We Stand in the Spring

Ruan Jiefeng is the most inconspicuous student in Class 3 of the second grade of junior high school - his grades are average, his personality is introverted, and his mind goes blank when he is nervous. When the school announced that the entire class must participate in the city's radio gymnastics competition, he just wanted to run away. He went to the class teacher to request to quit, but the teacher only said five words: "Don't underestimate yourself." From that day on, this boy, who would blush even when called on in class, began to fight back clumsily - practicing secretly on his mobile phone late at night, falling down and getting up repeatedly on the empty playground in the early morning, and when he wanted to give up countless times, he was pulled back by his deskmate: "It's boring to practice alone, I'll accompany you." Later he stood on the stage of the city's competition. The spotlight is dazzling, and thousands of pairs of eyes are watching. The moment the music started playing, he finally didn't run away. This is not a story about winning a championship. This is a story about how a "left behind" child is pulled back to the middle of the line by a pair of hands. The sweat in the early morning, the songs the whole class sang in unison while waiting, and the words "Thank you for not letting me fall behind" after the game - are the truest appearance of youth. There is a Ruan Jiefeng in every class. Maybe, that person is you.