Chapter 152: Love Is Willingly Given
The boy took Wang Fei to eat. Wang Fei said her job would be switching to night shifts. The boy wanted to take Wang Fei to eat something good. They decided to go to a nearby hot pot restaurant, but last time they ate there, neither of them felt very full because it was their first time and they thought it would be expensive.
The boy didn’t eat much, ordering two bottles of beer. He wanted Wang Fei to eat more, but Wang Fei was afraid it would be too expensive. Although she ate much more than the boy, she still wasn’t full. She lied to the boy, saying she was full. The boy actually saw through her, but no matter how he tried to persuade her, she wouldn’t eat any more, saying she was already very full and couldn’t eat anything else.
When it was time to pay, it wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t little either. It cost over one hundred and seventy yuan. They both thought if they had eaten until they were full, hahahaha, wouldn’t it have cost a lot more money?
The boy saw that Wang Fei really liked eating this. This time, he planned to let Wang Fei eat to her heart’s content. Wang Fei was afraid of spending too much money. If it cost over three or four hundred yuan, they might as well go for an all-you-can-eat buffet.
She said to the boy, “Why don’t we go for the buffet? You can eat as much as you want, and it won’t cost much.”
The boy asked, “Which one do you want to eat? Whichever one you want, we’ll eat that~!”
Wang Fei often suffers from decision paralysis. When there’s only one option, she doesn’t think about anything else. Once there’s more than one, she starts to get conflicted and asks for the boy’s opinion.
The boy’s intention was to prioritize Wang Fei, so he let her choose.
Wang Fei thought for a moment and asked the boy, “How much would it cost to go for the buffet? How much would the hot pot cost?”
The boy said, “Don’t worry about how much it costs. Just think about what you want to eat. Don’t overthink anything else.”
Wang Fei pondered for a long time and then said, “We went to that restaurant that serves stir-fried dishes last time, and you said it was very tasty. We didn’t spend much there. Why don’t we go there, or choose between that and the hot pot?”
The boy said, “You choose. We’ll eat whatever you want.” Wang Fei was still conflicted.
Seeing her like this, the boy smiled, “Let’s go, let’s go eat hot pot.”
When they arrived at the hot pot restaurant, the boy was very energetic. He excitedly asked Wang Fei what she liked to eat and to take whatever she wanted.
After taking a lot of food, the boy also got two bottles of cold beer. He was just drinking them for fun, like water. It was because no matter how much he drank, it had no effect on him.
Other people drink alcohol out of habit, or to be happy, or to numb themselves.
When this guy was first enlightened, no one could have imagined what he was doing by drinking alcohol. He used alcohol to train his willpower, so that no matter how much he drank, he wouldn’t be affected by the alcohol. He always maintained the same demeanor.
（ He is not an ordinary person, do not learn from him. After all, he has been drinking for many years. It was only after he was enlightened that he used this to cultivate himself. Do not learn this. You can cultivate with other things, for example, looking at beautiful women without lustful thoughts, just appreciating them. He has also practiced this. He treated all beautiful women as his younger sisters or children, and no evil thoughts could arise. It’s the same principle; there’s no need to be fixated on the external form used for cultivation. You can cultivate with whatever you come into contact with~!）
While they were eating, the boy asked Wang Fei if anything interesting had happened among her colleagues recently. Wang Fei told the boy, “Actually, something did happen. An older colleague said that there was a man at the factory who argued with his girlfriend and then threatened to jump off a building to threaten her.”
The boy laughed after hearing this and asked Wang Fei, “Do you know why?”
Wang Fei asked back, “Why?”
The boy said, “Do you remember the question I asked you and Gouzi?”
“Which one?”
“The one where I took Gouzi out for a meal, and I held up a bottle cap and asked you both if the bottle cap was there. Do you remember?”
“I remember. I said it was there, Gouzi said it wasn’t, and then you said we were both right and both wrong.”
“Yes. Let me tell you a story. An aunt was selling dogs. To attract customers, she tossed the dog back and forth. A woman who liked dogs saw this and argued with the aunt, scolding her. Who do you think was right between the two of them?”
Wang Fei said, “Both were right?”
“Hahaha, very good. But it’s not that both were right, it’s that both were right and both were wrong. Because from the aunt’s perspective, she makes a living by selling dogs and needs to attract customers. From the woman’s perspective, she loves dogs and doesn’t want them to be harmed like that. Neither of them is wrong.
What’s wrong is that their cognitions are different, their understanding is different, and the results of their thoughts are naturally different. When two people with different ideas meet, it’s like water and fire clashing. Is that good?”
“This is the same as the bottle cap I told you and Gouzi about. If you think it’s there, it’s there. If he thinks it’s not, it’s not. But is it really there or not? It has nothing to do with whether it exists or not; it has to do with what you both think~!”
“What does that have to do with the boy who threatened his girlfriend by threatening to jump off the building?” Wang Fei asked, puzzled.
“It’s the same thing. This boy is influenced by his habits and can’t think things through, which is why he would do something so extreme. If it were me, think about how I would act?”
Hearing the boy’s question, Wang Fei thought for a moment, “If it were you, you would definitely know when to be accommodating and when to let go.”
“Hahaha, that’s right. People are together because they are happy together. If being together causes pain, why stay together? Are you tormenting each other? What’s the point of that? If two people can be so miserable together, then there’s really no need to be together. Because love, although in the eyes of a cultivator like me it’s just a temporary personal desire, the meaning of love is actually just four words: willingly. If you are not willing, why bother? Right?”
“Mmm, that’s true.”
“For example, what would you do if you saw a ghost?”
Wang Fei said without hesitation, “I would definitely fight it! I’d beat it up hard.”
The boy burst out laughing, “Hahaha! What if you hadn’t met me? Wouldn’t you be scared like everyone else when you see a ghost? But after being with me, I always say ‘let’s kick its ass’. After a while, you’ve been influenced to be the same, hahaha, this is the Dao.”
“No way? If it were you, wouldn’t you eat the ghost?”
“Hahahaha, that’s for sure, damn it! Do you know how I teach my younger brothers and sisters at Wuji Sword Sect? I tell them to do what I do, get the pan hot, grab it, and taste it. Hehehe! Don’t even mention ghosts, even gods would be eaten by me~!”
Wang Fei burst into laughter upon hearing this, “Hahahaha… This is something only you could do. Most people really wouldn’t.”
“Of course~! Who am I, damn it! I am the Sect Master of Wuji Sword Sect~! I’ve been awesome since I was a child. When I speak, what don’t I eat? Hahaha.
Besides, among those who play with me, there are no weaklings. People are like flowers, things born towards death. From birth, they are destined to wither. But I am different. I am another kind of flower, one that regrows after withering. It falls this year, but it grows again next year.
This is like people. When they encounter something they can’t think through and wither, but then they think it through and get better. Then they encounter another thing they can’t think through and wither again, and then they think it through and bloom again, otherwise they are gone.
What kind of flower am I? After continuously blooming, I will never wither again~! I will always be in my most blooming state, enduring all wind and rain, I will still be wildly flourishing~! Love whoever you want~!! Cough cough cough~!!
I don’t have low points. I am always arrogantly, fiercely growing upwards~!! Hahahaha~!!”
