That day, 'he' accepted Minister Z's invitation and once again rode in a carriage to the secretary's private residence. In the hall, they enjoyed tea and casual conversation, while the secretary's beautiful wife played the guzheng to entertain them.

"Your wife's guzheng skills are quite exquisite!" 'He' complimented.
"You flatter me, sir!" The lady smiled sweetly, her delicate fingers gently plucking the strings of the ancient instrument, producing heavenly melodies.

"Sir, last time you mentioned broadening my perspective, I've been pondering since then, and it seems my perspective has been predetermined since childhood." Minister Z recalled, feeling that his life had been arranged by his parents, the system, or his superiors.

"Even by oneself," 'he' added.
"Is being arranged by oneself a problem?" Minister Z wondered, "Then who else should arrange it?"
"You have to see which part of yourself is doing the arranging."
"There are different parts of oneself?"
"Is it arranged by your desires or your needs? There's a difference."
"Desires and needs?"
"What's objectively necessary for life is called a need. What you want but may not really need is called a desire."
"Hmm... let me think about that..." Minister Z sipped his tea, pondering 'his' words.

The lady's guzheng continued to resonate, sometimes clear as a mountain stream, or melodious as birdsong in the forest, sometimes deep as the night wind brushing ancient pines, sometimes high as the first rays of dawn.

"I understand! When my desires exceed my actual needs, I'm more likely to be arranged by my desires."
"Haha, Minister, you are indeed exceptionally intelligent!"

"Human nature is originally full of infinite possibilities. To meet basic needs, many people's infinite possibilities collapse into limited ones, and those with lower abilities may collapse into only one possibility, spending their lives as beasts of burden." 'He' sipped his tea, "But many capable people, after meeting their basic needs, still have a lot of potential and many possibilities left."

The lady's guzheng echoed with rich emotions, sometimes like a spring breeze, gentle and delicate, sometimes like a roaring waterfall, passionate and intense, and sometimes like a clear spring, slowly flowing in the air.

"I get it!" Minister Z slapped his thigh excitedly, "To satisfy excessive desires, the possibilities that were still there collapse into fewer, even just one!"
"Minister, you are indeed a genius! Hehe..."
"When desires are excessive and overinflated, human nature is easily distorted and may become unscrupulous." 'He' continued.
"Oh? Wait..." Minister Z sipped his tea, pondering this sentence.
"I see, the intrigues, open and covert struggles, bribery, and corruption among the factions in the court are all results of excessive desires and distorted human nature."

"Exactly, before desires, they choose to submit to them, let desires completely arrange them, and take whatever they want from them." 'He' continued.
"In this way, their original many possibilities collapse into one, endlessly greedy, swallowing up all their possibilities, the people around them, and even the whole world!" Minister Z and 'he' sang in harmony.

"Clap... clap... clap..." The lady stopped playing, smiling and applauding beside them. She had been listening carefully to their conversation while playing.

"My lady..." Minister Z smiled at his goddess.

"Before desires, people still have choices. The difference between humans and insects or beasts is that humans can choose." 'He' continued.
"Sir, in your opinion, what choices do I still have?"
"Hmm... that depends on you, the decision is yours. Do you see me as just a doctor?"

They continued to enjoy tea and chat, and the lady joined their tea session.