Black leather shoes trampled on the dust, and the crow stood at the top of the bell tower, observing the buildings in the distance with a monocular. Theoretically, he should not be able to see anything, but he was fascinated by something in the telescope.

"Why enter the world on my side? Did I think we had made an agreement not to interfere with each other's tasks, or did I have some kind of misunderstanding about the previous conversation? ”

The woman with the needle appeared at the other end of the bell tower on the top floor, with a large bell in between, and neither of them could see the other.

"I just want to see how 'my' progress."

"Do you clearly recognize your own incompetence?" The needle girl took two steps around the bell, and the crow was keenly taking two steps around the bell at the same time, always keeping her diagonal to the other, and the two evil creatures seemed to deliberately not appear in each other's sight.

"No, I think he's doing a pretty good job. It deserves a compliment. The lips under the crow's mask squirmed slightly, revealing blood-stained teeth, "It's a great opportunity to exercise." Facing your heart sounds like some kind of soul test. It's going to be an interesting question for 'me'. And what makes me curious is, what kind of materials do you use, and what kind of puzzles do you set up? How do you break through the mind of a 'happy prince'? ”

"It's irony, you idiot." The spiky woman sighed, "The phrase Happy Prince is a sarcasm for you in itself. People who seek happiness are often the least happy. Looking at the way he ran away, what did he want to escape from? ”

"Not happy." The crow stared at the figure in the telescope and whispered in reply.

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Congenital physical problems are indeed difficult to improve.

Su Jing leaned behind the door. Wheezing violently, he systematically participated in low-intensity workouts at the university. Test and strengthen the heart's capacity to load. Aerobic exercise, a safe way to strengthen your physique, but when exercising vigorously for a long time. There will still be a subtle reaction.

He pulled out his notebook and continued to write his answer.

"It's the prince who has changed. The protagonist of this story is none other than the Happy Prince, his self-sacrifice. From the carefree aristocrat in the palace to the happy prince who is a statue after his death, he 'sees' more, so he can't be as happy as he used to be. Selectively ignoring the suffering of the world is our social aspect. Because each of us has our own limitations and ......"

Perhaps it is necessary to start with the social nature of human beings as a biological species. Su Jing frowned, if he wanted to explain this problem clearly to the person on the other side of the notebook from beginning to end, maybe he really had to start with his own moral theory.

Why are we taught to help others? 】

"Because the power of the individual is limited." Su Jing walked through the empty corridors of the school building, scribbling in a notebook in scribbled handwriting as she searched for available props. Although intuitively speaking, the power of that werewolf is not something that he can resist, but at least he can come up with various ways to get out, "We, human civilization and survival, are built on society, on mutual assistance and altruism. In ancient times, because the strength of the individual was too weak, it was necessary to unite together. And this is the earliest morality, the earliest morality was born for survival. That's a kind of group rule. And since then, every age, every nation, has produced various varieties of morality on this basis - the preservation of the vitality of the ethnic group. But then. Morality may have been called by other names: propriety, law, righteousness...... Many, many more. ”

"Individuals, sheltered by the group. Individuals make up groups, and groups in turn help each individual. This relationship constructs human society. There is no society. There is no civilization, no barter economic system, even the most primitive of things. We may still be picking fruit from the tree to eat and being eliminated by the world. Or evolve into a beast that is powerful enough for a single person. Social morality is produced in order to maintain the cohesion of the group. Etiquette in Chinese culture. It is this outward appearance of morality that provides order and maintains the stability of this social group. From this point of view, the 'virtue' of helping others, and other altruistic 'virtues', are in fact obligations that must be fulfilled by those who are sheltered by the group. ”

[Then why, some people do not follow this rule, but live better than those who follow the rules?] 】

Difficult little ghosts, but they have to break the casserole when they are buying time to ask to the end. Su Jing kicked open the door of the faculty office, and the dusty old coat hung on the hanger by the door, and he searched through the pockets one by one, pulling out a large bunch of keys from his pockets.

There were many texts scattered on the teacher's desk, and he walked over and looked at them for a moment.

On the desk, under the shelves of professional books, is the daily office text. He ignored the fairy tale book for the time being, and instead focused on the teacher's writings, one of which seemed to have been opened by someone, with black fingerprints on it. Su Jing picked up the copy.

This essay appears to be a teacher's record and private evaluation of the student.

Su Jing flipped all the way over, and there was nothing special about those names and the evaluations below. But the page that the owner of the black fingerprint flipped through was very interesting, the names of the students on that page were blacked out with ink, and there were many blacked-out places in the comments below.

【…… Class schedule xiàn taciturn. It may be due to family reasons, poor interpersonal communication. …… The results are good, but they are unstable and often fluctuate greatly. …… Curious, perhaps the most he did in school was reading books. He reads more and reads at a higher level than an adult, and if he can be guided, this may lead him to develop the habit of self-learning. …… Usually quiet, but I suspect he has something to do with the occasional brawl in the class. Although the matter was resolved quickly, there was something suspicious about his cousin. I don't know what it is, but sometimes he looks at people with a scary look, as if he can see through you. ……】

"Who's talking about, is that you? Pencil Kid? Su Jing took out a pencil from the pen holder on the desk, covered the blackened area with ink with a piece of white paper, and gently smeared it with the side of the pencil head. And so the hidden handwriting reappeared.

[Student's Name: Su Jing.] 】

“…… In an all-English Christian elementary school in an American town, I emerged as a teacher in elementary school for a Chinese growing up in a coastal city in China. Hey! Is this really reasonable?! Can you make up a story that is natural? Su Jing shouted at the silent teacher's office, and no one responded.

"Now I know why you like to get to the bottom of it so much...... Then I'll answer you. ”

Su Jing bit her lip, sat on the teacher's chair, and reopened the album, her heart full of chagrin. What an obvious thing, why did I not find out until now. I used to be smug and thought I was smart, but now I seem to be a stupid person who is so dull.

Suddenly meeting him head-on with his childhood, perhaps it is a unique encounter in this world. Su Jing re-examines his teenage years, only to feel miserable, maybe everyone's growth process is constant self-denial, when talking to his childhood self, Su Jing is full of ...... to the person on the other side of the album Abhor.

"Why do some people live better off than those who don't follow the rules? That's because...... Imperfection of the rules. The question you raised can be said to be at the core of the progress of human civilization for thousands of years. In order to solve this problem, we have invented many bizarre terms to refer to different social systems, given rise to different schools of morality, and waged countless wars over the disagreement of illusory ideas - no, the difference of ideas is nothing, but the difference of interests - that matters. Our civilization chooses a balance between justice and fairness, looking for a universal value that can bind the order of society and the development of productive forces in a robust model. ”

"And why would anyone break the rules. It is because, no matter how strong the solidarity that we write in our genes and are instilled in society, our biological nature always puts our personal interests first. Some people may have noble sentiments and put the interests of others before themselves, but from the large number of the whole group, we are still selfish, looking for loopholes in the rules to profit for ourselves, which is a statistical necessity. ”

I vaguely remember that we were talking about a fairy tale at the beginning. Su Jing smiled bitterly, when facing "himself", it was difficult for him to maintain his peace of mind. I can be tolerant of anyone, but I can't tolerate myself, because I know what a vile and selfish person I was, and still are.

How fun it is to face yourself. You know what kind of person is on the other side of the mirror, you know all his vile thoughts and dirty desires, and no one in the world hates himself more certainly than himself.

So, what kind of person should I be? 】

Su Jing didn't know how to answer.

He thought of many answers. With the answer he got now, he now knew what kind of person he wanted to become, but when faced with himself when he was seven or eight years old, this answer didn't fit very well. There are also "standard answers" that are full of light and can make you happy, but the standard answers are not prepared for yourself.

So.

"Be who you want to be."

No one can give you the answer, young me, the answer to all life, not in books, not in other people's mouths, not at the end of all shortcuts. You can only find your own answers in countless wind, frost, rain and snow. Even if I am many years later, I can't sue you. (To be continued......)