When Du Yunting said the words "go down the road of crime"...
I really wanted to laugh.
"Then why did you suddenly change again?"
I pressed him. "You're still no good now, but you've obviously changed quite a bit. I'd like to interview you. What happened to make you turn out this way?"
He sat upright and smiled. "You have a good eye. You noticed my change too."
"In short, I don't believe there are absolutely good people or absolutely bad people in this world. According to Maslow's Theory of Needs, people spend their whole lives living to fulfill their needs."
"Why do good people do good deeds? To put it plainly, doing good fulfills their higher-level spiritual needs. It makes them feel happy and proud, and can even earn them everyone's praise."
"Why do you do good deeds? Because your dad harmed seven people to save your life, so you have to do good deeds to make yourself feel better. In terms of the theory of needs, you do good deeds to fulfill your own inner needs too. Only by doing good can you ease your guilt toward those seven people."
"As for why I've become different from before..."
Du Yunting smiled, crossed his legs, and instinctively reached for a cigar to light.
But he remembered that this was a Western restaurant, so he put the cigar back.
"It's very simple."
"In the past, I wanted a life where I no longer had to run around for money."
"Now I've achieved that. I've already fulfilled my needs for the next several decades."
"When someone fulfills their current needs, they pursue higher-level needs to gain pleasure and satisfaction. Otherwise, life becomes dull and tasteless."
He smiled, like an accomplished master lecturing his sole audience member on his insights into life.