Wen Shu was a student no one disliked.
She was kind to her classmates and respectful toward her teachers. Whenever someone came to her with a question, she never held anything back.
Even when Qin Siyang, the perennial runner-up, asked her questions, she answered just as patiently.
Qin Siyang had a very good impression of Wen Shu.
One day, Qin Siyang saw Wen Shu hiding alone in a corner, quietly wiping away tears.
Concerned, Qin Siyang went over and asked her what was wrong. Wen Shu shook her head, said, "Nothing," and turned to leave.
That was the only time Qin Siyang ever saw that cheerful classmate cry.
Qin Siyang studied diligently, and with some grounding in elementary and middle school material already in his memory, he handled his studies with ease and consistently ranked second in his year.
Wen Shu's position at the top, meanwhile, was rock-solid and unshakable.
The two were only passing acquaintances and had little to do with each other.
Qin Siyang's family, however, underwent enormous changes.
Fed up with his boss making life difficult for him, his father quit without another job lined up and went into business.
The family struggled financially for a while, but fortunately, his parents worked as one, and he gave them little cause for worry. With harmony at home, everything prospered, and his father's business began to flourish.
By the time Qin Siyang graduated from middle school, his father had built a successful business and even broken into overseas markets.
To expand the business further, his parents took Qin Siyang across the ocean and began a new chapter in their lives.
Abroad, Qin Siyang continued to study hard and excel academically. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to an elite university and ultimately studied at the