After the torrential rain, the mountain air was fresh, but what was annoying was the muddy ground; each step meant wet mud clinging to their shoes, which quickly added several pounds to their weight.
Fang Yi simply took off his shoes, put them in a bag, and tucked them into his travel pack before carrying Cai Qin on his back.
"You… put me down, it wouldn't look good being seen like this," Cai Qin said.
"At this point, you're still shy? Are you kidding me?" Fang Yi had no intention of putting her down.
Fang Yi had only suffered superficial injuries the night before, which were not much of an issue to him; on the contrary, it invigorated his spirit.
They were headed toward the Biological Research Institute and needed to cross over a mountain.
