Dreams are called dreams because achieving them is truly difficult.
If success came easily, they wouldn't really be dreams—no one dreams of eating deep-fried dough sticks or drinking soy milk because it's too simple.
Their significance lies not in the achievement but in the process of striving.
Chen Rui left after a long chat with Qin Guanglin, having made numerous promises about benefits and cooperation—this was necessary. Unlike Chen Rui, Qin Guanglin had a whole family to support. He had to provide for them, ensuring they had food on the table before anything else.
For a great ideal, to bow one's head upon meeting a kindred spirit without considering other matters is something found only in novels. Reality is much more complex.
Qin Guanglin watched Chen Rui drive away, then sat alone in the store for a while. After finishing the half pot of tea on the table, he stood up and prepared to head home.
