Looking at each other in infancy is the beginning of our destiny.
When Xing Shengyan was stabbed through his police uniform by the robbers, he vaguely saw the figure of a football cutting through the winter fog - Song Yidong crackling through the crowd.
"Take a civilian job," the leader said.
Xing Shengyan shook his head and rubbed the cold ridge of the police badge with his fingertips.
But the man knelt down to tie his shoelaces: "The safety of my baby's partner must be seen with my own hands before I can rest assured."
Purpose: Feelings of family and country