Remaining White

The medium-length novel "Yu Bai", a realistic literary novel, has been completed. The novel revolves around a young man's long spiritual search, using the daily situations of ordinary people to carry an existential proposition: when the established life standards fail, how should individuals make choices and bear the weight of choices. The work forms a cross-time and space dialogue with Somerset Maugham's "Blade", but it abandons foreign literary templates, takes root in Chinese-style human society, and writes about the confusion, awakening and reconciliation of local youth. At present, most similar themes in the domestic market tend to be chicken soup, but "Yu Bai" maintains a restrained and calm literary expression, does not force standard answers, and leaves room for thinking. "Excess White" takes the meaning of the blank space in calligraphy and painting, and is a metaphor for individuals to retain the spiritual space of self-choice and independent exploration of the meaning of life outside of secular disciplines. It is in line with the novel's existential core and restrained and calm narrative style. Purpose: The novel "The Remainder of the World" is based on the spiritual dilemma of ordinary people in contemporary cities, and explores a core proposition: when the entire society urges life to be completely filled with fame, wealth, status, and the expectations of others, how can individuals maintain their spiritual autonomy and complete inward self-salvation. The title of the book is taken from the artistic conception of blank space in the aesthetics of calligraphy and painting: blank space is not about escaping or lying down, but a spiritual territory that people actively retain. The story abandons intense dramatic conflicts and focuses on the protagonist who is trapped in the torrent of the world. After experiencing confusion, seeking outside, and repeated disappointments, he slowly breaks away from his obsession: he no longer looks for salvation outside, expects others to rely on, and pursues standard answers defined by the world. The work combines existentialism and Eastern self-examination wisdom, and proves that "you think you are a lamp, you think you can rely on it": the world has no preset meaning, and other people's principles, distant answers, and other people's light cannot save you after all. True self-consistency means not escaping from reality in the world of fireworks, but taking the initiative to leave a blank space for the soul; accepting the imperfection of life, not relying on external evaluation, relying on oneself to complete awakening, and personally giving meaning to one's life. In contrast to "The Blade": Larry chooses to break away from the world and travel far to search for the truth; "The Remains of the World" writes about most ordinary people who cannot easily leave their responsibilities and go away, but can only stay in the fetters of the world and complete their spiritual breakthrough in place. If "Blade" is about finding a way out in the distance, "The Remainder of the World" is about finding a destination in the heart in the daily life of fireworks.