Shen Nianqing spent three years writing fifty-four anonymous letters, hiding his love for Song Yanshu in the evening after every evening self-study. The letter contained the sunshine in the back row of the classroom, the figure on the basketball court, and countless heartbeats that were hesitant to speak. Song Yanshu's responses always had the right tacit understanding: mints were quietly placed on the corner of her desk, the umbrella "just happened" to appear on a rainy day, and the maple leaves she mentioned she liked were included in her notes.
She thought that these anonymous concerns would slowly come closer, but on the eve of graduation, she discovered that the object of his tenderness was never herself hidden behind the letter. The last letter was blown away by the wind on the playground, and those unspoken "I like you" became the most silent secret in youth. Many years later, at a class reunion, she came across the "Snow Country" he had borrowed at a used bookstall. There was a line of faint writing on the title page: "If I knew it was you, I would wait." But time had already pushed them on different trajectories, and those missed moments eventually became eternal regrets.
Intent: secret love romance
