The Seventh Silent Reading

In Guangzhou, there are two kinds of light. One is the cold light from the glass curtain wall of Zhujiang New Town, like a huge aquarium, illuminating the swimming fish in suits. One is the warm light on the clothesline in the alley of the urban village, illuminating the damp quilt, faded underwear, and the shadows of family members returning home late at night. Twenty-nine-year-old Mo Ren migrates between these two lights every day. During the day, he is a silent operations specialist in the office building. He skillfully uses words such as "empowerment", "closed loop" and "playing style". With a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan, he barely lives as the backdrop of the city. At night, he is an insomniac in a ten-square-meter rental house. Tears will suddenly burst into his face while watching short videos, and he assembles himself into a "normal person" before dawn. He has been secretly in love with a girl named Xian Shu for three years, and he only dares to imagine her life through the book list she shared in his circle of friends. He has several friends: Wanting, who always hits the mark, Fa Xiaoli, who is pragmatic and optimistic, and a strange girl who works the late-night shift at the convenience store. What he didn't know was that someone had also been watching him silently for five years. When the layoff notice, father's illness news, and bank card balance all light up red at the same time; When a crush suddenly becomes accessible; When the countdown to "thirty" roars in my ears—— Mo Ren finally discovered: The real cage is not a city, but a transparent barrier built by one's own hands. And to break it, it may only take a frank breakdown, an unspoken "Actually, I am also scared", or a bowl of hot soup handed over by someone who is also breathing in a lower place. This book is dedicated to all those who are trying to maintain body temperature in the glass city.