Rain pattered against the branches and leaves, its crisp sound ringing out. Mei Chengyu couldn't hear any of it. His mind kept replaying Yu Sui's words from just moments ago:
"I'm happy now that I've seen Senior Martial Brother."
As long as she was happy.
He hadn't realized he could have that kind of effect on her.
For the first time, Mei Chengyu felt his heart swell, a strange and bewildering sensation. But he soon found the reason: the person standing beneath the tree.
"Come up." Mei Chengyu reached down toward Yu Sui.
She looked back at him in confusion, but reached out all the same.
"Come cut this branch down yourself." Mei Chengyu pulled her up, and the two of them stood together on the thick branch. It didn't budge in the slightest.
"This one?" Yu Sui looked down.
"That's the one." Mei Chengyu nodded. "Pretend it's someone you hate, then cut it down."
Yu Sui couldn't help laughing.
Mei Chengyu glanced at her, and she stopped at once, putting on a serious expression as she touched the trunk with the shears. "Like this?"
"Right."
"But, Senior Martial Brother, we're standing on this branch too. If I cut it down, won't we fall?"
"If we fall, do you think I can't catch you?"
"This will take ages to cut. These are shears, not an axe."
"I'll get you an axe. Stop relying on the Five Elements Power all the time."
Their voices gradually drowned out the rain as they went back and forth. Yu Sui had forgotten what had been bothering her and simply followed Mei Chengyu's lead.
She chopped at the tree with the axe. The branch began to sway, growing more and more precarious. Yu Sui wasn't worried at all that they were about to fall. Staring