"... Then I would rather believe that this monkey died on the way. The one who walked to the west is just the Six-Eared Macaque who can kowtow to Tathagata."
Nalan Yanran was silent for a moment, but still shook his head.
"Six ears..."
Yao Wan knew that Nalan Yanran was just unwilling to accept that the Monkey King who was fearless in that story suddenly had his status in his heart plummeting.
"Indeed, no matter where or when, there are always people who like this argument."
There was a hint of smile in her words, but she unintentionally annoyed Nalan Yanran.
The girl in front of her looked at her and glared. "What's so funny about this?"
"Nothing, just a little sigh."
Yao Wan was not angry, and just continued softly, "It's just that Liu Er's second mind has been eradicated, which originally symbolizes Wukong's determination, but there are always people who like to use this dead second mind as an excuse. Isn't it funny?"
"Nalan, you always feel that Wukong who became a Buddha is no longer Wukong, right?"
"But it was precisely because he changed step by step and abandoned his past mistakes that he was able to become a Buddha."
"Wukong is no longer frivolous, but continues to do good. Human good and evil are two completely different things, but they intersect with each other. Therefore, people can be right or wrong."
"So what matters is not what you did wrong in the past, but what you will continue to do in the future."
"We should be better."
Yao Wan's voice is like the last wind of autumn, carrying the warmth of the sun, but not as hot as in summer, and carrying a hint of coolness in winter, but not making people feel cold.
Nalan Yanran was silent for a long time, and suddenly realized. "Wait..."
"Is that why you told me this story?"
She suddenly became excited. It didn't look like anger, but more like she had finally found a topic she could use to counterattack.
"Yes, but you can't deny that this is a wonderful enough story, right?"
Yao Wan knows that Nalan Yanran is no longer as frivolous as before, and she also knows that what she needs to do now is just to let her come to her senses and think about what is right and wrong.
Although she made mistakes, she was not a bad person after all, and Yao Wan was willing to believe from beginning to end that she would eventually repent of the wrong behavior she had just committed.
If she could reach this point, it wouldn't be in vain for her to tell this little naughty child such a long bedtime story.
"Ugh... just because of something like this, you spent so long telling me stories?!"
Nalan Yanran only felt annoyed and depressed, with depression more than anger. It was as if in this woman's eyes, she had never changed - but wasn't she already changing?
She had already realized her mistake unconsciously, but was exposed again, as if she had not been able to gain her trust from the beginning. Naturally, Nalan Yanran was extremely depressed.
"I don't care how much time I spent, but if I can really make you understand, my efforts will not be in vain."
Yao Wan shrugged his shoulders, and then said, "... Or do you think I really have so much leisure and leisure to spend so much time saying so much to someone who doesn't care at all?"
Nalan Yanran After hearing this, his whole mood suddenly stopped as if it had misfired.
"What do you mean?"
The girl's momentum suddenly weakened and she was a little overwhelmed, but she was afraid that she had made the wrong reply, so she just suppressed the throbbing in her heart.
Seeing Nalan Yanran's appearance, Yao Wan couldn't help but said, "I mean, if it were anyone else, I wouldn't waste my words at all. Do you understand? Nalan."
"Then I... you..."
Nalan Yanran I don't know what to say at once.
"Hey... do you really want to hear me say the words 'I care about you very much' to you personally?"
Yao Wan shook her head and sighed. Although she thought that she was a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water, and she was not afraid of what she said, but if she was really asked to say this in front of other girls, she would inevitably have a look of confusion on her face.
Just following Yao Wan's somewhat helpless expression of his thoughts, Nalan Yanran bit his lip gently.
"At the very least, if you told me, I wouldn't have to get angry with you anymore—"
Nalan Yanran also looked a little confused.
"... Although I still don't understand why you want to be so nice to me."
"I'm so nice to you. Didn't I tell you a long time ago?"
Yao Wan sighed softly and said, "You are wrong, but this does not mean that I will hate you. I have liked you from the beginning, but you used the wrong way to protect yourself."
"Then can I... hug, hug you?"
After understanding what Yao Wan meant and what he thought of himself, Nalan Yanran couldn't help but whisper. There was no hint of domineering Young Sect Master, but rather like a wounded little animal.
Yao Wan smiled, and then opened his arms towards Nalan Yanran.
Nalan Yanran groaned and fell into Yao Wan's arms.
Yao Wan just stroked her soft long hair gently, as usual.
She knew very well what Nalan Yanran was thinking, but now that she thought about it, there was no need to say more.
Nalan Yanran fell into Yao Wan's arms, not making any sound, just crying silently.
She had long forgotten the last time she cried. The expression and emotion of crying seemed to have disappeared in the process of her cultivation.
Nalan Yanran finally understood why he was always so annoyed with Yao Wan in terms of performance, but deep down he unconsciously wanted to get closer to her.
Probably because he felt emotions from her that he had never felt from others before.
The teachings are like a teacher, and the gentleness is like Elder Sister.
She would say to herself what others would never say to her, and she would do for herself what others would definitely not do for her.
What's more important is that she has never regarded herself as Nalan Family's lady or Yun Lan Sect's Young Sect Master. Even if she did, it was just a joke.
It seems that when he is in front of her, he has lost any prefix and is just a person called Nalan Yanran, instead of being regarded as the future pillar of the Nalan Family, the next generation leader of the Yun Lan Sect, an identity placed on him by others.
Only when he was irritated by her teasing, Nalan Yanran would suddenly realize that he would be angry because of such trivial things.