"On Nameless Island, life is quite nice, rising at sunrise and returning at sunset, men fishing and women farming. Just thinking about it feels comfortable. Most importantly, there's no competition with the world, none of the dark scheming and plotting that fills society. How wonderful it is not to have to grovel and please others or to boss people around with arrogance. I think such a monotonous life is quite nice, free and full of hope."
Yan Qing had lived on the island for nearly a year, so he could imagine the scenes described by Xiao Yu.
How to put it? It always seems that those who can speak such words have experienced dislocation and hardship outside, even forced by life, subsequently sacrificing their dignity and pride. But she had not been out long; how could she have gained such deep insight?
