"To be honest, I was determined to study hard primarily to make myself become more 'special'."
Xu Xiangyang recalled the days after he and his sister moved to this city.
His resolution to diligently pursue studies, aside from the simple wish of "getting into a good university, finding a good job, and easing his sister's worries," was also spurred by a pivotal factor: his repeated setbacks during transfer applications.
Xu Xiangyang started to realize his own mediocrity at that time. Being alone allowed him to objectively compare the differences between people, making this feeling particularly profound.
Of course, if during his high school life at No. 15 High School, Xu Xiangyang had befriended those students who, like him, were of ordinary background, had an average personality, and might have a special skill but still appeared average in everyone's eyes, he might not have developed such a strong desire to "change" himself;
