Sparing Youth

Wang Xiao, the famous "troublemaker" in Shilibao. There were two highlight moments in his adolescence: one was when he took off the class monitor's pants in front of all the teachers and students, revealing the Mickey Mouse red underwear underneath; the other was when he fled Beijing with a red cotton guitar with peeling paint on his back because he didn't want to be a cook, vowing to look like a human being. He thought the south was a paradise filled with gold, but it turned out to be a ridiculous nightmare that lasted for twelve years. In 2010, he fled back to Beijing with scars all over his body. Facing his demolished hometown, aging parents, and his sister who treats him as a gangster, how can this "beast" learn to be an ordinary person again? Fortunately, he still had a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and extra sugar, and a girl who was willing to hug him from behind when he went crazy. This is a cruel chronicle of loss and return, and a suicide note to that vigorous era.