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Chapter 541 The Meaning of Life

This conversation did not shake Carter's determination to go out to find passion, so the two continued their journey.

After that, the two went south to Africa and saw animals on the savannah.Edward originally wanted to hunt a lion himself, but later gave up.

Because he fired a shot, he was shocked by the recoil of the shotgun and fell to the ground, and then never touched the shotgun again.

The audience laughed instantly.

This old man always likes to walk on the road of death.

Later, the two went to Egypt.Under the setting sun, the two sat on the top of the pyramid and chatted about life again.Carter said that when a person's soul arrives at the gate of heaven, it will be asked two questions, and if it passes the test, it can go to heaven.

Edward said, "Okay, let me try."

The first question, Carter asked him: "Have you ever been happy in your life?"

Edward replied without hesitation: "Of course."

The second question, Carter asked again: "Have you ever made others happy?"

Edward faltered, unable to speak.After hesitating for a long time, he told Kekat a dusty past, and the audience finally understood why Edward always seemed hesitant to speak when he mentioned his daughter.

Edward said that after his divorce, his daughter lived with her mother, and the exchanges between the two parties were limited to holiday greetings, and the relationship was not very good.

Later, Emily had a boyfriend when she was in college. He was very handsome and attractive, and he attracted Emily instantly.However, the mature Edward found that the man was very wrong and opposed Emily's engagement to the man.Emily, who had a bad relationship with her father, was of course not happy. She insisted on marrying a man, and did not invite Edward to the wedding.

After getting married, the man's nature was exposed and he began to beat Emily.When Emily and Edward complained, they foolishly defended the man.It wasn't until Emily was beaten for the second time that Edward couldn't bear it any longer. He took action himself and asked people from the underworld to beat the man half to death, so that he never dared to appear in Emily's life again.

"How did she react to it?" Carter asked.

Edward said lonely: "She not only cursed my name in the most vicious language, but also said that her father is dead."

After finishing speaking, Edward laughed at himself: "Not everything I have done has made me have a clear conscience. But if I want to do it again, I will still do it. If I am not allowed to go to heaven because of my daughter's hatred, then well, let me go to heaven." In this way, I admit it."

"I've answered both questions now." Edward smiled at Carter.

However, Carter was silent, but did not know how to answer.

On this matter at least, he couldn't answer.

As a father, for the sake of his daughter, he drove away the man who bullied her, but his daughter didn't appreciate it, and instead scolded her father.

What is this?
Is the father meddling, or is the daughter a masochist?

neither.

Fathers are there to make their daughters happy, that's right.The daughter is just a little naive and doesn't believe that her love will become like this. She thinks it is her father who made her lose her husband.

This may be the generation gap.

It was like Edward could tell at a glance that the man was not a good person, but his daughter still rushed up like moths.

Many years later, when Emily is more mature, she may be able to understand her father's good intentions.

Well said with a clear conscience.

For his daughter, Edward would rather not go to heaven, this is the great fatherly love.

After that, the two went to the Taj Mahal, then to the Great Wall, and finally came to the Himalayas.But because of the snowstorm, the two couldn't go up the mountain.

The "witness the miracle with my own eyes" that Carter wrote on the list is to climb a snow-capped mountain and listen to the sound of the mountain.He had read a book that said that listening to the voice of the mountains was like listening to the words of God.

Perhaps this is the miracle.

It's just a pity that God didn't give him the chance to listen to God's words.

Then Edward used this to persuade Kate to go home, but Carter still refused.Edward didn't say anything, but just prepared a surprise for Carter on the trip to Xiangjiang later.

A beautiful young black woman.

Facing the naked temptation of a young woman, Carter's determination was finally shaken.He tried to find passion in the young woman, but was defeated by the obsession in his heart.It makes sense that he could go on for decades without another woman.

He loves his wife.

Now he restrained desire, restrained passion.It wasn't that reason prevailed, it was because he discovered that in life, there is actually something more important than these so-called passions, that is, love and family affection.He had chosen his wife between a young woman and his wife, and he needed her as much as his wife needed him.

He failed to pass the level that Edward set for him, so he decided to go home.

Don't want to delay for a moment!

In the premiere, Dad smiled and watched Carter's decision, just like watching his warmth towards his mother and family after returning home.

After returning to the United States, Carter did not go home first.Since Edward tested himself and let him understand the preciousness of family affection, he also set a checkpoint for Edward, wanting him to experience the wonderful feeling of family affection.

So he and his secretary Thomas took him to Emily's door without telling Edward.

Edward once thought that the car was going the wrong way. When he saw his daughter through the window, he realized that he had been tricked.

But as rebellious as Edward, he did not give in so easily.

He was angry.

"Who am I, you have no idea!" Edward yelled at Carter: "I started from nothing and am worth billions today. Even the president has to ask for my opinion. I even had dinner with the royal family members! What do you think? Can this make my life more meaningful? Can it change me???"

Edward sneered: "How do you think things will go? I knocked on the door, and she opened it. She was surprised, and then she started to get angry, but I still have to say how much I love her, how much I miss her? By the way, I'm going to die, That's why I came to you because I didn't want to die alone?"

Carter said: "Everyone is afraid of dying alone."

"I'm not a mortal!" Edward roared again.

After speaking, Edward left angrily!

As unruly as he is, he refuses to lower his proud head after all.

Even if you die, you must hold your head up unyieldingly, stare stubbornly, and die firmly!

Don't need other people's visit, don't need other people's pity, don't need others to sigh for him!
If you are not a mortal, you must die domineeringly!
The audience couldn't help but be infected by Edward's domineering aura. What a proud and stubborn old man he is, who would rather die alone than need other people's sympathy.

After that, Carter went home. Although the house was not big, there were many family members with him.Edward also went home. Although the house was big, there was no one to talk to, and he was extremely lonely.

The screen is constantly switching, and the camera dances on the smiling faces of Carter and his family and Edward's silent tears.

Two old people, stark contrast.

You can't have both, Carter gave up going out to find passion, and chose to go home to feel family affection.Edward still refused to lower his proud head, so he still couldn't feel the family affection, and he could only release his fragile side when no one was around.

All this did not change until Carter became ill and was hospitalized.

When Edward arrived at the hospital, Carter was lying weak on the hospital bed, and his hair had been shaved.

Carter felt that there shouldn't be such a sad atmosphere between the two, so he told Edward about the process of making Rwaka coffee at this time.

Ever since, the two old people laughed.When a smile appeared in the originally sad atmosphere, it became a combination of sadness and joy, that is, tears came out of laughter.

Before entering the operating room, Carter gave Edward a letter and a wish list, hoping that he would complete the rest of his wishes.

"It's not about one person," Edward said.

"I'm afraid I can only rely on you." Carter replied weakly.

In the end, Carter failed to survive this time and died on the operating table.Edward took out Carter's letter and read it silently.

Carter's narration also followed.

"Dear Edward, I have been hesitating for several days whether I should write down what I want to say. At last I thought, if I don't write, I will regret it."

"I remember the first time we met, it can be said that we broke up badly, just like the last time I took you to meet your daughter."

"It's my responsibility, and I'm sorry. But honestly, if I had another chance, I'd still do it."

"Virginia said I went away like a stranger and came back her favorite husband. I owe you that. I can't repay you for everything you've done for me. That being the case, I simply opened my mouth and begged you to do one more thing for me."

"Please find the real happiness in your life."

"You once said that you are not a mortal, but in fact, everyone is a mortal."

"Our lives are like brooks that end up in the same river. Above the waterfall at the end of the river, there is heaven looming behind the mist. My dear friend, close your eyes and let the running water take you home."

Accompanied by Carter's narration, Edward finally lowered his head to find his daughter, saw her granddaughter, and gently kissed the little girl on the face.

He thought he kissed the most beautiful girl in the world.

On the bucket list, there is one more wish to fulfill.

Edward felt that Carter was actually right. He was also a mortal, a mortal with joys, sorrows and joys, a mortal who would be afraid of dying alone, and a mortal who would yearn for family affection.

He felt that the checkpoint that Carter had set for him had successfully rescued him.It's like using a beauty trick to make Carter change his mind and return home.

Edward said at Carter's memorial service: "The last months of Carter's life were the best months of my life. He saved my life."

In the end, Edward became a mortal, or he has always been a mortal, but he is as proud as him and has been unwilling to admit it.

At the memorial service, Edward crossed out "helping a stranger out of kindness".Because three months ago, they were strangers, but he helped Carter complete the list, or Carter helped Edward save his life.This wish was fulfilled by them.

The last scene of the movie, back to the beginning of the movie.

Secretary Thomas climbed the snow mountain with Edward's urn and buried him in a small hill on the top of the mountain.

There, Carter's urn has lived for a long time.

After Thomas finished all this, he took out his bucket list and crossed off the last wish of "witnessing a miracle with his own eyes".The two did not finish it because of the blizzard during their lifetime, but they finished it after their death.

At this moment, Edward's narration sounded.He has always said that he can hear the voice of the mountain at the top of the world, and now his soul is floating in the middle of the mountain, making his last blessing:

"Edward died on a cloudless Sunday afternoon in May at the age of 81."

"What is the meaning of life, I still can't make a conclusion."

"But at least I can say this: Edward died with his eyes closed and his heart open."

"I'm also sure he's very happy with where he ends up."

"Because that place is a snow mountain, it is illegal to bury it there"

The voice fell, and the movie ended!
(End of this chapter)