Chapter 85 Never Trusted
Lin Cong was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily and shook his head, saying, "I finally understand why the boss was so impulsive today... No wonder he's been acting so strangely lately, tsk."
But he laughed again: "Hahaha, he has come to this day too!"
Seeing his exaggerated laughter, Lu Ming felt that he couldn't understand a word he said, so he asked listlessly, "What are you talking about?"
Lin Cong had laughed enough, and he stopped smiling. He asked her seriously, "Luming, how long have we known each other?"
"Well...almost 4 months."
"So what do you think of our team?"
"It's great. Everyone is amazing, honest, and kind. The atmosphere is warm, just like a big family."
"What about you? In your mind, what are we? Friends, teammates, or fellow travelers?"
"Of course they are both friends and teammates." Lu Ming looked puzzled. Otherwise, why would she think so much about them?
"Really? But we all feel like you've never considered us your teammates. Don't refute me yet. We all know you have many secrets: your abilities, your skills, the food you brought out, the imported mineral water, and, of course, the potion that saved me. You know, you're so unreasonable, you have so many loopholes, we can't ignore them even if we want to. But we never ask, because we know everyone has things they don't want others to know. Even we ourselves have many secrets that we hide from each other."
Lu Ming became even more frustrated after hearing this. "So you all saw through it. I thought I hid it well. But am I really ridiculous in your eyes?"
Lin Cong looked at her quietly. "How could that be? We just think that maybe we didn't do something right, so we're not worthy of your trust, which makes you always so nervous."
Lu Ming opened his mouth to deny it, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with any rebuttal.
Because he was telling the truth.
She did have a lot of concerns. She was afraid that if she said something strange, they would ask her questions. She was afraid that if they discovered her abnormality, they would arrest her, lock her up in a small dark room, or cut her into pieces in a research institute.
It turned out that she really never believed them.
Lin Cong continued, "Just like this time when you were injured. You knew it was dangerous, but you still sneaked away alone, without even leaving us a single word."
“I…I…”
"We know you're worried we'll get hurt, but you're also worried you won't be able to explain why you're going, right?"
Lu Ming's face turned red and he nodded after a while.
"But have you ever thought about what would happen to us if something happened to you? If it weren't for Xiaotian, perhaps we would never find you again. We would never know what happened to you or where to find you. Can you imagine how worried we were when we came back that day and Xiaotian, who was supposed to be at the base, suddenly ran towards us anxiously, desperately dragging us towards a certain place, and heard halfway that you were not at the villa?"
"Can you imagine how heartbroken we were when we found you, wounded and dying? I almost wanted to turn those who hurt you into ashes. Can you imagine how the boss felt at that time?"
Lu Ming pursed his lips and hummed softly: "If he doesn't tell me, how would I know?"
Lin Cong choked, then let out a long laugh before lowering his voice. "He was completely panicked and didn't know what to do. I've never seen him like that before. On previous missions, even when a teammate was taken hostage, he always managed to stay calm and come up with a solution the fastest."
"By the way, you don't know yet, he has superpowers now, and they were activated when he saw you injured."
Lu Ming was really surprised. It didn't happen that early in the original story, and it was only because Cheng Ming died in front of him that he was inspired.
He actually...
"And the day after the surgery, you suddenly developed a high fever. Doctor Wen said you might not make it. He spent two days and two nights at your bedside talking to you, constantly asking you not to give up. On the fourth day, you made it through. Instead of resting, he called us over to kill the gang that had captured you."
"Now do you know how he felt at that time?"
It turned out that the voice she heard when she was unconscious was really his.
"So, when you were always on the outside, never really trusted us, and never integrated into the team, every one of us felt sad."
"We don't want to know your secrets, we just want you to try to believe, that's all."
Lu Ming bit his lip, somewhat confused. "But, if I don't explain the reason clearly, will you believe what I say? After all, some things sound outrageous to me."
Lin Cong laughed: "If you don't try, how will you know whether we believe it or not?"
“In fact, when every team member first joined the Wild Wolves, they would not even tell their real names to others easily, and they would only call each other by code names.
None of us knew each other's backgrounds or origins. Even during missions, each of us had our own intelligence sources, and we had no idea how the other side obtained this information. We only knew that these people were our teammates, our trusted companions, so no matter what they said, we would believe them. Of course, it was difficult at first, but if no one took the first step, the distance between us would only grow.
"Putting everything else aside, put yourself in their shoes. If one of us knew there was danger but told no one, ran out alone, and ended up coming back seriously injured, what would you do?"
Lu Ming lowered his head and whispered, "Then I would definitely be anxious and angry, wanting revenge, but I would also like to wait until his injuries healed and then give him a good beating."
"Oh, yes, that's right. You don't know, but our team actually has a rule like this. If anyone did this before the apocalypse, they would be kicked out of the team after their injuries healed and would never be recorded again."
Lu Ming suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him, his already red and swollen eyes became even redder.
Lin Cong rubbed her head in amusement, the same movement as when she rubbed Xiaotian. "Why are you crying? Didn't you just find out now? Ignorance is not a crime. No one wants to drive you away. You are our breadwinner. Who would be crazy to drive you away?"
"Really? But he said..."
"The boss just said that because he was furious. I bet he must be regretting it terribly now."
Someone eavesdropping in the dark: "..."
Lu Ming puffed out his lips and thought secretly, no way, why didn’t he come to find her?
Lin Cong added, "Actually, precautions and worries are very heavy. Carrying them all the time will be very tiring. Why don't you try to share some of the burden with others?"
"For example," he winked, "you can tell me quietly. I definitely won't tell them."
Someone: “…” Very good.
She knew he was joking, so she didn't take it seriously and just asked, "What should I do now?"
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