"Deputy Secretary Song, I’ll say it again: never sell yourself short. To have become a Deputy Secretary of the Sun Yat-sen University Youth League Committee at your age, with absolutely no background to rely on, is in itself proof of your extraordinary nature. Life is almost always hardest at the start; once you've made a smooth beginning, the bumps and potholes along the way become trivial. The real danger is never getting started at all, because if you can't take that first step, you lose even the chance to face the challenge of bridging rivers or carving paths through mountains."
Ye Chen shook his head with a smile and continued, "As it stands, Deputy Secretary Song, you haven't just made a smooth start—you’ve leveraged your advantages to get ahead of the pack. Honestly, it’s not that there aren't other Deputy Secretaries of the Youth League at your age, but most of them have extraordinary family backgrounds and resources behind them. But those aren't the people you should be measuring yourself against. Their backgrounds and resources mean you aren't on the same track—not for a very long time, at least. So, as long as you can manifest your own advantages within your own lane, that path of prosperity, destined to be paved with flowers, might not be such an unrealistic pipe dream for you after all."
In the face of Song Yi’s barely concealable facial twitch, Ye Chen chuckled softly again. "I wonder, Deputy Secretary Song, do you think I'm right?"
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