It has been said that love is the only salvation that saves a lonely soul. No, I don't think so, love is a poison that corrodes people's hearts, a trap set by life for you, a weakness that makes you feel attached to warmth, the leaf you put on when bathing in dragon blood, and the best weapon to make you give up your dignity. - Cheng Mo

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Leaning back against the seat, Xie Minyun, who was cross-legged by Erlang, reached out and stroked a few strands of black, straight and long hair on her cheeks that were messed up by the wind, this action added countless indescribable charms to the cold Xie Minyun, the original Xie Minyun was a little uncannibalistic, but at this moment, because of this casual action, it became vivid and shining.

After Cheng Mo agreed to divide the two into eight and taught her the methods and skills of recognizing micro-expressions, Xie Minyun gently opened the two pieces of Akane lips like blood: "To be honest, according to your IQ, you won't understand Pascal's bet (Note 1), if you just want to make money, then, even if you look down on them, even though you are very capable, integrating them is also the most correct choice, right?"

After a slight pause, Xie Minyun said meaningfully: "Especially Du Leng, he has a dragon blood club, and those who can join the club are elites with excellent family backgrounds, although your background is ordinary, but with your ability, it is easy to join in, with these resources, you will be able to struggle for many years less in the future, than you are working hard to calculate him now, earn some pocket money, and have a much more future.....

Cheng Mo repeated the name "Dragon's Blood Society", and then said: "Do you think I will be the kind of person who only pursues success? I actually don't like the word success, especially those foolish (brainwashing) books that advertise successology, which make people think that as long as they can work hard, they can earn enough money, and as long as they earn enough money to achieve financial freedom, they are successful..... In fact, you and I both know that from ancient times to the present, human society has always been a pyramid system, from top to bottom, with the increase in the number of people, the wealth and wisdom in the hands have decreased exponentially.... What is the secret of this society? The people at the top of the pyramid allow people to solve the problem of food and clothing, but never let them really gain financial freedom, and the vast majority of people are just put into a division of labor that is destined to create wealth for others.... I think you know better than me that the secret of success is not in the people at the top of the pyramid, but in some of the missionaries who have been set up at the top, such as the famous boss Ma..... Even if he can succeed to Boss Ma's part, he is only the leader of the elite class, and he will never be able to break through the ceiling..... He can only adapt to the rules, not make them, so for me .... I want money, but I don't want to be a slave to it....."

As a real red aristocrat, Xie Minyun naturally knows that what Cheng Mo said is a fact, the so-called class mobility only exists between ordinary people and elites, and this mobility is becoming more and more difficult, as for wanting to break the ceiling and advance to the top of the pyramid, there is no way except blood and fire.

Xie Minyun said lightly: "It seems to be quite idealistic, but the reality seems to be quite cruel? Is it more difficult than you think to make money standing still?But it doesn't matter, the Yan Yitong who talked to you in the afternoon has a lot of identity..... You can't look down on Du Leng's road, and Yan Yitong's road..... If you hurry up, it's a good opportunity to skip a grade..."

Cheng Mo sneered: "I actually don't like the word ideal, it's just an empty word used by missionaries to package their humanistic care, they tell you that the ideal shape is poetry, wine and distance, mountains, deserts and oceans, conquest, Climb and master, if you don't set up some ideals, then you are confused and numb, but the ideal is actually nothing, just your life plan, make money in the way you want, this is the truth of the ideal, from beginning to end, you still stay in the framework that others have drawn for you, you think you are growing savagely, in fact, it is just step-by-step...... It comes down to direction, redemption, hope, ideals..... It doesn't matter at all. ”

Xie Minyun supported his chin with the back of his hand, leaned his elbow against the armrest and looked at Cheng Mo obliquely, and asked with a sense of nature: "What is the most important thing to you?"

Cheng Mo said: "Of course, the most important thing is to live comfortably. After a moment's pause, he added, "However, my life is only in my own hands, and no one can dictate it except me." ”

Xie Minyun projected his eyes to the Xiangjiang River outside the window, Orange Island was like a giant boat riding the wind and waves in the middle of the river, the summer sunset rendered the sky gorgeous, like the sky lit up with orange firelight and was silent for a moment, there is nothing greater than the ideal of being able to control one's own destiny.

Cheng Mo keenly grasped Xie Minyun's barren expression for a moment, and said: "No wonder people like you have no friends, treat life as a chess game, and regard everyone who meets your standards as opponents..... Those who don't meet your requirements and don't even deserve to be opponents can't be friends..... No, no..... Perhaps what you are seeking is not just to defeat all enemies, but to become an idealized, perfect version of yourself..... Your personality is really twisted!"

Xie Minyun turned his head, looked at Cheng Mo and said coldly: "Isn't it funny? People like you will definitely not understand what it is like to be regarded as 'perfect' by others since childhood, every time others praise it, there is no difference, you see that Xie Minyun is beautiful, has good grades, and has such a great family background.... But am I just like that? I have been used as a role model countless times, no, it should be a villain, and then I have been hated by countless people, as long as you make a little trivial mistake, someone will sneer at it, magnify it into a heinous shortcoming, and the most I received in junior high school was not love letters, but some anonymous letters scolding me..... Do you know what they would like to see the most? not how good your grades are, not how perfect your performance is, not how popular you are, what they want to see is that you are bad, that you expose your weaknesses, that you are unlucky....."

"Do you know why I hate you a little? ”

"Because you like to disguise, you like lies, you think that lies are correct, that you are making up for and reconciling the bad habits of the world, but I will never be fooled like you, and I will never allow these vile people to see my jokes. ”

"It will never be allowed...."

When he said the last sentence, Xie Minyun's white and greasy side face reflected the huge sunset, so that the brilliance of reason during the day was trampled by the blurred colors, and with the snow-colored and lonely face, it was like an unknown doomsday coming.

Beauty, in the middle of Cheng Mo's vision, turns everything in this world into futility.

Her long hair, long eyelashes, jewel-like pupils, piercing nose and shallow cherry lips swept through the flaming clouds, eclipsing all words like "dream", "charming" and "delicate".

But at this moment, for Cheng Mo, the air was full of deadly toxins, he turned his head, held his breath and said, "A monster will definitely not make fun of another monster." ”

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(Note 1: "Pascal's Bet" is a statement expressed by the French mathematician, physicist, and thinker Blaise Pascal in his book Thoughts, namely: I don't know if God exists, and if he doesn't exist, there is no benefit in being an atheist, but if he exists, I will do great harm as an atheist.) So, it is better to believe that God exists. In the text, Xie Minyun uses the meaning that as an absolutely rational person who tends to be good and avoids evil, Cheng Mo should try to integrate into Du Leng's elite, because as long as he joins, he may get benefits, and the worst result is just not getting benefits. Here Xie Minyun is saying that if Cheng Mo is just to make money, everything he does is not rational enough. ）