Qin Yuxi and Xie Xuefeng are the starkest of contrasts.
One had food and clothes without a care, with milk tea and snacks always on hand. The other stayed up studying hard while chewing on cold steamed buns.
The milk tea, snacks, clothes, and meal card Qin Yuxi gave her were a suspension bridge between Xie Xuefeng's dignity and her basic needs. Qin Yuxi thought she was the benefactor, but never saw the stubbornness behind Xie Xuefeng's silence. The hands that accepted those old clothes would later write code and earn scholarships, turning every act of kindness into armor for her self-respect.
They once shared the secrets of their girlhood: the panic of their first periods, the snacks they hid after evening study sessions, and their reddened eyes when they parted at the airport.
"You satisfy my vanity in wanting to help people."
"You showed me that another kind of life was possible."
In the youth of their lives, where light and dust came together, it was impossible to tell who had saved whom.
Theme: Study hard and keep improving every day.
