"But, I feel like there’s one point of yours I don’t quite agree with." Ning Youguang slightly furrowed her brows.
"Which point?" Jiang Wei asked.
"You said you don’t want to get close to me because you’re afraid you might not be able to help but feel jealous of me, knowing you’ll never be like me. — This one." Ning Youguang looked into Jiang Wei’s eyes with a bright gaze and asked, "Do you know how many wonderful qualities you have? You’re a hero, a hero capable of self-growth and self-redemption. Do you know how remarkable you are?"
"Really?"
Jiang Wei never knew that being contradicted by someone could also make her eyes red.
Clearly, she didn’t cry when scolded by many, nor did she cry when artists kicked her out of the car on a cold winter’s day...
"Of course." Ning Youguang said seriously, "I’m a daisy, you can be a crabapple. People who like daisies will naturally gravitate towards me, and those who like crabapples will gravitate towards you. We’re just different in traits, but essentially there’s no difference, we’re both unique. You are inherently great; you never need to become me, nor will you become me."
She looked at her with determination, "Do you remember when we were in university, we read the same book in the library? In it, the author Su Cen wrote, ’A person’s misfortune begins with envying others. If you constantly try to become someone imagined, problems arise. People are exhausted because they increasingly fail to be their true selves. Remember, the life given to you has its reasons. Living well is the only shortcut to happiness.’ Do you remember?"
"I remember." Jiang Wei covered her mouth, tears in her eyes.
"I believe you chose to meet me today because you’ve already completed a self-redemption journey. You’re willing to accept everything that has happened in your life; you’ve let go of what you’ve experienced. You choose to confess to me, you choose not to be jealous of me, indicating you accept yourself, your parents are as they are, your family is as it is, your childhood is as it was. You’ve accepted the arrangement of fate, and you now hold gratitude in your heart, without resentment towards much of the past. Is that right?" Ning Youguang’s gaze was filled with gentle understanding.
"That’s right." Jiang Wei was already in tears.
After quietly waiting for her to cry for a while, Ning Youguang softly asked:
"Can I give you a hug?"
Jiang Wei voluntarily stood up, walked around the table to her side, and hugged her tightly.
In the process, she accidentally bumped Ning Youguang’s nose because of her hurried movement.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry." She kept apologizing as she embraced her.
Ning Youguang held her slender back, chuckling lightly, "It’s okay, it’s okay, it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt."
...
That afternoon, the rain turned from heavy to light.
Ning Youguang couldn’t help but take out her phone and edit a Weibo post as she watched Jiang Wei drive away from the school gate—
[An ordinary person: Everyone is their own hero, everyone is remarkable.]
After posting it, she turned around under her umbrella, walking back into the campus, not rushing, but habitually planning to choose a comment or direct message that matched her mood to reply.
Soon, she saw a suitable one—
[An ordinary person: Anyone’s kindness to him will become his pressure. Wishing well-being! @Love Class Representative: Teacher, how terrifying is it for a person to turn from self-confidence to complete self-doubt?] 1314