"I don't believe my destiny was predetermined at birth. To become a Buddhist, to become the first Living Buddha in the temple's thousands of years, or even to be destined to like someone when I was young... Hahaha~ I don't believe any of this nonsense!"

Zenguang's smile grew increasingly ferocious, leaving Mingmei momentarily bewildered as to what this guy truly meant.

Is it simply that you don't want to follow the path designated by others?

"Isn't this a good thing? A bright future, it doesn't sound bad. At most, you have someone you like. So, do you Buddhist practitioners not have any desires?"

"Then you really need to overcome this yourself. At most, you can break free from emotional attachments and become a Buddha on the spot?"

Lu Xiaoyao smacked her lips and listened for a long time but still couldn't understand the other person's troubles. Finally, she concluded that the other person was quite Versailles-like.

"You think all the suffering is something that no one can obtain, right? Isn't the path of cultivation to immortality and ascension the pursuit of all cultivators?"

From the moment you were born, your future was immortality and Buddhahood. Ask your fellow disciples about such a good thing. Ah, that eldest brother, the one who went astray before. Compared to him, you make him seem like a fool.

Everything he pursued seemed like a handful of dust to you.

"What do you know?!" Zenguang suddenly became angry. It was the first time they had ever seen Zenguang like this, and it startled them.

"Why should my life be determined by some divine will or destiny? I am who I am, my name is Zen Light, I am not a Buddhist disciple, I am no one else, I am just myself!"

Zenguang hysterically repeated the sentence over and over again, then his gaze was fixed on Mingmei. His hysterical and frantic gaze suddenly changed, and when he looked at Mingmei, his eyes revealed a look of longing and infatuation.

"You should understand, right?" His question, spoken suddenly, sounded somewhat bewildered.

Bright and beautiful: ?

What should she understand?

"Heaven has decreed that you are a cursed star, devoid of emotions, destined for a life of solitude, but you have always been resisting all of this, haven't you?"

Mingmei: "I think you might..."

Before Mingmei could even explain the "misunderstanding," she heard Changuang suddenly laugh and say, "Otherwise, why would you come to me and ask me if I can see your future?"

Mingmei: ...

Do I have one?

Mingmei was confused; when had she ever asked that question?

You said you think you've fallen for someone, but you can never remember who that person is.

You said that you seem to have been waiting for someone lately, but you can't remember who it is. You said that you wake up every day full of expectations, and then you are filled with confusion and forget what you are expecting.

You asked me if you would ever reunite with someone you don't remember, and if you tried your best, would you eventually succeed?

"So what did you answer?"

Mingmei pursed her lips. She didn't remember asking Changuang these questions, but the day wasn't over yet. She also remembered that Guigui had told her about her recent relationship with Muchen.

Given her personality, she would most likely ask if there's a way for her not to forget the other person and to turn every first encounter into a reunion.

Zenkwang: "I said no."

"Hey, can't you even speak properly?" Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but retort, "Aren't you deliberately trying to put people down? You're talking like this before they've even said anything."

"What's wrong?" Zen Guang glanced at Lu Xiaoyao and said, "The future I see is that she didn't succeed. She won't even remember who that person was before she leaves."

"You..."

"How are you? Are you upset?" Zen Guang looked at Lu Xiaoyao jumping up and down and suddenly smiled. He said sarcastically, "Is it upsetting when someone sees through your future at a glance and tells you clearly that all your hopes and expectations are useless?"

Lu Xiaoyao choked for a moment, but answered brightly, "I feel unwell."

Mingmei mimicked Changuang's light scoff. She understood the implication of his words. "But I remember you once told me that I would be happy in the future. Shouldn't happiness come from the rewards of hard work?"

Zenguang was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected that Mingmei had remembered the words he had said to her as she was about to leave.

Happiness may not be something you achieve through your own efforts, but rather something given to you by others. Look, so many people love you, how could you not be happy?

Zenko looked at the bright and beautiful scene, her tone filled with tenderness, "You will leave this place and live with everyone's love for you. Of course you will be happy."

This is why he has been focusing on Mingmei rather than Meijiu, who should have been the center of attention.

He clearly saw it, and Xie Zhen calculated it; she was supposed to be a person with few relatives and a lonely life. How could such a person still shyly show a little bit of a bashful smile when she sees others?

Shouldn't such a person be invisible from childhood, unremarkable wherever they stand, ignored by others, ignored by themselves, hiding from others, and difficult to approach?

However, the bright and beautiful are exactly the opposite.

She is loved by her elders, close to her sisters, and even has admirers who have been silently protecting her.

If someone like Mingmei didn't exist, perhaps... he would have remained the same forever.

He was seen by others as a pure and immaculate Buddhist disciple;

He is a Buddhist disciple who is compassionate and saves all sentient beings;

He becomes the person everyone expects him to be. Even if he has dissatisfaction or doubts in his heart, he can suppress all the "evil thoughts" that tempt him by reciting the scriptures a few more times.

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