After taking the pill, Xiao Lie pulled Bai Lixi over, took out the remaining Golden Wound Salve Shen Shixu had given him yesterday, and undid the bandages to apply it again.
Shen Shixu, Xiao Jinyi, and Mo Yu had long since woken up. Leaning against the trees, the three watched the pair fuss over each other.
Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi were fine with it. Their own partners were right beside them, after all.
But Mo Yu felt stuffed first thing in the morning without having eaten anything. He even let out a belch before he could stop himself.
Mo Yu covered his mouth and gave the pair an embarrassed smile. "Heh, well, I didn't mean to interrupt. I'll leave you to it."
Mo Yu had never missed Bai He as much as he did at that moment. Everyone else was paired up, while he was all alone. It was getting hard to bear, constantly stumbling upon couples being affectionate.
Either Xiao Jinyi worried that Shen Shixu would sleep poorly leaning against a tree and had him sleep against his chest instead, wrapping him snugly in a cloak and holding him tight.
Or Xiao Lie and Bai Lixi fussed over each other, getting all lovey-dovey while applying medicine and treating the poison.
No matter where he went, Mo Yu felt like a third wheel.
After saying that, Mo Yu slipped off to one side, rekindled the dead fire, and took out some meat pies to warm beside it.
With so many mouths to feed, meat pies alone probably wouldn't be enough. Mo Yu took his sword into the woods and caught two pheasants and a rabbit.
Of course, none of the breakfast he prepared was for those people. Those villains deserved nothing more than to squat over there and watch