Chapter 155: West coast.
Turns out it wasn’t that hard to make a raft that could carry five people. Lee finally found the use for the ropes that until now had only been wasting space in his bag and before noon the youths were already floating in the middle of the river.
The girls were slightly anxious – the memory of Lee’s condition after he crawled out of the water two days ago was still fresh. Lee and Xiao were slightly better, but felt uncomfortable nevertheless.
On the other side they had one last lunch together and went separate ways, despite the objections raised by Ling Xiaotao. Apparently she had taken fancy in Lee who during the past days kind of became her toy to play with. Of course, the games were only oral, but conversations with him felt fun and refreshing.
Lee didn’t care much about the young girl’s whims and was more worried about Xiao Lian becoming increasingly disheartened. He had to get Qin Yujian out of his sight before the boy did something stupid.
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After they were alone, Lee could finally join Xiao Lian in killing dreadtalons, but their usual cheerful atmosphere was gone. The guy was constantly lost in thoughts, outwardly depressed.
When Lee asked if anything was wrong, the answer wasI’m fine, but even if he was, he wasn’t fun at all.
On the morning of the third day after they split up with the girls, Xiao Lian said, "Brother Lee! I need your help with something."
’Finally!’ Lee inwardly cheered, but out loud asked, "What’s up?"
"I want to ... no, I need to get to the west coast as soon as possible." Xiao Lian said, "Can we get there before anyone else?"
"You know we’ll wait there for a long time, right?" Lee asked.