In the stillness of the courtyard, only the soft sound of falling blossoms and the steady flow of water break …
In the stillness of the courtyard, only the soft sound of falling blossoms and the steady flow of water break the silence.
She's cut off from the world beyond the walls, with only the distant laughter of passersby reaching her ears, like a soft breeze that fades away.
No matter how much her tasks grow, they are always completed eventually. The people she might talk to, however, return on no schedule at all. It's the paper "friends" she folds that keep her company through the endless hours of waiting.
This is Bai Chuyu's most treasured paper "friend."
No one knows why it was left beside the well. Perhaps it was meant for someone else...
Just like a version of "herself" untouched by walls, and quietly admired by others.