Lu Qing checked on the others and saw Zhu Yu sitting grandly under a tree, so he walked straight over to her, reaching out to pull her up from the ground.
"Springtime is not for sitting on the ground, now that we are in Jin Country, it isn't as warm as Lan Country, the ground is cold and damp, sitting directly will make you catch a cold." He held Zhu Yu's hand, trying to pull her up, but felt she was clearly exerting force downward, seemingly unwilling to get up.
"Don't pull, don't pull..." Zhu Yu shook her head, glanced furtively at the others in the distance, and said in a somewhat embarrassed whisper, "It seems like my legs got chafed while riding during the journey, they hurt terribly."
Lu Qing was startled; they had been traveling in haste recently, and Zhu Yu suffered a lot, visibly growing more haggard, even her disguise had to be reapplied secretly at night due to her weight loss leading to wrinkles.
He had seen all of this, feeling quite heartbroken, yet helpless.
