Jiang Xiao Yuan planned to quit her job at the hair salon and become a makeup artist assistant. Boss Chen Fang Zhou thought she was bewitched, unable to comprehend Jiang Xiao Yuan, just as she couldn't understand him.

In his youth, Chen Fang Zhou, full of idle time, read all sorts of random books. With an enthusiastic mind and strong identification, he always felt like the hero in those books, a formidable character who shouldn't be confined to the small world of school, constantly failing exams and writing self-critiques.

Chen Fang Zhou was immersed in his fantasies, reluctant to attend school. So he dropped out and went alone to a coastal city, where he worked as a laborer in a factory for a few months. At that young age, he couldn't find legitimate employment, and the places that were willing to take him in were not the best.

Qi Lian, being rebellious when he was young, had parents who went abroad for a while and didn't have time to supervise him. They sent him to his hometown, where he attended the same school as Chen Fang Zhou.

Qi Lian spent less than two months at the school and left before the mid-term exams. Qi Lian and Chen Fang Zhou were not in the same class and had never spoken to each other. So why did Qi Lian save Chen Fang Zhou? In fact, Qi Lian didn't remember who Chen Fang Zhou was at that time. It was just that due to his parents' absence, he longed for attention and eagerly sought opportunities to showcase himself in front of others.

In Jiang Xiao Yuan's view, a poor man marrying a poor woman couldn't afford to raise a child. By scrimping and saving, when she finally paid off her debts and raised the child, the child would be almost ready to graduate from college, burdened with debt when buying a house. However, the poorer Chen Fang Zhou became, the more he wanted a child. He wanted to see his child grow up in the city, receive an education, graduate from college, and immediately provide him with a home without any burdens.

Seeing his descendants living better than himself would give him a sense of accomplishment. Without such a reference point, Chen Fang Zhou felt he wouldn't see the meaning of striving in life. "In the future, when I see my child growing up without worries, achieving great success, I can tell him, 'All this was earned by his old man,' just like I have achieved success myself."

The employees in the club consider Chen Fang Zhou as their role model and aspire to be like him. However, in Jiang Xiao Yuan's eyes, Chen Fang Zhou is poor, short, and will age within a few years, limiting his prospects. Jiang Xiao Yuan doesn't know how successful Chen Fang Zhou's ordinary and unremarkable life has been.

When Chen Fang Zhou dropped out of school and headed south to explore the world, train tickets didn't require identification, and one didn't need to show ID or a ticket upon entering the station. Every petty rogue knew various methods of evading fares, but Chen Fang Zhou only knew one. He would sneak onto the train without a ticket and hide in the restroom, playing cat and mouse with the ticket inspector, his nose filled with the stench of the train car, but his heart filled with boundless possibilities.

Now, the taste of boundless possibilities has faded. He has settled down, with a virtuous wife and a lovely child. Yet, even with warmth, something is missing. In life, the cycle of birth, aging, illness, and death, along with marriage and career, seem to be immensely important events. But when one carefully considers this mechanized process, it becomes frightening.

However, any choice is good, just like living a life like Chen Fang Zhou's. Living a grounded life, without too many twists, turns, or dramatic stories, is the true essence of simplicity.

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