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Chapter 386 - 291 Love’s Perspective

Chapter 386: Chapter 291 Love’s Perspective

"Hmm..."

"Oh, have you woken up? Eve..."

Eve slowly tried to open her eyes, before her were her parents, smiling gently at her.

Mother asked with concern if she had dreamed, was it a good dream? And was she hungry?

And she, once again exchanging glances with her father, both wore smiles of helplessness.

Such a life was so blissful, as if it had once been...

...Once?

Eve suddenly realized that everything before her eyes was a scene from the past, a past that had already dissipated.

So, she was indeed dreaming.

...What should I do to bring everything back to that time?

With such emotions surging in her heart, Eve’s consciousness gradually awakened, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Hmm..."

Before her eyes was a dazzling, yet not blinding light, illuminating the lush leaves and trees, evoking a deep nostalgia in Eve who was accustomed to darkness.

A breeze she had not felt for a long time brushed her face, and it was very comfortable.

"Ah..." She let out a small exclamation of surprise, even the sparse and ordinary scenery moved her.

"I..." Eve reflexively murmured to herself, "Have I come to heaven?"

"No..." Then, he responded to her, "Heaven is not so wonderful. This is the ever-present... reality."

"..." Eve looked at him and saw the side profile of a young man, slightly turned towards herself.

Immediately after, Eve realized she was not standing firmly on the ground, but was in the air, her feet far from the ground.

However, she was not panic-stricken; she felt very stable.

Because she was lying on his back, his broad shoulders gave her a sense of security, and then, the warmth that kept coming from them made her feel warm.

"I..." Eve slowly asked, "Where is this place?"

"It’s just a small path in the forest." The young man carrying Eve said, "It’s somewhere that has left that place."

"Left?" As her consciousness became clearer, Eve finally understood her current situation, "I... have I left my home?"

"Yes." The youth nodded.

Eve recalled, he had indeed said so... I will kidnap you. So, this time, she was truly kidnapped, taken away from her parents...

Realizing this, Eve was filled with indescribable fear and anxiety, she immediately begged the young man through her sobs:

"Please... please put me down, let me go back. Otherwise, Mom and Dad will never love me again... they will hate me..."

Without struggling, without resisting, because Eve was afraid to hurt the young man carrying her, she just lay on his shoulder, sobbing and pleading continuously.

"Why go back?" The young man countered, "If you go back, your parents will kill you. If you die, then what value is there in love or hate?"

"There is!" Eve cried out, "A child not loved by their own parents is truly worthless!"

"Is that so?"

The young man sighed softly, then suddenly asked, "Eve, do you... love your parents?"

"...Eh?" The sudden question caught Eve off guard.

When she came to her senses, Eve immediately replied:

"Yes! I love them."

"That’s for sure." The youth said, "A child’s love for their parents is always the most sincere, pure, and sad. Because... In the world of a small child, there is nothing but their parents, they have no other choice but to love their parents.

Parents do love their children always, but they are not limited to loving only their children, so this love is inherently unequal."

"..." Eve did not understand the meaning of these words, she could only show a puzzled expression.

"Eve..." Suddenly, the young man asked, "Do you know what love really is?"

"I... uh..." Eve fell silent, unable to answer the question.

Although she had often heard the word ’love’ throughout her life, no one had ever explained what it really was—it seemed to exist as a given.

Or perhaps, did others also not understand what love is? Simply using it as a tool?

The definition of love cannot be as simple as being kind to someone.

Hence, Eve could not come up with an answer, so she was unable to address the question.

The young man smiled faintly, and slowly said:

"Love... ultimately has to return to oneself, for every act concerning love is decided and executed by oneself, isn’t it? Even the choice to sacrifice oneself stems from loving oneself. Because a certain existence gives oneself a love greater than even one’s own life, one would naturally be willing to sacrifice life for them, to give all one’s love."

"What... do you mean?" Eve tilted her head, asking.

"I’m sorry..." With an apologetic smile, the youth continued, "Our love for others ultimately is love for ’oneself,’ because being with someone makes us happy, contented, able to affirm that our existence is valued by others. Therefore, we do not want to leave that person’s side. Rather than liking that person, it’s liking the self that is with that person doing things."

Hearing this, Eve murmured discontentedly, "That concept... sounds so selfish."

"Yes, it’s a very selfish perspective." The youth laughed, "But, other people are also oneself, loving oneself is the same as loving others, isn’t it? To be a little selfish is fine; it’s the great love in the worldly sense... People always love others because they love themselves."