Created At 2026-03-08

Rambling Beside Tongxi Metro Station

This Friday, I signed up for a hiking activity to view rapeseed flowers. The participants scheduled to meet at Tongxi Station, Line 3, at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. However, I was there waiting for nearly half an hour without finding the team. Then I tried contacting the organizer via instant messaging but didn’t get a response.

There were several groups gathering in front of the metro station. So, I decided to start the hike by following a random group.

On the way, there were about a hundred people. Most were middle-aged, some with their children in tow. Young people my age were a rare sight.

It was similar to my previous hiking experience. The reasons could be:

1. Hiking in an undeveloped area isn’t considered a trendy, Instagram-worthy activity at all but a little dangerous instead, especially for young girls.
2. Teenagers are naturally addicted to dopamine-spiking things like motorcycle riding, video gaming, or sex. Even among them, sports lovers prefer more exciting activities like basketball to hiking.
3. Many Generation Z in China are busy with endless examinations, peer pressures, while the others are tired from overwork.

I got lost with a newly encountered young guy. As a result, we had to take a long detour to get back on the right trail. This just resembles real life. If you unfortunately make a wrong decision, you usually have to go through great trouble to get back on track. It can be a farewell to your desired life forever if the gods are cruel to you. As the old Chinese saying goes, “once you take one wrong step, every step thereafter is wrong.”

My sport band recorded that I went 20 kilometers in around 6 hours.