Hemetheronaparty,shewassooutstanding,manyguyschasingafterher,whilehewassonormal,nobodypaidattentiontohim.Attheendoftheparty,heinvitedhertohavecoffeewithhim.Shewassurprised,butashewaspolite,shepromised.

　　Theysatinanicecoffeeshop,hewastoonervoustosayanything,Shefeltuncomfortable,shethought,"please,letmebackhome".Suddenlyheaskedthewaiter:wouldyoupleasegivemesomesalt?I'dliketoputitinmycoffee.Everybodystaredathim,sostrange!Hisfaceturnedred,butstill,heputthesaltinhiscoffeeanddrankit.Sheaskedhimcuriously:whyyouhavethishobby?Hereplied:whenIwasalittleboy,Iwaslivingnearthesea,Ilikedplayinginthesea,Icouldfeelthetasteofthesea,saltyandbite,justlikethetasteofthesaltycoffee.NoweverytimeIhavethesaltycoffee,Ialwaysthinkofmychildhood,thinkofmyhometown,Imissmyhometownsomuch,Imissmyparentswhoarestilllivingthere.Whilesayingthat,tearsfilledhiseyes.Shewasdeeplytouched.

　　That'shistruefeeling,fromthebottomofhisheart.Amanwhocantellouthishomesick,hemustbeamanwholoveshome,caresabouthome,hasresponsibilityofhome.

　　Thenshealsostartedtospeak,spokeaboutherfarawayhometown,herchildhood,herfamily.Thatwasareallynicetalk,alsoabeautifulbeginningoftheirstory.Theycontinuedtodate.Shefoundactuallyhewasamanwhomeetsallherdemands:hehadtolerance,waskindhearted,warm,careful...hewassuchagoodpersonbutshealmostmissedhim!

　　Thankstohissaltycoffee!Thenthestorywasjustlikeeverybeautifullovestory:theprincessmarriedtotheprince,thentheywerelivingthehappylife...And,everytimeshemade

　　coffeeforhim,sheputsomesaltinthecoffee,assheknewthat'sthewayhelikedit.

　　After40years,hepassedaway,leftheraletterwhichsaid:"Mydearest,pleaseforgiveme,forgivemywholelifelie.ThiswastheonlylieIsaidtoyou----thesaltycoffee.

　　Rememberthefirsttimewedated?Iwassonervousatthattime,actuallyIwantedsomesugar,butIsaidsalt.ItwashardformetochangesoIjustwentahead.Ineverthoughtthatcouldbethestartofourcommunication!Itriedtotellyouthetruthmanytimesinmylife,butIwastooafraidtodothat,asIhavepromisednottolietoyouforanything.NowI'mdying,IafraidofnothingsoItellyouthetruth:Idon'tlikethesaltycoffee,whatastrangebadtaste.butIhavethesaltycoffeeformywholelifesinceIknewyou,IneverfeelsorryforanythingIdoforyou.Havingyouwithmeismybiggesthappinessformywholelife.IfIcanliveforthesecondtime,Istillwanttoknowyouandhaveyouformywholelife,eventhoughIhavetodrinkthesaltycoffeeagain."

　　Hertearsmadethelettertotallywet.

　　Someday,someoneaskedher:what'sthetasteofsaltycoffee?It's

　　sweet.Shereplied.