The fact that Di Feisheng is still with him means more than the approval or the hope. Fang Duobing is certain that if the other man thought the idea was without merit, he would have stopped and turned around right there. It's still nice to hear, though, regardless of the levels of reluctance... Or the question that follows. The answer that Fang Duobing gives is approached with just as much hesitance.
"The same things as always. A cure for the poison." He doesn't expect there to be one here, and if there was, he doesn't expect this Vaeros to simply hand it over... But he has to try anyway. He'll take even the smallest chance if there's any to be taken at all. He could probably mask the desperation in that if he didn't continue, but Di Feisheng is a partner in this now (and always has been, as far as Li Lianhua is concerned). "If not that... then something that will help. His cultivation. Mine, or yours. Even Huli Jing might raise his spirits enough to get him out of bed. If we can just make it through the winter, the situation will improve."
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"The same things as always. A cure for the poison." He doesn't expect there to be one here, and if there was, he doesn't expect this Vaeros to simply hand it over... But he has to try anyway. He'll take even the smallest chance if there's any to be taken at all. He could probably mask the desperation in that if he didn't continue, but Di Feisheng is a partner in this now (and always has been, as far as Li Lianhua is concerned). "If not that... then something that will help. His cultivation. Mine, or yours. Even Huli Jing might raise his spirits enough to get him out of bed. If we can just make it through the winter, the situation will improve."