Liu Mintao once said: “I’ve already become my own pillar of support. I live in a way that’s real and free—without needing to gauge other people’s approval or be restrained by looks they give me. Since a life that sticks to the rules and goes with the flow hasn’t brought me the happiness I expected, but instead has made me live in a humble and colorless way during my best years—when I should have been full of vitality—then I’d rather be myself: rely on myself, let myself fly, achieve myself. I’ll go on adventures and live the way I want, and test my limits to find out exactly where they truly are.”