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In the old alley of the 1970s, 12-year-old Lin Xiaoman was hired as a tutor for the young master of a TCM clinic, Zhou Jingshen, because she “could handle anyone”—she chased the truant Zhou three streets with a bamboo slat, yet stayed up all night boiling ginger tea when he had a fever. He broke her textbook, but secretly stuffed fruit candies into her bag. But at 15, Lin disappeared, leaving only a note: “I’m joining the PLA.” Fifteen years later, when Zhou became a top surgeon, he ran into Lin with a military medal in the hospital. She waved the old bamboo slat and smiled: “Master Zhou, time to finish your literacy class?” He clutched the candy wrapper he’d kept for 15 years, voice trembling: “Ms. Lin, how will you pay back the 15 years you owe me?” She held out her medal: “With a lifetime?”
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