"Embers"
She once thought that the long journey was just a short separation.
He took a lonely boat out to sea to make a living, and promised to show her all the prosperity of the world when he returned. She guarded the old house, waiting for his letters home every day, reading each letter from the other side of the sea, and enduring the long years into a gentle waiting.
But the most unpredictable thing in the world is the date of return.
That year, the sea breeze did not stop, and he never set foot on his hometown again.
The last letter she received still read: "Wait until I return."
Little did she know, that was the last promise he left to her.
Years later, when she kept her old things and looked through the yellowed letters, she realized that some people left not because they didn't love them, but because they spent the rest of their lives on the way back.
A love that spans mountains and seas, a past filled with waiting and regret.
The rest of my life is like ashes, but my love is not exhausted.
——May all the people in the world who cannot be together be deeply loved.
Intent: To tell about love and waiting, helplessness and perseverance in the face of fate, and to show the profound emotional bonds between people.
