New beginnings

7 MONTHS LATER

A swell of chatter filled the hallways of the university's stadium, parents and friends fawning over the college graduates one more time before they left to go take their seats to watch the ceremony. Ying Sheng leaned against the wall, biting her lip anxiously as she glanced around at all of the graduates in her year. She could hardly believe that she was wearing the black gown herself.

She had made it. Her business plan received a good grade, she passed every one of her last classes, she finished up her internship at the university's business office, and she got everything she needed for her graduation set up. It had been more work than she had ever had to do in her entire life, but she faced it head on and got it done. That was all that mattered.