A tale unfolds by the silent riverbank, where an ancient willow's branches sway with secrets of the past. It witnessed lovers' vows under moonlight, warriors' rest in wartime shade, and children's laughter echoing through ages. Each leaf rustles with fragments of forgotten stories—a merchant’s lost coin, a poet’s unfinished verse, a traveler’s faded map. One autumn evening, a young listener sat beneath its boughs, and the tree whispered a single truth: "Time flows like...