That day, An Jiao did not go anywhere else but sat in that valley for an entire night. When the first ray of dawn appeared at the horizon, An Jiao slowly "awoke." He sat on that rock for a whole night, thinking throughout.
His father was nowhere to be found, leaving only An Jiao alone in the vast valley.
An Jiao looked up at the dawn he hadn't seen for a long time. Suddenly, a strange sense of determination and courage surged within him. At last, An Jiao picked up the cane beside him and slowly made his way home.
Since that day, An Jiao no longer blamed the heavens or others, nor did he go out on many rainy nights to shout angrily and grudgingly. Instead, he left all the years of inner dissatisfaction and disappointment about his first half of life in that valley, left them in that sleepless night.
Upon returning, An Jiao's father did not speak any special words to him, only continuously intensified An Jiao's training, constantly challenging this disabled person's limits.
