Vol 5 Chapter 9 (2/2)

Sunlight momentarily poured in through the open curtains and soon stopped after the curtains closed once more.

I heaved a sigh of relief after Xu You left. Though Xu You doesn’t seem like a very impressive person, I don’t want to treat her like someone who deserves pity as Xu You is probably someone with great potential.

“Xuan De!”

“Ah?!” Just as I was deep in though with my eyes closed, a shrill cry interrupted me.

I opened my eyes to see a beautiful face just centimeters away from mine. Beneath that face, her clothing which seemed like it was lined with gold gleamed in the meagre light in the tent.

“Ben, Ben Chu? What is it that you have come so early for…”

“I didn’t have a good sleep at all last night as I’ve been thinking about Tian Feng and Feng Ji!” Ben Chu said as she shook me by my shoulders, but this wasn’t helping me to understand why she came here.

I grasped her arms and tried to get her to calm down, “Umm, Ben Chu. So what is it that made you come here to early in the morning?” As I said so, I scooted over and gestured for Ben Chu to take a seat before saying any further.

“I was talking about Tian Feng and Feng Ji. Why can’t they get along?” Ben Chu said as she sat down heavily, her b.r.e.a.s.t.s jiggling as she did so; and crossed her legs and sighed as she supported her chin.

So that’s what she’s troubled about? I’d thought that Ben Chu wasn’t too bothered seeing as she looked the way she usually did yesterday. But it looks like she kept it inside her.

“How should I put it? I don’t think this problem can be solved.”

“Eh? Can’t be solved?”

“Un, if you really want to do something about it, then it’s you, Ben Chu, who needs to change.” I nodded and continued when I saw a look of puzzlement on Ben Chu, “As I said before, you have to be truly intimate with them.”

“Intimate… Huh.” Ben Chu sank into thought, probably about how she could go about being intimate with her subordinates, and then her cheeks reddened as she slowly muttered, “Why do I always have to do this…”

“As I said… If you really want to resolve the differences between your retainers, you must understand them as one of them.” I smiled as I poked her forehead, “But the little girl who just left does think that you are more approachable than before.”

“Un? Did someone just leave?”

… Ah. When Ben Chu said this, I recalled what Xu You said yesterday.

She can’t see me anymore,..

If Ben Chu were to return to how she was before, perhaps…

“Ben Chu, you may have neglected her all this while, but there is someone who has always been by your side.”

“Eh?”

“She spoke to me about a lot of things about your past, and let me know about a different you,” I said as I looked at Ben Chu, “If you were to return to how you were before, perhaps you might be able to be intimate with everyone.”

“Who is…” Ben Chu sank into deep thought and thought of who it was instantly.

And just then, a shout came from outside the tent–

“Xu You has betrayed us!!”

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