Some people spend their entire lives learning how to be "right."
React correctly, express correctly, be in the world correctly. They know when to laugh, know what words should not cross the line, and know how to suppress all the fluctuations until they can't even feel it. They live well, or at least look good - stable, restrained, and error-free, which is the most popular look in this era.
But no one ever told them: You can be incorrect.
Wen Zhiyao grew up in Lanzhou. In a world where "emotion is order" is the implicit law, he is the most perfect kind of person. He handles complex matters, never loses control, and always gives the most appropriate response. No one knew that he spent eleven long years in the underground room. No one knew that the things that were pressed in never disappeared, but he could no longer reach them.
At twenty-two, he started over.
He began to search for the truth and began to slowly get closer to the things he had spent his life avoiding. He met Gu Tingbai - the first person who really heard him. He met many people, each with their own cracks, and each with difficulty continuing to live in their own way.
Along the way, he felt himself for the first time.
This book is for everyone who lives in the cracks. I write to those who feel that "something is not right" with them but cannot explain clearly, to those who have swallowed back their tears for many years, and to those who are clearly in pain but still say "it's okay".
You don't need to be right all the time. You can collapse, you can be overwhelmed, these are all allowed.
