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Feng Baobao pointed to Zhang Chulan and his group, saying that sometimes the people there were more witty than she was.

Well?

Listening to Feng Baobao's words, Chen Duo looked at the people present, seemingly waiting for their suggestions.

Seeing that things were truly taking a turn for the better, Old Meng, who least wanted Chen Duo to die, was overjoyed. He looked at Chen Duo and said, "Chen Duo, come with us..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Qiu'er beside him.

Qiu'er leaned closer to Lao Meng and whispered, "Brother Meng...you must be careful what you say. Never make a decision, a choice...you must give her a choice."

choose...

That's right.

It's about making a choice.

Apart from Zhang Chulan, everyone present, after hearing Feng Baobao's account of meeting Chen Duo last night, realized that only by letting Chen Duo make her own choice could things take a turn for the better.

Hearing Qiu'er whispering her choice to Lao Meng, Zhang Chulan secretly agreed in his heart.

Compared to the other temporary workers present, he was the first to guess from Chen Duo's killing of Liao Zhong and her defection from the company that Chen Duo needed to make a choice, but he never took the initiative to say it...

...

Hearing Qiu'er's reminder, Lao Meng nodded in agreement.

"Chen Duo...you have a choice! You can choose to come back to the company with us...I will never let them hurt you..."

"You can also choose..."

When Lao Meng mentioned the second option, his expression changed drastically. He glanced at the people around him, as if he wanted someone to come and help him.

"You can also choose..."

"die."

Seeing that Lao Meng was stammering and unable to speak, Zhang Chulan said the word "death" for Lao Meng.

“You can also choose to die…” Zhang Chulan said to Chen Duo with a serious expression.

"Zhang Chulan...you!"

Old Meng grabbed Zhang Chulan's collar in a fit of emotion.

He definitely didn't want Chen Duo to make this choice.

"Zhang Chulan... if you can't speak properly, then shut up. Nobody's forcing you to talk."

Zhou Fengliu glanced at Zhang Chulan and said.

"Brother Liu... I was just saying it casually. The choice is still in Chen Duo's hands."

Zhang Chulan scratched his head and gave a reply.

"Chen Duo, what are you thinking?"

"I?"

After being asked a question by Zhang Chulan, Chen Duo stroked her chin and then said:

"I won't choose to die... Only by living can you have choices; once you're dead, you have nothing. Only a fool would choose to die..."

Chen Duo repeated what Zhou Fengliu had told her back then, which she found to make sense.

Hearing Chen Duo's words, everyone present was stunned. Even the flustered Lao Meng was surprised by Chen Duo's answer.

Is this something Chen Duo could say?

"That's right, only a fool would choose to die."

While everyone remained silent, Feng Baobao raised her hand and echoed a comment.

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P.S.: I'm begging for everything, please, please. The humble author is online, sobbing.

Chapter 188 Zhang Chulan Has No Profit to Gain (First Update)

Even now, Chen Duo still doesn't know what she really needs.

She only remembered one thing: whatever she wanted or needed... everything was predicated on being alive.

Of course.

She could also choose to die, to escape this world, and leave this world that she seems unable to fit into as a Gu.

But she did not choose that option.

After her conversation with Zhou Fengliu that night, the question "Are you human or a poison?" deeply affected her.

She belatedly realized that the gears of her fate had actually started turning when Liao Zhong and the others rescued her from the Medicine Immortal Society.

Over the years, she has unknowingly transitioned from being a Gu (a type of venomous insect) to being a human.

Although she hadn't realized it before... it's undeniable that only humans think about what they want, what they need, and how to choose their next path.

...

If one's body is not one's own, and one's mind is not one's own, then how can one's body truly be one's own...?

Chen Duo's decision to continue living was, in essence, a choice made according to her own heart, a choice made as a human being, rather than wavering between humanity and the Gu...

Alive...

Although it's just two words, it represents Chen Duo's own desire to try and accept this world, rather than passively being pushed by people like Liao Zhong to integrate into it and be accepted by it...

The road ahead may still be confusing, painful, and she may still not know what she needs, but unlike before, by continuing to cultivate the Reversal of Heavenly Qi... her body will get better day by day.

That's enough for her to live as a human being, to gradually explore and accept this world, and to find what she truly needs...

As long as she makes progress little by little, even if it's slow, the light of dawn will eventually shine upon her.

...

Hearing Chen Duo say that only a fool would choose to die, Zhou Fengliu simply yawned.

He hadn't expected that his previous words and the copy of the Reversed Heavenly Gang would have a certain impact on Chen Duo.

After all, he had said a lot, but Chen Duo's expression gave him the impression that she hadn't listened to a word he said.

He was very satisfied that Chen Duo was alive.

No matter what kind of mental storm Chen Duo was going through, as long as he survived and continued to cultivate the Reversed Heavenly Gang technique, it would still be helpful to his cultivation...

"Yes, yes, only a fool would choose to die..."

Old Meng, who was standing to the side, pushed up his glasses and heard Chen Duo's desire not to die. His face lit up with joy, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Everyone present looked relieved that Chen Duo had not chosen death, except for our temporary assistant from the North China region—Zhang Bilian.

After hearing Chen Duo's choice that she hadn't died, Zhang Chulan realized that he had no chance of gaining anything from this mission.

From the moment he accepted the mission, Zhang Chulan no longer cared about Biyou Village or Chen Duo's fate; he only cared that Bao'er could get through it safely.

When Lao Meng appeared and told them about Chen Duo's tragic past and asked them to spare Chen Duo's life, she saw the other temporary workers agreeing to capture Chen Duo alive and realized that there was something to gain from this.

This benefit wasn't monetary, but rather emotional—the temporary workers' sympathy for Chen Duo.

As long as Chen Duo has the option of death, he can play the role of an absolutely rational guy and push Bao'er into the emotional group of temporary workers.

Let this emotional group send off Chen Duo together, and let these fellow temporary workers realize that today they are sending off Chen Duo, but who knows, one day in the future it may be other temporary workers who will send them off.

Any one of them has had a time when they had no choice.

Even though doing so would make him an oddball in the team, it would be worth it if Bao'er could connect with these temporary workers.

If the company were to suspect Feng Baobao's true parentage and intend to take action against her in the future, the temporary workers' feelings for Chen Duo could be more easily replicated on Feng Baobao due to their shared experiences...

However... this goal has now vanished with Chen Duo's choice...

Zhang Chulan could no longer guide Chen Duo to choose death.

"Zhang Chulan..."

"Zhang Chulan?"

Hearing someone call his name, Zhang Chulan snapped out of his aimless thoughts. Seeing Zhou Fengliu calling him, he scratched his head and asked with a smile:

"Brother Liu...what's wrong?"

"Your expression was a bit off earlier. What's wrong? You're not happy that Chen Duo chose to live?"

Hearing Zhou Fengliu's question, everyone's attention focused on Zhang Chulan's face. At this moment, Zhang Bilian could only give an awkward laugh and hurriedly said:

"I'm glad there was no conflict. I was just thinking about how the company would deal with Chen Duo after we took her back... What if it's detrimental to Chen Duo?"

Zhang Chulan reacted quickly, steer the conversation toward the company's handling of Chen Duo.

"this..."

Hearing this, everyone could more or less guess Chen Duo's fate.

Given the Gu poison in Chen Duo's body and the fact that she killed the person in charge of the South China region, the situation is probably not very optimistic.

"I know..."

At this moment, the quick-witted Feng Baobao stepped forward and offered Chen Duo a solution.

“If it doesn’t work out, you can just run away…” Feng Baobao said to Chen Duo.

"abscond?"

"Goodness, that's a really serious idea. If she runs away again when we get back to the company, we'll probably have to be the ones to catch her..."

"Um...it seems that's true, well..." Feng Baobao scratched her butt and continued seriously:

"Or...why don't you run now?"

Chen Duo remained silent.

Everyone remained silent.

That's a really clever idea.

Unable to make up their minds, everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Fengliu, who was standing not far away.