In truth, Li Dai still did not know whether she had overestimated or underestimated Ao Qiyong's endurance. In the end, he screamed in agony as though he truly could not hold on any longer, yet each time she asked if he wished to give up, he would shake his head, shaking it incessantly.
He refused to give up—even in death, he would not yield!
At that moment, she witnessed once again how conviction could sometimes prove far stronger than mere endurance and perseverance. Li Dai knew that had Ao Qiyong lacked inner conviction and a clear goal, his subconscious response would not have been to shake his head in denial; overwhelmed by such excruciating pain, his mind would have grown hazy and he would have nodded instead.
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