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Part 3 of 100 reasons I love you, and 1 reason I can't have you
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2026-06-14
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I Should Not Love You

Summary:

"100 reasons why I love you, and 1 reason I can't" trend.

Chapter 1: I hope it is because you forgot me. (He Xuan's POV)

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1. I love your smile.

2. I love your laughter.

3. I love your energy.

4. I love your kindness.

5. I love your warmth.

6. I love your generosity.

7. I love your optimism.

8. I love your confidence.

9. I love your sincerity.

10. I love your light.

11. I love the way you never hesitate to help others.

12. I love the way you treat everyone like they matter.

13. I love the way you forgive too easily.

14. I love the way you trust too quickly.

15. I love the way you believe in people.

16. I love the way you refuse to hate.

17. I love the way you laugh even when you shouldn’t.

18. I love the way you cry when others suffer.

19. I love the way you make strangers feel like friends.

20. I love the way you shine without trying.

21. I love the wind you control.

22. I love the way you make storms feel gentle.

23. I love the way you dance through danger without realizing it.

24. I love the way you survive by being yourself.

25. I love your carefree spirit.

26. I love your elegance when you try not to show it.

27. I love your awkward honesty.

28. I love your stubborn refusal to be serious.

29. I love your soft heart.

30. I love your loud joy.

31. I love the god everyone adores.

32. I love the man no one takes seriously enough.

33. I love the twin of wealth and fortune.

34. I love the wind master who never looked down on me.

35. I love your ridiculous jokes.

36. I love your dramatic reactions.

37. I love the way you cling to life.

38. I love the way you cling to people.

39. I love the way you never let silence last too long.

40. I love the way you fill emptiness.

41. I love your hands when they guide the wind.

42. I love your voice when you call my name.

43. I love your eyes when you’re excited.

44. I love your smile when you think you’ve won.

45. I love your tears when you care too much.

46. I love your fear when you pretend you have none.

47. I love your bravery when you don’t notice it.

48. I love your softness when you think you’re being strong.

49. I love your kindness when no one is watching.

50. I love your presence when everything feels lighter.

51. I love the way you once treated me like a friend.

52. I love the way you never judged me.

53. I love the way you trusted me blindly.

54. I love the way you stayed by my side.

55. I love the way you talked to me like I was normal.

56. I love the way you made me feel human.

57. I love the way you never feared me.

58. I love the way you smiled at me like I belonged.

59. I love the way you shared everything without thinking twice.

60. I love the way you gave without asking.

61. I love every memory that still hurts.

62. I love every moment I almost forgot.

63. I love every laugh we shared before I learned the truth.

64. I love every time you called me your friend.

65. I love every time you believed in me.

66. I love every time you stood beside me.

67. I love every time you made me feel seen.

68. I love every time you made me feel safe.

69. I love every time you made me feel like I could stay.

70. I love every time I almost believed I deserved you.

71. I love your blindness to cruelty.

72. I love your refusal to notice darkness.

73. I love your light that never learned to fade.

74. I love your innocence.

75. I love your purity of heart.

76. I love your foolish hope.

77. I love your endless mercy.

78. I love your impossible forgiveness.

79. I love your bright future.

80. I love your fragile existence.

81. I love that you never saw what I was becoming.

82. I love that you never stopped smiling at me.

83. I love that you never feared the truth.

84. I love that you never hated me first.

85. I love that you never understood what I would do.

86. I love that you never had to.

87. I love that you were always too good for it.

88. I love that you stayed kind in every version of my memory.

89. I love that you still feel like wind.

90. I love that you still feel like freedom.

91. I love the god of fortune you were born to be.

92. I love the brother you love so dearly.

93. I love the world that loves you back.

94. I love the life you still deserve.

95. I love the happiness you chase.

96. I love the peace you believe in.

97. I love the future you don’t know I’ve already ruined.

98. I love the distance between what we were and what we are.

99. I love you more than I should ever admit.

100. I love you more than vengeance ever stopped me from loving you.

But there is one reason I can’t have you.

Because I am the reason your world collapsed.

I am the reason your brother is gone.

I am the reason your laughter once turned into silence.

And no matter how much I love you…

no matter how much I want to believe I could stand beside you again…

I cannot erase what I did.

So I will stay where I belong.

In the dark.

In the water.

Watching the wind I can never hold again.

"Shi Qingxuan."

If you ever smile again…

I hope it is because you forgot me.