That sentence made him speechless.
Humans have a strange ability to adapt. Living next to the railway tracks and getting used to the whistle. Wearing tight shoes for a long time also forgets the feeling of pain, even though the feet are still silently deformed. Fatigue is also the same, initially it's just staying up late for several nights and then sleep is restless, eating perfunctorily, losing appetite, but still turning on the computer to work. Then one day, people no longer remember the feeling of waking up with a light body.
The writer pointed to the next table, a technology driver eating rice very quickly, his eyes not leaving his phone. "If you ask him if he is tired, maybe he will say it's normal. But his back doesn't think so". He took a sip of beer and laughed: "The human body always warns but few people listen. A little shoulder pain, insomnia for a few days, stomach more uncomfortable. But people all tell themselves it's okay.
He recounted that in his youth he was proud to only sleep for three hours a day. It was not until the doctor asked: "How long have you been sleepless?" that he was startled. He still thought he was sleeping normally, except that that "normality" had been distorted for a long time. People rarely collapse due to a major event, but are often exhausted by small things repeated every day. He smiled: "Vietnamese people often ask each other: "How are you doing?". And almost everyone answered: "How are you doing?" and when they got home in the evening, they still took stomach medicine, blood pressure medicine, and insomnia medicine.
The architect looked out at the street covered in rainwater and asked: "If you realize you are used to fatigue, what should you do, sir?". The writer poured the remaining beer, looked at the white foam gradually dissolving and said: "Just don't continue to pretend you are not tired. The scariest thing is not fatigue, but one day you no longer feel tired.
Outside the street, the flow of people is still rushing to go and return. Inside the shop, everyone raises their glasses, everyone smiles. No one knows how much fatigue the person sitting opposite them is carrying.
