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    Chapter 29: Continuation of Charity and Responsibility of Love

    After graduation, Azhi entered a well-known design company, while Qi became a freelance painter.

    After work, the two did not forget their obsession.Together with several like-minded friends, they launched a public welfare project called “Starfall Project” – providing free art therapy courses to patients with depression and using paintbrushes to help them get out of their gloom.

    The initial stage of the project was not smooth, with a shortage of funds, limited space, and facing doubts from the outside world.Some people say that they are “young and energetic and do not understand the difficulties of charity”, while others say that “art therapy is useless”.

    “Don’t worry, we will carry it together.” Azhi looked at Qi’s slightly depressed face and comforted him softly, “As you said, the brush can paint the light in the heart, we must persevere.”

    Qi nodded, fighting spirit rekindled in his eyes.In order to raise funds, A Zhi sold his design works for charity, while Qi Ze held a personal exhibition and invested all the income into charity projects.They went to the community to promote the program, visited psychologists together, and polished the course content together, often working until late at night.

    Gradually, more and more people began to pay attention to the “Starfall Project”.Some companies have extended a helping hand, psychologists have joined their teams, former patients with depression have become volunteers, and many parents have come to sign up with their children.

    On the day when the first art therapy course started, Ah Zhi and Qi looked at each other and smiled with joy in their eyes as they saw the classroom filled with people who were eager to change.

    “Hello everyone, my name is Qi. In the coming days, I will teach you how to draw.” Qi stood on the podium with a gentle smile. “There is no right or wrong in painting. Don’t worry about technique. Just draw what you are thinking and what you want for life.”

    Ah Zhi sat in the corner of the classroom, watching Qi patiently instructing the students, and felt a warm current in his heart.He thought of the charity fund in his previous life, and of those illuminated souls – they still continue this love and responsibility in this life.

    Halfway through the class, a teenage girl walked up to Qi with drawing paper and whispered: “Teacher, I drew a starry sky, can you help me take a look?”

    The starry sky on the drawing paper is not perfect, but it is bright and full of life.Qi knelt down and said softly: “The painting is very good. Look, the stars are very bright, just like the light in your heart.”

    The girl’s eyes were red and she said softly: “I used to feel lonely and that no one loved me. But here, I feel the warmth and feel that I am not alone.”

    Qi touched her head and said softly: “You are not alone, we are all with you.”

    Ah Zhi looked at this scene and thought of himself and Qi in his previous life.He knew that everything they did was worth it.

    The “Starfall Project” is getting better and better. It has opened branch courses in many cities across the country and has helped countless people in darkness.The story of Azhi and Qi has also been reported by the media and has become a role model in the hearts of many people.

    “We did it.” One night, the two of them were lying on the sofa in the apartment, looking at the starry sky outside the window, Qi said softly.

    Ah Zhi held his hand and intertwined their fingertips: “Yes, I did it. This is our unfulfilled wish in the previous life, and it has finally come true in this life.”

    Qi turned his head and kissed the corner of Ah Zhi’s lips: “Thank you, Ah Zhi. No matter in the past life or in this life, you will always be with me.”

    Azhi smiled and hugged him tightly: “I should be the one thanking you. It’s you who make my life full of light.”

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