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Lin Xiaoman failed the imperial exam three times. His mother Li Guilan, though terminally ill, secretly sold her dowry to fund his trips. The fourth year, Xiaoman finally topped the exam. Rushing home with the good news, he found his mom lying in bed—clutching the note he wrote last year: "I’ll succeed next year." She’d known she couldn’t survive, but held on just to hear those words: "I made it."
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