Captain Wan and his sons carried Wan Jiao away.
Lin Lan rubbed her sore shoulders. Li Xiangyang put his arm around her and sat her down on a nearby rock. "Let me rub them for you."
Lin Lan smiled and shook her head. "There are people coming and going on the mountain path. We'll be a laughingstock if someone sees us." Then she looked at him. "You must be tired too, right?"
Li Xiangyang nodded, rubbing his sore wrists. "I didn't expect her to be so heavy."
Lin Lan laughed. "You don't feel it at first, but she gets heavier the longer you walk." She turned to look into the woods and saw Wu Shufen leading Little Douzi toward them. "My mom and the others are coming out."
The two waited for Wu Shufen and the others, then led Little Douzi down the mountain.
A gust of wind blew by, and Lin Lan felt a chill. She sneezed a few times in a row. "Oh no, am I catching a cold?"
Wu Shufen laughed. "You're not that delicate."
