The two of them had a large dialogue with some prose implications, so that the people nearby couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen attentively, of course, most of these people just joined in the fun, or wanted to hear what this handsome guy in a suit B was saying on a hot day, as for Cheng Mo, it was incidental to be concerned.

When Cheng Mo finished saying a paragraph with profound connotations and full tone, most people didn't have any sense of identity, but just felt that "it's too pretending", and they said "emotional" at every turn! "science"! "human"! "rationality"! "hope.....!" This kind of exaggerated words, as for what kind of thoughts Cheng Mo expresses, no one cares, let alone figure it out.....

Who would think about a little kid in a barbershop?

The barber who helped Cheng Mo cut his hair felt a little confused by the focused gaze and whispers around him, and almost cut Cheng Mo's hair with a pair of scissors, so he could only slow down and said in his heart: "What are these two convicts doing here?"

As for Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Yitong's expressions, they were a little surprised, they didn't expect that two people who don't usually talk much would actually let go of and say so many things like people who have known each other for a long time.

However, neither of the parties cared about the various meanings of the eyes around them.

"False comfort?" Yan Funing smiled, this smile was very standard, just like a professional smile, polite and thoughtful, he glanced down at Cheng Mo's side face, the transparent apron was covered with shredded hair, and the two slender hands were neatly placed on the armrests," It's really a good way to put it, just like those histories that whitewash benevolence and morality, like those histories that praise the victors at will, like those who keep simplifying and one-sidedizing the details of history, and then stuff a huge historical death worm into a few books called history, and cover the condensed historical ..... with simple logic and a small bunch of picked out characters and events."

"You see, the vast majority of people comfort themselves like this, watching this kind of garbage, I think it's better to watch a few small movies on the Internet, although it can't improve the level of knowledge, but at least it can really comfort itself, and it can also improve the level of posture....." Yan Funing's expression was very flat, but there was a mockery in his tone, as for small movies, it may be disgusting to say this kind of thing from other people's mouths, but when it comes out of his mouth, it is naturally like discussing literary films.

This is the additional aura of Chang Shuai still wearing formal clothes, all in all, if Cheng Mo mentions a small movie in what he says, he will definitely be labeled as an otaku; if Yan Funing is saying it, it must be mocking an otaku.

Cheng Mo was a little strange why Yan Yitong's brother said so much to him as soon as he came, and even there was a trace of hostility hidden in his tone, he didn't know that although he didn't know Yan Funing, Yan Funing couldn't be more familiar with him.

Anyone who observes another person's life 24 hours a day on end will lose their sense of distance, especially when peeping into someone's private life.

Of course, Yan Funing is not an ordinary person, he entered the Imperial College at the age of 17 to study for graduate school, climbed the peak of mathematics, studied under the Wolf Prize winner Elias Stein, known as the second Tao Zhexuan's 21-year-old genius, and obtained a master's degree from Imperial College London this summer.

It stands to reason that he should have completed his Ph.D., but his interests were so broad that in addition to mathematics, he also studied for a master's degree in economics, so he got a double master's degree.

A person like Yan Funing, who thinks data, naturally won't lose his sense of distance because he has monitored Cheng Mo for a few days, and feel that he is an acquaintance with Cheng Mo, let alone look at him differently because he is his sister's classmate, but he is really a little curious, how Cheng Mo escaped on K20, and in addition, he has to prevent this extremely dangerous man from approaching his sister.

Language is Yan Funing's telescope for snooping into Cheng Mo.

Assuming that at another point in time, Cheng Mo may not let himself and Yan Funing enter into too deep exchanges, but today is a special day for Cheng Mo, and he often listens to Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Yitong talk about this "genius brother", he is more or less curious about Yan Funing, after all, Changya does not have a truly otherworldly genius.

Therefore, even if Yan Funing's language is very aggressive, Cheng Mo didn't take it to heart, and the gap in IQ is sometimes irreparable, so he must be in awe of wisdom, and Cheng Mo deeply understands this truth.

So Cheng replied sincerely: "I think history is a mysterious thing, even if we are in a certain era, we may not be able to see the truth behind history, just like we stand in the pouring rain, it is difficult to hold a few drops of rain, in the massive details, even if those documents of historical events, those parties are standing in front of you, we can't be sure what happened, but this does not negate the painstaking interpretation and restoration of those hidden meanings by those great historians..... And for those of us who read it, when you uncover the insights behind history, you increase your chances of surviving the relentless flood of history....."

"Yes? Do you think that human beings or individuals can learn from history? Then I would like to ask you..... How did historical insights give you a chance at a critical moment...... Escaping the punishment of death?"

Yan Funing is still smiling in the mirror, his handsome and handsome face is matched with the gold-wire glasses, which makes him look elegant and quiet, like a clever camouflage, and like a natural protective color, inexplicably Cheng Mo remembered Li Jiting, Yan Funing's smile is not as frequent as Li Jiting's, Li Jiting laughs all the time, but the smiles of the two people give him a similar feeling, maybe Li Jiting's smile is more natural, and it is easier for people to believe and let down their guard.

But Yan Funing is obviously not as high as Li Jiting's rank.

But no matter what Yan Funing's expression and tone were, this question was a bit abrupt, Yan Yitong, who was standing next to Yan Funing, didn't expect that his brother had just come into contact with Cheng Mo, so he uncharacteristically discussed with Cheng Mo some issues that he would never discuss with himself and Fu Yuanzhuo.

Somewhat embarrassed, he tugged at Yan Funing's sleeve and whispered, "Brother, can you let Cheng Mo cut his hair first?

Yan Funing didn't look at the people around him, he just glanced at Yan Yitong with a smile, "Oh! What does it matter? Just look at it! Did Cheng Mo and I discuss anything unsightly, isn't it normal to talk about the hottest topics at the moment?"

Yan Yitong is not afraid of onlookers, the two siblings are surprisingly not ashamed of being watched, she is just worried that Cheng Mo will mind.

Just when Yan Yitong didn't know how to persuade his brother not to make things difficult for Cheng Mo, Yan Funing stretched out his hand and nodded at Cheng Mo and said: "I don't think you will like to talk to others about who is acting in a new movie, who is tearing up the latest variety show, where is the new style on the store and whether it looks good, classmate A and classmate B seem to be in love, these gossip topics ..... Maybe we should talk about the trade war between China and the United States, and talk about high-profit reforms..... Of course, I think these are still too superficial and boring, and we should talk deeply about the crisis of globalization and the rise of populism, and we can deeply analyze the hypocrisy of rich countries in free trade....."

Cheng Mo shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't studied these things deeply, I'm afraid I can't say anything new." ”

Yan Funing pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "That's really a pity, I thought you should know a little bit, after all, you just said that human beings can learn lessons from history..... You should be aware that at the beginning of globalization, Western countries were very optimistic in the early 90s, for example, Fukuyama impassionedly talked about the "end of history." ”

"The democratic camp not only won World War I, then World War II, then the Berlin Wall, then the Soviet Union, and once again the Cold War, and all the Western countries considered themselves to have won the final victory..... But today, they seem to have gone from extreme optimism to deep pessimism, you see, is history repeating itself again...."

"Just as in 1918, just after the end of the First World War, people all over the world rejoiced, including us Chinese, with the disintegration of several major empires, a large number of constitutional democracies appeared throughout Europe, but by the thirties, the vast majority of them became cases of failure, either like Tsarist Russia into a leftist totalitarian state, or like Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary into a right-wing totalitarian state, so World War II broke out....."

"And then look at the present, for example, the 'Arab Spring' movement that broke out in 2010, which was thought to be a wave of democracy in Arab countries, but in fact turned into a fundamentalist wave and became an 'Arab winter', such as the European sovereign debt crisis around 2010, such as the global economic crisis in 2008..... The gap between the rich and the poor in Western countries is re-exacerbating, and there are more and more totalitarian countries.... Hey, no one has ever been able to learn from history. ”

Cheng Mo was silent for a moment and said: "I know that your point of view is based on Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century", and the description of this book is mainly based on a large number of statistics, which I think is completely reasonable. But if he wants to prove that it has been like this for 2,000 years, there is really no basis for that. Because it is completely impossible to find statistics for two thousand years. This can be said to be a hypothesis. In my opinion, his explanation is obviously not true. His explanation is tantamount to saying that the former equality, or peace, was purely a temporary phenomenon caused by high economic growth. But high growth is a miracle, and miracles cannot last, and when high growth ends, it will return to war..... Then this problem just can't be solved.... For example, "The Lost History of Free Trade and Capitalism" written by British-Korean Jang Ha-joon analyzes that globalization seems to be beneficial to all countries, but in fact it is exacerbating inequality.....

I know, on page 137 of this book, he writes: The rich and the powerful claim that the arena of the world is flat, so that all people should compete equally to be fair. But no, although the arena is flat, the players on the court are not equal, and it is unfair for heavyweights and lightweights to compete on the same field. Between the egg and the stone, standing on the side of the egg without hesitation is where the morality of economics lies...."After a pause, Yan Funing looked at Cheng Mo in the mirror and said: "However, if there was really morality, the world would have realized communism a long time ago." ”

"I also know that page 137 is the end of the book, and I don't know if there is a moral being, but I think economics needs a scientific attitude of calculating fairness..... Just like history, only from the perspective of the weak can we be more rational. That's why I say that history books can improve our chances of survival, because there are always great historians who are constantly witnessing the cruelty of history and then studying the fate of the world..... For example, Richard Hofstadter, such as Confeld, such as Cowen, such as Chopinch..... History is the cruelest examiner, always giving people a choice at the point of fate, and in the great era, those who make mistakes in judgment will be mercilessly punished by fate. These questions used to include: whether to go to the blue or from the red during the Republic of China? In 1949, did you stay or go out? In 1979, did you study for the college entrance examination or went south to Shenzhen? In the 1990s, did you take the initiative to go to the sea or wait for the laid-off ......"

Yan Funing nodded and said: "These historians are indeed more reliable, among them, Western scholars who specialize in sinology have spent their lives exploring the history and reality of China with their energy and intelligence..... But many people's books can't even be published in our country....."

The two of them are talking eloquently, and the people around you have gone from looking at you coldly at the beginning to pretending to be unpredictable now.

Yan Yitong looked at his brother and Cheng Mo talking happily, and couldn't help but be bright, as for Fu Yuanzhuo, he showed a bitter gourd face, and said to himself: "Can you say something that we can understand?"

Yan Yitong shook Fu Yuanzhuo's hygienic eyes, "Why can't you understand?

"Yes, yes, yes, as if you understand, it's so sad to be with geniuses, especially two geniuses.... Feel like you're mentally retarded. Fu Yuanzhuo said helplessly.

At this time, the barber had already cut his hair with Cheng Mo, and Cheng Mo got up from the chair and prepared to flush the water, and the conversation between the two came to an abrupt end.

Yan Funing turned his head to look at Fu Yuanzhuo and said, "This is nothing remarkable, you have to calm down and soak in the library for more than half a year, and you can talk about it..... It is not difficult to discuss other people's opinions, but it is difficult to put forward your own opinions and create your own theories. ”

Fu Yuanzhuo smiled bitterly: "Brother Ning, don't use your 'nothing remarkable' as our request, your nothing is great to us. ”

"All you lack is patience and interest, but to be honest, it doesn't matter if you understand these things or not, whether you learn or not..... There's no need to force yourself to do things you don't want to do, people like you, who are born free, just find the joy of being alive. Yan Funing looked at Cheng Mo's back and said softly.

Yan Yitong said triumphantly: "Brother, I said that you would definitely fall in love with him!"

Yan Funing smiled faintly and said, "It's quite interesting...."

The three of them chatted and waited for Cheng Mo to flush back, and the hairstylist blew Cheng Mo a very Japanese fluffy hairstyle, which was not as messy as it was at the beginning, and suddenly Cheng Mo's appearance was greatly improved, but the tragedy was that standing next to Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Funing was still ordinary people who couldn't be more ordinary.

Yan Yitong called Feng Qianqian and made an appointment to go to the Red Mansion for dinner in the evening, but it was still a little early to go at this time, so the four of them sat and drank a cup of coffee at Starbucks in Lohas City.

Cheng Mo sat in the co-pilot, Yan Funing and Yan Yitong sat in the back seat, Cheng Mo and Yan Funing did not continue to discuss more academic issues when they came out of the barbershop, most of them were chatting about some trivial things in comparative study and life, most of the time Yan Yitong and Fu Yuanzhuo were talking, and Cheng Mo and Yan Funing were listening.

For example, the June 1st Children's Day party, Cheng Mo's shocking performance in the killing game, and the dragon fight between Cheng Mo and Du Leng in the final exam, although Yan Funing has heard Yan Yitong say some things, but after experiencing K20, listening to it today, the views and feelings are completely different, so Yan Funing listens like he likes to relish, and occasionally asks some questions to ask Cheng Mo.

For example: "Do you know a lot about psychology? What psychology books have you read?"

Xie Minyun also got involved in this topic a few times, but Cheng Mo, who often appeared as the protagonist of the topic, didn't say anything, just like the story Yan Yitong said had nothing to do with him. Yan Funing, who knew what Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo had, didn't say anything, as if he didn't know anything at all.

But Yan Funing seems to have GET to the key skill that Cheng Mo can stand out from K20 - psychology.

That's right, the Joker Sith is the quintessential "antisocial personality".

And so he is.