Is that right?

Coach Ma was speechless for a long time before saying to me, "Isn't this a bit too much of a magic trick!"

"I don't think so... Everyone is destined to be watched by millions of eyes. Besides the gentlemen, there's another group of people watching you... These people will think you're a coward, a wimp, and not a man if you deviate from their values... Can I, Michael, tolerate that?... These days, the friendship between gentlemen is not as valuable as the friendship between those who share the same stench... I've decided, from now on, I'll live like this, living with these people like maggots in a cesspool... Why am I doing this? Because those gentlemen dare not and disdain to criticize me; while those people, criticizing me is criticizing themselves, and they certainly won't criticize me... Maybe they'll even take me as a role model and come to learn from me... How great is that! Not only will all my troubles disappear, but I can also be caught in the middle of these women, getting along with everyone without losing out at all!"

"Stop... I don't like hearing these things... If you feel wronged by this world, besides becoming a demon, there is another path to Buddhahood... You don't need to be attached to the romance and beauty of the world. I saw through it two years ago... At the end of romance and beauty lies Jizu Mountain... You are a person who is particularly good at dialectical thinking. From our Buddhist perspective, this is Buddha-nature... Therefore, Jizu Mountain will always be the only choice for you in life... Take this step, and you can cross the sea of ​​suffering in life and be free from all attachments!"

I took a deep drag on my cigarette, then stared blankly at the cherry blossom tree in front of the noodle shop for a long time.

I saw my entrepreneurial dream and my love dream again.

And there's Yang Sisi, who's been waiting for me in Shanghai...

I want to get married... This sudden decision has nothing to do with what kind of person I want to be.

I know I can't become a Buddha, nor can I become a demon... I'm just an ordinary person.

After venting, I am still the man others call Michael, yearning for a career, for fairness, for justice... I can be selfish, I can be vulnerable, and I can raise my arms and fight the most tenacious resistance under the gears of fate!

(End of this chapter)

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