Another Kind of Waste

The novel 'Another Kind of Waste' shows the situation of high school students in China now. Xiaoshi Wang is a high school student in China. Everyday, he tries to have fun in the boring Chinese style studying live which is only for the exam. His classmate Lao Qi (nick name) is the one who has his own individual thought. He likes reading books that is out of textbooks, he does not like this kind of education in China, and he often conflicts with teachers and students in this system. Xiaoshi Wang is not such extreme like Lao Qi, but he supports him. Xiaoshi Wang likes a girl named Jia Liang in his class. However, the girl falls in love with Xiaoshi's friend Ou Ou. Xiaoshi and Ou Ou become rival in love. Xiaoshi's classmate and friend, Yiting Sun, depresses because the stress of her learning step backwards...After the college entrance examination in China, Xiaoshi feels empty in his heart, and finally, he loses all of his friend with different reasons. He suddenly discovers that he has lost his youth which is the age likes flowers.
This is a black humor novel, the characters in the book create many funny things. The novel reveals the reality of Chinese high school students' educational environment, encounter and emotional changes of this students, which shows a cruel young story and let people introspect.