Logan Bennett seemed to be just such an existence.

Logan Bennett's eyes lit up when she saw Henry Carter: "I always knew our families lived in the same courtyard, but we've never run into each other before. Are you... out for a run?"

Henry Carter wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled, "Yeah, just trying to stay healthy, running for exercise."

"Are you really planning to apply to a sports college? I think it's only the third year of middle school, it's not time to decide your life path yet. If you want to train, you can still do it in high school," Logan Bennett had also heard the recent rumors at school: Henry Carter was planning to go to a sports school because his academic grades were too poor.

Henry Carter was taken aback for a moment. This was the first time someone had asked him this question face to face. He thought for a bit and said, "No, that's not it. I'm just working out. Alright, it's getting late, you should head home."

"Okay," Logan Bennett didn't expect Henry Carter to end the topic so quickly, but she smiled, "Alright, see you at school tomorrow!"

She watched as Henry Carter's running figure disappeared into the night at the corner of the apartment building ahead. Logan Bennett felt a strange sensation in her heart, as if Henry Carter was somehow different now, but she couldn't quite say how.

……

Kyoto News Group, Review Room.

"Hey, hey, come look at this, there's a strange submission here," a young editor with black-rimmed glasses called his colleagues over. "Let me read it to you, it's pretty interesting, sounds like a nursery rhyme! 'At the beginning of man, nature is good. Natures are similar, habits make them different...'"

After he finished reading, his colleagues were intrigued: "Is this a nursery rhyme? It sounds pretty interesting, but why would someone send it to us? We don't publish this kind of thing."

"It's well written, but seems a bit too simple. If you call it an ancient poem, it doesn't really fit. At most, it's a catchy jingle."

"Alright, just forward it to the children's magazine subsidiary under the group. We can't let a good piece go to waste."

A middle-aged editor had been silently pondering after hearing the Three Character Classic. When he heard everyone agree to send it to the children's magazine, he suddenly spoke up: "Xiao Li, wait a minute, let me take a look."

However, after he got it, he went straight to the editor-in-chief's office behind him. He knocked on the door, and a booming voice from inside said, "Come in."

Middle-aged editor: "Mr. Foster, we've received a rather interesting submission. Would you take a look at it?"

The young editors outside looked at each other in surprise. Seriously? This kind of manuscript is actually being shown to the editor-in-chief? You have to know, their editor-in-chief Noah Foster is a titan in the media world—only truly stunning works ever get brought to him.

This piece was interesting, sure, but stunning? Not really.

Noah Foster heard the middle-aged editor and said, "Oh? Let me see."

He took the thin sheet of paper from the middle-aged editor and began to read aloud: "'At the beginning of man, nature is good...'". As he read, Noah Foster suddenly put on his reading glasses and continued.

The middle-aged editor saw the editor-in-chief put on his glasses and knew there was hope—this was the signature move of the Kyoto News Group's editor-in-chief when he saw a good manuscript! The middle-aged editor whispered, "I think this piece even deserves to be included in elementary school textbooks! Xiao Li and the others are too young to see its true significance. I think you should take a look."

Noah Foster had finished reading by now, rubbing his temples and thinking seriously: "At last, a phenomenal representative work has appeared among children's primers. Its significance is profound. Who knows, maybe every household will use this as the first lesson in early childhood education in the future! Put it on the front page of tomorrow's third edition, pay the author at the A-level poetry rate, and get in touch with the author to see if we can secure the copyright!"

The middle-aged editor was stunned. He had thought this work might be influential, but he hadn't expected Mr. Foster to elevate it to such a high status! The Three Character Classic—if you ask how profound it is, a first-time reader might not think much of it. But someone with vision can immediately see that it turns children's enlightenment into a catchy three-character song! Its significance is far-reaching!

The middle-aged editor quickly nodded, "Alright, I'll contact them right away!"

Noah Foster thought for a moment and said, "Never mind, I'll call personally."

……

Just when Henry Carter thought the Three Character Classic had sunk without a trace, he suddenly received a call from someone claiming to be the editor-in-chief of Kyoto News Group, Noah Foster. As soon as Henry Carter heard the caller introduce himself as being from Kyoto News Group, he knew it was real.

"Hello, is this Henry Carter?" Noah Foster asked.

"Hello, and you are?"

"Hello, hello, I'm Noah Foster, editor-in-chief of Kyoto News Group. Here's the thing: I received your submission, the Three Character Classic. May I ask, was this independently created by you, and do you still hold the copyright?"

"Yes," Henry Carter replied, suppressing his excitement, "I wrote it myself."

"Sorry, you sound quite young. May I ask your age?"

"Fifteen, a third-year middle school student," Henry Carter said with a smile, knowing the other party would definitely have this question.