Meng Qing comforted her: “It’s okay, you’ll hit it with more practice.”
He still held her hands, helping her aim. The second shot hit a flat rock, the bullet grazing the rock’s surface, sparking a few fragments and a thin wisp of smoke.
“Good, keep aiming.”
Yu Yi cleared her mind, steadying her hands. When the sight completely overlapped with the small stone, she pulled the trigger. With the instant of the gunshot, the stone disappeared.
Yu Yi smiled happily. Meng Qing released her hand and said, “Good, continue to the next stone.”
Loading, aiming, shooting, missed. Yu Yi took a breath, loaded and aimed again, shooting, hitting the target.
Her mind was now clear of all other thoughts, with only the row of small stones on the flat rock existing in her mind.
Meng Qing gazed at Yu Yi’s focused profile.
Actually, this task should have been easier for him to complete on Gong Shi’s body, but Yu Yi had chosen this task first. The boss said to let her try first, then sent him to assist her, saying he should take care of her more in future missions. This made Meng Qing secretly speculate: did the boss have some special feelings towards her?
However, taking care of her was one thing, earning a reward was another. Meng Qing smiled, thinking that being able to do both would be ideal!
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After practicing for most of the morning, Yu Yi could now hit seven or eight shots out of ten. She shook her sore arm and looked back, discovering Meng Qing was no longer beside her. Looking around, she found he had somehow found a large tree and was leaning against its trunk. She had been so focused on practicing that she hadn’t even noticed when he walked away.
Yu Yi, having practiced shooting for a long time, felt tired. She walked slowly to the large tree, seeing Meng Qing with his eyes tightly closed, leaning against a tree root, seemingly asleep, but his complexion was not good, his brow slightly furrowed. After all, it was a fatal injury, and even with miraculous medicine to stop bleeding and heal, it was extremely draining. Standing for so long would exhaust his energy.
Yu Yi did not wake him, nor did she continue practicing shooting.
