Luo Ertao asked, "Could there be some doubts that you still can't figure out?"
"No, she explained it very clearly and gave very good reasons. I couldn't find where the doubts were, so I was clueless for a moment."
Luo Ertao nodded: "Your intuition has always been quite sensitive. If you think there is a problem, I think there is a high probability that there is a problem."
"I'm wondering if they're afraid of something," Zhang Xingrong speculated. "Could it be that Zhang Xinglian found a new backer, and that backer is so powerful that they're backing off? If that's not the case, I really can't figure out what made them give up. Especially when I could give them more time."
"Very likely!" Luo Ertao nodded, "Then they may have news about Zhang Xinglian!"
Zhang Xingrong nodded. "If that's the case, it's not good news for me."
This was her biggest worry. If Zhang Xinglian found a new, powerful backer and used her secret as leverage, that would be bad news for her, and bad news for the Lu family, too. However, if that were to happen, she wouldn't implicate the Lu family.
"Don't be afraid, Rongya," Luo Ertao grabbed her shoulders. "So many things have happened, and we almost lost our lives in the border area, but we survived. Even if Zhang Xinglian really is a big threat, so what? We're not afraid of death. We'll always find a solution."
Zhang Xingrong suddenly felt Luo Ertao's hand full of strength. "I know I'm not afraid of death, but there are more complicated things in this world than death. So I was thinking, if it really comes to this, how should I deal with it to get the best result."
"No." Luo Ertao held her hand and said firmly, "Rongya, there is nothing more complicated than death in this world. At least for me. For me, no matter what the situation is, it is far less complicated and painful than what your death has brought us."
Although she didn't know what had happened to Rong Ya that made her so worried, this was her true feelings.
She never wants to lose this leader, never wants to lose this... best friend!
Zhang Xingrong was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Luo Ertao to say this.
She seemed to see the scene that moved her when she first arrived in Lugou Village. At that time, the shameless bully among the educated youth often talked about him, and Luo Ertao, like the aunts, would help speak up from time to time.
The one she remembered most clearly was when she was making terraces on her body. Cao Yimin mocked her, and then Luo Ertao stood up to speak for her.
Back then, the villagers were simple and protective of their shortcomings. No, they still are now. That's why she particularly likes Lugou Village.
Luo Ertao was also someone she remembered deeply. She protected her like an older sister. So when Luo Ertao applied for the assistant position, she was actually very happy. Luo Ertao was a pure person, possessing the tenacity and steadfastness of a rural girl, yet also brave and strong.
It's just that her problem is more complicated.
She pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps there are losses in this world that are more terrifying than death, such as... demons and monsters, or terrible infectious diseases."
Luo Ertao was also stunned for a moment, as if thinking, and then shook his head: "No, even if it is really like that, there is nothing more terrifying than death. Rongya, I don't know what happened to you. But for me, your death is more terrifying than all this."
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