From the beginning "I chose not to choose life", with nothing but heroin in hand, to the end "I'm cleaning up, moving forward, going straight and choosing life", with a windfall (from a heroin deal) in hand, he changed, getting sick of the past chaos and eager for the ordinary - "getting by, looking ahead to the day you die"...
Choose a job, choose graduation, choose a fucking nice cellphone, choose nodding, choose talking nonsense on weibo, choose a cheap house near subway, choose fake British fashion, choose women, choose self-deception, choose being filled with jealousy and fury, choose escaping.