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    Chapter 41 Starfall is reborn and the original intention is renewed

    The speed at which Zhi and Qi got to know each other was as fast as fate.

    They went to the beach to sketch together. When Qi painted the starry sky, Zhihui helped him mix paints; Zhihui stayed up late working on the design draft, and Qihui appeared downstairs in the dormitory with a warm mango pancake; during the charity studio volunteer activities on weekends, the two always went together. Qi taught the children to draw, and Zhihui helped design event posters. They had a tacit understanding as if they had practiced it thousands of times.

    “Tell me, did we know each other before?” On this day, the two of them were sitting on the rocks by the sea, watching the sunset sinking into the sea, and Qi suddenly spoke.

    Zhi’s heart skipped a beat and she turned to look at him.The profile of Qi’s face was dyed orange by the sunset, and his eyes were filled with tiny pieces of light.”I always feel at ease every moment I spend with you.” Qi said softly, “It’s like… going home.”

    Zhi’s eyes were slightly red. He thought of the sunset in his dream, the gentle “A Zhi”, and the yellowed group photo in the memorial hall.He took out a small pendant from his pocket, which was left to him by his grandfather, with the word “Xing Luo” engraved on it.”My grandfather said that this was passed down from the previous generation, saying that the person who wears it will plant stars into the sea with the destined person.”

    Qi took the pendant, brushed the notch with his fingertips, and felt a warm current in his heart.He suddenly remembered that there was a painting in his sketchbook at some point – two teenagers standing hand in hand under the starry sky, with the rolling waves in the background. In the corner of the painting, there was a line of small words written: Stars fall back to the sea, love will never break up.

    “Zhi, let’s do something together.” Qi suddenly turned his head, his eyes shining, “As the memorial hall says, use art to help those who have dark clouds in their hearts clear the fog.”

    Zhi smiled and nodded vigorously.

    They launched the “New Star Falling Project” at the school, using their spare time to organize volunteers to go to surrounding communities and orphanages to conduct free art therapy courses.If they didn’t have funds, they used scholarships to buy painting supplies; if they didn’t have a venue, they borrowed the school’s activity room; when people questioned them, they responded to all their confusions with paintings full of vitality.

    The first child to be cured was a little girl who didn’t like to talk.The first painting she painted was a dark night sky with only two stars.Qi squatted down, pointed at the stars and asked her, “What are the names of these two stars?”

    The little girl whispered: “One is called Zhi, and one is called Qi.”

    Zhi and Qi looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of relief.They know that this is not a simple repetition, but a continuation of the original intention.The light of the previous generation illuminated their reunion; and they wanted to continue to pass on this light.

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