Cui Jingxian found Warm at the welfare home where they often volunteered together. She was curled up, crouching under the eaves, crying bitterly, her body drenched by the heavy rain.
Cui Jingxian stood in front of her, using an umbrella to shield her small body, and then called out to her.
Warm slowly lifted her head, her tear-filled eyes staring at Cui Jingxian with a face full of worry.
To this day, Cui Jingxian still remembers the look of utter despair, fear, and helplessness in her eyes when she first looked up at him.
Cui Jingxian wanted to take Warm home, but she refused. Helplessly, he had to let the driver find a hotel, allowing Warm to take a shower and change into clean clothes first.
Cui Jingxian waited for Warm in the hotel's coffee shop until she appeared an hour later.
Warm said she wanted to borrow two thousand yuan, promising to pay him back after working during the summer vacation.
