Chapter 551 (1/2)

I'm Tired (1)

That night, Li Yue opened her eyes slowly to realise she was lying on grass. The smell of delicious food travelled into her nostrils, and the starving girl found herself almost drooling.

She looked over at the fire, then at the person roasting food. She felt as if she was back to the days during the group hunt, for at that point, it was the same person roasting delicious food for her.

Was she dreaming? Wasn’t she just at home? Li Yue was slowly drifting back into sleep but soon felt like this wasn’t a dream, she was kidnapped by this person!

She’d been here before. As a soldier, she easily recognised places- these were the grassy highlands to the north of the Imperial City.

“Ye Lang, what do you want? Why did you bring me here?” said Li Yue calmly. She was not afraid.

“You’re up. Come, drink some water, eat some meat. You must be starving.” Ye Lang did not answer her question, instead he passed a flask of water and some meat to her.

Without a thought, she started to wolf down the meat and chugged a lot of water. She did not suspect Ye Lang tampered with the food because there was no need- he had proven to be able to do whatever he wanted.

And Li Yue was hungry too. She needed sustenance, and as a soldier, she would not pass on opportunities to consume food, especially during such uncertain times.

“How long have I slept?” she asked after she had eaten enough.

“Not long, it’s only eight,” said Ye Lang.

Li Yue was surprised. “You brought me here in just an afternoon? This place is very, very far from the Imperial City.”

“Of course. I’m fast and I don’t want to waste any more time,” he said casually.

“What did you use to travel? Why isn’t there a horse nearby, just us?” Li Yue noticed there wasn’t anything as fas as she could see in this vast grassland.

This made her suspicious of how he travelled here. If this place was near the city, she would have thought he carried her here. But it was so far away.

He carried her all the way here? How was that possible? It shouldn’t be.

“I ran here! There wasn’t time to get a carriage.”

Ye Lang’s words stunned Li Yue. So he did carry her here, they were hundreds of kilometers away!

“You ran here? Then I…”

“I carried you here. Why? This isn’t the first time, do you have a problem with that?” he said casually, this wasn’t a problem to him.

“N-no!” she shook her head. What could she say? This wasn’t the first time either. Plus he had kidnapped her, it was already a good thing he didn’t just toss her over his shoulder as he ran.