Lou Feng fell silent. For some reason, he found it hard to answer.

As he thought it over, if he put himself in other people’s shoes, he would naturally feel there was no need to get involved in this complicated situation. Yet if he tried to imagine the circumstances of others, he found himself hesitating for a moment.

He had no answer. And it was precisely that hesitation that made Kong Qingyan unable to hide her disappointment.

All the hard work of these past days had only stayed on the surface for Lou Feng; none of it had truly taken root in his heart. From the sudden incident that afternoon, she could see that he did have some backbone and decisiveness deep down, but after so many days, he still hadn’t even tried to understand the people working alongside him.

Faced with this question, there would definitely be people who would nod without hesitation, and there would definitely be people who would refuse. This was not a question with a standard answer at all.

Whatever Lou Feng answered wouldn’t be wrong. The only wrong answer was not answering. He simply did not know.

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