Slowly Returning to the Years

Liu Mengyang is trapped in a huge and prosperous city. Day after day, he works at a small station in a coffee shop, earning a meager salary, barely maintaining a trivial life. The city is bright with neon lights and busy with traffic, but not an inch of light belongs to him. The high cost of living, the elusive stability, and the endlessly repetitive routine trapped him like layers of shackles. The anxiety and pressure of adulthood eroded his body and mind day after day, leaving him exhausted and confused. The days of hard work eventually came to nothing, and he gradually lost himself. During countless late nights on the verge of collapse, a big dream came unexpectedly. He broke away from the hustle and bustle of the city and returned to his childhood courtyard full of fireworks in his memory. The blue bricks and black tiles, the chirping of cicadas in the evening breeze, the gentle whispers of relatives, and the tenderness of the old days slowly wrapped around him, who was covered in scars. Returning to his youth, he encountered the pure past, solved the regrets of his youth, saw clearly his past obsessions, and slowly understood the truth of adult life. Here, he experienced tender reunions and healings one after another, looking back at the embarrassment and persistence along the way, and making peace with the difficulties, paranoia, and unwillingness of the past one by one. After waking up from the dream, all the anxiety and impetuousness disappeared. Liu Mengyang finally understood that being ordinary is never mediocre, and running around has its own meaning. He shook hands with life and embraced his ordinary self tenderly, finding his own stability and calmness in the world of fireworks.