Lately, I've been following the drama "As Long As We Are Together" and watching the couple played by Qin Hao and Jiang Xin. They borrowed money from their grandparents, friends, and even pretended to get a "fake divorce" in order to pay for Jiang Xin's 300,000 yuan tuition fee for business school.

Suddenly, I feel that I'm not worthy of empathizing with their troubles because all of us who are enslaved by the housing market are like this: when I see them raising money, I suddenly feel a sense of disarray. Are they living on the same planet as us? The people around me, who scrimp and save to buy a house, are just like what was mentioned in the beginning. They bought a house worth over one million yuan but can't even bear to spend a few bucks on a chicken leg.

They claim to support their parents while buying a house, drink expensive Pu-erh tea, and drive BMWs while crying poverty. They spend money lavishly, dress stylishly, and can't live without cosmetics and gourmet food. The male lead's colleague, Chen Li, borrowed 400,000 yuan from the male lead. In his family, he is the only one working, as his wife took their child back to their hometown for school.

Their child attends extracurricular math classes that cost 1,200 yuan per session, even in a "third-tier city" that their daughter looks down upon. Chen Li's wife gives him a monthly allowance of only 3,000 yuan, and that's when they are in a "tight financial situation." Their total monthly income is probably just over 10,000 yuan, and even with that, they live a difficult life. After work, the husband even drives for ride-hailing services.

The wife uses a single lipstick for two years and can't bear to throw it away even when it's expired. She went back to work just two months after giving birth and hesitates for a long time before eating a chicken leg. And what's the result? They scrimped and saved to repay the loan for three years, but they still haven't received the keys to their house. First, the property developer went bankrupt, and then the construction of the housing project was halted. They can't refuse to repay the loan, and they can't return or sell the house.

They had stars in their eyes when buying the house, but life after buying it is worse than death. When will our TV dramas portray ordinary people like this? They always show people living in well-decorated houses, crying about being poor while still wearing exquisite makeup, going out to eat even when it's a struggle, feeling oppressed even when ordering takeout, and considering a monthly allowance of 3,000 yuan as "tight finances," with influential people coming to their aid whenever they encounter difficulties...

Who does this story resonate with?