Diogenes and the Dog Sunlight

Bright line of the story: The novel tells the story of how the protagonist lost the forest he was waiting for. The protagonist of the novel is thirty-year-old and has accomplished nothing in his family and career. He and another fellow prisoner had no choice but to return to their hometown and started a breeding business on the highest mountain in the west of the town. Two years later, they still have accomplished nothing. One spring in April, the protagonist accidentally met his childhood sweetheart at a teahouse by the river in a small town. Why did the protagonist's old lover return to the town? Why did the original owner of that forest fall off the cliff? How was that forest lost? This article is based on this clue. The hidden thread of the story: The novel tells that each character in the story actually has his own "dense forest" in his heart. How different characters in the story lost that "forest". The story tells the importance of that "dense forest" to him. The novel expresses and explores the core values ​​that modern people should pursue and adhere to in society.