Lin Wu, an urban white-collar worker, is gradually on the verge of collapse due to high-pressure work and self-doubt, but unexpectedly glimpses a shocking truth: human pain, anxiety, grievance and exhaustion are not just personal frailties, but resources that are harvested, tasted and traded as "bitter taste" by higher-dimensional beings. Workplace oppression, emotional internal conflict, relationship imbalance and long-term self-blame may all turn out to be carefully brewed nourishment. After learning the truth, Lin Wu did not become a hero who saved the world. Instead, in the process of re-understanding the source of pain, he learned to stop criticizing himself and began to pass on this understanding to people who were also overwhelmed by life. "Above the Bitter Melon" uses an absurd setting to reflect the real dilemma, and writes about contemporary people's awakening, self-rescue and mutual illumination in the bitter world.
Purpose: Based on the setting of "human suffering is used as food by higher-dimensional beings", it describes the process of ordinary women from self-doubt to seeing the truth and completing awakening under the pressure of reality. The work focuses on workplace oppression, emotional exhaustion and individual dignity, trying to express that in a world where suffering is consumed and collapse is ignored, people can still regain the right to define their own feelings and complete self-rescue after understanding themselves.