In his previous life, Lu Chang'sheng had once sunk into the noise of singlehood, figuring that a lifetime without marriage or children wouldn't be unbearable—until age thirty-one, when a congenital genetic disorder took his father, followed by his mother's unexpected death. The whole world seemed to cast him aside all at once. That was when he felt an unimaginable loneliness.
Afterwards, he moved back to the big city, drifting day to day with a crowd of drinking buddies. Only then did that sense of isolation fade a little.
But he knew as time passed, that loneliness would grow heavier. That worried him.
Maybe some people don't regret their choices—but he wasn't one of them.
Sadly, when he later wanted to find a woman to spend his days with, it simply wasn't possible anymore.
Of course, he had no idea if true longevity would change his perspective. All he could say for now was that his feelings about family had grown deeper than before.
