Introduction to the book "The Cage of Illusions"
Over the years, according to the conclusions of relatives, friends and psychiatrists, college student Xu Yao suffers from paranoid delusions and fantasizes about a girl named Su Wan being with him day and night. Everyone tacitly concealed it, intervened with drugs, and deliberately avoided it. They worked together to build a cage with lies and persuaded him that the companionship he had in front of him day and night was all an illusion.
The fragrance of gardenias wafting out of thin air, objects being moved for no reason, the silence of others, and the repeated flashbacks of broken dreams by the river, a series of weird and strange things are constantly tearing open the cracks in reality. Xu Yao accidentally dug out yellowed old photos and water-soaked diaries, firmly believing that Su Wan had really come to this world, and struggled to verify the truth between reality and fiction.
As the layers of disguise collapsed one after another, the well-intentioned concealment revealed a cruel undertone: Su Wan was not a product of imagination, but a living friend who accidentally fell into the water and passed away when he was young. When his companions accidentally caused trouble and his neighbors kept silent about it, Xu Yao suffered from overwhelming guilt after witnessing the tragedy but was unable to save others. His brain forcibly sealed up the painful memories. In order to protect him from collapse, his family and doctors had to fabricate symptoms and use drugs to break up his obsession.
Relying on regret, Su Wan gradually developed paranoia from gentle companionship. Illusion and reality were entangled with each other, and a psychological dilemma that spanned more than ten years slowly came to an end. Xu Yao found the person who caused the accident, settled the old regrets, and watched the old friend condensed by obsession disappear from the world with the fragrance of gardenia.
From now on, flowers will bloom every year, and a faint fragrance will bring old friends to their appointments. The cage of illusions trapped in guilt and lies is shattered. The protagonist reconciles with the past over the long years and lives peacefully with regrets for the rest of his life. Healing and shortcomings will always coexist.
(Style: psychological suspense + redemptive romance, non-bloody thriller, outlining the virtual and real life with delicate inner portrayal)
Purpose: Using gardenia as a guide, I will write about the inner prison built by guilt, reconcile with regret in relief, and interpret the long longing and self-salvation between life and death.