On September 12, He Yonghui checked in at Hunan Agricultural University. Three months ago, on the last day of the college entrance exam, his father hiked up the mountain roads and took a bus to the exam site to pick him up. After receiving the eggs, he handed the first bite to his father, who had been hungry all day.
The school had originally prepared an accessible dorm for him due to his mobility issues, but He Yonghui politely declined, hoping to leave it for students who needed it more. The school respected his choice and arranged a regular six-person dorm, converting the bunk beds into flat beds and moving the desks beside them. He could be exempt from practical military training but still had to follow the general schedule and participate in group activities; he would still take theoretical military classes as usual. He Yonghui enrolled in the Xiangjiang College of Outstanding Engineers with a full tuition waiver for four years, determined to give back to his hometown after graduation.