[Seven years ago, October 15, 2007 - a classroom in Building 2 of Tianming Primary School]

"Hey, that's the kid."

"Well, it should be her..... I've been crying all afternoon, and now I finally don't cry. ”

Two teachers whispered in front of the podium, and students of different grades sat in the classroom.

On this day, in order to comply with the regulations of the Education Bureau, all the students of Tianming Elementary School, the director of education, filled out a questionnaire and asked them about their future dreams and what they plan to do when they grow up, which was called "Hope Answer".

Students in six grades were randomly assigned to classrooms in Building 2, a room filled with students of all grades, who were pondering, chuckling, or whispering, filling in the scrolls in front of them with brushes.

Although they are different in age, their faces are full of hope.

They have their own dreams, such as being a detective, a lawyer, a doctor, a businessman, an astronaut or a scientist, or even a superpowered hero.

Contrary to all this is the girl in the corner.

The child looked like she was seven or eight years old, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously just cried for a long time, and while everyone was filling out the questionnaire, she was lying on the table, staring blankly ahead, her eyes empty and hopeless.

[I want to die]

A few simple words, written in pencil on the pale and weak pages, would have been surprised if it were others, why a little girl of seven or eight years old could write such desperate words.

"That kid...... I heard that her mom was mentally disturbed, and then killed his dad the other day and then dismembered, right? It's horrible......"

Behind the podium, the two teachers looked at the girl and continued their discussion.

"Hmm..... Now that he has been sent to prison, even if it is for mental reasons, but the method is so cruel, he will still be sentenced to death....."

"Tut-tut..... Isn't this child going to be an orphan, and it's so pitiful to be so young....."

The two teachers were discussing in a whisper on the stage, and the girl below kept looking ahead with godless eyes, like a doll, without a trace of light in her pupils.

"Teacher, I'm done."

"Well, so am I."

Several children in the classroom stood up, then handed in the [Hope Questionnaire] to the podium, and then walked out of the classroom with a smile.

"Hahaha, I've filled in a lot of interesting content."

"Huh? What is it——? ”

They gathered in a heap, laughing, and walked out one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people in the classroom.

The clock ticked away, and the little girl was still lying on her stomach like a puppet, staring blankly ahead.

The number of students in the classroom gradually decreased, twenty, ten, five, and finally, there were only three students left in the classroom.

"Well, it's almost over, my boyfriend seems to be calling, go pick it up first."

The young female teacher in front of the podium said, then waved to the old teacher, and walked out first.

"Wait a minute, Xiaoli, let's go out together, I just need to go to the toilet too."

The old teacher also stood up and followed behind the young female teacher with the phone.

In the classroom, there are now only three students.

Little by little, the clock ticked and ticked.

It's almost time for class, and few students will stay and concentrate on filling out this questionnaire.

"Okay—it's over."

Finally, a chubby boy stood up from his chair, handed in the questionnaire, and walked out of the classroom with a graceful look, and he also filled out the questionnaire full of hope.

- There are only two children in the classroom now.

A child, the girl who had been lying on her stomach, staring desperately and blankly ahead.

The other is a boy.

Two or three years older than the girl, she looks ordinary, looks dull, and is scratching her ears and cheeks thinking about how to fill out the questionnaire, and the pen she holds has not fallen on the paper.

"I can't do it.... Can't do it.... What should I write....."

The boy held his head, sweating coldly, staring at the questionnaire at a loss.

"O magical aura of wisdom - light it up for my Dark Moon Brave-"

He grasped the pen, closed his eyes, and muttered something to himself.

"-Still can't do it!"

After chanting the magic spell countless times and still showing no signs of inspiration, the boy collapsed limply on the table.

"Bell Bell Bell Ling Ling ........"

The bell rang for class, every class in the school was in class, and the two children were still in this classroom.

"Ahhhh By the way, little sister over there, what do you want to write? ”

The boy raised his head and glanced at the little girl who was sitting not far from him, who had also stayed, and couldn't help but ask.

“......”

The little girl ignored him, as if cut off from the whole world, and still stared blankly ahead.

"Uh....."

The boy was ignored, pouted and stood up, and with curiosity, he walked over to the little girl.

"What did you write about....."

The boy glanced at the little girl's questionnaire and froze.

On the white paper, there are three words full of despair - [I want to die]

"Uh.... Why do you want to die..."

When the boy saw these three words, he couldn't help but be a little unhappy, and stood beside the girl dissatisfiedly and asked.

Disturbed by the boy again, the little girl once again connects with the world, sweeping the boy with her black eyes.

- "The important things are gone. ”

She said coldly, expressionlessly to the boy, and then looked away from him.

"The important stuff is gone, so what's wrong?"

The boy asked with a puzzled expression, perhaps he had never experienced the feelings of a little girl, so he didn't quite understand her feelings.

"[Hope] is gone, there is no [hope]..... I don't have a future. ”

The girl lowered her head and continued to speak mechanically in a voice as cold as an ice cellar.

“..... That's right. ”

The boy paused slightly when he heard the girl's answer, then turned back to his seat, picked up the pencil and eraser, and walked back again.

"The absence of [hope] does not mean that there is no [future]."

He smiled softly, then used an eraser to gently erase the words "I want to die" that the girl had written on the questionnaire.

The girl looked up at him with some surprise.

"[Hope] can be simply had, if you don't have it now, it would be good to create it again, I'll give you an example....."

The boy said with a smile, then picked up a pencil and wrote a line for the girl on the questionnaire -

[I want to be a bride]

Crooked, not very good font printed on the page, and the moment Chu Qing saw it, she felt endless hope coming from the page, quickly filling her chest, and her eyes gradually lit up.

"Hah...... Girl.... I guess I have a dream of becoming a bride, and even my sister is clamoring all day long to be my bride, huh..... Although I'm not very good at understanding my own hopes, other people's hopes are still easy to find. ”

The boy scratched the back of his head and smiled with a sunny smile.

The girl looked at his clear eyes, and tears were inexplicably wetting her eyes......

"Brother... What's your name? ”

She looked up and said to the boy with emotion.

"Hahaha.... Do good deeds without leaving a name, learn from Uncle Lei Feng, it's almost class, I'll go first....."

The boy laughed, put down his pencil, and walked out of the classroom.

"You're going to have to do it."

He shouted to the girl before he walked out of the classroom, and then disappeared at the other end of the door.

Sunlight filtered in through the window, shining on the pages in front of the girl's eyes, on her already dark heart.

She looked back at her watch, and it was seven minutes and thirty-one seconds before the bell rang at three o'clock.

At seven minutes and thirty-one seconds, the boy gave her hope for the future.

"Brother.....

She blushed, grasped the pencil, and for the first time had the feeling of love, exhaled deeply, and added a sentence after the words that the boy had written on paper:

[I want to be a bride and be the bride of that very gentle and gentle big brother......]