Li Qiuyu (L) and Yuan Songling (R). (Photo: Beijing Morning Post)

A Chinese girl finally met her sponsor who has aided her for three years, Li Qiuyu in the staff office of Wuhan Institute of Technology.

In the fall of 2016, Yuan Songling, a sophomore, went back to her hometown to work after dropping out of school because her family was extremely poor. After hearing this story, Li Qiuyu, who is pursuing the same major as Yuan at the Wuhan Institute of Technology, decided to help Yuan return to school.

Li never admitted helping Yuan for the past three years, but Yuan has been looking for her benefactor and wrote to this person every year.

The meeting between the two was accidental. Before this year, Li used to send the tuition through the school's online payment system. However, this year, due to a system upgrade, Yuan could not log into her account. After trying for several days, Li had to ask Yuan’s WeChat ID (a social media platform with transfer function) to send the money to her.