"Love in the City" is a realistic short story that takes the growth trajectory of a female college student Yixin as the main line and writes the true journey of youth, campus, interpersonal relationships, emotions and self-salvation.
The protagonist is sensitive and introverted, loves reading and thinking, and is used to relieving his emotions in the library, but he is out of place in the bustling campus. A class barbecue event kicked off her college life: she took her studies seriously, worked hard to adapt to the collective, worked hard to subsidize her life through work-study, and faced the multiple discomforts of climate, rules, and interpersonal relationships alone in a strange southern city. However, friendliness and dedication did not lead to equal respect. Cold violence in the dormitory, clothes being destroyed, safety buckles lost, group cooperation being excluded, and continuous malice and neglect pushed her to depression and collapse. She eventually vented her emotions in extreme ways, triggering a storm in the dormitory. She was deemed psychologically abnormal by the school, and was forced to move out of the dormitory frequently, falling into deeper isolation.
Outside the campus, Yixin's emotional road is also full of thorns. From ignorant blind dates to several short-term relationships, she encountered lateness, indifference, deception and violence. She was full of expectations but was repeatedly hurt. The trap of dating software made her face fear and threats, and she was exhausted both physically and mentally. During the long period of hurt and self-doubt, she was also confused, painful, and struggling. She experienced embarrassing conflicts on the streets, buses, and campus corners, and experienced the harshness of the world and the warmth and warmth of human relationships.
The novel uses delicate writing to restore the difficulties and tears an ordinary girl encounters while growing up: academic pressure, dormitory conflicts, campus rules, harm to intimate relationships, and social prejudice intertwined to form the cruel background of youth. Even though he is bruised and bruised, Yixin is still slowly healing himself through reading, traveling and being alone. He recognizes humanity in the hurt, rebuilds dignity in the brokenness, learns to protect himself, lets go of obsessions, and moves forward calmly.
This is not a vigorous love, but a city-wide love affair in which a girl confronts life and reconciles with herself in loneliness and pain - eager for life and loving herself.
Purpose: Based on the growing pain of a young girl, she writes about her self-salvation and awakening of humanity in her lonely youth, criticizes indifferent interpersonal relationships, calls for understanding and respect, and ultimately achieves reconciliation with the world and herself.