Chapter 207: Trust (1/2)

”Once again, Brother Yu, thank you for saving me.” Zheng Min nearly got on his knees to thank Alex for saving him. ”As I said, Brother Zheng, don't worry about it,” Alex said.

Zheng Min stood up and walked to the river to drink some more water. By the time he returned to Alex, he was breathing very heavily. ”Are you okay, Brother Zheng?” Alex asked.

”Huff huff, My body is still not fully ready for me to walk so much,” Zheng Min said as he laid back down on the ground, breathing rather heavily. Alex was going to ask him about Yang jades but decided to wait until he was ready to talk.

Zheng min looked around and looked at Alex. He noticed something black on Alex and asked, ”Brother Yu, what is that black thing?”

Alex didn't know what he was talking about at first, but then he saw the little black bag where he kept his food, and answered him, ”Oh, this? This is my portion of food.”

Zheng Min's eyes perked up. ”That's food, brother Yu?” he asked. ”I am really hungry right now, brother Yu. I haven't eaten in days, can I ask you to give me some food?”

Alex didn't want to waste any more food, but seeing the sorry state of Zheng Min, he decided to hand him some. He took out some food and gave it to him. Zheng Min finished the given food in less than a minute.

”Ah, that was good,” he said in satisfaction. ”Where did you get such food, Brother Yu?” he asked.

”I brought it along with myself,” Alex said.

”You brought it yourself? They allowed you to?” he asked, but then noticed the wet robe Alex was holding and said, ”Is your cultivation base really not that high that the sect decided to let you carry your food? Hehehe.”  He started laughing and didn't stop for a while.

”Anyway, what crime did you do to come in here, Brother Yu?” he asked.

”I… uh stole some ingredient from my neighbor while he was sleeping,” Alex lied through his teeth. However, Zheng Min thought nothing of it. ”Same here brother. I've been here for nearly a month now. I hope yours is not that long, or you won't last with that little food,” Zheng Min said.

”I should be fine,” Alex said. They stood up and walked back away from the river. It was dangerous and they didn't want to stay there that long. Along the way, Alex asked Zheng Min about the yang jades but turned out Zheng Min didn't even know what Alex was talking about.

Disappointed, he dropped the subject. Soon, Zheng Min started to huff and puff again. Learning that the time was nearly 8 pm, he decided to log out for now.

”Why don't you rest, for now, Brother Zheng? I will rest too,” Alex said.

”Really? Thank you, brother Yu,” Zheng Min said as he fell down to the ground and started taking deep breaths again. Before Alex could even say anything, he fell asleep.

'He must've been really tired,' Alex thought and he sat down near and got into a meditating lotus position. After that, he logged out.