In the spring of 2020, Lu Qiang, who was second in the science class of Tonghai County No. 1 Middle School, forgot to turn off his microphone during an online class.
The whole class heard his father say: "When you brought him back, I was the one who wrote the word 'Qiang' in the Lu family's household registration book."
From that day on, grades, family and future city all deviated from their original tracks at the same time. Lu Qiang wanted to go to Shanghai, Ning Lin'er from the liberal arts class wanted to go to Jingzhao, and Zhou Heng, the first place student, was supposed to go to Leichuan. After the college entrance examination, one person left and two people stayed. No one reached the life they originally imagined.
Ten years later, the old teaching building was demolished. Two seating charts that had never belonged to the same classroom were blown into the same corridor by the spring breeze, and the three people finally sat in front of each other again.
Purpose: Growth is not about arriving in the same city, but about learning to take responsibility for your own choices, and respecting others and not sacrificing for yourself.
