Once a young man loved a girl very much. He folded 1, 000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift for the girl. Although he just worked in a small company, they were happy together. However, one day, the girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back because she couldn't see any future for both of them, so they separated.
The young man felt very sad. After a long time, he became confident again and he worked hard day and night. Finally he had his own company.
On a rainy day, while he was driving on the street, he saw an elderly couple walking with an umbrella in the rain. He recognized (认出) they were the girl's parents soon. So he drove slowly beside them, wanting them to know that he had his own company, car, etc.
To the man's surprise, the couple was walking towards a cemetery(墓地). He followed them and there he saw his ex-girlfriend - a photo of her and he saw his paper cranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb.
The couple saw him finally and explained their daughter didn't leave for Paris at all. She died from cancer. In fact, she believed that he would succeed someday, but she didn't want her illness to make him ____________. So she decided to leave him.
The man cried. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you will never see them again.
