Chapter 1140 Ladder Of Lies
"Let's say there are two people, Person Y, and Person Z," Ru went on languidly as his eating movements didn't pause at all.
"Are we looking for X?" asked Hyson playfully.
Ru looked up at him and said, "No, we aren't."
"Okay," he responded and put a finger on his lips to indicate that he won't interrupt anymore. In fact, he didn't mean to do it earlier but he just couldn't stop himself from speaking up.
"So, where was I?" Ru ignored him and got back to the topic. "In the first scenario, Person Y confessed her feelings to Person Z. Person Z didn't have any feelings for her, so he rejected her coldly so as not to leave a doubt that if she tried harder, she'd be able to get him. But a week later when he was busy in his life feeling content, he heard that Person Y died since she was terminally ill."
"What?" Hyson was shocked to hear this end of it.
"Person Z was left feeling remorseful that before her death, the last memory he gave Person Y was of his cold rejection. And this memory followed him for life."
Hyson was left staring at Ru, not knowing how to react right now.
Ru didn't pay attention to his mood as he went on, "In the second scenario, after the confession, Person Z told her a sweet lie that he also loved her. And for the next week, he deceived her but made her happy. So, when Person Y closed her eyes, she had a content smile on her face."
Hyson took a deep breath with a serious expression on his face.
"Now, you tell me, Hyson. If you're Person Z and you knew that Person Y is dying. What will you choose?"
Hyson contemplated those words over and over again but he still couldn't come to a definite answer. No matter, which one he chose, he felt like someone would be wronged. What was he to do in that situation?
"What about you?" Hyson asked Ru in return. "What would you choose if you had been in the same situation?"
"I don't know," answered Ru honestly which surprised Hyson. "Why are you so surprised? Do you think every question has an answer in this world? Not all questions come with a definite answer in this world. So, you are allowed to say that you don't know." Hyson fell silent again. "In fact, in the first scenario, Person Z was just being honest with her and with himself. Yes, he hurt her but he didn't do anything to wrong himself. He didn't think he did anything wrong until he learned that Person Y was no more. In the second scenario, he deceived her and he deceived himself. Maybe Person Y died with a content smile on her face but what's the guarantee that she didn't see through that lie?"
"Maybe she did but she didn't feel the need to correct that lie," mentioned Hyson.
"Exactly. Because deception can be very addictive. Deception is nothing more than a sweet lie. It's sweet, it's very sweet like honey, and can bring you comfort and solace. However, beneath its saccharine facade lies a bittersweet betrayal. Some people lose them selves in these sweet deceptions and don't wanna open their eyes for life. Why? Because if they did, their whole world will crumble down."
Hyson did agree with those words very much so he didn't interrupt and let Ru continue.
"Have you seen the victims of domestic violence?"
Hyson nodded his head.
"Those are the people who have accepted the deceptive world they live in. Even when you try to help them, they keep going back to the same person. Why? Because the preparatory has constructed his deception beautifully. After every beating, they get on their knees to apologize like good people and beg for forgiveness and promise to never do it again. But the victims forget that if apology could make every criminal change, there would be no need for the police or courts out there."
"So, in the end, you don't like deception, right?" asked Hyson.
"Wrong!" said Ru. "I'm someone who grew up in a deception and I love it tooo. I have deceived the whole world in my life but I never deceive myself. So, if you get to the point where you have to deceive your own self for someone else' feelings, just ask yourself if that's really what you want to do? Because once you give up on yourself, there will be no going back." Taking a pause, he took a sip of the lemonade before adding, "In the first scenario, I should you the reality of life. It's bitter but it's life as it should be. In the second scenario, it's about how we tend to take the help of lies just to make this bitter life a little sweeter. But sweetness is always fleeting in life. You just ate the chocolate, can you still taste the sweetness?"
Hyson opened his opened and then shook his head, "No."
"Exactly. Once you stopped eating the chocolate, the sweetness is gone in a little while. It doesn't even linger on your tonger. What makes you think lies would linger in your life for good?"
"I agree with everything," said Hyson. "However, did you have to choose such a cruel scenario?"
"How is it cruel? Just because Person Z died? Do you think you're an immortal? Are you gonna live forever? Death is also part of the bitter truth of life. How can you even forget it?"
Hyson immediately shut up and sighed, "Sorry. I get it now."
"Good. Don't ask such stupid questions again in life. You could have deceived her today but could you do it tomorrow and the days to come too? There is no such thing as a single lie. Once you start, you have to make a ladder of those lies and climb on it too!"
Hyson smiled at that and nodded his head, "And once any one of those lies is caught, you'll fall down from that ladder."
"Bingo!"
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