Rebel Demon King

Chapter 116 Friends and Foes
Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun walked out of the library together. The light at noon was brilliant and distant, and the sky in June was clear and clear. The two kept a close distance and walked towards Baihua Lake together.

It's a pity that the scene in front of me is not harmonious, because Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun are quite incompatible when walking together. Xie Minyun, who is 172, is logically as tall as Cheng Mo, but girls are usually taller, especially if you want Xie Minyun's golden ratio The figure is even taller, so in terms of visual experience, Xie Minyun seems to be much taller than Cheng Mo.

Not only does the height look unsuitable, but also the difference in appearance is not small. Cheng Mo looks too ordinary and thin. He wears black-rimmed glasses and doesn't pay attention to his hairstyle. He is thrown into the crowd and no one will take a second look. Role.

On the other hand, Xie Minyun has nothing unattractive to the eye, whether it is the white and slender legs, or the slim waist, whether it is the choppy chest or the flawless face, all of which make people feel at ease for a moment. Distracted refinement.

Even though Cheng Mo is very careful to be half a body behind Xie Minyun, the boys and girls along the road are all pointing at Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun, their expressions are like seeing some monsters that have been extinct on the earth, you know Xie Minyun, who has always been a loner, has never been able to get close to anyone, even Du Leng, who is as dazzling as Du Leng, has never had the opportunity to walk side by side with Xie Minyun.

However, Xie Minyun actually walked with an unremarkable boy today. What's going on?
As the two got closer to the Baihua Lake where lovers gathered, people were even more dumbfounded, it was incredible!You must know that Baihua Lake is recognized by Changya as a sanctuary for dog abuse. Because the cafeteria prohibits men and women from feeding meals, if they are caught, they will be deducted from their studies. Therefore, some young couples will either go to eat outside the school, or they will come to bring them along. Take the meal from the cafeteria or the snacks from the canteen to the shore of Baihua Lake.
As Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun really walked into the range of Baihua Lake, a wave of earthquakes finally detonated in Changya, which was even more unacceptable than "walking side by side".

At this moment, some boys have already howled unwillingly.

As an insulator of gossip, Cheng Mo, who is on the edge of campus life, really doesn't know where Baihua Lake is. Although Xie Minyun knows that Baihua Lake is a place that couples often come to, she can't think of any place that is more suitable than Baihua Lake. She discussed the issue with Cheng Mo, and decided to come here casually. She never expected that this matter would cause a sensation.

Unaware that they were already at the center of the storm of public opinion, the two people strolled along the pebble-covered trail beside Baihua Lake. On both sides were green grass fields like emeralds. The willows on the bank not far away drooped, and the mirror-like lake surface occasionally had The koi spits bubbles, and then creates a small circle of ripples, one after another round lotus leaves roll with pearl-like drops of water, and one after another vermilion benches are full of couples whispering.
Xie Minyun looked at a girl feeding a panda-shaped sushi to the boy next to her and said: "I went back and thought about it that day, it seems that you have a special obsession with money, I don't understand, people don't live to make money, but It is to experience the world. Making money is just a basis for experiencing the world and a tool for realizing the value of life. You should be able to leave more traces of yourself in this world, rather than a simple 'comfortable' life. until old age and death', isn't that too negative?"

Cheng Mo followed Xie Minyun's line of sight and saw the scene of dog abuse, but he couldn't feel the blow. To Cheng Mo, being single is the supreme golden body. He quickly retracted his gaze, looked at the road under his feet and said: "I don't quite understand a line of poetry, which is 'When you die, you know everything is empty, but you don't see Jiuzhou in sorrow'. Since you know that everything is empty after death, why do you still have those obsessions that you can't let go of and are impossible?"

After a short pause, Cheng Mo changed the subject and said, "Du Leng said to give me an IPHONEX to let me go to the party, and I said you can convert it to 8000 yuan. In some people's eyes, this is not only greedy but also silly. , after all, 256 yuan for 8000GB can’t be bought”

"But for me, 8000 yuan to buy an IPHONEX is not worth it at all, and I may not be able to sell it for [-] yuan, but I would rather spend the money on a comfortable computer chair and an expensive mattress. Or a pair of earphones that can bring me pleasure. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. Everyone has different hobbies and consumption ideas. People who like IPHONE and are not short of money naturally don’t think it costs eight It’s extravagant and wasteful, but it’s a bit wasteful here.”

"It's just a concept of consumption. There's no right or wrong. Does it have anything to do with your obsession with money?" Although Xie Minyun knew there was more to come, she still asked softly like a fan. To know the answer, any "obsession" is a weakness, and she wants to know Cheng Mo's weakness.

Of course Cheng Mo understood Xie Minyun's thoughts, but he still said indifferently: "Actually, people are always vacillating between extremes. Because they have no money, they will easily become money worshipers; if they have some money, they will start clamoring not to be materialistic." Slaves; if you are really rich, you will become a slave to the idea of ​​'not being a material slave'."

"Of course I understand that money is a collection of all materials. The purpose of our consumption is to enjoy happiness and happiness, or else we can stay away from unhappiness by controlling desires according to what Epicurus, the founder of hedonism (Note 1), said. "

Cheng Mo glanced at Xie Minyun, and then asked playfully: "Do you think you can live happily without money? Without your luxury car, without your luxurious clothes, and without the aura of Bai Fumei."

Just as Xie Minyun was about to answer, Cheng Mo rushed ahead of her and said, "Don't answer me until you have tried it. But I can tell you that I think I have done it. I don't have any desire for material things. After getting a lot of money When I got money, I didn’t get any pleasure at all, and I didn’t have the urge to squander it.”

"But at the moment when I earned the first substantial amount of money in my life, I realized one thing. I used to think that power was an illusion, but now I understand that gaining control over one's own life is also a This kind of right.” In fact, Cheng Mo’s feeling is not entirely the experience brought to him by “making money”, but also the absolute freedom above ordinary people provided by the carrier.

"This kind of right is more precious than any other right. And the quickest way to get this kind of right is to be rich. Unlike most people, I always have a sense of crisis, because you think there is still a lot of time, and life is still very long. , but I think 1 years is too long to seize the day and night. What's more, in this life, people must have some obsessions. Good obsessions can become obsessions, and bad ones may be called obsessions. But what is the result? I think only I can judge myself, and others are probably not qualified to judge me.”

There is no doubt that if you have money, you will have more freedom and power than others, but Xie Minyun does not feel that she is as unbearable as Cheng Mo said. She can also break away from the shackles of material things, and she can also control desires. So she turned her head to look at Cheng Mo and said with a blank expression: "I don't think it's difficult to control desires, I can still live an ordinary life. And don't be so conceited that others are not qualified to judge you! There is always someone in this world who can judge you"

"Like me..." Xie Minyun stood on the side of the cobblestone road like a ribbon. The road was slightly inclined, which made her look down on her. Against the backdrop of Cheng Mo, Xie Minyun looked more tall and straight, more graceful and graceful than Yiyi's willow.

Cheng Mo let out an "oh", and then said, "Then you go for it."

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Note 1: Hedonism, also known as Epicureanism, is the most misunderstood philosophical thought, although it believes that pleasure is the most important pursuit of human beings, and that happiness is the purpose of life and is innate the highest good.However, one should distinguish between different kinds of happiness, remove the fear of gods and death, control desires, stay away from political affairs, carefully measure and choose between pleasures and pains, and achieve physical health and peace of mind. This is true hedonism.

(End of this chapter)