Chase the Fish into Your Arms

When he was a child, Zhao Qingran gave the little red fish twisted out of the gashapon machine to a boy who couldn't speak. "When you see Xiaoyu from now on, you will think of me!" The boy nodded while holding the fish. Later the family moved away. Ten years later, Zhao Qingran was admitted to university. He left the home that had made him want to escape since he was a child, and just wanted to be a truly free and open-minded person. He has a slow-tempered personality, gregarious but alienated, unwilling to take the initiative to approach anyone, and does not believe that anyone will stay for him. He felt that he was a little carp in the mountains. If he wanted to survive, he had to keep jumping over the dragon gates on his own. He was used to working hard alone and not counting on anyone. But some people don't think so. Li Zhixing once thought that that summer and the little red fish were, after all, just a memory that he would treasure alone in his long life. He never thought he would see that person again. Until Zhao Qingran's name burst into his sight without warning on the college class list. He had long since accepted that he was the forgotten one. But now, he doesn't want to accept it. He didn't want to be the forgotten person anymore. He wanted Zhao Qingran to see him again and remember him - to become the one in his world that no one could replace. Zhao Qingran didn't know that there was always someone beside him, watching him quietly. He didn't even know that the little plastic fish he had given away had been hung on the key by that person for ten years, and the color was almost worn away. The childhood he forgot, some people never forgot even a day. Zhao Qingran swam through all the rapids on his own. As I swam, I found a light on the shore that was always on. Li Zhixing followed the light and walked a long way. As I walked, I discovered that the light had never been extinguished. A fish that has been swimming for ten years finally swam into a warm embrace. Concept: A person's childhood can be very cold, but it will not stay cold forever. Zhao Qingran grew up in the emotional gap, and the only rule of survival he learned is: don't count on anyone. He lives his life like a little carp swimming upstream, believing that leaping over the Dragon Gate is always a matter of one person. He does not expect anyone to wait for him, and does not believe that he can become a "unique" existence in another person's world. Li Zhixing hung the small plastic fish he gave away on his key for ten years. The color has worn off, but he is still hanging. He didn't speak or disturb, he just stood on the shore and kept a light on. What this story wants to say is: being firmly in someone's heart is something that can change a person. When you think you are just an ordinary person who is not worth waiting for, there is someone who spends ten years telling you that you are the brightest part of my memory. You are the place I still want to go back to after traveling far away. "Chasing a fish into one's arms" is not a victory in the chase, but a person finally believing that he is worthy of being embraced. The little carp that had been swimming for ten years found that the light on the shore had never gone out after jumping over the last dragon gate. It didn't land alone. There was a man who caught it where it fell. To put it in one sentence: A person has walked all the way on his own, but there are people waiting for a long time at the end of the road. This is not just love, but also a process of reconciliation between a person and himself - from "I don't need anyone" to "It turns out someone is willing to wait for me", from "I am a forgotten person" to "I am a unique existence in someone's world".