Chapter 228

"Yeah," he lowered his head, smiling wryly. "Of course, you would be."

There was no one who wouldn't be exhausted, after experiencing what Xue had gone through.

"Besides that, it's not pleasant for you to recall those memories, right?" Xue added on.

"Do I seem that fragile to you?" K'xug questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Xue smirked. "Maybe."

K'xug shook his head with a smile.

"If it was back in the past, you would have nagged at me for being lazy for giving an excuse like that." Xue snorted, resuming his climb up the stairs.

"Because you were," K'xug sighed, following behind. "Who was the one throwing most of the workload to me the entire time, while he ran off and played the samaritan?"

"Yeah, yeah, it would have been better for you to be the Supreme--"

"Xue! K'xug!" Cecil called out.

The two men were almost at the top of the stairs, spinning around.

Hana waved at them in a sheepish manner.

"You need to take a look at Hana, quickly!"