Chapter 271: Don’t Go Looking for Hardship!
After eating the green jujube, blood visibly returned to Yi’s legs at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The benefits brought by this fruit also made her face look fuller and rosier.
Flying Tiger glanced at Yi beside her, pulled her up, and after Yi wobbled a bit, she got up from her wheelchair.
Standing up again made her a little unsteady, her upper body still swaying slightly.
Cao Yong, standing behind Ren Fengxiang, stared wide-eyed, not daring to blink, fearing that if he closed his eyes for even a moment, all of this would turn out to be just a dream.
He never expected that one day his little sister would stand up again.
Flying Tiger looked at Yi, then at Ren Fengxiang.
Just now, Mr. Ren had spoken so coldly, and Yi seemed deeply hurt.
Anyone treated by their idol that way would be just as heartbroken as Yi.
But as she had learned during this time, although Mr. Ren seemed indifferent, he was in fact a very good person.
During this period when Jiang Che was absent, it was always Mr. Ren who cut down the Dark Trees, and she would then go transport them.
Just based on this interaction, she firmly believed that Mr. Ren would not, without reason, say that he didn’t need Yi.
Yi stood behind Jiang Che, while her brother Cao Yong stood behind Ren Fengxiang.
Jiang Che didn’t know what Brother Xiang wanted with this kid, but he didn’t stop him.
Even if Cao Yong hadn’t followed Brother Xiang voluntarily,
they wouldn’t have had any choice here anyway.
Jiang Che just thought they were like him, but wouldn’t fall out with his friends just to protect the two of them.
"Later, help arrange things for her. If she wants to see her brother, help arrange a time for that, too," Jiang Che instructed Flying Tiger beside him.
"Let’s go." Ren Fengxiang nodded to Jiang Che, then turned to leave.
Cao Yong gave Yi one last look, then unhesitatingly followed behind Ren Fengxiang, entering the black earth and that territory full of earthenware jars with him.
As soon as the two entered, black winds and sand swallowed up their departing figures.
Yi watched their backs, biting her lip hard.
"Lord, is it because Mr. Ren thinks I’m not as resilient as he is?" Yi looked at her fully healed legs.
Mr. Ren healed her legs—was it because he thought she couldn’t be as strong-willed as him, overcoming disability?
Flying Tiger looked at her recovered body, nodding in satisfaction.
Thinking that this child only got a new lease on life thanks to Jiang Che, she couldn’t help but feel a bit proud.
Now that Jiang Che was her boss, since he was strong, those under him naturally shared in his glory.
She was just feeling pleased, but after hearing Yi’s words, her raised smile froze.
Jiang Che’s smile also faded. He didn’t know what Brother Xiang wanted with that kid, but he was glad the child he brought back could offer some help.
"Resilient? What do you mean, resilient?" Jiang Che looked coldly at Yi.
"Your brother always carried you, not so you could come here and be resilient."
"Whether it’s your brother or Brother Xiang, they both wanted you to stand up," Jiang Che’s voice grew colder. "Not to see you come here just to suffer."
Jiang Che didn’t know what Brother Xiang wanted with Cao Yong,
but he knew that, with two adjacent territories and a looming crisis, Brother Xiang was even more anxious than he was.
He must have his own plan for taking Cao Yong away.
And the path Cao Yong was about to embark on certainly wouldn’t be easy either.
But these were minor things. In this era, whether you were a lord or a commoner, no one got by easily.
"Yi, don’t go looking for hardship you don’t have to take on," Flying Tiger shook her head, pulling Yi along, getting ready to take her away before Jiang Che got truly angry.
She’d never seen Jiang Che get angry before; it always seemed like he took everything with a calm detachment.
She tugged at Yi and shook her head at her.
Yi’s words had touched Jiang Che’s reverse scale.
Everyone was trying to help Ren Fengxiang recover, but Yi dreamed of being like him.
Yi bit down hard on her lower lip.
Flying Tiger immediately shook her head at Jiang Che. "She’s just a kid. She worships heroes too much, that’s why she said that."
Jiang Che only looked back at Yi blandly.
"Don’t put her in any group. From now on, she’ll live alone in the territory—as a team of her own."
"She’ll have to work for her food herself, exchanging points she earns for it," Jiang Che withdrew his gaze. Now everyone in the territory was split into different teams to fulfill their tasks, and each mission’s reward was quite generous.
The bus system had already accumulated some resources and was in trial operation.
Soon it would officially come into use, and Jiang Che’s territory would start seeing real income.
But Yi had only just regained her legs—she was still an ordinary person. If no team took her in, life would be especially hard in the territory.
"She needs points for food too?" Flying Tiger was slightly startled. Right now everyone in the territory was provided three meals a day for free.
With her build, there was hardly anything Yi could do here.
If a points system was set up just for her, Flying Tiger was afraid she’d one day starve in the Dungeon.
"Mm."
"Isn’t this simple?" Jiang Che said, walking into the territory’s interior, no longer responding to Flying Tiger.
Yi watched Jiang Che’s departing figure, saying nothing.
Flying Tiger looked at the girl who barely reached her shoulder and couldn’t help patting her head.
"The Lord is kind at heart. If you really can’t make it, he’ll lift the restriction for you."
"Or you could go apologize to him now, then you’ll be able to join a group, people will take care of you, and when Energy Pearls are distributed, you’ll be able to grow faster."
"I don’t want that—I want to prove myself!" Yi said, biting down on her teeth.
Flying Tiger was momentarily stunned, looking into Yi’s determined eyes.
After a moment’s silence, she sighed. "If you can’t take it in the future, remember to come to me."
"Follow that man; he’ll take you to the living quarters. There are lots of empty rooms—you can pick whichever you want." While speaking, Flying Tiger waved her hand at a man hauling Dark Wood nearby. He jogged over immediately.
"Flying Tiger Sister, what’s up?"
"This kid, take her to the living quarters, let her live wherever she wants."
"OK! Flying Tiger Sister, from now on she’s with our team!" The man grinned, unconcerned.
The reward system here in Jiang Che’s camp was very thorough; every completed task would yield the basic number of Energy Pearls, with the rest distributed according to contribution.
No one here dared to claim another’s work as their own, and there was a dedicated inspection team as well.
So bringing an extra kid didn’t affect the team’s reward distribution at all.
With her in the team, she could always get the basic Energy Pearl allocation.
"No, what I mean is, once you take her to the rest area, you don’t have to look after her anymore."
"She’s on her own."