At first, Sophie was following closely behind Li Jing, but now she was already three to four meters away from him.
Li Jing turned around multiple times to check, and each time he saw Sophie's forehead covered with fine beads of sweat, her hair stuck to her cheeks with perspiration. But she still firmly insisted that she was okay, telling him not to worry.
However, seeing Sophie grow further and further away, her steps becoming increasingly heavy and unsteady, like each one exhausted all her strength, Li Jing finally stopped, no longer listening to her refusals.
He turned around, walked down to her, took her hand, and said, "No, there's at least another half an hour of journey ahead. How about setting up camp here? If you continue like this, your body won't take it."
Li Jing looked at Sophie; her clothes were full of dirt, her shoulder was scratched by a branch, and her hands bore several small cuts, bleeding slightly, while her legs slightly trembled from exhaustion.
