Mu Nanxun sat at his desk, his gaze fixed on the woman on the screen whose mouth was stuffed with pancakes, whose eyebrows were curved and whose smile seemed to overflow the screen.
Yiyi
The one I long for is on the other side of the water.
...
As night fell, the warm morning light gently bathed us.
"Coo coo coo..."
Yi Yi woke up hungry and stretched weakly.
Last night, she walked aimlessly, not knowing how long she walked or where she was. Eventually, she got so sleepy that she lay down on a bench by the roadside and fell asleep.
As Yi moved to sit up, she saw something fall from her body to the ground.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be food!
She recognized the white, round thing; it was a steamed bun. Although it wasn't as delicious as a pancake, it was still pretty good and could fill her stomach.
There were a few bills on the ground, including five-yuan notes, one-yuan notes, and coins. Yi Yi had seen these bills before when she was selling pancakes with the woman at her stall, and she recognized them all.
It's strange. She just took a nap here, but when she woke up, she found food and money.
Is there a money tree here?
Yi Yi munched on a steamed bun while looking up at the sky. "Wow, it's great! I can make money just by sleeping! Why bother risking my life to work? I can just sleep here every night!"
"Oh, how pitiful. So young and beautiful, yet she has to beg. Her family must have fallen on hard times, leaving her with no other choice."
Just as Yi Yi was happy because she had found an easy way to get rich, an old man with a white beard walked over, muttered a bunch of things, and then took out a 5-yuan note and put it on the chair next to Yi Yi. He also said to her, "Keep going, the hardship is only temporary, everything will pass."
What's going on?
Grandpa turned to leave. Yi Yi quickly got up from her chair, took the money and stuffed it into his hand, saying seriously, "Grandpa, why are you giving me money? I don't want it."
Hearing this, the old man looked at Yi Yi with more admiration. "It's not easy. Although you're in adversity, you understand the principle of not accepting handouts. Grandpa admires you. Sooner or later, you will make a name for yourself through your own efforts and revitalize the family business!"
"..."
Uh, what's going on?
She could understand every single word the old man said, but she just couldn't understand them when they were put together.
After saying that, the old man simply took out several hundred-yuan bills from his wallet. "Here, little girl, take this money and buy yourself something nice to eat, a clean set of clothes, and then start over. Grandpa believes in you. Falling into begging is only temporary. You have a bright future ahead of you. Keep going, keep going, keep going!"
Holding the half-eaten steamed bun, Yi Yi blinked, finally understanding. It turned out this kind old man had mistaken her for a beggar. He probably got the bun and the money on the ground because of that.
How could she explain to the old man, who was lost in his own imagination, that things weren't as he thought?
"Grandpa, you've misunderstood. Actually, I'm not..."
"I know, I know~" The old man quickly stopped her. "Grandpa knows what you're going to say. Remember, it's not shameful to accept help from others temporarily when you're in adversity. As long as you know how to work hard and move forward, you've done right by those who helped you."
After saying that, the old man walked away without looking back.
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