short series

Homeward Bound, But No One Waits

share time: 2026-04-21 06:02:25

After five years of grinding in the big city, Lin Wan finally decides to return to her hometown to make amends for leaving without saying goodbye. She clearly remembers her father promising to wait for her at the village entrance under the old locust tree. Yet when she stands at the familiar spot with her suitcase, only overgrown weeds and an abandoned old house greet her. The neighbor aunt tearfully reveals that her father passed away from a cerebral infarction three years ago, spending his final days guarding the locust tree and keeping the osmanthus cake mold she loved as a child. Holding the osmanthus cakes she bought in advance, Lin Wan squats under the tree, tears streaming down her face: her home journey has ended, but the one who had been waiting for her all these years is already gone.

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