Horse Racing
by Yo Qian
About This Novel
In this drowsy and chaotic world, Chen Xiaozhou's eyes as a child felt like they were covered with a thin layer of mist, or sometimes like a big dream, walking through the sea of people, the gray shadows on the ground were very clear, so in that moment, we seemed to slowly understand that life and death are in the world. The meaning of knowing how to face separation better, accepting one's own imperfections and ordinaryness, knowing how to distinguish like and love, good and evil in the world. Since then, the childhood dream of a hero who saved the world has come to an end, and has been forever sealed in a dark corner of my heart, covered with a layer of black cloth in a ceremonial sense.
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The so-called halo of the protagonist
In reality, many of us find it difficult to get what we want. We may be like Chen Xiaozhou. We once believed so much in some things and were so confident. From the beginning, we thought why it couldn't be me, it must be me, but later we realized that it was not me in the first place. Not everyone's youth and life can be like a Mary Sue protagonist like Chen Xiaozhou, with such ups and downs, countless highlight moments in life, a happy childhood, an outstanding actor arranged right before the appearance, straight-up results, miracles that suddenly appear when encountering difficulties, hard work will lead to success, and making a group of like-minded and lovely friends. These are even more cruel in reality. We are more like Kong Junyao, like Song Qi, like Guan Mengjia, like countless supporting characters. We have ordinary childhoods and spend our youth in an ordinary way. We focus on study and life. For six years, three years after another, we have not encountered anything. I have never experienced sweet love like those in TV dramas and novels. I have done anything spectacular, my grades have been high and low, and I have worked hard but can't get what I want. I occasionally believe that I am one of the 1% of people, but in the end I realize that I am only 99% of the others. But fortunately, even if we don't get what we want in the end, life is not cheating all the way like the protagonist, and the final result is not particularly bad. Life can still be lived in an ordinary way, and the people around us are still there. Some things are wrong but just right. We still have the initiative in life, the right to choose our own life, seize the lucky and beautiful moments of life, and feel the fresh breath of life. We are all protagonists, just ordinary protagonists in this world.
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Official(1)Scraped 3d ago
The so-called halo of the protagonist
In reality, many of us find it difficult to get what we want. We may be like Chen Xiaozhou. We once believed so much in some things and were so confident. From the beginning, we thought why it couldn't be me, it must be me, but later we realized that it was not me in the first place. Not everyone's youth and life can be like a Mary Sue protagonist like Chen Xiaozhou, with such ups and downs, countless highlight moments in life, a happy childhood, an outstanding actor arranged right before the appearance, straight-up results, miracles that suddenly appear when encountering difficulties, hard work will lead to success, and making a group of like-minded and lovely friends. These are even more cruel in reality. We are more like Kong Junyao, like Song Qi, like Guan Mengjia, like countless supporting characters. We have ordinary childhoods and spend our youth in an ordinary way. We focus on study and life. For six years, three years after another, we have not encountered anything. I have never experienced sweet love like those in TV dramas and novels. I have done anything spectacular, my grades have been high and low, and I have worked hard but can't get what I want. I occasionally believe that I am one of the 1% of people, but in the end I realize that I am only 99% of the others. But fortunately, even if we don't get what we want in the end, life is not cheating all the way like the protagonist, and the final result is not particularly bad. Life can still be lived in an ordinary way, and the people around us are still there. Some things are wrong but just right. We still have the initiative in life, the right to choose our own life, seize the lucky and beautiful moments of life, and feel the fresh breath of life. We are all protagonists, just ordinary protagonists in this world.
