Then, in the end, which kind of teacher would leave a stirring in your life and soul, and a monument behind?
Perhaps, at times, you would disagree. You might even think him too foolish, that it was far too unworthy of the sacrifice.
But that would not stop him in the slightest from leaving a monument in your heart that shone with boundless light!
Nor would it stop you, whenever something happened later in life and the word "teacher" came up, from saying: I once had a teacher like that!
Whenever you spoke of him, even if you were talking about his foolishness, it would not change the pride in your voice!
The sense of honor.
The approval!
The two had not spoken to each other all evening.
Both felt as though something had stirred within their hearts, yet they distinctly disagreed.
That contradictory respect remained with them all along.
"Enough thinking about it."
Zuo Xiaoduo sighed. "Anyway, I'm destined never to become someone that righteous in this lifetime..."
"Neither am I," Li Chenglong said quietly. "But I still respect Principal Ye and the others very much."
"Same here. But that doesn't stop me from calling them hidebound fools. They're infuriating," Zuo Xiaoduo said.
"Same here." Li Chenglong sighed.
"But what we said today might not be useless. Since we've laid the targets before them again and again, even if they disdain getting involved in any schemes... that unspoken contempt is itself a kind of rejection."
"Principal Ye only said they couldn't use equally despicable methods. He never said they wouldn't deal with them at all."
"A gentleman may be deceived through his principles, but even the Buddha has moments of thunderous wrath."
Zuo Xiaoduo sighed. "Let's just hope it helps."
Zuo Xiaoduo felt he could get involved in some