144 You Worked Hard (2/2)
Seeing how tired they were, Mei Chao Bing couldn't help but chastise himself inwardly. He should've thought of that. Thankfully, Song Mu had reminded him or he might not have noticed at all. He definitely had to take that into consideration in the future.
After letting the others catch their breath for a moment, he cleared his throat. ”I know you're all exhausted. We can take a break for a while but we'll have to continue for the rest of the day afterward. Starting from tomorrow, we can take some more breaks. But for now, we have to make sure that we cover as much distance as we can. I'm sure that all of you still remember the matter with the array before, right?”
The others exchanged some confused looks but finally nodded.
Mei Chao Bing gave a nod as well, satisfied that they were at least answering him. ”Well, while the Elders have concluded that this was not the work of a traitor but instead a plot of the demonic practitioners to make us distrust each other, it also means that they have a good grasp on what we are currently doing.
”They likely know already that we are on the way to inform the other sects. Thus, they might once again try to do something that would either put us or the others in danger.
”As a small group, it will be easier for us to make sure that we can stay out of harm's way. Especially since we suspect them doing something already. But for the others, they might be unprepared. Thus, I feel that we should make sure that we aren't too close to the town when the demonic practitioners will inevitably try something. I hope that you can all agree with me on that.”
Once again, the others at least gave him a nod. While the two junior martial brothers didn't look too happy, they didn't dare to say anything considering that Mei Chao Bing had said that it was for the benefit of the other disciples. If they said that they didn't care about that, what kind of martial brothers would they be then? They also didn't want that. Thus they could only stew in their resentment and hope that whatever the demonic practitioners had planned would involve Mei Chao Bing but not them.
Mei Chao Bing glanced at them for a moment longer and then retracted his gaze, turning around to Yun Bei Fen. Anyway, since they were taking a break, while he still needed to pay attention to all of them, it was alright to put his attention on Yun Bei Fen for at least a few moments. ”How are you holding up, Fen'er?”
Yun Bei Fen gave him a brilliant smile in response. By now, he had completely woken up so he felt actually quite rested. ”Don't worry, Mei Chao Bing. I'm sure I can still go for a few hours more!”
Mei Chao Bing laughed, reached out, and ruffled his hair. ”Sure you can. You were really working hard today.” His eyes glittered when he said so, making everybody but those two junior martial brothers feel that they really were a cute couple.
People could say what they wanted about Mei Chao Bing and his behavior but at the very least, it was obvious that he was very much in love with his fiance. It instantly made them feel better about him.