"Not bad, student Gu Yu can recite the parts I haven't mentioned yet, which shows that he really worked hard after class." Wen Jiubai changed the subject, "But, do you know the meaning of Wen Tingyun's words?"
I nodded hesitantly, "This poem is about a woman's longing for her lover in the middle of the night. The last two sentences seem to describe the scenery, but they actually describe the endless longing in this woman's heart. "
"Don't fool me with the standard answer." Unexpectedly, Wen Jiubai shook his head slightly as if dissatisfied with my answer, "Gu Yu, you are neither that woman, nor have you personally seen how the author treats me. How did you know about the lyrics?"
I was taken aback for a moment, I didn't expect Wen Jiubai to ask such a question, but I still answered it seriously.
"Isn't this obvious? The rain is the rain of the third watch. The sound of every drop of rain falling on the leaves can be heard clearly by the woman. It must have been a sleepless night. She sat alone in front of the porch, quietly Weeping soberly again. I can read every word, this woman must be deeply in love with the person she misses in her heart."
The classroom suddenly became quiet, and no one spoke for a while. I looked around uncomfortably, thinking I had said something wrong. Until Wen Jiubai suddenly sighed and spoke leisurely.
"Gu Yu, you... are really a kind person."
There was a burst of light laughter from the whole class, and I sat down in embarrassment with my face burning.
"Humans are such an amazing species."
Strolling on the grass on the campus, not far away is the sparkling Huxin Pavilion. Wen Jiubai and I walked shoulder to shoulder, slowly walking through every inch of the damp land.
"Why, suddenly expressing such emotion." I muttered, still angry about what happened in class in the morning.
"Don't you think?" Wen Jiubai curled his lips and turned to look at me, "It's only a few million years since human beings learned to walk upright and crawl out of the muddy land, but now they can stand Seeing everything from such a high position, appreciating, sympathizing, and empathizing with it, don’t you think this is really a very magical thing?”
I pouted and said dryly, "I don't think so. It's probably because I'm a country bumpkin who only knows how to buy daily necessities. Unlike you, I'm a poet when I don't come or not."
"Me? No, I'm not a poetic person." Wen Jiubai shook his head with a smile, "The reason why I express such emotion is because sometimes, no matter what, I can't understand what people write in their poems something."
"Can't understand?" I asked incredulously, "But wasn't what you said in class very logical?"
"Those are just narration, everyone knows it. But, I can't understand the emotions expressed between the lines of those poets like you." Wen Jiubai said with a smile.
I looked at him in surprise, "No way? There are things in this world that you don't know how to do?"
"Look at you, it's here again. I told you before, I'm not a god, how can I know everything." Wen Jiubai said helplessly.
"But..." Can't understand, the emotion in the poem? how could be
"For me, a leaf is a leaf, rain is rain, and a sycamore tree is just an ordinary plant." Wen Jiubai said lightly, "These are just things that existed in the world at the beginning, and they are just the movement of the entire universe. For me, these things do not have the emotional meaning that humans endow them with. There is nothing vigorous in spring, and there is nothing bleak in autumn. Everything."
I opened my mouth and couldn't speak. I never thought about what Wen Jiubai said. Like everyone else, I have been born in human society and have long taken such thoughts for granted.
"In contrast, I don't really understand what human feelings are like until now." Wen Jiubai said with a shallow smile, "What is love and what is hate? Where is the boundary between the two? I will probably never understand the difference. Many people are willing to give their lives and do stupid things for their feelings. The power of that kind of emotion often makes me amazed, but I have never understood that kind of feeling is a kind of what kind of thing."
"To be honest, I don't understand either." I looked at Wen Jiubai, and almost blurted out, "What love and hate, these things, in fact, most people don't understand. I haven't experienced any farewell to life or death." Love-hate relationship, that kind of thing is usually only found in TV dramas and novels. I haven’t even talked about love, let alone these. In fact, you don’t need to think so complicated, just look around us. "
Wen Jiubai followed my gaze subconsciously. Now it's the break, and there are students holding textbooks walking quickly around us, and occasionally there are close friends or young lovers who are very close, saying something knowing, and walking by with a smile.
"Actually, in real life, there are so many people who know what is love and what is hate." I shrugged and said, "Most people are just busy with the life in front of them, thinking about what class to take in the afternoon and what to eat at night." Food and other problems. Human life is very ordinary. From the age of ten to forty, most people just live the life they should have step by step. But it may be because the daily life is too ordinary, so in an instant It’s very valuable to have an emotional outburst. I don’t know what you want to understand... But even someone as powerful as you doesn’t understand it, and I certainly don’t understand it.”
I scratched my hair and said, "However, I don't mind figuring it out with you in the future. After all, there is still a long time ahead."
I don't know which sentence of mine touched Wen Jiubai. The second after I finished speaking, Wen Jiubai's expression changed.
I don't know what happened to him, but the way he looked at me suddenly became hot and focused.
"Gu Yu." He suddenly approached me and asked in a very serious tone, "Can I kiss you?"
My face turned red with a "swish", and I pushed him away without hesitation, "No! Stay away from me!"
"Why?"
"This is the school!"
"So that's it. Does that mean that it's fine if you don't go to school?"
"I didn't say that! Don't get me wrong!"
"Um - do I have one?"
"Stay away from me! I'm going to the principal to sue you for sexual harassment!"
The third volume