Xiao Ji: Some things really shouldn't be made explicit if they don't have to be.

I am exactly the 'veteran' you talk about. But is it that you newcomers actually see someone like me, 'old but not rigid,' as someone who 'cannot understand this forum I've been on for nearly three years'?

Well, maybe, just like some newcomers say, old-timers like me really do 'not understand' the forum anymore. After all, this forum no longer belongs to our generation of forum users. By the time the main players formed groups in the '3-character generation' and were active on the forum, the handover had already been completed. Although I mentioned in posts documenting history that they were the 'meteor generation,' they indeed managed to leave their own brilliance on the forum, and naturally, the forum remembers them. As for me and my peers, the members of the 'golden generation' mentioned in history, our last shine was left behind, overshadowed by the brighter brilliance they created.

Perhaps today's members really do care less about heartfelt interactions; the masks on their faces are getting thicker, and the defensive spikes they use to protect themselves are too sharp, too prone to cause mutual harm. One could say it's society's fault, and it can be understood. But the forum is innocent; it nurtures us. Without it, there wouldn't be us. And in front of it, do you really feel okay with seeing others of your kind fighting each other? Yes, even the most beautiful things are bound to fade. The forum's former wonders, which newcomers cannot see, can only be imagined and felt through longing. What you see now is just a forum that has 'aged and lost its luster.' You might feel some resentment: why wasn't I here during its peak? Who will recognize my talents? What can the forum give me now?

My answer to you is love.

When did the forum ever stop loving us? It gave us its very best. Even though it now struggles, it still gives everything freely. Your thoughts, it listens to carefully, and then passes them on to us. It has always been simple and unpretentious. Now it is just no longer young—but are we still hoping for something, or shall I say, are we still praying for something? When we gather here, haven't we understood how it keeps us together? It's through 'heart-to-heart connection'! Let hearts communicate.

As the last remaining member of the 'golden generation' who still loves 'meddling,' Xiao Ji does not expect that simply saying some words will help restless newcomers, driven by various thoughts, truly understand what the 7723 forum is all about.Because in fact, I no longer have the qualification nowadays. I may still have the credentials to be here, but I can no longer make the forum flourish again. I have lost the kind of passion I once had—yes, that passion that only newcomers can feel, the strong desire to develop the forum while proving oneself. What I can do now is only to persist, without knowing how long I can keep it up. This persistence cannot bring back the forum's activity; I persist only in the hope that the forum will not forget me, and will not forget the 'golden generation' who have devoted their youth to it.
I will not blame newcomers, nor will I look down on those who have abandoned the forum after staying for a while. I just want to tell you: you may not love the forum, but please give her at least the basic respect. And some things, if they can be left unsaid, please leave them unsaid—for your sake, for mine, and for the sake of the entire forum.