Yukinoshita's Correction Method
Komachi Hikigaya's expression was stunned. "That's too harsh... Aren't you worried that Sagami will really quit?"
"You mean..." Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Dong Yunshan, "Are you using lies to escape again in front of Yunshan?"
"You guessed that he would block Sagami's escape route, so you had no scruples." Saki Kawasaki's eyes flickered between the two of them, "Don't you always need to communicate when you are cooperating?"
Dong Yunshan chuckled, "This is called telepathy."
Yukino Yukinoshita blushed and glared at him.
"Speaking of which..." Yui Yuigahama sighed, "It seems that Little Yukino's harsh words are not as irritating to Xiaonan as Yunshan's gloating expression."
"Oh!" Komachi Hikigaya suddenly realized, "So your gloating about others' misfortunes is also part of helping others?"
Dong Yunshan's gloating smile is simply the epitome of a hateful bystander.
When a person in trouble sees Dong Yunshan's expression, it's like seeing countless people around him gloating about his misfortune.
In order to get rid of this kind of gloating gaze, the trapped people will also try to exert their subjective initiative and cooperate with Dong Yunshan's help to change the current situation.
"Well... this is a coincidence." Dong Yunshan said frankly, "I am really happy to see other people having a bad life."
Yui Yuigahama: "Ah?"
Dong Yunshan murmured, "How should we explain...?"
"Dissatisfaction with the status quo is the first step to making changes. When a person feels that he is not doing well, it means that the person does not passively accept it, but actively wants to change." Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Dong Yunshan and whispered, "This positive attitude is gratifying enough in itself - especially when you know what to do next."
Chapter 483 Unable to understand
Finally completing the marketing plan for next month, Dong Yunshan saved the file and looked at the back of Yukino Yukinoshita.
Her long black hair fell like a waterfall, and her slender body sat upright. If the uniform hadn't been replaced by loose home clothes, Yukino Yukinoshita at this moment would look more like a student listening carefully in class.
Dong Yunshan called softly, "Yukino?"
"Huh?" Yukino Yukinoshita stopped typing on the keyboard and turned his head slightly, "What's wrong?"
"What you said in the afternoon..." Dong Yunshan paused, "Is it true?"
"I will not lie to protect you," Yukino Yukinoshita moved his feet and turned around, "Do you feel that what I said is not true?"
"I hope what you said is true." Dong Yunshan lowered his eyes slightly, "Because it makes me happy to see others want to change. If I really think that, it would be good."
"Since you feel that what I said is not true, what are your thoughts?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Dong Yunshan and asked further, "When you see others having a bad life and feel joy in your heart, have you ever thought about where this joy comes from?"
"I don't delve too deeply into this kind of thing..." Feeling Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze, Dong Yunshan said frankly, "After all, I'm not a saint. The common psychological phenomenon of gloating about misfortune is normal for me. Anyway, I can give a solution, so it's no big deal if I smile."
"Rather than delving into it, I tend to accept it - it is indeed your style." Yukino Yukinoshita stood up and came to Dong Yunshan, "Then let me analyze it for you."
"How to analyze?"
"First of all..." Yukino Yukinoshita reached out and put Dong Yunshan's legs together, then sat on his lap skillfully, "Do you know the core psychological principle of gloating?"
"I really haven't studied it specifically..." Dong Yunshan held her slender waist, "Have you studied it?"
"I told you that in junior high school, all the girls in the school ostracized me and wanted to see my jokes." Yukino Yukinoshita snorted, "No one in the entire school worked hard to improve themselves in order to beat me. I was curious about why this was the case, so I studied their psychology."
Dong Yunshan Tighten your arms slightly...
"No hugs allowed." Yukino Yukinoshita patted him, "You're serious."
"Serious?"
"The so-called schadenfreude refers to a feeling of pleasure that arises when seeing others encounter misfortune, failure or embarrassment." Yukino Yukinoshita explained, "One of the reasons for this emotion is the improvement of social comparison and self-evaluation."
"Social comparison?"
"Whether we like it or not, we are comparing ourselves with others all the time." A hint of complexity flashed in Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes, "When we see others encounter misfortune, we subconsciously feel that we are not bad compared to those who are less fortunate."
"I understand." Dong Yunshan nodded, "The misfortune of others has invisibly improved my relative status... Well, it is also valuable and alleviates my own sense of inadequacy, so I feel happy."
Yukino Yukinoshita hugged his neck. "But this doesn't suit you."
"Doesn't it match?"
"When we first got to know each other, you always treated me like a child." Yukino Yukinoshita said, her cheeks bulging slightly, "Your self-evaluation is always higher than mine, and of course you won't feel happy just because you are taller."
"... One hundred. One six seven one indeed05 five." Dong Yunshan asked further, "Are there other reasons?"
"The second reason is the satisfaction of the sense of justice." Yukino Yukinoshita shook his head slightly, "If the misfortune of others is caused by oneself, then this misfortune is retribution, that is, it is deserved. When you see evil being repaid, and your own sense of justice is satisfied, you will naturally feel happy - but this is still inconsistent with you."
"Hmm." Dong Yunshan thought about it for a moment, "If the bad guy really came to me for help, I would just do it myself, and there would be no need to wait for retribution."
"Then there is the third reason, the relief of jealousy." Yukino Yukinoshita's soft fingertips stroked Dong Yunshan's collarbone, "This one is even more inconsistent. I don't think you have ever been jealous of anyone."
Dong Yunshan smiled, "There's nothing to be jealous of."
Jealousy results from someone else having something that you desire but have not yet obtained.
Dong Yunshan, who has regained his life, is nothing to be jealous of. Can the most powerful guy live two lives like him?
To be jealous, others should be jealous of him.
"The fourth reason is group identity and in-group and out-group effects." Yukino Yukinoshita stroked Dong Yunshan's chest, "People will tend to identify with the group they belong to, that is, the in-group, and differentiate and even compete with the out-group. When out-group members encounter misfortunes, they will be regarded as advantages gained by the in-group."
Dong Yunshan changed his mind. "It's like during a game, the fans of one team saw the main player of the other team injured and went off the field, so they felt happy?"
"But your emotions are not directed at a specific group, so they are not consistent." Yukino Yukinoshita tapped Dong Yunshan's chest. "Similarly, there is the satisfaction of vicarious aggression. When you feel angry or resentful towards someone, but cannot retaliate directly for some reason, seeing this person suffer misfortune for other reasons will release the suppressed aggression."
"This is not consistent at all," Dong Yunshan thought for a while, "Same as the second reason, I prefer to do it myself."
"Then there is also the gain of survival advantages. Resources are limited. Misfortune to others means that the threat to your own survival and reproduction is reduced, so you will feel happy." Yukino Yukinoshita leaned forward slightly, "But you have eliminated this reason a long time ago."
Long before the two met, Dong Yunshan had already figured out his physical fitness, as evidenced by the thick pile of medical records at Shizuka Hiratsuka.
From the perspective of survival alone, even if others do not encounter misfortune, Dong Yunshan still has a great competitive advantage.
To the extent that the survival advantage of others' misfortunes is negligible.
Dong Yunshan first nodded in agreement, then asked, "What else?"
"And what I said before, your pleasure comes from someone actively making changes." Yukino Yukinoshita lifted Dong Yunshan's chin, "All other reasons have been eliminated, only this one is left. If you can't refute me, and you can't find other sources of pleasure, it means that so far, on this matter... I am correct."
"I... can't understand." Dong Yunshan frowned slightly, "Although it happened to me, even though it was my own emotions, I can't understand..."
Chapter 484 The only one in this life
Just seeing others want to change makes you happy?
This kind of thinking is more difficult to understand than simple gloating.
"I couldn't understand it at first..." Yukino Yukinoshita gently pressed his forehead against Dong Yunshan's forehead, "Until you told me about your dream."
Gentle touch allowed questions to be passed to each other. Dong Yunshan looked at Yukino Yukinoshita who was very close at hand. "Dreams about past lives?"
Yukino Yukinoshita's ice blue eyes were filled with distress. "That's not the first time you've dreamed about it, right?"
"... Hmm." Dong Yunshan moved his lips, "I think that should be my previous life."
Yukino Yukinoshita gently rubbed his hair. "So in your previous life, you didn't make any changes until you died suddenly while working overtime, right?"
Dong Yunshan's breathing was stagnant, and it took a while before he uttered a trembling voice. "... Yes."
"Wake up from the dream of the past life... or should I say, you are resurrected from the dead. After recalling the past life, you feel that if you can make changes in time, you can avoid that ending." Yukino Yukinoshita said in a gentle voice, "But that is already the past. It is a past that only exists in your mind and cannot be changed."
Dong Yunshan's eyes trembled and his vision blurred.
In an instant, all the memories that were already blurry flooded into his mind at this moment. The messy and broken pictures covered him layer by layer, depriving him of his vision and sealing his breathing. The next moment -
The gentle invasion broke through all obstacles and gently entangled his attachment.
The sweetness that penetrates the heart and spleen blends into the warm breath, leading Dong Yunshan to break free from the invisible restraints little by little.
Her trembling cherry lips reluctantly touched his lips, Yukino Yukinoshita said in a soft voice, "Welcome back from the memories."
Dong Yunshan's voice trembled. "Yukino..."
"After you told me about your dream, I slowly understood." Yukino Yukinoshita hugged him gently, letting the two of them cuddle closer, "Be brave and make changes - this is a truth that you understand only after experiencing life and death. Someone can understand it while you are alive, which makes you feel very happy. Especially when you know how to help this change, you who cannot change your past have the ability to change countless futures."
"So that's it..." Dong Yunshan murmured softly, "So that's it."
"Whether what you dream about is a real past life or not, the impact on you is real. Based on this premise, I have figured out a lot of things." Yukino Yukinoshita stared at Dong Yunshan's moist eyes, "[If you disappear from this world tomorrow, how will you spend today?] In the eyes of others, this is just an expression of an attitude towards life, but to you, it is a real fear."
Because sudden death is possible, you must exercise hard.
Because life can end at any time, I prefer to act now rather than plan for the future.
Because acting rashly can end your life prematurely, you must first find out your own limits, even at the risk of your own life.
Because I have faced the essence of life long ago, I am even more immersed in the form of life.
His fear drives his bravery, his Void drives his reality, and his death drives his life.
"You have been preparing for your own death." Yukino Yukinoshita touched Dong Yunshan's cheek lovingly, "You want someone to remember you, but you don't want them to be too sad. So you have many friends, but no real close friends."
Dong Yunshan avoided her gentle gaze, his ice blue eyes seeing everything that he himself did not want to face.
The soft fingertips gently rubbed the wrinkles between his eyebrows, and Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips lightly. "You left home early and lived alone for this reason. You want them to adapt to life without you, and hope that they can still live a good life after you leave."
Dong Yunshan no longer avoids her gaze.
Avoiding makes no sense.
She saw everything she had been unable to talk about.
In the eyes of others, the tireless Dong Yunshan, the positive and optimistic Dong Yunshan, the mature and reliable Dong Yunshan...
In front of Yukino Yukinoshita, he showed his unknown weakness and fatigue.
He looked at her pitifully with the helplessness of a child.
"You could have used a more extreme way to achieve this goal, but you didn't, because you couldn't let go of your family ties with them and didn't want to make them sad. Just like..." Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes turned red, "Just like you can't let go of your love for me."
Dong Yunshan, who knows that things are impermanent, has been preparing for his own death from a long time ago.
Don't plan for the future, don't talk to others, don't rely on family members.
He was prepared to lose everything.
But he didn't want to lose her.
For Dong Yunshan, Yukino Yukinoshita is as inseparable as family members.
Unlike his family, Yukino Yukinoshita was his active choice.
She is the only love in his life.
"If you can't refute me," Yukino Yukinoshita's voice was choked, "That means... I am right."
"I always thought that I would never have true love." Dong Yunshan took a deep breath, "Just like I always thought that no one would truly understand me."
Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, staring at him with a straight face, showing cute pride and aggrieved stubbornness.
"It turns out," Dong Yunshan stared seriously into her ice-blue eyes, "I was wrong."
"... Poor." Yukino Yukinoshita could no longer hide the cry in his voice, "You love me so deeply - don't let me find out about this kind of thing."
"I didn't expect you to find out..." Dong Yunshan sniffed, "If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have noticed it myself."
"How much you like me," Yukino Yukinoshita said, her cheeks puffing up slightly, "Don't you know it yourself?"
"So, do you know how much you like me?" Dong Yunshan asked, "Being able to discover things that I haven't discovered myself doesn't mean that you like me more than I like you?"
Yukino Yukinoshita bit his lower lip. "It's you who likes me more."
"You like me more."
"Oops... you still have to fight with me about this kind of thing." Yukino Yukinoshita raised the corner of his mouth, "By the way, there is one more thing."
"What's the matter?"
"This matter." Yukino Yukinoshita held Dong Yunshan's head in his arms and stroked it gently, "You have done a good job... There is no need to force yourself anymore."
Dong Yunshan trembled and hugged Yukino Yukinoshita tightly, burying his face in her arms.
The warmth spreads little by little, like uncontrollable love flowing into the bottom of my heart.
Chapter 485 There are rewards
Dong Yunshan never expected anyone to truly understand him.
In essence, even he himself cannot understand what is happening to him.
There are so many unsolved mysteries in the world, and it's not a big deal if I have one more.
He will not be bound by the past.
He wants to cherish the present, he wants to enjoy his youth, and he wants to live a different life...