When the girl said this, she sounded very resolute, as if she truly believed he would become that amazing person in the future.
Cheng Lie froze for a moment, then couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips. His usually cold and deep eyes now carried a faint glimmer of light.
Should he thank her for her trust in him?
When everyone else saw him as nothing more than dirt to trample on, she was the only one who believed he held value.
How could he describe this feeling? It was like a beam of light suddenly appearing in the vast darkness.
Like he had wandered the desolate desert for what felt like an eternity, parched and famished, and water suddenly emerged before him.
This was a sensation he had never experienced before. Initially, he resisted it.
He always thought that encountering warmth would make it impossible to keep moving forward in the darkness.
Only now did he realize—he could accept warmth. Because of such warmth, he found even greater motivation to keep living.
