"Lia, what are you looking at?" Eko steered his magical wheelchair over and stared at her suspiciously.
"N-nothing!"
Leah didn't want her teammates to know she had embarrassed herself.
She dashed to the restroom and hid there, waiting and thinking that when Linda came to "bring the toilet paper," she would tell Linda to fix the dress as well.
If it breaks, not only will she embarrass herself, but Leah will also have to pay for it.
The rent wasn't much, only a mere thousand gold coins, but given Leah's current financial situation, she couldn't afford that amount...
Linda seems to be quite wealthy—a surprising idea popped into Leah's head: perhaps she could borrow Linda's gold coins!
Having reached level 27, Leah desperately needs to upgrade to an orange-tier main weapon. But the problem is obvious: she doesn't have the money!
"No, I'll borrow from anyone, just not Linda."
Leah shook her head vigorously, rejecting this outrageous idea. It would be too embarrassing if Linda refused to lend her the money; how could she, a high-ranking former captain, borrow money from a former team member...?
The corridor was quiet, and the lively sounds of the lobby were far away.
After calming down, Leah belatedly realized: If Linda comes over later, won't it mean the two of them will be alone together!
Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt as if ants were crawling on her back.
The two were in an awkward position, caught between a veteran teammate and an enemy.
"No, that's not right!"
On the other hand, it's also a rare opportunity!
What Leah couldn't say in front of a large audience, she probably could say if no one else was watching...
Lia has gradually come to understand why Linda left the team.
If this mistake is divided into ten parts, Linda has one part, Aiko has two parts, the other team members have two parts... and the rest belongs entirely to her, the team leader.
In the quiet corridor, Leah leaned against the wall, trying to keep her clothes from falling off.
She pursed her pink lips, gripped her right arm tightly with her left hand, and her face was slightly pale.
While drinking alone in the lobby, she reflected on the past three years. It seemed that ever since Xueyan's failure on the second floor, she had become impatient for quick results, and Linda had also started making increasingly thick and slow strategy plans from that time onward.
Lia never gave Linda any gifts on holidays, but she received quite a few gifts from Linda.
There wasn't anything of great value, just some clothes or dolls, which she had haphazardly piled up in the closet and they were covered in dust.
I assumed it was something Linda had purchased in bulk and didn't think much of it.
But recently, Lia learned that the gifts they received were all different, and each one was carefully selected by Linda.
Every new reality that Linda encountered after leaving the team felt like a swordsman's strikes on Lia.
Completely losing her composure, she seemed to be watching helplessly as her villa collapsed, unable to think of any solution.
Leah's knuckles were slightly white. At that time, she was only focused on climbing the ranks, blinded by ambition. Why didn't she notice her teammates around her?
Xueyan is a heavy chariot; it needs someone to push it from behind to move forward.
Those people were none other than Linda and her teammates.
This is something that Leah failed to realize in the past. She arrogantly believed that all the credit for clearing the level belonged to her, and that it wouldn't have been a problem if other team members had been replaced.
Only now does she understand that these achievements belong to everyone; without any one of them, Xueyan would not have made it this far.
Why couldn't I have been nicer to him back then?
Leah hung her head, like a withered little flower.
If she hadn't stormed into Linda's room that night, knocked over and trampled all of Linda's strategy guides on the table, or taken out that resume, but instead calmly talked to Linda and tried to understand each other... things wouldn't have turned out this way.
Although she couldn't change the outcome, Leah hoped to do something that would give her a clear conscience.
She had something she had to say to Linda.
And it has to be in private. Leah knows her own personality; if there's even one outsider watching, she wouldn't dare to speak up, no matter what.
Now is a golden opportunity.
After waiting for about three minutes, I heard the sound of people coming upstairs from the other end of the corridor.
It was Linda who appeared.
Leah felt inexplicably nervous and stammered, "Why, why are you only arriving now? What have you been doing?"
Linda waved the needle and thread in her hand: "I went to borrow it from Monica. Chrona seemed to be having a lot of fun with her."
"Oh...that's good."
Lia encouraged herself, thinking that she had to speak up once the clothes were repaired.
She's the 'Flame Swordsman,' nothing can stop her.
Yes,
Lia is ready to muster her courage to thank Linda for the three years she has devoted to Xueyan, and... apologize.
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