This was five years ago when Chiyose Xia was born.

The boy peeked out from the window backstage.

The stage before the opening was very quiet. The audience was full of guests, whispering, and dim lights shone on the red velvet curtain.

The young man felt his blood boiling.

This is where he will perform.

The performance depends only on himself.

"System..." He called to the sky and hesitated for a moment.

Then, he happily opened the phone.

A WeChat box.

A WeChat that was added recently.

"I'm going to perform on stage, by myself and only myself. I'm so excited."

…

...Don’t you need me to make you so happy?

"Haha, brother, you definitely don't understand what 'relying only on myself' means... You can't say it yet! Because I haven't completely proven myself. I'm acting in a war movie, and I'm acting only on myself.

.When this war movie is finished and I win an award, I will take the trophy to you and my mother. Then I will tell you this little secret."

"You will definitely be shocked when the time comes, haha."

...Even the secrets that only belong to us should be told to others.

"I no longer think that other people's way of doing things is a better way. I don't intend to imitate others anymore...because I am me, I am so good. Because I am good, I am talented, and I can rely entirely on myself.

, isn’t it?”

The boy clicked the send button.

then.

"Chi Jixia!" Someone shouted, "Get ready to play!"

Chi Jixia wore a costume and fell into the joyful crew, just like water drops falling into his joyful ocean. This is an experimental theater troupe, and beside him stood his peers. Their props were simple, their

With ordinary looks, they have no resources, no promotion, and no scary titles.

But that’s what teenagers should do, isn’t it?

In one summer, I dreamed in a simple theater with my peers, ran beside the swollen river embankment, chatted on the desks side by side, and wrote down my dreams on colorful post-it notes.

We are still young, the world is so big, and we are still so young, so we still have a lot of time to talk silly things together and dream together. We don’t have to achieve success at this age.

The crew passed it one by one and placed the paper crown on Chi Jixia's head. The young boy pretended to shrug and was pushed to the stage.

It's time to begin, little prince.

Everyone is waiting for Chi Yoshika.

"Then you won't need me."

"is that so."

In the endless darkness, the system said this.

…

And now.

Chi Jixia only has it again. Just like a long time ago, in the empty corner, the child desperately stretched out his hand to it.

But the system is not happy at all.

…

A pair of shoes stopped in front of Chi Jixia.

Chi Jixia didn't even bother to raise her eyelids.

"Come in with me, okay, Chi Jixia."

It's a discussion tone.

The man repeated it again.

"Now, would you like to come in with me? Chi Yoshika."

"...What are you going in for?"

"Tell your mother about you and Chi Xu. Tell her before it's too late."

"..."

"..."

"Ike Yoshika."

Bo Jiang opened her eyes wide.

In the dim corridor, the handsome young man finally raised his eyes. Bo Jiang found out angrily that he was actually smiling.

In mocking.

"It's too late? What do you mean it's still too late?" He hissed like a poisonous snake.

When An Yelin came, he saw Bo Jiang pushing Chi Jixia against the wall, his eyes still red.

Countless "￥￥......" plots passed through An Yelin's mind, and he subconsciously stopped Yi Wan behind him.

Yi Wan: "?"

An Yelin: "According to my experience, when two people have this kind of interaction, it's better for the other person not to get in."

Yi Wan took a look and complained coldly: "But Bo Jiang obviously just wants to hit someone, not forcefully kiss him."

An Yelin: "Then..."

Yi Wan: "Let's wait until Bo Jiang hits Chi Ji Xia Lian before we go up..."

Chi Jixia's voice came from the other side of the wall: "I heard what you are saying!!"

When he turned back, he found that Bo Jiang's originally majestic eyes seemed to have lost their breath and were deflated.

So those phoenix eyes were dark and a little weak.

"It's too late, Chi Jixia." He lowered his head and said, "Your mother is not dead yet, is she? If you see her once a year, how many more times can you see her in the future."

Chi Jixia was stunned.

It's rare that he didn't say, "I've seen this joke online a long time ago."

"What you missed can be undone, but what I missed is something I can never get back." Bo Jiang smiled self-deprecatingly, "Forget it."

He left too.

Chi Jixia was the only one left in the corridor. After a long time, he asked the system: "What do you think I should do."

One minute.

Two minutes.

five minutes.

The system did not respond to him.

Chi Jixia leaned back against the wall. He was hit by a strong sense of fear and couldn't breathe for a while.

Until he saw Yi Wan appear in front of him.

Yi Wan wore a white sweater. The white sweater held up her chin and was as clean as a piece of white paper. Chi Jixia's Adam's apple moved and she closed her eyes tiredly.

"Are you here to persuade me too?" His voice was very low.

Yi Wan shook his head.

"Are you here to laugh at me?"

Yi Wan also shook his head.

"Then what are you doing here?" Chi Jixia smiled bitterly, "Bo Jiang just now..."

"Bo Jiang was just using your matter to vent his temper, that's all."

Chi Jixia:?

"I thought you would say what he said makes sense. I was born in blessings and don't know how to be blessed. Haha." Chi Jixia looked at the ceiling, "Actually, I think so too..."

A heavy yoke pressed down.

Unfilial, disrespectful, unfriendly.

Was there a moment when you thought it would be better to transform into the puppet that others expected you to be?

"And what are you here for?" Chi Jixia looked at him, "You know better than anyone else."
To be continued...