Outside the ICU, I Gave Up Three Chances to Start My Life Over [Anti-Trope System]

Bai Wusheng's "Outside the ICU, I gave up three opportunities to re-elect [Anti-Routine System]" is completely different. It breaks away from the inherent cool logic of system literature to change one's fate against the will of nature. It blends fantasy settings with extremely realistic life and death choices, and uses an anti-routine narrative to tear away the illusion of warmth. The work does not indulge in the false perfection of rebirth and comeback. Instead, it uses the protagonist's choice to give up the chance of re-election three times to face the nature of family affection, dignity of life and human regret. In the depressing space of the ICU, it completes a gentle deconstruction of the utilitarian view of survival. The text is restrained but directly touches people's hearts. It not only breaks the shackles of Internet stereotypes, but also uses the simplest choices to express the profound core of the fact that life does not have to be perfect, and farewell also requires dignity. It is an excellent short story with both realistic warmth and ideological sharpness.

What moved me the most was not the counterattack, but the scene where the protagonist squatted down to tie his father's shoelaces. Family love is always the weakest weakness and the hardest armor. The writing is so real.