The national flag rose steadily; a gentle breeze blew through the sky, making the bright red flag flutter in the wind like a flame.
Su Huai couldn't help but think of Huaxia's glorious five thousand years of civilization, the humiliating recent history, the rapid ascension since the reform and opening a few decades ago, the increasingly popular patriotic documentaries on Bilibili, and those chaotic years ahead for the Western world...
In the era when Su Huai was born, the intellectuals and public figures took pleasure in criticizing their homeland.
As Su Huai entered middle school and gradually learned to discern right from wrong, beginning to form his values, it coincided with the period when China's national pride was steadily rising.
Technological progress, industrial development, bit by bit catching up with Europe and America, achieving one after another world-shaking feats.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.