Lonely Year in A Flourishing Age

Talented writer Li Ziyue describes the living state of a younger generation with a realistic approach in A Lonely Year in A Flourishing Age after To Whom I Wave Farewell. In an age of rapid economic growth and unequal opportunities, as new emerging forcing of the social bracket, the generation after 80s has already entered into different corners of various sectors of our society. After graduation, most of them have chosen to stay in cities, some of them have quickly climbed up to the top of the pyramid depending on their background and tactics while more of them could only settle down and get on with their pursuits by choosing a stable job. In the eyes of rural people, they are well-dressed, and get in and out high-level office buildings every day, so they must be living an elegant life. However, they know best their loneliness at night when getting back to their rental housing. They have been deprived of their last worth, youth. I am looking sadly at the people of our generation! Our future: either darkness or emptiness, Meanwhile, we, under the great pressure of recognition and doubt, have already become increasingly aged day after day though seemingly always on the run.