Shen Qingwu's urban life hit the pause button at the age of 28. Tired of endless overtime work, complicated relationships, and the seemingly glamorous but suffocating "success template", she resolutely resigned and returned to her hometown, becoming an unreasonable "sleeper" in the eyes of her relatives and friends.
The reversal of day and night, self-doubt, and the reconciliation from conflict to silence with her parents constituted her long "psychological recovery period." In the seemingly wasted time, she was forced to face her heart and learn to get along with herself, loneliness, and her family again.
When she finally established her own, calm and solid life order, Zhou Shu appeared. He is not a savior riding on the colorful auspicious clouds, but a fellow traveler who has also experienced the beating of reality and understands the meaning of "pause". There was no sparkling romance in their encounter, only a deep resonance: "So you are here too and have walked the same road."
This is not a story about how to be saved by love, but a narrative about how people first find themselves before they can identify and embrace a truly compatible partner. It is dedicated to all modern people who have felt tired in reality, but still long for a kind of sincerity, equality, lightness and close connection deep in their hearts.
Purpose: When the pressure of reality is exhausting, this book explores how to find yourself in "lying flat" and build a new type of intimate relationship and life model with your true soul mate that transcends tradition and is based on profound understanding and equal symbiosis. It aims to provide contemporary urban youth with a possible sample of self-acceptance, family reconciliation and ideal relationships.