Book 11: Chapter 18
Ling Yue placed her fork and knife down. She then responded resolutely, “I refuse.”
I sighed, “Ling Yue, look around you. You have nothing right now. If I didn’t come, you might’ve died here! You can’t survive on our own. Do you still not get that? Your life right now is basically torture!!”
“This is my home! This has been the home of the Moon Fox Tribe for centuries! I can’t leave! I can take it! I can hang in there!”
Ling Yue looked at me. The resolve in her eyes didn’t diminish.
‘I really think I shouldn’t speak to her about this when eating. I should get her to leave with me when she’s freezing and starving.’
“Don’t you care about yourself?! You’ll die if you continue this way! Look at your life as it stands. You have nothing to eat, and you can’t start a fire! Who is going to look after you when you get sick?! Aren’t you worried that you might never wake up again one day?!”
“I don’t care!!”
“I care!!” I shouted. I stood up and pressed a hand down on Ling Yue’s shoulder. “We’ve known each other for a long time at the end of the day. It wasn’t easy for me to save you from the snowy mountains. If you go and die for no rhyme or reason now, wouldn’t that have wasted my efforts? How can you face me if you die for no rhyme or reason after I did so much for you?!”
Ling Yue’s expression didn’t change. She stared at me and exclaimed, “My life has nothing to do with you! My tribe has nothing to do with you! I’m very grateful for all the help you gave me, but I have to maintain my bottom line, too! I must watch over my tribe! I must watch over my tribe until it’s revived!”