The man from her dream

''I do not need a love like that. His looks repulse me. The way he dresses repulses me. I cannot love such a man. Such men never change; they simply disguise their true selves''.

''That is not true of Wang Lian. He is not pretending''.

''Father, I cannot live with a man like Wang Lian. For him everything is a joke— money, life, women, people, laws—what is it that he can't be cynical about? He thought my change of path was a silly thing to do; for him talking about religion and religious issues is a waste of time. He is a person for whom attempting suicide was simply an experiment to gauge the next level of ecstasy. For him the only meaning of life is materialistic. Suppose he is in love with me, am I supposed to base my marriage only on love? No I cannot do that''.