章節 133: Chapter 132 On the Road

Shivering from the cold, Scholar Lv was woken up. He looked groggily toward the campfire and noticed that Fire Heart was almost extinguished, prompting him to cast an annoyed glance at the dog boy responsible for night watch.

He saw the thin-faced, monkey-cheeked fellow nodding off, head drooping, clearly already asleep.

However, Scholar Lv didn't dare go over and scold him, as his father had already given him a heads-up.

These people were to be his future bodyguards. If he wanted to continue following them, he couldn't have any conflicts and needed to be cautious in his dealings with them.

With dissatisfaction plastered on his face, Scholar Lv got up, added enough wood to the fire, then crawled back under the covers.

But just as he had closed his eyes and hardly dozed off for a few seconds, he felt his father prodding him with a smoking pipe.

"Hey thin boy, quickly wake up and fetch water from the river. Dawn is breaking."