Mu Ge's question left my mouth dry and my chest tight.
Of course I cared deeply about my parents and younger sister, and I cared about Fatty, Skinny, and the others, too. If anything happened to any of them, I'd be frantic with worry and do everything in my power to save them.
But what Mu Ge was talking about was something else entirely.
The example that came to mind was a hereditary disease.
If my family had a severe hereditary heart condition, would I study medicine and do everything I could to overcome it?
I knew I wouldn't.
Deep down, I felt it wasn't my responsibility, and that it wasn't something I could do.
If medical professionals around the world hadn't managed it, if even the greatest scientists hadn't managed it, how could I possibly succeed? And if that was the case, why embark on a path with no way back? More accurately, it simply wouldn't have occurred to me to try in the first place. I might spend more time with my family and cherish the moments we had together, but staking everything on myself and betting on a future with no visible hope—that idea would never have entered my mind.
And yet, there were people like me in this world, as well as people like Ye Qing and Mu Ge.
I thought for a long time under Mu Ge's gaze, then said with some helplessness, "No. At least, not right now. I don't have that kind of resolve. I..." I paused, then said, bewildered, "I thought this was something Ye Qing had chosen to do. I just need to bring him back to life, following his plan, with his help..."
"If I could choose, I'd want this to be something Ye Qing did, too. If he had