Lin Xinglan was startled.
"Being alive, in good health, having all limbs intact—even if the limbs aren’t intact, as long as the mind is sound, one is considered a complete, independent individual. Love is just icing on the cake, its absence doesn’t spoil anything. To give up life for sothing like this... is it worthy of pity?"
"Tang Xiaohua! I don’t agree with you! What do you an love is the most aningless thing in this world? I think that in a person’s lifeti, as long as you’re able to truly love soone, that in itself makes life worthwhile! If you can receive the sa affection in return, and the two of you co together in the end, there’s nothing more aningful than that in this world!"
Lin Xinglan earnestly rebutted.
When Song Lili saw Lin Xinglan getting serious, she didn’t argue anymore.
"Tang Xiaohua, logically speaking, it’s strange to hear such words coming from you! Don’t you have a sweetheart?"
"No."
"You’re trying to fool , who is Xiaonian?"
Song Lili stiffened all over, and she looked at Lin Xinglan in astonishnt...
"What’s wrong? I didn’t snoop around. You were delirious last night, muttering that na over and over again. I knew right away it was a man’s!"
"..."
Song Lili’s expression was sowhat rigid.
Lin Xinglan blinked, what’s going on? Was she so afraid of others knowing about this "Xiaonian"?
"What else did I say?"
"You were talking in your sleep a lot, but the only clear thing I heard was that na you kept repeating. Don’t be so nervous, I won’t blab."
Song Lili closed her eyes in slight annoyance.
"Xiaonian... is he your lover?"
Lin Xinglan asked quietly, but seeing Song Lili’s conflicted face, she quickly added, "Alright, if you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t. I’m not that curious anyway!"
Song Lili took a deep breath, then let it out long and slow,
"Xinglan, he’s the black box in my heart."
"..."
"Don’t ask, don’t think, don’t touch."
...
The final stop of Luqing Mountain was right before their eyes. Two rows of soldiers stood in neat formation, with Lu Ziqing leading the instructors at the end point.
From a distance, Song Lili could see that tall, proud, and powerful figure.
Lin Xinglan and Song Lili walked side by side, the sun setting behind the mountain.
Seventy-two hours, and just ten more hours to go.
"I never thought... I could really pass the selection..."
Lin Xinglan was so excited that her voice trembled.
Song Lili continued walking forward.
"Xiao Hua..."
"What’s the matter?"
"I have another question to ask you."
"Go ahead."
"Last night, soone saved us... otherwise..."
"Lin Xinglan, rember, every person who appears in your life, every event that happens, is a force that propels the wheel of fate. The past influences the present, and the present will affect the future."
"But... if soone secretly saved us, isn’t that unfair to the others?"
"There’s no such thing as absolute fairness in this world."
Song Lili didn’t have such lofty sentints. Even if it hadn’t been Lu Ziqing who saved her, if it had been soone else, she would have accepted it.
As long as it helped her move one big step forward in the selection.
"..."
Lin Xinglan’s eyebrows rose slightly, indeed, she knew Tang Xiaohua wasn’t so rigidly upright.
"Reporting to the officer, Tang Xiaohua has completed the task."
"Reporting to the officer, Lin Xinglan has completed the task!"
The two of them stood side by side, giving Lu Ziqing a proper military salute.
Lu Ziqing looked at the two in front of him, glanced at Lin Xinglan, then turned his gaze to Song Lili, lingering there a mont longer...
Then he burst into hearty laughter,
"Twenty-first and twenty-second place! Not bad, not bad!"
"..."
Song Lili’s face imdiately tensed up, but before she could even react, she heard Lu Ziqing turn to Duan Chen and say,
"Company Commander Duan, look, they’ve completed their tasks. Don’t you think you should... hm?"
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