Vol 6 Chapter 8 (1/2)
VOLUME 6 CHAPTER 8: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A LONG JOURNEY (4)
Feng Xian POV
The night gradually retreated and the skies brightened up. But because it wasn’t comfortable sleeping on the beach, my body was still plagued with fatigue and it was difficult to keep my eyes open. Currently, I was sitting cross-legged on a round stump beside the bonfires, rocking back and forth to fight my sleepiness.
“Here, my lord.” I opened my eyes when I heard Wen Yuan’s voice come from the side and saw her bending down on my left with a wooden tray in her hands. On the tray was a clay bowl of water and some dried meat strips.
“Ah, thanks Wen Yuan.” I yawned and took the tray with 1 hand and placed it on the ground. I took the clay bowl and drank some of the hot water before dipping my other hand into the bowl and dabbing my eyes.
I then set down the bowl and picked up some dried meat and bit into it. After crossing the Yellow River, the meat became damp and was difficult to bite into. After chewing it for a bit, I found that the taste was also worse off. But whatever the case, having something to eat is better than nothing after all.
“Red Hare…” I called softly and loosened my breastplate, revealing Red Hare’s furry body. I placed the meat at Red Hare’s mouth and Red Hare tried to tear away the piece of meat by moving its head about as he bit down on it like a little wolf.
“Ha~~” I s.h.i.+vered and exhaled as I watched Red Hare’s cuteness and felt healed, “So cold~”
My body temperature has probably dropped because I was drenched.
“I can’t believe my lord has the cheek to say that~ Weren’t you sleeping really well while we were fighting to cross the Yellow River…” Wen Yuan admonished me when she saw my tardy look after she came back from bringing food to the la.s.ses.
“Ah~ My head hurts~ The hangover from 2 days ago isn’t gone yet~ Un, I should go and rest.”
“Don’t try and run my lord (Feng Xian)… I might just report this to our lord (Liu Bei).”
*Shock* Wh, what, how could this sort of reason scare me?
“Our lord (Liu Bei) might be put off by your indolence and refrain from using my lord (Feng Xian) if anything happens~”
— What? Feng Xian didn’t show her valiant and heroic side at a time like this? How disappointing! I thought you were dependable!
Wu… What the heck is appearing in my head…
“… Wen Yuan, how dare you backstab your lord.”
“My lord will definitely understand if she has to endure being engulfed by the Yellow River water for almost 1 whole day.”
Wen Yuan pouted, and seemed very displeased with me. It’s not that I wanted to escape work. I really did drink too much and was completely knocked out after that. I really couldn’t help it.
“Alright, I got it. Take it that I owe you all a favour then.”
Sometimes, you just got to give way. And I did slack off after all.
“Un, that’s my good lord.” Wen Yuan rolled up her sleeves and flashed her pa.s.sionate and refres.h.i.+ng smile when she heard my words.
In any case, now that we’ve crossed the Yellow River, our trip from here on out should be smoother and easier.
“Big sis Lu big sis Lu~” Just then, the little la.s.s came running over to me.
But big sis Lu huh? That doesn’t sound bad at all. If I remember correctly, this la.s.s with braided tails should be Lord Mi Zhu’s little sister right? What was her name again…
“Wh, what is the matter?” I was rather nervous at seeing her come running over to me as I hadn’t really spoken much with her.
Should I be trying to make my gaze softer?
“My lord, that expression of yours right now is truly horrific.”
… I think I’ll return my gaze to normal.
The braided la.s.s came running with a *dadada* until she came before me, and looked about before she asked, “Excuse me, have you seen big sis Guan?”
Un? Guan Yu huh? Come to think of it, I haven’t…
I looked about as well.
“The ones on watch duty late last night were Lord Guan Yu and Liao Hua, could they still be sleeping now?”
“B, but when we went to find big sis Guan this morning, we didn’t see her~”
“Un… That’s strange then. Could they have gone ahead to scout the area?” I said as I calmly drank the water in the clay bowl. It was her after all, so there can’t be any issues.
“Leaving aside the whereabouts of Lord Guan Yu, can I pose a question?”
“Un? What’s the matter my lord?”
“I want to ask,” I stood up before I continued, “Who is this behind me?”
There was a masked woman who was tied up and out cold behind the stump I was sitting on.
“Eeek~~~”
“Who is that fellow!!”
Leaving aside the little la.s.s, why is Wen Yuan freaking out too…
—
Now then–
*Pu*~
“Haa!”
I took a basin filled with ice-cold river water and splashed it on the black-clothed masked woman’s face, and she seemed like she came back to life and breathed heavily as though she just emerged from a dive.
“Wu~”
“Don’t come here little la.s.s, this fellow is dangerous.”