English Original
A man, a firm believer in true love, decided to wait patiently for his perfect match to appear. Yet, year after year, no one special came along.
Every Christmas, his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to see him. Knowing she hoped to rekindle their romance, he did not want to mislead her. So, each visit, he would ask a different female friend to pose as his girlfriend.
For years, this charade continued. The ex-girlfriend would play along, casually teasing him about his new "girlfriends," though secretly she wept each time. Still, she returned every Christmas, hoping against hope, only to leave disappointed.
Finally, she could bear it no longer. She confronted him, professing that he was still the only man she had ever loved. Though touched, he hardened his heart and rejected her, believing she was not "the one." For three years after that, she never returned, and they lost contact. He continued his search, yet deep down, he missed her.
At a Christmas party in 1995, a friend's question about the "Vancouver girl" stirred something in him. Later, a tipsy former pretend-girlfriend asked, "Don't you need someone to pose as your girlfriend this year?"
"No," he replied, "there is no need for that anymore..."
"Oh!" she interrupted. "You must have found a girlfriend! You haven't been searching for one these past years, right?"
Her words struck him like lightning. "Yes... you are right!" he exclaimed, his face beaming. He suddenly realized the truth: he had stopped looking for anyone else the moment she stopped coming back. He wasn't seeking a specific person, but an ideal—perfection. And she was his perfection. He had found his dream girl all along—the one from Vancouver.
Overwhelmed with regret and fear of losing her forever, he rushed to call her overseas. After many attempts, he got through precisely at midnight on Christmas Eve. He confessed his love, and she, still waiting for him, was moved to tears. Ecstatic, he planned to fly to Vancouver to start their new life together.
But their joy was tragically short-lived. Two days before his flight, he received a call from her father. She had been in a head-on collision with a drunk driver and, after six hours in a coma, passed away.
Devastated, he was consumed by loss. He cursed fate for its cruelty, for denying him even a final glimpse. Most of all, he hated himself for taking so long to see what had always been there.
中文翻译
一个坚信真爱的男人，决定耐心等待他完美的另一半出现。然而，年复一年，那个特别的人始终没有到来。
每年圣诞节，他的前女友都会从温哥华回来看他。他知道她希望重燃旧情，但他不想误导她。因此，每次她回来，他都会请一位不同的女性朋友假扮他的女朋友。
这场戏持续了多年。前女友会配合着演下去，看似随意地调侃他的新“女友们”，尽管每次她都暗自流泪。但她仍然每年圣诞节都回来，抱着一丝希望，却又总是失望而归。
最终，她再也无法忍受了。她当面告诉他，他依然是她唯一爱过的男人。他虽然感动，却狠下心来拒绝了她，坚信她不是“对的人”。之后的三年，她再也没有回来，他们也失去了联系。他继续寻找着，但在内心深处，他想念着她。
在1995年的一次圣诞派对上，一位朋友关于“温哥华女孩”的询问触动了他。后来，一位微醺的昔日假女友问道：“今年你不需要找人假扮女朋友了吗？”
“不需要了，”他回答，“再也不需要了……”
“哦！”她打断道，“你一定是找到女朋友了！你这几年都没再找过，对吧？”
她的话如闪电般击中了他。“是的……你说得对！”他喊道，脸上焕发出光彩。他突然明白了真相：从她不再回来的那一刻起，他就停止了寻找其他人。他寻找的不是某个具体的人，而是一个理想——完美。而她就是他的完美。他梦寐以求的女孩一直都在——就是那个温哥华女孩。
被悔恨和害怕永远失去她的恐惧淹没，他冲去给她打越洋电话。经过多次尝试，他终于在平安夜午夜时分接通了电话。他表白了他的爱意，而仍在等待他的她感动落泪。他欣喜若狂，计划飞往温哥华开始他们的新生活。
但他们的喜悦 tragically 转瞬即逝。在他起飞前两天，他接到了她父亲的电话。她与一名醉驾司机迎面相撞，昏迷六小时后，去世了。
他悲痛欲绝，被失去所吞噬。他诅咒命运的残酷，连最后一面都不让他见。最重要的是，他痛恨自己花了这么长时间才看清那一直存在的事实。