Xiao Helin's name was once the most eye-catching presence on the honor list at the entrance of No. 1 Middle School. His score on the report card was always the first. Even the school uniforms he wore looked as if they were carefully designed. There was always chocolate milk given by girls on his desk. At that time, he was the real "Xiao Shen". Only Xu Qing knew that there was no such thing as a talented scholar. Xiao Helin would go to the cram school every weekend to study hard on the last question. She watched him pretend to sleep in class, but fill the cram school's draft paper with more dense calculations than anyone else.
Everyone thought that Xiao Helin would follow the script of "Heaven's Proud Son" until the accident in the college entrance examination completely disrupted his life trajectory.
He failed to go to the university of his dreams and stayed at a local university. After graduation, he returned to his hometown and worked in a dispensable job. The once dazzling boy had been erased.
Until the day of the class reunion, Xiao Helin opened the door and subconsciously wanted to hide, but he saw his former classmate Xu Qing, wearing a simple beige dress, chatting with her old classmates about her graduate project. Her long hair was neatly rolled up, revealing her neat neck lines, and her whole person showed calmness and confidence - she was still the girl who spoke in a small voice and blushed even when answering questions.
When they met again, he suddenly understood why so many people were pursuing his "talent" back then, but only Xu Qing saw his clumsy efforts hidden in the halo; why now everyone only sees his downfall, and only Xu Qing still remembers the light in his eyes when he faced math problems. She was once a piece of dust that looked up to him, but when he fell into the mire, she grew into a tree that could reach out and pull him.
