"You really know how to get yourselves into trouble."
Zhang Bo sounded somewhat resentful.
"This path isn't easy to walk."
No.
There wasn't even a path in this direction.
"Let's go and see."
Zhuge Yun waved a hand.
"We never said we had to find anything."
"We just feel like we'd regret it if we didn't try."
"If there's no path ahead and we can't go any farther, we'll just turn back the way we came."
"Fine."
Zhang Bo nodded.
Since Zhuge Yun and Zhao Luzheng wanted so badly to take a look, they might as well go.
They'd only come to the mountains for a casual walk anyway.
They didn't have a specific destination.
When Zhang Bo agreed, Zhuge Yun and Zhao Luzheng exchanged glances, their faces brightening with delight.
That left...
They both looked toward Xiao Xiao in unison.
He was the only one who hadn't weighed in.
Seeing this, Zhang Bo also turned his gaze to Xiao Xiao.
"Third Brother, what do you think?"
Zhuge Yun asked outright.
"Let's head this way together."
He turned sideways and pointed behind himself.
"People can't always stick to the beaten path."
He grinned.
"You have to learn to take risks."
Besides, choosing this route hardly counted as taking a risk.
Xiao Xiao chuckled.
"All right."
"Let's go this way and have a look."
They left the main trail.
And headed down the side path.
"Third Brother, isn't your umbrella in the way?"
Zhao Luzheng almost bumped into a branch jutting across their path, and instinctively reached out to move it.
Cold droplets fell onto his forehead and hand.
He shivered.
Then he thought of Xiao Xiao.
They were all wearing raincoats as they walked through the dense forest—
At least their clothes