"Don't worry. I'll definitely tell Father about this. Even if A Mo goes back, he won't be valued, and he'll get the punishment he deserves!"
"We should hurry and leave."
The guards beside them urged Vina and Jiang Mu along, too. If they really wanted to get lovey-dovey or fool around, they could do it back in the carriage.
Even if they rocked it until the earth shook and the mountains trembled, the guards wouldn't care.
Right now, the forest was still shaking. Once the beast tide arrived, if they kept dawdling, they wouldn't even know how they died.
But if the guards simply fled now, even if they survived, the emperor would punish them. And if he didn't, he might go after their families instead.
Thus, the guards could only urge Vina and Jiang Mu to stop wasting time.
"Maybe the captain went ahead to clear a path for us. Shouldn't we hurry and run in that direction?"
Having cobbled together an excuse, the two guards stared straight at Vina and Jiang Mu, hoping Jiang Mu could point the way. Even if their captain had fled, he must have headed somewhere safe.
Perhaps following him would be safer.
"Right, right. Since A Mo isn't here, he might have gone scouting for us. Let's go."
Vina immediately turned around and accepted that explanation. When she spoke again, she no longer called him Brother A Mo!
Jiang Mu was about to explain.
Smack!
His hand was suddenly caught, and she dragged him off in another direction.
The two guards' expressions froze.
They really hadn't expected Vina to foolishly believe that A Mo would clear a path for them.
He had obviously run away. Now they could only hurry and flee themselves, or find cover. Staying beneath this huge tree, where a