He was attending a mediocre private college, drifting through his days with nothing to do, playing online games out of boredom, and flirting with girls whenever he had time. At twenty, Zhou He could just about accept this kind of life, since everyone around him was doing the same. But when he blew out the candles on his twenty-second birthday cake, he realized that the life he had once looked down on was already beyond his reach. It had even become the only happy glimmer in his memories. Zhou He had no grand ambitions, but he had never wanted to let his life become this miserable, either. He couldn’t understand how things had ended up this way. He had known Xu Zhuo for two years. Xu Zhuo was still in the heart of the city, while he himself had been pushed to its outskirts.
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I thought of this book again this year, and I plan to put the long review I wrote here. Review this old work that impressed me deeply. Although the author calls himself a "rare work", from a reader's point of view, it doesn't count at all. At most, it is a short story with a somewhat archaic formula but overall a very good one. Maybe some people don't like formulaic articles, and some people don't like seeing Guzao, but I deeply agree with a sharp-tongued piece of advice I read not long ago. I have long forgotten what the respondent said in detail, but there is a general meaning in it - "Don't look down on the routines and ancient texts, because you may not be able to write them." Maybe it is like what many people feel, if you don't practice it, you will not understand. As expected, when I wanted to write something about this aspect, inspiration came to my mind, but I had forgotten to write. Early works are full of old vocabulary, and the "Qing Kao" has long disappeared from our lives. But its plain language is a rare thing in current works, and it is also the goal that I have been imitating and pursuing. To measure the quality of a work, first look at the characters, and secondly look at the plot... Well, that's a bit general. To be specific, it means "whether the characters are 'round'" and "whether the plot is 'full'" mentioned in the previous article. And in this work, there is one of them. We analyze it in detail. Zhou He, in my opinion, is a person who indulges himself, is a bit slack, and has low academic achievements. But at the same time, he is a person with his own principles, who is a bit strong but also sober and has low self-esteem. He understands reality and fantasizes about beauty. Indulgent laziness and strong sobriety coexist in the same person - a novel character. It seems to be an extremely contradictory thing, but if you put it on the people around us - there will always be people who are like this, living with such contradictions and stubbornness. Although he was poor in studies, he cared about his "efforts" that were not cared about by others. Although love had its ups and downs, he had indeed loved so passionately and sincerely. He is contradictory, but he is reasonable. After reading the comment section, most people maintain an unfavorable attitude toward Xu Zhuo. Their ideas are simple but equally reasonable. He failed Xu Zhuo, was a deceiver, and a coward. Some people think he is a scumbag and think he has never treated Zhou He sincerely. But the characters are built up by the plot. I saw Xu Zhuo's scum, but also his hesitation, and in the chat between Qi Yuan and Zhou He, I could see his concerns. It would be too one-sided to say that he "doesn't love" at all, and it would be even more insane to accuse him of being "scumbag". Affection and scum, dedication and deception, tolerance and concern... Have you ever thought that when a person has conflicting feelings for another person, he really starts to care? As Zhou He thought, days that are so illusory that they are unreal are destined to pass their shelf life. Things that are too beautiful and perfect can make people feel trance-like. Because of its "singleness" and also because of its "flatness". So there are people like Xu Zhuo. His imperfections, his changes in ambivalence, and his expressions of behavior are all because he is a person, not a "person". They are the most successful content created by this work. Therefore, I feel that what the author said is really self-effacing. In today's Internet literary world where two-dimensional characters are everywhere, it is extremely difficult to create flesh-and-blood characters with full personality (simply put: there are good sides, and there are also sides that disagree with you). It is also extremely rare to encounter works with such characters. If you don't agree, you might as well think about what you think the characters look like in the best works in your mind. I believe you can have a targeted description~ Those regretful feelings, the not-so-satisfactory ending, the two people getting along stumblingly, Zhou He's heart-wrenching words - "Xu Zhuo, tell me, why are two people who love each other unhappy together?" It is a very realistic performance, and it is also the author's greatest brilliance. Realize the expression of emotions in contradictions, and complete the fullness of the images of two "imperfect" people in the plot. They are ordinary, and their love is ordinary. But this is not a kind of commemoration, nor is it a reality.
Damn, I read the author's Midnight Ten and found out that I wasn't even born when the author posted this article.
He is also pretty good. But actually I can accept either be or switching attacks. This story tells us that when looking for a partner, we must keep our eyes open and cherish ourselves. Well, I was quite frustrated from the beginning to the end of this story. Toads with three legs are hard to find, and men with two pairs of legs are running around everywhere. There is no reason why you have to be the one. If you go too far, you will have the illusion that I only like him. Finding the wrong person is really burying your own happiness with your own hands.
Xu Zhuo is just an ordinary person, not the overbearing CEO with a golden finger in popular romance. He is an ordinary person who will do something bad for half a month's bonus. He lacks love. No one has given him love except Zhou He, so he doesn't know how to love or how to get along with the people he likes. He wavered between reality and love. He was depressed and entangled. He was careful not to lose Zhou He and was afraid that he could not keep Zhou He's heart. This road was difficult, but he still chose his lover. As a person within the system, he was equivalent to giving up his career, and he only had Zhou He.
I don't know how to describe this article, but it feels very true. Oops, writing comments is really the most annoying thing.
A few articles from almost ten years ago show the author's skill and hard work. Unfortunately, it is easy to be labeled as a bad guy. It is not easy for the author.
At the end of "Spreading Flowers", it's really easy to burst into tears when reading about the tension between love and life. Fortunately, the author is still very gentle. It's such a joy to read an adult fairy tale.
It was done very late at night, and I was in tears.
The author's article from ten years ago is amazing. It is quite high-level, with lots of foreshadowing and good rhythm, and every sentence has its own function. It's a great article, but it's a pity that so few people understand it. In comparison, today's articles lack some literary charm.
I have no idea. But if it were me, the outcome would be quite tragic.