"Okay, that is a promise, brother!"
The excited Dai Yang ruffled Er Yuen's cute hair.
"This is so cute Yen Yen. Um, by the way, did you bring anything to eat in the basket? I was in a hurry to catch up with Yen Yen so I didn't have time to have breakfast yet" said Dai Yang rubbing his stomach.
Er Yuen narrowed his eyes at Dai Yang who had what he wanted.
"Who told you to catch up with me? Very troublesome. I just have this, the forest fruit I pick on the way here, do you want some?"
Dai Yang nodded quickly. Anything from the boy must be delicious.
"Of course, give it to me," said the young man stretching his palms.
Er Yuen reached into his basket.
"Um, but it doesn't taste that good, brother. I think it's a bit sour"
"Whatever my Yen Yen give me is the most tasty one."
As the two of them were chatting and sitting comfortably on tree trunks, from the end of the road several local people were seen. Three to four local youths and men. Looks like farmers as seen from the clothes and tools in their hands.
"It's better not to go through that road since yesterday the fire that scorched the Black Flower clan has not subsided, the entire building was destroyed by fire overnight"
The young man on the far right replied.
"I heard there was an attack a couple of days before, has it not subsided yet?"
The young man nodded.
"Such a huge building can run out overnight, even though it has cooled down a bit there are still many guards from the Golden Cloud camp standing guard there. They will attack any Black Flower Teacher or student that is still visible in the vicinity"
The two men behind shrugged their shoulders shuddering.
"That's terrible, why did the Golden Cloud Valley suddenly attack the party? There's not even a single one left, they're ruthless too."
Dai Yang who was sitting on a tree heard grumbling.
"Why are those people gossiping at a time like this"
Er Yuen turned to hear Dai Yang's whispering voice.
"What are you saying?"
Dai Yang waved his hand
"Hehehe it's nothing, shut" Dai Yang raised his index finger so they wouldn't make a sound until the group of residents passed by.
The men continued their conversation which got so excitedly. Yuen turned his head at Dai Yang, looking a him with his innocent big rounded brown to golden coloured eyes. What pretty long eyes with curly eyelashes and a cute mole on his left cheek below the eye. How can there be any perfect creature like this? Thought Dai Yang who gets drowned in his daydream.
"Did the Black Flower party have a problem with the Golden Cloud?" Er Yuen asked. The man just looked a him and not answering, until Yuen nudged his hand.
"Brother Yang"
"Yeah?" asked Dai Yang who got back from the wandering.
Yuen Er pulled his lips, annoyed with the man's weird attitude.
"I ask, Did the Black Flower party have a problem with the Golden Cloud?"
Dai Yang widened his eyes, not expecting the young man to know about this kind of matter.
"Emm, maybe, I don't know, I don't care about it."
Dai Yang stretched his head, quite long to see the group that had disappeared behind a curve in the front.
"Let's go for a walk, it's kind of boring sitting too long"
After talking like that, Dai Yang jumped down with a light body, and a slight wind spread the dry leaves right under his feet as he landed. Er Yuen who was just biting his apple realized Dai Yang had been down so fast. He looks at the man below him.
"Brother, go ahead then, I think I want to stay here longer."
Dai Yang extended his hand to Er Yuen.
"Come on, Yen Yen, it's boring, let's go for a walk. How if we go to the city after this, I treat you to some great food"
Er Yuen still wanted to stay there longer, it was best to ignore the young man who coincidentally met everywhere. But, considering that the man wasn't that bad, maybe he would try to comply. Er Yuen grabbed his basket, tethered it to his shoulder, and slowly descended the giant tree branch.
"Alright, wait for me,"
Dai Yang smiled, Er Yuen's clumsy movements looked very adorable. First, he lowered his two legs, while sitting slowly down a tree branch that was quite high from the ground. His hands tightly grabbed onto a tree trunk that was a bit mossy with mold so he had to be extra careful.
Dai Yang couldn't help but smile, it might take a while for the young man to arrive in front of him. But, a mischievous idea popped up in his head. Dai Yang moved his finger slightly shooting air towards Er Yuen's hand.
"Shipp!"
Yuen lost his grip, suddenly his hand slipped and he couldn't keep his balance.
"Oh no"
Until the kid slid fast from the tree trunk.
"Ahh"
As he slid uncontrollably, Dai Yang raised his back leg slightly and caught the young man with his both hands.
"Whoosh!" a light wind comes from nowhere. Flew Dai Yang's long brown hair and pretty clothes flew beautifully as he caught the young man so easily.
Er Yuen felt his body being lifted into the air so lightly in Dai Yang's grip, holding his body with one hand on his back and the other on his legs. The young man carried him like a princess and floated down lightly to the ground. Aware of that, he closes his eyes and grabs the man's neck tightly, afraid of falling.
"Ach"
Dai Yang smiled mischievously. He did enjoy the moment.
"Yen Yen, you should have told me earlier if you need my help."
Er Yuen was hiding his face after being stunned for a moment, but he got back to his senses pushed the man's chest, and tried to get down.
"Brother, that uh, there was a wind."
Dai Yang can't hide his big smile. Yuen's face was red with embarrassment, and the young man hurried his way forward away from him.
"Come on, let's go"
Dai Yang looked at his hands, he would never have had enough of touching the boy, it was so addictive.
"Yen Yen, wait for me please," afraid of being left behind, he followed Yuen.
"Why do you always carry this basket everywhere, it's a bit heavy or your back will hurt"
Dai Yang tried to take the basket from Yuen but the young man dodged.
"This is for keeping the leaves, Brother, after all, it's not that heavy."
The two of them walked along the path leading to the forest.
"It's quite heavy if you carry it everywhere all day, why must Yen Yen go to the forest to look for medicinal leaves? I notice that, who is that young man, your older brother never goes anywhere, he has a big, healthy body, and why should you be the one who always has to walk every day?"
"You mean brother aHe? He doesn't understand the types of medicinal leaves, Brother, his eyes are a bit blurry, especially when it's dark, and he won't know the way home. Besides, there are a lot of tougher jobs in the cottage that rely on energy, such as a woodcutter and filling the water jug, because I'm weak, all I can do is just look for medicinal leaves."
The road started to get a bit rocky and uphill, usually, Yuen had to look for an area that was not touched by pedestrians if he wanted to find a lot of medicinal leaves around the forest.
Dai Yang grabbed Er Yuen's hand and held him.
"Yen Yen be careful, let's hold on to my hand"
Yuen didn't expect Dai Yang to hold his hand, although it wasn't strange anymore.
"It's fine, Brother, I get used to it" he tried to pull his hand but Dai Yang tightened his grip.
"Come on, just walk, we will look for leaves, and after that, you have to accompany me to eat. So let's find the leaves faster so we will have lots of free time."
Yuen obeyed. Dai Yang led the somewhat winding road ahead.
"Hey Brother" Yuen couldn't do anything to refuse him. He smiles thinking how soft the man's hand is on his hand. He pulled him without hurting him, in fact, he really help him to walk.
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