The more Yan Laojin thought about it, the more she felt that Bai Li was the kind of person who could stand beside her daughter through hard times. The apocalypse had changed everyone. It had stripped away many soft things and forced people to become practical, sharp, and guarded. In a world like this, being able to trust someone was already rare. Being able to rely on them was even rarer. Bai Li seemed to have both the ability and the temperament to make people feel at ease. Yan Laojin had lived long enough to know that a decent partner in hard times mattered much more than pretty words.
