"Mr. Yoshino, I'm all right. This gentleman's help was what saved us!"
Miss Hui glanced at Zhou Cheng, her eyes full of gratitude.
She could tell that if Zhou Cheng hadn't rammed a Shinobi to death with his sled, they might not have held out long enough for Yoshino to rescue them!
"Thank you so much!"
Hui bowed solemnly to Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng neither dodged nor declined, accepting her thanks without hesitation.
A flame of anger rose in Yoshino's eyes.
What a rude fellow!
Just what you'd expect from a backwater!
"Hoshi, Emi, you did very well!"
"You protected Miss Hui!"
Yoshino praised his students, never once mentioning Zhou Cheng!
"All right, enough chatter!"
"Since the danger's over, get off!"
"I'm leaving!"
An apologetic look crossed Hui's face, and she immediately started climbing off the sled.
"Wait!"
"Miss Hui, a noble young lady like you deserves to ride a sled like this!"
"You there, you'll be the driver!"
"You'll get a hundred ryo when we reach our destination!"
Yoshino had taken Zhou Cheng for a wandering Shinobi, a mere Genin!
He also didn't want his students wasting chakra on driving the sled.
So he thought he could entice Zhou Cheng into working for him with a paltry reward!
Zhou Cheng raised an eyebrow. A hundred ryo!
You've got some nerve offering that. Do you really take me for some country Shinobi who doesn't know any better?
Zhou Cheng was just about to refuse when Hui tugged at him.
Then she spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"A thousand ryo!"
"Please!"
"Hoshi and Emi need to protect me. They can't spend all that chakra on driving!"
Zhou Cheng nearly fell over when he heard that.
For fuck's sake, I thought you felt sorry for me.