He never remarried.

She closed her eyes.

(You will ruin our family name. A herbal medicine seller's daughter? Is that truly your choice?)

Because love, as Jenny taught him, was never about a happy ending.

(An ending that's not beautiful, but real.)

But her world and his world were oceans apart.

(Love means never having to say you're sorry.)

Aryo sold his watch—the last gift from his mother—to pay for Jenny's first round of chemotherapy. He didn't tell her how serious it was. He smiled every day, brought her flowers from the neighbor's garden, and read her poetry by the hospital window.

(Aryo… if I go, don't cry for too long.)

(You think you're better than everyone, huh?)

A student once asked him, (Sir, what's the secret to true love?)