“You’re being pretty clingy today.”
“Am I? It has been a whole month since I saw you. I’m running low of Jianinium, so I need to stick close to you to recharge. Are you complaining?”
“No. Of course not. Just making an observation.”
“Should I call you Captain Obvious then?”
“I’d rather you didn’t.”
The carriage trundled along the dirt road. It was a little bumpy, but Wu Jian didn’t mind as he, Wu Meiying, and Yōuměi sat inside. He absently brushed his fingers against the necklace hidden inside his hanfu. Hou Jingshu had given it to him before he left, and he never went anywhere without it.
The large black panther had one seat to herself. She lounged on the seat opposite him and Wu Meiying like an indulgent queen, though perhaps that was merely his perspective. Yōuměi was a very majest
