The Hope: Blue Sky

Mingying Experimental Middle School and Longhai Experimental Middle School in Xingzhou City merged over a campus issue to become Minglong Experimental Middle School. The students from the two schools had vastly different academic foundations, which also led to social problems. To address the situation, school leaders put Senior Year Class 11 under the guidance of Lei Ming, an outstanding English teacher, and Sang Xia, a school counselor. Xu Qing was born without a mother and was raised by his grandmother. But in the summer he started middle school, his only family, his grandmother, passed away after years of illness. His father came back for the funeral, then soon left again to find work and never returned. He only sent money for living expenses from time to time. Thanks to his local residency and a modest three-story house, Xu Qing was able to advance to the high school division of Longhai Middle School after the entrance exams. Li Ran was an ordinary senior at Minglong Middle School. He had lost his parents as a child and had lived with his grandmother ever since. Despite her poor health, she kept working so he could go to college and pursue his dream of building robots. To pay for his grandmother’s treatment, filial Li Ran planned to drop out and earn money to support them. Lei Ming refused to give up on any student. He did everything he could to stop Li Ran from dropping out and help Xu Qing face each new day seriously. He also brought Xu Qing, Cheng Yushan, and other students facing various hardships into Class 11. Hoping to help Li Ran and the others rediscover their dreams, Lei Ming and Sang Xia approached them from the perspectives of education and psychological counseling, tailoring their teaching to each student. They guided the students toward good study habits, helped each one confront their difficulties, improve their family relationships, and develop an optimistic outlook, earning the students’ trust and affection. In the end, Li Ran and the others worked hard and got into the universities they had dreamed of, beginning a new chapter in their lives.