He does not live a life where he has to eat one meal at a time, otherwise he would not have the energy to go to the underground arena and drink two beers after get off work.
Even in a company, office workers are not positioned at too low a level.
I have been working for many years and am considered a veteran in the industry. It will not be my turn to be eliminated at the bottom.
But... office workers still feel that their lives are very depressed.
Moreover, whenever he tried to describe his feelings to others, someone would always teach him that he was being hypocritical.
"You're doing well enough! It's not easy to find a job these days!"
"There are still people who can't eat, what are you complaining about?!"
"No! Pretend! I think I'll give you free time all day long!"
"..."
And so on.
Office workers once tried to refute:
"But, it's just very depressing..."
What followed was more fierce criticism.
Hypocritical, standing and talking without pain in the back, endure it, have never experienced the beatings of society, think about it as soon as it comes out...
Various labels are coming.
Gradually, office workers no longer refute, but try to accept this kind of life that others consider "comfortable and easy".
Pretty good too.
Just, it's pretty good.
The office worker feels that he should cry, but he really can't.
Because in a comfortable life, if crying occurs, it is sinful.
Office workers don't dare.
He started to panic.
He didn't know where the panic came from, but he couldn't avoid it and didn't know why.
Only when you go to an underground boxing match and watch the match and drink beer will office workers feel a little more at ease.
why?
Just like the question asked by the rich second-generation friend.
why?
Where does that sense of security come from?
Office workers have been thinking about this problem silently.
Until, he saw the scene on the field at this moment——
Qianqian, who was covered in injuries, pushed herself up and stumbled towards the curator step by step.
The curator looked at each other silently.
The two of them gently stretched out each other's left hands, bringing them to eye level, and finally brought the backs of their hands together.
Blood, sweat, teeth, nails, tears...
Everything is mixed together.
What a beautiful scene that is!
The two "people" who have "life" have thrown away all irrelevant shackles and cages, leaving only "competition".
At that moment, the office worker suddenly thought of the answer to that question.
The reason why I like to come to the underground arena so much after get off work is not because of "peace of mind", let alone "excitement".
But a kind of...envy.
Yes, it's just envy.
He envied those who stood in the ring.
…
The former office worker was also a high-spirited young man.
He talked freely about the future and ideals with his friends in the university dormitory, and also worked hard late at night silently.
He succeeded.
In the eyes of others, office workers are already considered "successful".
I graduated from university with excellent grades and found a good job in Haicheng.
With a lover, a stable upward path, and life goals and plans...
Those are all manifestations of "success".
The office worker appreciates those "successes" and does his best every moment to ensure that those "successes" will not leave him.
As a result, those "successful" entities gradually changed in the eyes of office workers.
Those are all "cages"!
They firmly fixed the office workers in a small space and did not dare to make any other movements.
Office workers envy the fighters on the field, especially the champion.
She is like an elf.
Unfettered, not bound by any prison.
The "cage" here refers precisely to the "success" of office workers.
Champion——Chu Qianqian.
Has she ever had "success"?
The answer is of course yes.
She is the champion of the underground indiscriminate fighting competition, and she won it after experiencing that tragic knockout match.
For ordinary people, this is already a great "success" that is indescribable.
Since then, countless blue fighters have come to Haicheng, stood on the underground arena, challenged Qianqian, and tried to win the title of "champion".
There are even world-class fighting champions worth tens of billions among them!
But Qianqian still won.
Qianqian, who has defeated world-class fighting champions, has also gained a lot of "success".
Office workers wonder, if it were the relatives and friends around them, how would they "persuade" the champion?
It’s probably something like this:
"The ground punch is too dangerous, stop it when you feel good."
"You are famous enough now, where can you go without making money? Take advantage of it and make a fortune as soon as possible."
"I'm not telling you, what if you lose later? Why not take advantage of your good time to quit early and gain a good reputation."
"If you quit now, you will be a legend. If you lose, you will be nothing!"
"..."
Office workers can even imagine the tone of these words!
If it were me, I would probably really consider these things seriously.
Indeed, "I" am indeed the champion now.
But what if I lose the next game?
Did “I” fail at that time?
No one will care about "me" anymore, and all the success "I" has accumulated before will disappear.
"I" will become a failure.
This is simply unacceptable to "me" as an office worker.
But looking at the stadium at this moment, the office worker suddenly became curious. What would Chu Qianqian, who really plays the role of "me", think?
Is she also worried about losing the game?
Does she also fear her own failure?
Will she also be obsessed with protecting the "success" she has built with her own hands?
or……
Is she, like an office worker, trapped in a cage created by "success"?
The answer is: no.
No.
——This simple one-word answer made the office worker burst into tears.
What a simple answer!
What a straightforward truth!
But why can’t I put it into practice?
Indeed, those "successes" are the "cages" that limit ourselves.
But those "successes" also prove everything I have experienced in the past!
Who else can easily reach the championship level?
Never be imprisoned by your own "success".
Always travel lightly, keep only yourself and nothing else.
Indeed, "failure" is very annoying, and the same is true for champions.
But then...
It doesn’t matter!
It doesn’t matter if you fail!
——Besides Qianqian, who else can think like this?
So the office workers cried.
He was not crying because he understood some great truth, but was expressing his envy with tears.
He envied Qianqian.
It's not that I envy Qianqian's life, but that I envy her for having the idea of "it doesn't matter if she fails."
…
The office worker cried.
The rich second-generation friends on the side were a little confused, but when they came to their senses, they were already filled with tears.
Not just him, not just them.
Those who have been cut off by scholars, those who feel numb to everything around them, those who are thinking about goals and meanings all the time...
They all cried.
Thin lines representing connections are connected to Qianqian's body one after another.
She did not crack the scholar's original characteristics.
Qianqian is just being her most essential self.
The figure standing on the white sand is pure and flawless.
