The first half of Shen Su's life could be summed up in two words: chasing after others.
He grew up in the shadow of a child prodigy next door, surrounded by scolding and comparisons. Exam papers were his only comfort, and excellence was his armor. He thought that if he climbed high enough, he could escape the fate of being forced to chase after others.
So he worked hard for eight years. From having nothing to becoming a manager earning a million a year.
But even after reaching the top, he still heard the same words: Go catch up with someone even better.
One night, after revising his last proposal, he came across a question: Why do we spend our whole lives chasing in other people's footsteps?
Shen Su fell silent. For the first time, he realized clearly that in all the years he'd been alive, he had never lived a single day for himself.
That night, he made the bravest decision of his life: quit his job, sell his house, take a cat, and drive south. He had no destination, only the far horizon.
Until he stopped in Xishuangbanna.
There, he met Yan Wenxun, someone born free, who had never needed to chase anyone or let anyone define him. Gentle, steady, and at peace with himself, he was like the wind and sunlight of this land.
Yan Wenxun didn't save anyone. He simply appeared quietly in Shen Su's life, yet with a single casual remark or glance, he gradually drew Shen Su out of the hell of “having to excel and chase after others” and back into the world of the living.
There was nothing earth-shattering about this journey. Just a tired man who finally stopped, and met someone who taught him that he didn't have to chase after others, he only had to become himself.
Theme: You don't have to chase after anyone. Live for yourself.
