Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch 35 - Mountain Path

Translated by: DMlations/Zryuu
Edited by: Amelea and FistFullOfDollars

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Yu Hao suddenly said to Fu Liqun, "Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for?" Fu Liqun asked in bewilderment. He had an arm around Yu Hao as they leaned against the railings of the plank walkway, then extended his arm to capture a selfie with him.

Sometimes, Yu Hao really couldn't tell if Fu Liqun was just acting dumb or if he was honestly dumb. He always felt that this guy was often aware and had insight into many things, but he would just refrain from disclosing what he knew.

"You're too tall, walk inside." Yu Hao motioned for him to walk along the inner part of the walkway. After Fu Liqun became more familiar with Yu Hao, he was fond of putting his arm around Yu Hao's shoulders.

"This is pretty good." Fu Liqun said.

Yu Hao, "I'm not your hiking stick!"

Fu Liqun said, "You're about the same height as my wife, so this is really comfortable."

Yu Hao, "You guys reconciled?"

Fu Liqun, "Nope, ex-wife."

Yu Hao, "......"

Yu Hao thought, he's quite pitiful actually, then said, "Go reconcile ba."

"No." Fu Liqun can be very stubborn.

Yu Hao said, "Why? The two of you are still in love anyway." When he said this, he thought, at least the two of you are in love with each other, and mutual love can conquer anything. If Zhou Sheng liked him, then he would be undaunted no matter what others said about them.

Yu Hao frequently saw Fu Liqun scroll through QQ spaces and his circle of friend's WeChat - and whose would it be? His ex-girlfriend's, of course. When he spoke, he couldn't go three sentences without talking about Cen Shan. He refused to move on from her, and always paid attention to her every move. He clearly wanted to get back together with her, but just lacked an opportunity to do so.

Yu Hao wanted to talk some sense into him, but then he thought, I should probably just let nature take its course, even I'm not being pitied by people yet. So he raised his spirits and said, "Let me tell you about these stone inscriptions ba."

"Tour guide, please." Fu Liqun was very cooperative.

Yu Hao began to tell Fu Liqun about the stories in Buddhist texts as they passed by the stone inscriptions that were carved into the precipice. Most of the stories urged people to be kind, and explored how to absolve people from their suffering. And the so-called "heart demons" were very frequently mentioned in them. As he spoke, Yu Hao remembered the "dark self" in his inner heart, and thought that perhaps, heart demons were an inherent part of human nature.

Fu Liqun, "Wah, you're really good at telling those stories."

Yu Hao said modestly, "You're flattering me too much."

Fu Liqun, "You study that?"

Yu Hao, "We're in the same college."

Fu Liqun, "I meant, you studied history in your spare time?"

Yu Hao, "I read about it at the last minute on the bus just now......"

Both of them were relatively speechless. Fu Liqun said, "When my wife and I went out to play, she would always talk to me about this and that because she read a lot of books. She said that Buddha was actually a guy, and said Bage Shanren......"

"It's Bada Shanren!" Yu Hao said, "Bada Shanren's a person! You clearly didn't hear a word she said."

Yu Hao thought, it must have been hard on Cen Shan, how on earth did you manage to find such a good girlfriend?