Sasha had an elaborate dream.
In it, she was back in her teens, her family was prominent, and her parents were still alive. She was treated like a princess every day, living her life happily.
Then, one day, her mother brought her cousin over. “Sasha, your uncle has fallen ill, so your cousin, Xenia, is staying with us. Take good care of her, okay?”
“Okay.”
Sasha took the cousin who was two years older by the hand, delighted to have her there.
After that, Xenia settled in and did everything with Sasha. She heard that the school Sasha went to was great. So Sasha’s father enrolled her when she made her intentions clear on attending the same school.
From then onward, the two were inseparable.
“Sasha, what are you doing? Why aren’t you doing your homework?”
“I’m writing a letter. He’s overseas. I want to send him a letter every day.” Sasha was treating it very seriously, so Xenia went ahead and sat beside her.
She picked up the letter that Sasha wrote and flipped through. “He’s been gone for so long and you’ve sent him so many. Has he ever written a reply?”
Sasha’s expression instantly dulled. “No.”
She knew it was not going to happen because she never actually sent those letters out.
But that day, Xenia told her, “This won’t do. Aren’t you upset that you’ve written all these, but he never responded? Right, let me do help you send them out after this.”
“Huh? You? Help me send my letters?”
“Yes. I’ll help you mail your letters. And I’ll make sure that he responds, I promise.” Xenia was confident in her words.
Sasha did not say much after that and let Xenia take the letters away.
She figured that she was not brave enough to do it, and Xenia’s intervention gave her an excuse to send the letters to him.
Moreover, there was a smidgen of hope that she might actually get a reply from him.
That said, after Xenia took the letters, things remained the same. Every time Xenia went back, she would tell Sasha that there was no reply but also encourage her to continue writing, saying that her perseverance would definitely be rewarded one day.
Sasha would always put up a faint smile as a response, saying nothing afterward.
Further down the road, Sasha would cut down on the letter-writing as she found interest in writing stories. She started pouring all her heart and soul into it, writing down all the secrets she had.
“Sasha, why are you so good at everything? Can I see what you wrote?” Xenia was feeling envious of her cousin.
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