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Wang De emerged from the newspaper office, his heart seething with a bitter resentment. He trudged down the street. The wind cut like a knife, yet the chill in his heart was deeper still. Remembering Li Jing's words, he felt the world held no justice.
Upon returning to Aunt Zhao's home, he found Li Jing waiting for him inside. One look at his face told her he had met with misfortune.
"Wang De, what's wrong?" Li Jing asked with concern.
Wang De recounted what had transpired at the newspaper office. Li Jing listened, and her heart ached for him.
"Elder Sister, I cannot continue like this," Wang De said.
"But work is hard to come by," Li Jing said.
"One cannot barter away one's conscience!" Wang De declared with finality.
Then, Li Jing told Wang De of her visit to Old Dong, the local philanthropist. Old Dong had urged her to renounce the world and take monastic vows, but she had refused.
"Elder Sister, why don't we just die?" Wang De said.
"Wang De," Li Jing said, "if the young seek only a swift death, who then would be left to tend the world?"
They deliberated on how to save Li Jing's uncle, yet no solution came to mind.
Wang De resolved to devise another plan, and Li Jing offered him encouragement.
They talked long into the night, and only when the hour grew late did they finally retire.
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