We Are Meant To Be

As Yvonne Jiang looked up, she realized that they had arrived at one side of the garden, which was less crowded. The peonies were planted and arranged beautifully, each of which was eye-catching. "Wow, what a variety!" She could not help but be amazed as well. Although it was a small garden, it had various types of flowers and plants there.

Upon hearing Yvonne's words, James Feng noticed that she knew a lot about peonies. Indeed, for celebrities like her, money was like their lives. They had travelled everywhere and had a strong desire and motivation to appreciate nature's beauty.

Besides, Yvonne worked hard for her life goals, and she was pretty knowledgeable.

James glanced at her and spoke indifferently: "Looks like I don't need to introduce them to you since you are a better talker than I am." Perhaps that might be the truth too.

By that, Yvonne suddenly realized that she made a mistake just now. No way, she would be showing off and might have a slip of the tongue if she bragged too much. Who knows that she could say something that offended him, and affected her happy future.

She hurriedly declined him, "I'm not. I can't display my poor knowledge in front of my master. Besides, I am your disciple, and I will listen to all your lectures!" Afterwards, Yvonne deliberately showed her ears and continued: "I am all ears!"

Yvonne said excellent rhetoric. She wanted James to bring out the main explanation without making him feel disgusted, and at the same time, he also could not refute her.

Truthfully, it was easy for James to escape from her, but would they only talk about the peonies? He smiled indifferently while thinking about it. Perhaps, talking about the flowers was a way to go, since he did not have to overthink anything else.

However, James carefully observed his thought and realized that his knowledge about peonies was also limited, but it was not a big deal. He even knew various ancient tales about these flowers. Why wouldn't he tell her one, then?

Besides, he knew peony was famous in Luoyang and would rely on it. He also added the story of Zetian Wu, the well-known female empress in Chinese history. She was the only female empress who proclaimed herself as an emperor. He then connected the past with the peony tale and created an exciting story!

"Haha, how do you know so much about it?" Yvonne became amused by him and laughed heartily. She had never heard of these stories, yet those seemed lively to her. Yvonne also thought that James was wise and knew all kinds of tales thoroughly, not knowing that he made up those right at the moment.

Hearing Yvonne's praise for him, James accepted it wholly, not being his humble self. Since she took it seriously, he would just let her be. He made up that story, after all, and might not remember the whole plo if she asked about it later.

James asked her with pride when he saw Yvonne tremble with laughter, "how was it? Are you having a great time tonight?" Afterwards, James felt his thoughts begin to brew in his mind. But, whether to tell her or not, it was indeed quite a big deal.

Meanwhile, Yvonne was so delighted by him but also remained sober, then asked him: "I'm so happy. But, James, don't you think that we should be this happy all the time?"

She was right, though. They should be happy all these times if they loved each other. However, James did not feel any affection for her and could only disappoint her because of this.

James did not give her the answer right away, but then vaguely replied: "Everyone in this world deserves happiness!"

His answer was too general, but it made sense. Regardless, who did not want to be happy all their lives? But the thing was, how many people had felt true happiness?

Besides, Yvonne had nothing to object to him, after all. She then calmly answered him: "You're right. The more human civilization develops, the more people pursue equality and justice. But it's relative to every person, and how can it be absolute?"

She talked about an even more general matter. Therefore, regardless of how long they discussed it, they would find no conclusion.

As long as private ownership remained in human society, nothing could eliminate humans' selfish desires. Therefore, equality would never be an absolute thing!

Every person's social status and wealth made a difference in their starting points. And whether they had the same goal or not, they had to go through many trials and errors to grasp those achievements in life. James and Yvonne shared the same thought on this problem. James nodded and continued, "freedom is also relative to each person. You should follow the rules to live freely, just like a train following its railway, or an airplane that follows the flying schedule."

It made sense that no matter for a human being or other beings, they had their path. Regardless, every one of them should act according to the social norms to achieve freedom.

After Yvonne listened to him, she wanted to carry on the topic and maintain the rhythm between them. She would strive hard until the end to get the best outcome of their relationship.

"I agree, James. Everyone's freedom is relative, and they have their paths, such as you and me. We have to face reality, take care of our families, and have to undertake our missions in life." After speaking, Yvonne eyed James and waited for his reaction.

James understood her implications and sneered at her. "But we are only human because we have certain limits, certain responsibilities, and our way of thinking. Of course, we have to consider the situation we are in before deciding on something."

The first half of his statement told as if he would deviate from the scriptures and not let himself get influenced by the customs. But he seemed to become a person who was considerate towards his surroundings in the second half!

Yvonne got confused to translate what he was trying to imply. Still, she got one thing from his gaze: James would not mention anything about their marriage in the meantime! He would undoubtedly consider everything before making his final choice later.

But it did not matter for Yvonne. In this case, the conversation she had with James showed that they were in sync.