"The Man Pressing Water"

"We are not screws." Seventeen-year-old Xu Ci tore up the self-reflection letter in front of two thousand people and said these words. He didn't know how many people's lives would be changed at this moment. "Two Leaves Know Autumn" tells the story of how an ordinary high school student ignited an ideological movement. Xu Ci, a "weirdo" with shaky hands, insomnia, washing his hair twice a day, and a fondness for the second dimension, used a pen to move the boulder of rigid education. He writes about the origin of Prussian education, the price of silence in the classroom, and the inevitability of educational reform in the AI ​​era. Article after article flows from the dormitory late at night to the campus, to the city, and to all parts of the country. But this is not the story of one person. And Chen Mo - the person who remembered Xu Ci's voice from the second grade of junior high school, spent three years in his class, sat behind him every day and looked at the back of his head, pulling him out of loneliness with silent love. And Zhang Peng - the first brother to understand "We are not screws". Zhou Nian, the girl who was pulled back from the rooftop by Xu Ci, now helps him collect letters from all over the country. Zhang Yan, a senior who once ran a newspaper but remained silent in the end, saw in Xu Ci the road he had not yet completed. This is a story about "being seen". Those who dare not speak, those who write and tear up late at night, those who are forced to pretend, all see themselves in Xu Ci's articles. This is also a story about love. From a secret love to being together, the two teenagers made their relationship public amidst the storm of public opinion. With the words "Every kind of love deserves to be seen", countless people hiding in the shadows dared to say "I am not alone" for the first time. The story includes the ancient well behind the Fire Temple that only produces water at important moments, the locust tree in the old house that witnesses the four seasons, 21 school branches, a gathering of more than 4,000 people, a letter from Tibet, and a "five-minute comparison class" attended by 230,000 people in the live broadcast room. It's not cool writing. Xu Ci has been scolded, investigated, and questioned. The love that Chen Mo gained in exchange for three years of secret love has encountered numerous negative comments after it was made public. The New Society has been suspended, and those articles have been reported. But just like that well - water doesn't gush out in one day, it seeps out drop by drop. The promotion of history is never a one-man show of heroes, but a torrent of silent persistence of countless people. "It's not that we want to change, it's that we have to change." If you have ever felt that you are out of place, if you have had something to say that you dare not say, if you are also looking for a possibility of being "seen"—— This book is for you. Intention: A man who cannot sleep speaks for all those who dare not speak.