I know you don’t understand this email thing. Mom says you still use a typewriter at the报社 (newspaper office). But they installed this Foxmail on my computer, and I thought… maybe I could send you a letter without the stamp.

I am proud. I was always proud. I just didn’t know how to say it without yelling.

He checked the company directory. Li Wei had retired in 2021. His listed emergency contact was a Mr. Li, same surname, same address in the old district.

- Li Wei There was no sent date. Just the draft. The cursor blinked at the end, as if waiting for a reply that never came.

So here it is. I’m proud of you. Come home for New Year’s. I’ll even let you install that Windows thing on my typewriter.

No password. Of course. People from that era trusted the world.

Some drafts deserve to be sent. Even if it takes twenty-five years.