“Thank you. Thank you for staying and helping us.”
Leo suddenly burst into tears. His tears streamed down as he wiped them. He looked pitiful, but Xu Yangyi didn’t despise him.
“You are embarrassing me. Quit crying.”
Xu Yangyi knew why Leo cried, but Xu Yangyi didn’t do this to make people grateful to him.
“I won’t forget your great kindness for the rest of my life.” Leo kept crying.
“Come on. I know. But don’t remember me for the rest of your life. It’s creepy.”
Xu Yangyi joked with Leo. He looked at He Jingyan with a frown. “My identity… What is my identity?”
He didn’t believe that he had special identity, but He Jingyan’s anger made him suspicious.
“Kastra is at his wit’s end and he makes things up. What special identity can you have? Ah, there is one, my wife.”
He Jingyan knew Xu Yangyi would ask him, so he had prepared for it and replied calmly.
“Who is your wife? I have a name. I’m Xu Yangyi.”
“Don’t try to fool me. Will you get so angry if he makes up lies?” Xu Yangyi was annoyed.
He didn’t get distracted away from the topic by He Jingyan.
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Leo. He works for Kastra, and he knows about it.” He Jingyan pointed at Leo.
“Leo?” Xu Yangyi sized Leo up. “Kastra can’t possibly tell a small potato like Leo about such things.”
‘Is he trying to change the topic again? There must be something wrong.’
“He is not a small potato.” He Jingyan turned to Leo and said, “Tell my wife your military rank.”
Leo stared at them for a while before he replied in confusion, “I’m a first lieutenant.”
“A First Lieutenant? him? No wonder Country C is beaten up.”
Xu Yangyi was straightforward, not caring about how Leo felt.
His words dealt a blow to Leo, who was going to cry again.
“Stop crying. It’s annoying. Are you made of water?”
Xu Yangyi shouted at Leo impatiently.
Leo dried his eyes and said, “No, my country is near the desert.”
“You…”
It was the first time that Xu Yangyi had been baffled by someone.
“Forget it. I don’t want to know about this. You won’t tell me about it anyway, so I don’t want to figure it out. Find a place for me to take a rest. I’m almost burnt to death. We are in the middle of nowhere. There is not even a tree to provide a shade.”
Xu Yangyi complained as he rolled up his sleeves and looked at his red arm.
“I’m sorry, there’s nothing in my country. There are only deserts,” said Leo in a sobbing voice.
Xu Yangyi suddenly had an urge to punch Leo to silence him.
“I feel exhausted talking to you.” Xu Yangyi felt thirsty.
“He Jingyan, carry me on your back. My feet are sore, and my throat is dry.” The heat was so intense that he got impatient.
He Jingyan felt tired too, but he stooped down and carried Xu Yangyi on his back as he was told. He took off his jacket and covered Xu Yangyi to block the scorching sun.
“I feel alive now.”
Xu Yangyi felt much better when he didn’t have to walk and had a jacket to shield him from the sun.
He lay on He Jingyan’s back and hugged his neck tightly.
“We’ll be there very soon. Hold on.”
Leo was panting and sweating. Country C was near the desert, and the temperature in the daytime could reach 110° Fahrenheit.
Yan Chengyu found it difficult to trek in the desert. After all, Country H was a country with a moderate climate.