name in the middle of the fireworks."
"Yes, it's so romantic. She must be a very lucky person. I am so envious..."
"......"
Emily also looked up at the fireworks pensively, as memories from the past slowly creeped into her mind.
"Emily, do you remember?
When I first met you, Jingshi City was full of fireworks, like it is now."
Emily was stood there silently. Jack was not expecting her to answer, so he continued,"It was New Year's Day. You stayed in
Jingshi City and did not go home. You were watching the fireworks from the square all by yourself. You looked like a ball,
dressed in thick clothes, and you were holding a fairy stick in your hand."
"It was right then when I first noticed you. You were looking at the fireworks from the steps and I was looking at your from under
the steps. The moment the clock hit 12, you accidentally fell off the steps and landed into my arms."
"Do you know what I was thinking about the second I held you?

I was thinking that an angel had fallen into my arms!
At the same time, my heart stopped."
"Stop talking."
Emily interrupted him abruptly. Her voice was no longer as calm as before,"I don't want to hear that."
The memory was beautiful, but also painfully cruel.
"Emily, why are you running away?"
Jack gently put his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. "You haven't really forgotten me, have you?"