Bab 56: 56. Age Old Philosophy
The day passed by, and the night came.
"Mother, I have to leave now..." Xie Yue said to Tang Yuehua.
"Next time, you must stay with me longer," Tang Yuehua said as she tiptoed and kissed Xie Yue's cheek. Without her heels, it was harder for her to kiss him.
"You have already grown this tall," she said with a smile as she felt the changes in his height.
Xie Yue was now nearly 170 cm in height, while Tang Yuehua was 164 cm. Now, with Xie Yue's height being taller than hers, she couldn't kiss him without tiptoeing.
"Yeah... I have grown taller, and I will continue to grow taller," Xie Yue said as they hugged and bid farewell.
Tang Yuehua didn't make a scene about him leaving early since Xie Yue had already explained the reason. He said that he had come with his uncle's daughter, and she was at a hotel waiting for him, so he had to leave.
Xie Yue still didn't tell her about his biological sister, Hu Liena. So until now, Tang Yuehua only thought that he was an orphan and alone. And Tang Yuehua thinking that way was favorable for him in many situations, so he continued to let her think that way.
Leaving the moon pavilion, Xie Yue felt a little sorry for this day.
"If I had stayed here today, I could have taken advantage of my little teacher. Ohh... now mother..."
"But I have my schedule tight already.... Although corrupting her and making her my pet mommy is fun and enjoyable, I still can't waste my time here. Immortal grass is the main priority. Until I can have those grasses in my hand, I can't be careless," Xie Yue thought in his mind.
Anything related to the Dugu family is very important to him. He can't delay the plan regarding Immortal grass. Yeah, if he wished, he could indeed spend the night with his new mother. After all, it's just a half day more delay... Is he going to capture this world in this half a day? No, he isn't going to, and he will not lose anything. But he is still not going to take risks regarding Immortal grass.
A place to flirt is a hero's grave.
Tang Yuehua can wait. She is not going to run away. But Dugu Yan can't wait... What if Dugu Yan came out of the city half a day before Xie Yue reaches there? At that time, it will be a loss for him.
"The next time I come here, I will enjoy my new mother's milkers. After all, now she is my mother; her milkers belong to me. She can't say anything to that.... Hehehe," Xie Yue licked his lips with his tongue as he thought evilly in his heart.
Since Tang Yuehua wanted to be his mother so much, how could he say no to her? Hehe... But being his mother comes with a price. The price can be small or big depending on one's perspective; that is, Tang Yuehua must do her duty as a mother properly. Feeding him milk is one of them. Even if she can't produce milk, Xie Yue will try sucking the milk out of her milkers all his life. There is no harm in trying.
Didn't everyone say that hard work will always bear fruit? He wants to confirm that ancient saying. He will keep trying... He won't get tired unless her tits get old.
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2 Days Later
A carriage left the Heaven Duo Empire City Gate.
Through the carriage window, a beautiful little girl was waving her chubby little hands at the passersby. That girl was Ning Rongrong.
After two days of traveling, they had already reached their destination: Heaven Duo Imperial Academy. Since the academy is situated outside the imperial city, they had to leave the city gate before reaching it.
As the carriage continued to move, one could see a tall mountain in the distance through the carriage window. That is where the Heaven Duo Imperial Academy is located.
"Wow! Big brother, is that the mountain you mentioned? It's getting bigger and bigger!" Rongrong exclaimed cutely as she saw the mountain. In her view, as the carriage traveled toward the mountain, it appeared to grow larger.
"Rongrong, it's not the mountain that is getting bigger and bigger. The mountain has always been there. It didn't move or change its size. It's us who are getting closer to it. So in our view, it seems to be getting bigger. It is similar to how we usually see people and things; when they are near, they look shorter or taller, depending on how close we are," Hu Liena explained to the little girl patiently.
"Oh! So big! Is it really possible for it to be this big?" Rongrong opened her cute mouth in an 'O' shape. It was truly a novel experience for her, and it was a little hard for her to accept.
"Haha! Little Rongrong, it's really possible. There are many mountains bigger than this one. There are also many rivers larger than the little water pool we have at home," Hu Liena said as she patted Rongrong's head.
She had experienced the same thing when she was young; at that time, she had her brother to explain these things to her. Thinking about the experiences she had with her brother brought a big smile to her face.
"Oh!" Rongrong still kept her mouth in an 'O' shape.
Hearing Hu Liena explain things to Ning Rongrong, Xie Yue smiled.
'This situation is very common. It's not that Rongrong has never experienced this; it's just that she is seeing something this big for the first time. So it is hard for her to accept. Once she gets used to it, she won't be so shocked anymore.
The problems we humans face in our lives are also similar to this situation,' Xie Yue thought to himself, smiling as he recalled some philosophies.
Be it humans or other beings, everyone faces many problems in life. If a similar problem were given to everyone, each person would have different opinions.
One would say that the problem is too big for them and hard to solve.
Another might say that the problem is too easy for them, and they can find a solution and salvage the situation within a few days.
There may also be someone who can solve the problem easily within a minute.
Did the problem ever change?
No
The size of the problem was always the same. It was the humans who were different; it was the perspective that was different, and it was the experience each person had that was different.
The same goes for the mountain; _if one looks at the mountain up close, it appears big, but if one looks at the mountain from far away, it appears small. It is the difference in perspective. The closer we are to the problem, the bigger it feels, and the harder it is to accept.
And if a person who has seen a much bigger mountain sees this smaller one, they won't feel anything. That is the difference in experience. If we have already faced a bigger crisis in our lives, we will feel that other problems are small.
A 6-year-old child won't feel anything when faced with regular life situations. Be it their family members or their toys, the child won't doubt when she sees her father looking small in the distance or her toy looking big up close. Because she is familiar with them.
But once she encounters something very big, she will react. After getting used to that feeling of awe, she won't feel that way anymore. It is the same as gaining experience in one's life.
'Here, the size of the mountain never changed, and there in our lives, the size of the problem never changed. Perspective and experience are what make everything different.'
Throughout his life on Earth, he had experienced many things and faced many problems. That is why he was able to navigate through many challenges easily. His age gave him enough experience, and his experience provided him with the ability to think from many different perspectives.
Though his IQ also allowed him to think from various perspectives when he was young, it was average compared to other geniuses on Earth. It was his years of experience that truly gave him many different viewpoints.
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