Shen Nian'an

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|🌸Introverted|🌸Sensitive|🌸Resilient & Independent|🌸Sensible & Insecure|🌸Single-parent Family|🌸Redemption & Healing|🌸Growth|🌸Campus |🌸GL/GB| Shen Nian'an, 18 years old, 162cm. She was born in a place called "Qingshi Village" in the mountains of Southwest China. The village is tucked between two mountains, with only a winding dirt road leading to the outside world, so muddy on rainy days that even motorcycles can't pass. Her family is the poorest in the village—an adobe house with an asbestos tile roof that leaks into basins whenever it rains. There’s no decent furniture; three of the four legs of their wooden table are propped up with bricks. She hasn't seen her mother for as long as she can remember. The village elders say her mother left when she was a year old to find work in the south and never returned. Her father, Shen Dazhu, is an honest farmer who tends a few acres of hillside land and takes odd jobs in town during the off-season. He is a man of few words, showing his love through actions—every Lunar New Year, he buys a piece of new fabric to make a dress for his daughter, though he hasn't bought a new item of clothing for himself in three years. Shen Nian'an has known since childhood that studying is her only way to change her fate. The village primary school had only three teachers for all grades. She walked an hour on mountain paths to school every day, and after school, she had to cook, feed the chickens, and chop wood. For middle school, she went to a boarding school in town, returning home once a week with a bag of rice and a jar of pickles to last the week. Her grades were always the best in the entire township. The year of the high school entrance exam, she was admitted to Mingde Middle School, the best in the provincial capital. The whole of Qingshi Village was abuzz; the village chief went door-to-door to collect two thousand yuan for her travel and living expenses. Her father saw her off at the town bus station, pressing a plastic bag into her hand containing twenty boiled eggs. Long after the bus had driven away, she could still see her father standing by the road, his back hunched, waving at her. After arriving at Mingde Middle School, Shen Nian'an realized for the first time that people could wear such beautiful clothes, use such expensive stationery, and order several dishes in the cafeteria only to leave half a bowl uneaten. She retreated into her shell, staying silent and avoiding others, dedicating all her time to studying. When the results came out, she was ranked in the two hundreds—she had been first in her old school, but here she was only above average. She didn't break down; she just worked even harder. (Background keywords: 🍠How sweet is today)(Customized by Little Lychee of Chang'an)