In the closest place, become each other's light.
On the day when he was sorted out as a sophomore in high school, Lin Xiao's world was a neat plan - until Chen Xu recklessly broke into his window seat with sunshine and a basketball.
Lin Xiao is the top student in the fifth grade. He is accustomed to measuring life in order. The corners of his notebook are always aligned, and his future planning is accurate to the year and month. Chen Xu is the "little sun" with average grades, a bright smile and a messy school bag. He believes that all problems in the world can be solved by "trying it out".
A forgotten wrong question book, a rainy night duty, a weekend basketball teaching - two completely different souls quietly get closer in the most ordinary daily life on campus.
However, the rumors arrived earlier than the autumn wind. When rumors of "cheating" spread in the corridors, when the mask of deliberate approach is revealed, when everyone says "you are not from the same world"——
Lin Xiao stood up under the spotlight of the lecture theater and walked to the podium: "I taught him the steps to solve problems."
Chen Xu threw the thousandth ball in the empty basketball court and turned around and said, "I'm not afraid of what they will say, I'm just afraid of disappointing you."
This is a two-way journey about growth.
It was the first time that a crooked basketball graffiti appeared in the top student's notebook, and it was the more and more neat red pen annotations in the bad student's wrong question book.
It is a tacit exchange of "I teach you how to play" and "I help you review".
It is the length of two shadows gradually side by side under the sycamore tree in autumn.
"You are like an asymptote," Chen Xu said. "I keep getting closer, but it seems I can never catch up."
"But the asymptote defines the direction," Lin Xiao replied, "and the direction is more important than the end point."
When winter snow covers the playground, and when spring cherry blossoms bloom again, they will understand:
Some encounters are not to become the same person, but to become coordinates of reference for each other on their own tracks.
The most beautiful relationship is not about who lights up the other, but when we walk side by side, each of us shines.
Purpose: Growth is not about becoming another person, but about growing new possibilities for important people while sticking to yourself.