He and she loved each other very much, but her parents stoutly disagreed, they thought that an immigrated person cannot give their daughter happiness when he have no ability to take care of himself, so the parents tried to break them up.

She was intractable so that she made her mind to stay together for a lifetime. The boy was backboned and he would like to make a successful living in the south place by his own efforts in order to make her parents see in a better light.

She was unwillingly to part, saying with crying that she wanted to go with him. He disagreed for he thought that a man shall have dream and responsibility superior to love, especially when he cannot ensure his own living in the strange city, how a man bear his lover suffering with him? He decided that he must make some accomplishment and then marry her grandly.

She sent him to the southern train with tears, and then they suffered from lovesickness. He always called to say his work and dream, and she was very excited and wanted to work with him, but he refused her again and again by saying his career was still hard at the beginning stage. She kept silent with tears.

Three years passed. Finally, he obtained his own business space, and then returned to the city after getting fame and money.

Returned to the city with love, he could meet his girl yearned day and night! After a spasm of excitement, they did not know what to talk only looking at each other silently with unintelligible heartburn.

Three years no see, time made them strange, and the strange made them sick at heart, for all their memory was happened three years before, they missed each other during the three years, but they had no idea about the lover’s thought and live. The time makes love strange.

She told him, “You know nothing about love”. The most important is to stay together for lover, no matter sweetness and bitterness. When he refused her again and again, her heart got hurt. She said that she has met a boy treating her very well, and she has got ready for marrying.

Besides best regards, he has nothing to say, for he has lost his significant first love.

（The end）