Wen Shu was a student no one disliked.
She was kind to her classmates and respectful to her teachers. Whenever someone asked her a question, she never held anything back.
Even when Qin Siyang, the eternal runner up, went to ask her something, she would still explain it 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.
Qin Siyang went up to her with concern and asked what was wrong. Wen Shu shook her head and said, "It's nothing," then turned around and left.
That was also the only time Qin Siyang ever saw this cheerful girl cry.
Qin Siyang studied seriously, and on top of that, the elementary and middle school knowledge in his memory already had some foundation, making everything easy for him, so he stayed firmly in second place in the grade year after year.
And Wen Shu, who was first in the grade, was as steady as a mountain, completely unshakable.
The two were only nodding acquaintances, with not much interaction.
However, Qin Siyang's family went through a big change.
His father, dissatisfied with being deliberately made things difficult for by his superior, quit his job outright and went into business.
The family was poor for a while, but fortunately the parents were united and the child was easy to worry about. When the family is harmonious, everything prospers, and his father's business started to boom.
By the time Qin Siyang finished middle school, his father's career was already successful, and he had even opened up overseas markets.
In order to make the business bigger and stronger, his parents took Qin Siyang across the ocean, starting a new chapter of life.
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Abroad, Qin Siyang still studied hard and had excellent grades. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to a top university, and in the end enrolled in the world's number one business school.
At school, Qin Siyang got to know many famous figures in the business world. Because of the dealings of the family business, he also made quite a few friends.
The two he was closest with were Qi Jiangnan from the Qi family and Gu Yunpeng from the Gu family.
The three of them formed a business association called the Miracle Society while in university, spreading their network even wider.
After graduating from the famous school, Qin Siyang followed his father for a period of time, taking part in his father's business empire.
Later, at a ball organized by the Miracle Society, he met Sally, the young lady of the Warren family, a family of merchants.
Sally took the initiative to get to know Qin Siyang and said with a smile, "Qin, the way you spoke on stage was so cool!"
"Really?", Qin Siyang also smiled politely, "I think Gu Yunpeng is more handsome."
"Handsome and cool are two different things."
Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows, remembering this blond haired, blue eyed, warm and lively female classmate.
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A few years later, with matching family backgrounds and mutual affection, the two of them became partners with the support of both families.
As he was nearing thirty, he inherited his father's business and took over the multinational company. His parents retired early and began enjoying their life as a couple.
And Qin Siyang became a world famous rising star in the business world.
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Qin Siyang brought Sally and their children back to his homeland to introduce his family to the place where he had grown up.
He also went back to his elementary and middle school, paid to help renovate them, and built some new teaching buildings.
On the campus, one building was specially named after Qin Siyang, the Miracle Building.
Originally, the school had wanted to name it Siyang Building, but Qin Siyang felt that putting that name on a building would make students develop a mindset of worshipping foreign things, so he refused.
He hoped the students could understand that as long as you work hard in life, you will eventually create miracles, so he named it the Miracle Building.
The school believed Qin Siyang was broad minded and righteous, truly a role model and example for the students, so they also erected a statue of him, letting him exist together with the school and shine in its history.
As they were leaving in a special car, Sally could not help laughing, "Our CEO Qin is really bad, even fooling the kids."
"How did I fool them?"
Sally imitated Qin Siyang's tone with her blue eyes, "As long as you work hard, you will eventually create miracles! CEO Qin, did everything you have now really come from your own effort?"
Qin Siyang smiled, "Great wealth and high status are of course blessings from fate. But people are different and cannot be compared to each other. I still firmly believe that as long as you work hard, you can create the miracle of your own life."
"Oh? Then can you give an example?"
Qin Siyang's eyes suddenly carried a bit of melancholy, and he pressed his lips together without speaking.
Even though he now had extremely high status, he still remembered that female classmate who had beaten him in elementary and middle school for nine years.
He remembered that Wen Shu was always studying seriously, steadily making effort.
This time when he talked with the principal, he had even specially asked about Wen Shu.
The principal's expression was somewhat complicated.
"Student Wen Shu was the first in our district to get into Qingbei University, and everyone had high hopes for her. After graduating, I heard her job was also very good."
Then his tone changed, "It's a pity that heaven is unpredictable. About five years ago, I heard she passed away."
"She passed away? Do you know the reason?"
The principal shook his head, "I don't know. I only heard it from her homeroom teacher. Even her homeroom teacher doesn't know the specific reason."
"Alright."
Qin Siyang showed a bit of regret, but since he had not really had much contact with Wen Shu, he only sighed a couple of times and then smoothed out the small ripple in his heart.
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The years drifted by.
Qin Siyang and Sally's children quickly grew up.
They inherited the excellence of their parents.
They had their mother's looks and their father's intelligence.
After taking over their parents' businesses, they continued to make them bigger and stronger, becoming even more dazzling business tycoons than Qin Siyang and Sally had been back then.
After handing the business over to their children, Qin Siyang and Sally also followed their parents' example, retiring early and starting to enjoy life.
The ones who retired early just like Qin Siyang were also his friends of several decades, Qi Jiangnan and Gu Yunpeng.
The three of them bought three neighboring villas in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and also bought a piece of land together to grow vegetables and fruits and play around with flowers and plants.
Today they would have a barbecue at Qi Jiangnan's place, tomorrow they would drink wine and enjoy the moon at Gu Yunpeng's place, and the day after tomorrow they would go fishing and steam seafood on Qin Siyang's yacht, living extremely happily.
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Qin Siyang leaned on a cane, supported by his son, and came to the cemetery, panting heavily.
His daughter behind him said, "Dad, take a rest. I'll offer the flowers for you."
Qin Siyang shook his head with effort, "Old Qi and Old Gu are right here watching me. We've known each other for so many years, I know their characters better than anyone. If I slack off, when I go down to see them in a few days, they will definitely scold me to death."
"And your mom, ever since she met me, she only accepts the flowers I give her… Cough! Cough! Cough!"
"Dad! Dad!"
"Call an ambulance!"
"The ambulance won't make it in time! Doctor Chen! Get Doctor Chen here now!"
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Qin Siyang opened his eyes again.
The feeling of life just now slowly slipping away was unbelievably real, making him think he was really going to die.
Yet now he was awake again, leaving him shocked and confused.
He stood up and looked around.
"Where is this?"
The whole world was a dark golden expanse, with no edges in sight.
And within this strange world stood a tree, with two human figures standing under it.
Qin Siyang hesitated for a moment, then cautiously walked toward that tree.
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