Zhao Xiaoyu never wavered. She woke up at 5 AM every day. She studied for two hours before school. She studied during lunch. She studied after school. She studied until midnight. She never complained. She never questioned herself. She never wondered if she could make it. She understood the screening as a clear order. She knew her channel. She wanted 620. She wanted 985. She had known what she wanted since she was a child. And she had never let anything get in her way.
赵小雨从未动摇过。她每天早上5点起床。她上学前学习两个小时。她在午餐时学习。放学后学习。她学到午夜。她从没抱怨。从没质疑自己。从没怀疑自己能不能做到。她把这个筛选理解为一种清晰的秩序。她知道自己的通道。她想要620分。她想要985。 她从小就知道自己想要什么。她从未让任何事情挡住她的路。
Lin Yue admired her. He also envied her. She had something he didn't have. She had certainty. She knew what she wanted, and she knew she would get it. 620 was her target. 570 was her floor. She had no doubts. She had no fears. Or if she did, she never showed them. She was like a machine. A perfect, efficient, unstoppable machine.
林越佩服她。他也嫉妒她。她有他没有的东西。她有确定性。她知道她想要什么，她知道她会得到。620分是她的目标。570分是她的底线。 她没有疑虑。没有恐惧。或者即使有，她也从不表现出来。她就像一台机器。一台完美的、高效的、不可阻挡的机器。
"Don't you ever get tired?" he asked her one night.
"你从来不会累吗？"一天晚上他问她。
"Every day," she said. "But I don't stop. Tired is not a reason to stop. The motivation keeps me going. I want 620. I won't settle for 570. "
"每天都累，"她说。"但我不会停。累不是停的理由。那种动力让我继续。我想要620分。我不会满足于570分。 "
"Don't you ever get scared?" he asked.
"你从来不怕吗？"他问。
"Every day," she said. "But I don't let it stop me. Fear is not a reason to stop. The channel is right in front of me. 620 is right there. I just have to walk through it. "
"每天都怕，"她说。"但我不会让它阻止我。害怕不是停的理由。通道就在我面前。620分就在那里。我只需要走过去。 "
He looked at her. He wondered where she got her strength. He wondered if he could find it too. He just needed 540. She needed 620. Both were gates. Both were challenges. Both were opportunities. But hers seemed so much farther away. And yet she was walking toward it without hesitation. He was walking toward his with his heart pounding and his hands shaking.
他看着她。他想知道她的力量从哪里来。他想知道他自己能不能也找到。他只需要540分。她需要620分。两者都是门。 两者都是挑战。两者都是机会。但她的似乎远得多。然而她毫不犹豫地朝它走去。他朝他的走去时心脏狂跳，双手颤抖。
"You will make it," she said. "You just have to keep going. Keep your eyes on 540. Don't look down at 539. " She said it with such confidence that he almost believed her. He almost believed that he could do it. He almost believed that everything would be okay.
"你会做到的，"她说。"你只需要继续。把你的眼睛盯在540分上。不要往下看539分。 "她说得如此自信，他几乎相信了她。他几乎相信他能做到。他几乎相信一切都会好起来的。
"Keep going where?" he asked.
"继续去哪儿？"他问。
"Forward," she said. "Anywhere. Just forward. That's what this challenge is for—to teach you to keep moving. Whether you're aiming for 620 or 540, you keep moving. " She smiled. It was a rare smile. And it gave him hope.
"向前，"她说。"任何地方。只要向前。这就是这个挑战的目的——教会你继续前进。无论你的目标是620分还是540分，你都要继续前进。 "她笑了。那是罕见的微笑。它给了他希望。
