Chapter 1931 — I Believe You!
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In those days Wei Zhao had been a Yellow Rank fighter, and he had feared old enemies would come knocking. Now he was Earth Rank, and the foes he faced counted Mystic Rank as their floor. Concealment had lost its meaning.
"Ah?" Wang Xinyan was taken aback. "You mean before you came to Songshan City?"
"More or less. That time I met you on the train—that was really the start of my blending into this city." Wei Zhao nodded.
Wang Xinyan did not ask what he had done before. Everyone has secrets, and she did not want to put him on the spot. "Let's eat a little, then rest."
"Ha, all right." Wei Zhao fitted the last piece into place; the tent was finished.
The two of them sat in front of it and, under the moonlight, opened a packet of compressed biscuits. Hungry as she was, Wang Xinyan did not eat much, which puzzled Wei Zhao. "Eat a bit more?"
"I..." Her face reddened slightly. "It's not convenient to—to use the toilet out here. I don't dare eat much..."
"Ha, this is deep mountain forest—anywhere will do," Wei Zhao said with a laugh. "It's fine. Eat up; we've a long walk tomorrow."
Urged though she was, Wang Xinyan still ate sparingly, though she drank a fair amount of the bottled water. They had brought plenty; perhaps she meant to lighten Wei Zhao's load, and water would fill her stomach besides.
"I'm full. Let's rest." Wang Xinyan drew a deep breath. "The air here is so good!"
"It is. No din of the city, no exhaust. If we weren't pressed for time, this would make a fine place for a holiday," Wei Zhao said.
"You go in. I'll be fine out here." Wei Zhao did not enter the tent.
"It's all right... in the barracks before, didn't we sleep side by side..." Wang Xinyan could see he felt it awkward, and so she spoke.
"There were so many people then. Now it's only the two of us..." In truth Wei Zhao feared she would be embarrassed; he had not expected her to be the more forthright of them.
"I believe you..." At that, Wang Xinyan lowered her head and said no more. That she should be the one inviting a boy to sleep beside her—the Wang Xinyan of before would have found it unthinkable. Yet now it came as naturally as anything.
"All right." Wei Zhao hesitated a moment, then nodded, without any pretense of reluctance.