Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards
Chapter 308 - 146: Confession? No, I’m a Philosopher

Chapter 308: Chapter 146: Confession? No, I’m a Philosopher

Gou Huai was almost on the verge of confessing.

Because there was no emotional blogger who taught him how to solve the fatal question posed by literary and artistic young women, most of them were talking about the eternal nonsense, "Sincerity is the ultimate killer technique."

So, lay it all out on the table?

Plan one: I don’t have any messy thoughts about you, once I’ve gained enough Favorability, I’ll back off, so don’t worry about all that stuff...

Plan two: I actually do like you a bit, but I’m a saint of cheating, I like Pei, and I want to ravage Chen Nuanhan even more, so my heart can’t possibly belong to just one person...

Plan three: Loyalty is the greatest virtue, cheating? That’s beastly!

When caught: Yes, I am a beast.

...

See that?

The so-called sincerity is essentially a pseudo-proposition; it’s impossible for a person to be 100% sincere, and the 100% sincerity we believe we have at any given moment lacks long-term stability.

The only constant in the world is that everything changes, especially people, who change particularly fast.

Gou Huai thought it over and over, and still felt that he couldn’t speak too definitively, nor could he tell too big a lie just to cater to her emotions.

"Not frightening."

Gou Huai began to veer into philosophical territory.

Mr. Tongzi endowed him with a genius-like intellect and a quick-thinking mind, but he never used them for anything serious.

"The word ’cheating’ is actually a summary of a result, not a description of a state, so you can’t generalize it."

This unusual statement instantly sparked Gu Jiuyue’s strong desire for knowledge and curiosity—or perhaps it wasn’t curiosity, but a habitual pursuit of the essence of things.

People who cannot be active always think more deeply.

The little fairy’s eyes lit up, and she eagerly asked, "Oh? So you think we should differentiate between states of infidelity?"

Gou Huai looked empathetic, like a poet, more like a saint.

"Of course. Crimes are punished based on the severity, and infidelity, as a broad category of outcome, definitely has different levels of badness. Some should be punished severely, while others should be forgiven or even celebrated...

The core of a tragedy is never about right or wrong, good or bad, but about the entanglement with evil, the depth of wrong and beauty, isn’t it?"

Gu Xiaojiu widened her eyes slightly.

Who wouldn’t be confused by this?

At this moment, Su Huai was not the usual big talker, but a profound thinker who had grasped the truth—with an especially solid argument, he succinctly demonstrated the beauty of philosophical speculation.

Even the language he used was beautiful.

Those who could feel it would inevitably ponder deeply.

"Wow..." Gu Jiuyue exclaimed admiringly, and also enthusiastically asked, "For example? Which infidelities have been celebrated?"

The question got more profound; any ordinary scumbag would have started to complain in secret.

But Gou Huai was different.

In his past life, he wasn’t someone extraordinarily powerful, but years of exposure to various copywriting made him very knowledgeable.

When his intelligence was low, it was useless; he would watch and forget at the same time. But now, with his high intelligence, the messy accumulation in his brain immediately became a spring of knowledge.

Gou Huai confidently gave examples: "For instance, the literary classic ’Anna Karenina,’ and the cinematic classic ’The Bridges of Madison County,’ both involve stories of extramarital affairs and cheating, but on a popular level, audiences generally accept their affairs, they even wish them well, fantasize, and aspire..."

"Really? I haven’t seen them..."

Gu Jiuyue sounded regretful as she sighed and shook her head: "I don’t have that much spare time, and my family doesn’t allow me to watch too many heavy realist works, so I can only flip through poetry and songs."

Oh!

Su Huai finally understood how she had such a strong foundation in classical literature; it was because those short pieces were not mentally taxing, right?

He nodded in agreement, and immediately explained: "Actually, the core of Anna’s story is quite simple—a type of unhappy marital state, a journey of self-awareness awakening, a spirit of resistance trying to break free from societal pressures, and a very realistic outcome..."

"What?"

As Su Huai paused slightly, Gu Jiuyue immediately asked impatiently: "Did she die?"

"How do you know she didn’t succeed?"

"Because reality doesn’t allow it."

"Well, yes, she killed herself."

Su Huai smiled and spread his hands: "Congratulations, your understanding of reality is very accurate and profound... so actually, marriage and love haven’t changed over the past few centuries; they are the same now as they were before."

He hit the nail on the head with precision.

Gu Xiaojiu hadn’t realized that a simple question of infidelity had been deepened to the level of human nature; she was just following the deepening thoughts, and the more she thought, the more confused she became.

"So... how many statuses of infidelity are there? I only know that rich families often tie their marriages to interests."

It wasn’t that she wasn’t smart, but experience just couldn’t be faked.

She had seen too little with her own eyes, heard too little.

So, she had no choice but to let Su, the big talker, take the stage.

"No, no, no, cheating is both a process and a result, but it’s not a state. The kind of life and marital state that leads to cheating is the focus..."

Gou Huai deliberately went round in circles, guiding her to think along with him.

When your mind is occupied, you don’t have the energy to ponder anything else... have you bros learned that yet?

"Actually, I can’t confirm many statuses either; they are all from what I’ve seen in movies and books, after all, I’m just a fledgling in love..."

He’s laying the groundwork early, he’s a virgin, so don’t smear him as a scumbag!

Su Huai started off with a humble demeanor, and what followed was a display of his skills.