novelraw Chapter 603 : How Can One Achieve Everything in This World_
Chapter 603 : How Can One Achieve Everything in This World_
Chapter 603: How Can One Achieve Everything in This World?
On the opposite TV, the 16th episode of the 1986 version of Journey to the West was playing.
Chen Fan said his answer for himself was in this episode.
So Wen Wan watched it very attentively.
The content of this episode was actually very simple, it was about Tang Sanzang and his four disciples arriving at the Women's Country.
The queen of the Women's Country fell in love with Tang Sanzang at first sight, missing her chance for a lifetime.
The plot was plain, and there wasn't even a single demon.
Many people found this episode boring when they watched it as children.
There wasn't even a single demon.
How could this be considered one of the 81 ordeals?
But Wen Wan wasn't a child anymore.
So she watched it very carefully.
She saw the queen of the Women's Country fall in love with Tang Sanzang at first sight, saw them go out together and chat, saw the queen's deep affection for Tang Sanzang, undisguised.
As a queen, with fine clothes and rich food, gold and silver treasures, lacking nothing, yet bravely expressing her admiration for a monk for the sake of love.
At this moment, she seemed to see herself.
Isn't this just like herself now?
Wen Wan immersed herself in the role.
Gradually, she saw more content.
She saw that throughout the episode, Tang Sanzang didn't dare to look directly into the queen's eyes.
She saw the queen's persistence in love, and saw the evasiveness in Tang Sanzang's eyes.
Faced with the queen's undisguised love, Tang Sanzang gave his answer.
"In the Buddha's heart, all is emptiness. This poor monk has already severed all worldly thoughts and has no fate to enjoy worldly riches and honors."
Faced with Tang Sanzang's rejection, the queen just smiled faintly.
"You say all is emptiness, yet you close your eyes tightly."
"If you open your eyes and look at me, I don't believe your eyes would be empty."
At that moment, Tang Sanzang closed his eyes, sweat pouring down like rain.
"You don't dare to open your eyes to look at me, yet you talk about all being emptiness."
At this moment, Tang Sanzang's inner persistence wavered.
He looked at the queen, his eyes full of hesitation and uncertainty.
Finally, he gave his answer to the queen of the Women's Country.
"Amitabha."
"In the next life, if fate allows..."
Seeing this, Wen Wan was already in tears.
Crying and laughing at the same time, then continuing to cry, tears flowing uncontrollably.
At this moment, she understood Chen Fan's answer.
Her heart, which had fallen into an ice pit, finally began to warm up.
So, this was the answer he wanted to tell her.
At the end of the plot, Wen Wan also noticed a detail. Tang Sanzang used the Buddhist hand gesture for others, but when leaving the Women's Country, he used the secular gesture.
Moreover, Tang Sanzang left his three disciples behind for the first time and fled from the Women's Country on his white horse.
Wen Wan smiled faintly again.
Perhaps, for Tang Sanzang, he hoped there would be a next life.
Unfortunately, at the end of Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang became a Buddha, and there was no possibility with the queen of the Women's Country anymore.
Wen Wan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, thinking of Chen Fan's anxious look when he left with his crutch earlier, and couldn't help but laugh again.
At this moment, she understood Chen Fan's meaning.
And she got the answer she wanted.
Whether Chen Fan accepted her or not was no longer important.
Because she understood his thoughts.
That was enough.
Perhaps Chen Fan wanted to say to her through Tang Sanzang's words: In the next life, if fate allows...
"If there's a next life..."
Wen Wan suddenly smiled.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that she, like the queen of the Women's Country, was a stubborn woman full of obsession.
"I only want this life, not the next."
Wen Wan murmured, repeating a line from the queen in the show.
It was enough.
With this answer, she was already very satisfied.
She didn't need Chen Fan to give her any promises or status.
Since he loved his girlfriend so deeply.
Then she would quietly stay by his side, watching him, loving him, and not troubling him anymore. That would be enough.
At this moment, Wen Wan seemed to have reconciled with herself.
She understood everything.
Wiping away her tears, she smiled, incomparably beautiful.
At this moment, even the surrounding light seemed to become brighter.
......
On the other side, Chen Fan was limping towards the school gate with his crutch, cursing under his breath.
Why did this damned school have to be built so big?
It took at least half an hour just to ride a bicycle from the faculty apartments to the school gate.
Now with his leg injured, he had been walking for almost an hour and still hadn't reached the school gate.
"If I had known it was this far, why did I pretend to be so noble?"
"I could have just slept in the apartment for one night, what's the big deal? At worst, I could have slept in the study."
"And the school leaders, why don't they let taxis into the school late at night?"
"It would be great if we could have some shared electric bikes."
Chen Fan muttered to himself, saying some nonsense.
But it did remind him of the shared electric bikes and DiDi ride-hailing service in the future.
Should he start these businesses ahead of time?
Damn.
I must be crazy.
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Chen Fan wanted to slap himself.
Others do business by focusing on one industry, but he wanted to do everything.
He really wasn't afraid of working himself to death.
"I can't be this tired anymore in the future. I'm living a second life to enjoy it, why should I work day and night like a donkey?"
"Money can never be earned completely."
Chen Fan muttered non-stop, actually trying to distract himself.
To say that he wasn't flustered when he was in the apartment just now.
That would be bullshit.
He was an ordinary person, not a saint.
Having thoughts meant having thoughts.
He didn't believe that any man wouldn't have dirty thoughts when seeing the big star Wen Wan.
The only thing Chen Fan could do was control his desires.
This was already very impressive.
Just as he was about to reach the school gate, his phone in his pocket vibrated.
He stopped to rest for a moment and took out his phone to look.
It was actually a message from Wen Wan.
"I understand your answer."
Seeing this message, Chen Fan fell silent.
Just as he was about to put away his phone, Wen Wan sent another message.
"Did Tang Sanzang really fall in love with the queen of the Women's Country?"
Chen Fan sighed and finally replied with a message.
"Everyone has their own interpretation. What you see is what it is."
Wen Wan: "Then what about you? What did you see?"
This time, Chen Fan was silent for a longer time.
"I think... Tang Sanzang's feelings for the queen can be summarized in one sentence."
"How can one achieve everything in this world, not failing Buddha nor failing you!"
This time, it took a while before Wen Wan's message came.
"You were born before I was, and I was born after you were old. You resent that I was born too late, I resent that you were already old."
"I resent that we were not born at the same time, to be with you every day. I am at the end of the earth from you, you are separated from me by the sea. I turn into a butterfly to seek flowers, resting on fragrant grass every night."
Chen Fan silently read this message twice, didn't reply anymore, chose to delete the message, then put away his phone and walked out of the school gate.
Beep beep!
Just as he reached the roadside preparing to hail a taxi, a car horn sounded from behind.
Chen Fan turned his head in confusion and was stunned.