At twenty-eight, Gu Yingdeng was struggling to breathe under the weight of her mortgage.
She worked overtime day and night, killing herself in a major tech company and constantly living with the risk of being laid off.
After finally working up the nerve to buy expensive photography equipment, she never used it even once.
As soon as she got off work, she would lie on the couch scrolling through short videos, not wanting to do anything else.
Her childhood dream of becoming a photographer had long since been crushed by the harsh realities of life.
Drifting through the days, struggling to get by, she could see the end of her future at a glance.
Sometimes Gu Yingdeng wondered what it would be like to get a second chance at life.
She wouldn't study science, or computer science. She wouldn't join a major internet company, and she wouldn't buy an apartment in Shanghai.
She wouldn't work herself to the bone just to stay alive.
She closed her eyes, then opened them to find herself back at fifteen, during the summer after her high school entrance exams.
In her hands was an old point-and-shoot film camera.
This was the first year she had ever taken an interest in photography.
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A gentle, everyday story that takes its time.
Theme: Chase your dreams, and never give up.
