With the only fifty yuan he had clutched in his hand, Gu Chenghai set off north. As he watched the train race forward, he felt inexplicably excited and nervous. He'd never seen the outside world before, and now he was embarking on a journey into a completely new world, one he'd never encountered and couldn't even imagine. Though apprehensive and afraid, the passionate young man was also filled with a yearning to explore the unknown.
