The Way Home

Chen Qingxu came from an ordinary, highly educated family. He studied all the way to a PhD in finance, and every detail of his life had been arranged flawlessly. His existence was as still as a pool of stagnant water, without a ripple. To escape the suffocating path laid out for him, he went to teach in a mountainous region for three months, hoping only for a brief reprieve.

There, he met Lu Xiao, known as Xiao Liu. Sold into the mountains as a child, he lost his adoptive father early and had to survive alone. He occasionally stole, yet remained optimistic, spirited, and full of untamed vitality.

Chen Qingxu, whose life was stagnant as still water, collided with Xiao Liu, an illiterate boy bursting with life. Their brief encounter became a ray of light that illuminated both their lives.

There are no melodramatic twists in this story. It is firmly grounded in real life and everyday moments. Their feelings unfold slowly and steadily, told with gentle warmth…