"Deeper than the Sea" - We finally lived an ordinary life

Skylar 2022-12-03 00:26:19

A middle-aged man whose father has just died and his son lives with his divorced wife. Like his father, he often borrowed money from his mother, sister, colleagues, etc. Going to gamble with some money. Wrote this novel tepidly, the serious job is a private detective, but I did not do it seriously under the pretext of writing, and the novel progressed slowly.

Hit the wall, be embarrassed everywhere, and still have to maintain decency as a son, a father, a senior in the company, and a novelist. He wanted to get rid of his father's shadow, but he had to borrow money everywhere like his father; he vowed to get his salary to pay the rent and buy a pair of baseball gloves for his son, but he gambled every minute; he couldn't let go of his ex-wife, but his ex-wife Dating Gao Fushuai;

This is what life is like, this is what most people are like, good or bad, tepid. It's like being stuck in a quagmire called "life" and can't break free. There are too many responsibilities and burdens. Even in middle age, people are still walking on thin ice, and they are careful not to be seen by others. The days just passed. This is how a life has passed.

Are you saying he can change? He is betting on bicycle racing. You can say that he doesn't bet. Yes, it is indeed a way. To gamble for a moment of pleasure is to drink poison to quench his thirst. But what if we traded gambling for games, and any other "dodgy" thing? Under the pressure from all aspects of family, career, life, and relationship, can you still say with certainty that it is better not to seek this kind of stimulation? We all understand the truth, but the human heart cannot be restrained by the truth.

So a little bit of decay, a little bit of collapse. Finally, I lived like the "adult" that I thought I would never become. At this time, you are exhausted, can you go all out to be a new person like you did when you were young?

In the movie, the typhoon made the family of three have to stay at grandma's house, so this night, many things and emotions were talked about. But how many such moments will there be in your life and mine? More often, after sighing, I still have to run for my life and live a mediocre life.

Whenever I think of my life where I can see the end at a glance, the uncontrollable dullness floods my chest and makes me suffocate. There is a lot of impermanence in life, but after seeing all kinds of other people's fate, no matter what, my own will not escape the shackles of this life. Just thinking about it makes you feel powerless. People who think too much will think too much. It is better to just look at the road in front of you and go step by step.

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After the Storm quotes

  • Shinoda Ryôta: The lottery isn't gambling.

    Shiraishi Kyôko: Of course it is.

    Shinoda Ryôta: No, it is not.

    Shiraishi Kyôko: What is it, then?

    Shinoda Ryôta: It's a dream. A dream you buy for 300 Yen.

  • Shinoda Ryôta: I'm not... who I want to be yet. But, you know, it doesnt matter whether I've become what I wanted. What matters is to live my life trying to become what I want to be.