Fu Shen chuckled: “I’m not worried. This is Baoyan Mountain, my family’s territory. What is there to fear?
“Someone will definitely come rescue me tomorrow. Going with you would only slow you down. You’ll escape faster alone.”
“Not a burden,” Yan Xiaohan shook his head, “I want to stay and keep you company. Is that not okay?”
“Ah?” Fu Shen was stunned, awkwardly saying, “Oh, okay… that’s fine…”
Yan Xiaohan said nothing more.
Fu Shen was a bit of a monkey, unable to stay still even when injured, with an intense curiosity. After holding back for a long time, he finally cautiously asked, “That… Sir Yan, what are you… cough, why do you insist on staying?”
Yan Xiaohan thought he had asked a pointless question and gave him a strange glance.
“I, I, I mean,” Fu Shen berated himself inwardly for stammering while blushing, “I thought you… seemed to not like me?”
Yan Xiaohan stopped his actions and turned around, looking at Fu Shen and saying, “Don’t call me ‘Sir’.”
“Hm?”
“I’m two years older than you and haven’t been given a courtesy name. If Young Master Fu doesn’t mind, you can call me elder brother.”
Fu Shen was stunned: “You haven’t come of age? Just eighteen? Eighteen and already in the Flying Dragon Guard?”
His surprised expression was amusing, his eyes wide and looking particularly childlike.
Yan Xiaohan lowered his head to hide the smile at the corner of his mouth: “I indeed haven’t come of age. As for the Flying Dragon Guard, don’t I have a good adoptive father?”
Fu Shen realized he was being a bit rash and awkwardly said, “Brother Yan, don’t take it to heart. I didn’t mean it that way. With your skills, you’d surely be outstanding in either the Imperial Guard or the Flying Dragon Guard.”
“I don’t dislike you either,” Yan Xiaohan added some wood to the fire, leisurely saying, “You’ve saved me twice. I won’t leave you here.”
Fu Shen almost blurted out, “Do all Flying Dragon Guard members repay kindness like this?” but managed to stop himself, saying stiffly, “Thank you.”
Yan Xiaohan: “I should be the one thanking you.”
