Chapter 385: 497 pieces, ah, woman, you are the apple in Xiawa's hand

497 pieces, ah, woman, you are the apple in Xiawa's hand

497 pieces, ah, woman, you are the apple in Xiawa's hand

――――A red apricot branch sticking out of the wall

Seven days passed, as if in a dream, and in the blink of an eye it arrived. That Zhuangzi was brought by Crown Prince Hui to the palace where he himself resided to rest and stay, Crown Prince Hui wanted Zhuangzi to teach him swordsmanship. Crown Prince Hui's request for Zhuangzi to teach swordsmanship had a purpose: Crown Prince Hui wanted to test whether Zhuangzi's swordsmanship was as invincible under heaven as he himself claimed. Of course, the Crown Prince still worried that King Zhao would split the kingdom in half and give it to Zhuangzi, with all the beauties of the world being picked by Zhuangzi's followers......

If Zhuangzi really had such intentions, then find an opportunity to deal with him. The exceptionally perceptive Zhuangzi had long seen through Crown Prince Hui's mind.

Zhuangzi said to Crown Prince Hui: "Thank you for your favor, Your Highness. I regard you as a confidant. I, Zhuangzi, have always regarded wealth as dirt and fame as fleeting clouds. I never indulge in beauty; I have an innate aversion to women—just seeing a woman's silhouette makes me dizzy, and just smelling a woman's scent makes me nauseous and want to vomit."

I, Zhuangzi, will remain unmarried all my life. A natural-born bachelor. Unlike those lecherous men who are lustful. Saying that women are flesh and blood made of water, men are flesh and blood made of mud—I feel refreshed seeing women, but seeing men feels foul and offensive. You say, is such a man despicable or not? Men who spend all day chasing after women, what prospects do they have? And there are still foul men who say――――

Woman, ah, I need you,

You are like a thief

Stole my soul,

Also stole my freedom

Or you are like the sustenance of my life

I leave you

Then I feel hungry and thirsty

My life has no strength

Woman, ah, I need you

Like the withered seedlings on the earth

In need of sweet rain

You are my eternal comfort

I am like a guardian of timber slave

Always guarding by your side

I fear time and years

Will steal your beauty

Woman, ah, you are my delicacy

I am like a hungry person

I wish I could eat my fill of you

Woman, ah, you are the punctuation in my writing

Without you, my writing becomes muddled

No one can understand the meaning within it

Woman, ah, you are the theme of my life

No, it is the theme of my life

Since the sun is new every day

The woman in the sunlight

You are beautiful every day as well

Woman, ah, I love you,

Can use any means

You are the reason to live

I rely on your love

Only then can this life be prolonged

Surviving by relying on your willfulness

Although you repeatedly annoy and vex me

In this life I let you have your way with me

As long as I continue to live

Ah, woman is the apple in Xiawa's hand

How I wish to obtain you

But I fear――――

In this life there is an endless path of thorns………………

Crown Prince Hui heard Zhuangzi again spouting nonsense about vines, and hastily shouted: "Master Zhuangzi, are you talking about others or about yourself? ………………….."

(Heart tied to the disaster area, affection tied to the disaster area: wishing peace, courage, confidence, strength to accompany the people of the disaster area! Accompany)