booktalesy Chapter 410 Unable to Overcome
Chapter 410 Unable to Overcome
David wore an indifferent smile: "How could there not be?"
Everyone has their own desires and pursuits, right?
Desire is limitless.
Theoretically, there will always be personal regrets.
Director Ye became interested and said with some pride, "I knew it... Now tell me, what are your personal regrets?"
David pondered, "Those things are not worth mentioning in this context."
Because I've discovered that when people reach the end of their lives, they don't care about these things anymore.
Now I finally understand why those elderly people in the countryside can sit under the eaves all day long.
They are all searching for an answer.
What the hell does this life even mean?
What does it mean?
When a person comes into this world, they should leave something behind, right? They should leave some achievements, right?
Or perhaps, I have to explain myself to someone? Even if I don't have to explain myself to anyone, what about God?
They are thinking about questions like these.
But most people don't have the answer.
When life comes to an end, they have no answers.
Many people even had a blank exam paper, without answering a single question.
So they sit there all day long.
They felt panicked—the meaninglessness of life made them frantic in their final moments.
At this moment, we are also approaching the end of our lives.
At this moment, what I'm thinking about are the regrets I just mentioned.
As for personal hormones and material desires, frankly, they're nothing special, I don't care.
Ye Xiangju frowned as she looked at the other person, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "I'll tell you something you don't want to hear."
Actually, your three regrets are for your own sake.
It's still out of personal desire, or out of selfishness.
It's just that you subconsciously avoid it and are unwilling to admit it.
I am reminded of what a philosopher once said: the desire for food is hard to overcome, the desire for sex is extremely hard to overcome, but the desire for vanity is impossible to overcome.
You have not abandoned base desires.
They simply disguised their higher desires as benevolence and righteousness.
Being filial to one's parents is a way of hoping that one's parents will think one is filial and that society will give one a good reputation.
Repaying her godfather's kindness was a way to fulfill her ideal of being grateful and enrich her public image.
But to give an explanation to the people of Yuanshan County, you have bigger ambitions; you want the reputation of a good official.
These are all vanity.
Isn't that so?
Ye Xiangju tilted her head and looked at Dawei, who was stunned, with a half-smile, as if she had touched something deep in Dawei's heart.
"Hehe, it seems I understand you better than Tingting."
She still has some idealism, like the young Dawei and the middle-aged Dawei.
There is actually only one Dawei.
This is the man before me, outwardly Confucian but inwardly Legalist, a strict egoist.
Rewards and punishments are the sharpest sword of Legalism.
Honor is the highest level of reward.
Even when you're dead, you're still pursuing this thing.
Isn't that right?
Silence fell over the car again.
David lowered his head slightly, groping around for a cigarette.
Ye Xiangju found his cigarettes in the armrest compartment of the car and handed them to him.
"Do you really want to smoke, or do you just want to relieve your emotions?"
If it's not a real craving for cigarettes, then let it go.
Combustion consumes oxygen.
Every second we live is precious.
Dawei put down his cigarette, looked at the other person with deep eyes, and slowly said, "Xiangju understands me best."
Ye Xiangju smiled faintly and lowered her head, a hint of shyness flashing between her brows: "So what if I know you? You don't like me."
"It's not that I didn't like it, it's that I'm not allowed to. I can't have everything; wanting too much is a burden..."
"Then... can you look at the problem from a different angle? We're about to die now, and if it's confirmed, no one can blame us for anything."
That gets to the point.
She still hasn't given up.
She was still thinking about it even though the connection to the hotel failed.
The implication was that since they were going to die anyway, they shouldn't think about anything else, especially not about Ding Tingting; they should just enjoy themselves while they could.
"You are a very intelligent woman."
Whatever they say, it touches my heart.
It always makes me unable to stop...
Ye Xiangju seemed to have received some kind of signal and immediately got excited.
He simply unbuttoned his shirt.
"You sit there and don't move. I told you, I don't like men who take the initiative."
"this……"
"Just consider this another act of willfulness on my part. You can't do anything about meeting me, so please let me be willful one last time."
She quickly finished and prepared to pull down her stockings.
"Um, no need..."
"Um?"
"I mean, the clothes are also very nice."
"Oh—as expected..."
"Wait, this, this..."
"Shh, don't talk, be a good boy."
"Forehead……"
A fragrant breeze wafted over.
David closed his eyes, lost in the moment.
I stopped thinking about it.
We've already come to this point, what's the point of thinking about anything fancy?
I believe most people would make the same choice at this time, right?
Fulfill yourself, and fulfill others.
"There's bottled water in the car, I'll wash up."
"No need, don't speak."
Ye Xiangju used a commanding tone.
……
at the same time.
Lin Yunxing and Wu Maocai had already arrived at the national highway at the foot of the mountain.
Did you hear anything just now?
Wu Maocai looked back at the mountain road behind him and clearly heard a rumbling sound.
"Is it thundering?" Lin Yunxing said.
"No, it doesn't sound like that, there's also a crackling sound."
"It's raining heavily, the rain is pattering on the banana leaves."
"There aren't any banana trees in this godforsaken place."
Lin Yunxing stopped and looked suspiciously at the mountain path behind him: "Director Wu, should we send someone back to check?"
"Is this alright? Will it bother County Chief Chen...?"
"I need to check from a distance, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Old Wu thought it made sense, so he immediately called his men who were waiting ahead and asked one of them to go back and check on the situation on the mountain.
Meanwhile, he and Lin Yunxing searched for something to get them out of their predicament at a repair shop by the passageway.
Before I could even find the items, Director Wu called.
"It's terrible, sir! There's been a major landslide on the mountain road leading to Xiaotang Town!"
County Magistrate Chen...
"County Chief Chen and his entourage's car has disappeared!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Maocai, who was standing at the entrance of the repair shop, swayed and lost his balance, leaning against the wall.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yunxing immediately ran out of the house and looked at Director Wu anxiously: "What's wrong, Director?"
"Find him! Find him now!" Director Wu roared into the phone, then hung up and looked at Lin Yunxing: "Something's happened, there's been a landslide, County Chief Chen is missing..."
"What?!" Lin Yunxing's head buzzed.
Their fates were intertwined with Dawei's.
If Dawei gets into trouble, it's the same as if they get into trouble.
"Save him!" Lin Yunxing calmed down a bit and grabbed Wu Maocai's hand: "Brother Cai, hurry and save him."
"Oh, oh." Wu Maocai's face turned pale, and he took out his phone, not knowing who to call.
"You should call Secretary Zhikai; you can't rely on anyone else."
"Okay, okay!"
Wu Maoci immediately dialed Xiao Zhikai's number and briefly explained the situation.
Xiao Zhikai was both shocked and frightened: "What kind of work are you doing, leaving the county magistrate and Director Ye alone on the mountain road!"
"I won't go into details, Secretary. Saving lives is the priority. Get the county magistrate out of here. You can skin me alive if you want."
"I understand. You contact Zheng Zhiguo first and ask him to transfer the traffic police over. Also, send some people from the county bureau to stabilize the surrounding environment, just in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. I'll contact the rescue team. Let's split up and act."
"receive!"