Recently, The Paper reported on the fairy tale love story between a poor girl and an excellent student at Peking University, attracting the attention and admiration of many people.
The two characters in the story are Dang Tu Anh and Tran Truong Chi.
Teng Ziying was born into a poor farmer family in Guizhou province, China. When she was just 1 year old, she had an accident and suffered severe burns that left half of her face deformed.
Even so, she still grew up surrounded by love from her parents and friends.
However, tragedy struck when her father suddenly passed away when she was 9 years old. The family's life became difficult when the main breadwinner was lost. Dang Tu Anh was forced to drop out of school in the 7th grade to help support the family.
Meanwhile, Tran Truong Chi was born and raised in a farmer family in Anhui province, China. He is the youngest child in a family of 6 siblings.
With his own efforts, Tran Truong Chi was accepted into the Department of Computer Science of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. After graduating, with the desire to become a lawyer, he continued to study self-study law at Peking University.
The love story of Tran Truong Chi and Dang Tu Anh began by chance.
In 2001, through information in a magazine, Tran Truong Chi learned about a girl with hemiplegia in Guizhou and began contacting her to encourage her.
Dang Tu Anh lives nearby and often visits this girl. One day in 2002, when Dang Tu Anh was at the home of a paralyzed girl, Tran Truong Chi accidentally called.
From then on, the two began to get to know each other and gradually became closer. They maintained contact by letter and phone for four years.
In 2006, Tran Truong Chi invited Dang Tu Anh to Beijing with the hope of helping her with facial reconstruction surgery.
At first, Dang Tu Anh was very worried and wanted to return as soon as he arrived at Beijing train station. But Tran Truong Chi waited patiently and convinced her to stay. He took her to visit Beijing, introduced her to friends and gradually won her heart.
In 2007, despite his friends' objections, Tran Truong Chi decided to propose to Dang Tu Anh.
Tran Truong Chi took Teng Tu Anh back to his hometown in Anhui and was accepted by the bride's family. In particular, Tran Truong Chi's mother, even though she later suffered from Alzheimer's (senile dementia), still remembered Dang Tu Anh's name.
During the first years of marriage, they faced many difficulties. Tran Truong Chi borrowed more than 200,000 yuan (about more than 700 million VND) so that Dang Tu Anh could have facial reconstruction surgery. He even worked as a brick loader at a construction site to earn extra income.
However, after all, with love and constant effort, both of them overcame all challenges.
Currently, after more than 20 years together, Dang Tu Anh and Tran Truong Chi have built a successful business with assets worth up to tens of millions of yuan.
The two also have a son and a beautiful, intelligent daughter together.
