Bai Huiqi stopped. Rooted to that place, he stood silent and dumbfounded, feeling all at once as he took in the sight, warm, joyous, and loud. It drowned his senses, occupied his sight, hearing, and even invaded his very lungs, filling them with the scent of life, of vitality.
All of a sudden, he could see everything yet nothing, he could hear everything yet nothing. He could breathe in the life around him, relish in the aroma of joy, of delight, yet he felt suffocated. It was all too much, yet too little simultaneously.
He could say nothing, do nothing but stand there; stunned and trapped in his body. There was something so breathtaking in this moment—the crowd, the life, and the sheer number of people around them. He felt one and the same with them, yet so far removed.
