A cliche Cinderella story, even the heroine is not even Cinderella
All she was given was a struggle about herself, and someone happened to be watching her.
If people slowly discover the truth of things as they grow up, then I hope this truth is not cruel.
If the truth is cruel, hope is not inescapable for me.
For Qi Shanshui, life is just the process of discovering that he has nothing.
When did she realize she had nothing?
The passage of time revealed the damning truth, and there was nothing she could do about it.
Later she accepted the facts, herself, and others
Intent: Contradiction based on objective facts