Vol 6 Chapter 25 (1/2)
VOLUME 6 CHAPTER 25: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A REUNION WITH SUN CE (2)
Liu Bei POV
I should have expected this.
As I looked at Bo Fu who had a look of gleeful success on her face, I felt weak as I thought about how her prank riled us up so much.
“Lord Sun Ce, what are you…” Yun Chang hurriedly dismounted and walked over to Bo Fu with her horse. She probably dismounted as it felt that it would be disrespectful to question Bo Fu whilst she was still on a horse.
“I’m sorry Lord Guan Yu. Please rest easy, we did not bring our army.” Bo Fu understood what Yun Chang wanted to ask and immediately saluted her as a gesture to express her apology. After that, she clapped and several people appeared out of the shrubbery.
There are quite a few familiar faces.
“Xuan De, we meet again!”
“Everyone! It’s been a while!”
The 2 girls, a warrior with twin hookswords and a warrior with twin spears, that appeared before us struck up respectful poses.
“You both haven’t changed huh.” I said as I called out to the 2 of them, “– Lu Meng, Tais.h.i.+ Ci.”
A fair bit of time has pa.s.sed since we fought together against Yuan Shu. Lu Meng still had the same braided ponytail and she was wearing her sky blue clothing with a red armband as she did then. Apart from her hair which has grown out a little more, she seems almost the same as when I last saw her. Tais.h.i.+ Ci was also pretty much unchanged. She had the same kind smile on, and didn’t seem to have grown any taller, and still used her hands to support her twin spears hanging behind.
I didn’t think these 2 would be here to receive us as well.
“Oi, Gong Jin, the instigator behind all this shouldn’t be hiding anymore, come out now!”
“Eh? Lord Zhou Yu is here as well?”
“That’s right,” Just then, Zhou Yu came out into the open and covered her mouth with her fan, “I have to show face for Imperial Uncle after all.”
Zhou Yu gave me a slight smile as she bowed while a breeze lifted her veil. The short stuff still felt as domineering as always.
“Though you said that, this isn’t too friendly of us right… Ouch!” A rare male came out from behind Zhou Yu and got a vicious elbow blow from Zhou Yu just as he said a few words with a smile and fell to the ground.
“This is…”
“I’ll introduce you, this idiot is called Lu Su, no need to bother about him.”
“Lu Su?!”
Lu Su is actually a guy? This thought flashed in my head but after I thought about it, I realised this was actually normal. Looks like I completely accepted the logic of this world.
As I laughed bitterly at myself, Lu Su had gotten up and came over to me to greet me with a salute and bow, “Greetings Imperial Uncle. I am Lu Su Lu Zi Jing, and I joined after the battle with Yuan Shu. I look forward to getting to know you.”
“Ah ah, yes so do I.” I hurriedly replied. Because of how informal he was in demeanor, I forgot the rules of this era for a moment and extended my hand to shake his. Only when I saw a baffled expression on his face did I hurriedly retract my hand and salute him.
Saluting is an art, especially when meeting people for the first time. Yun Chang had said that it was normal to hold the salute for a longer time when meeting people for the first time and one could use this time to size up the other side and make a first judgement.
To me, I try not to size up women in detail as much as possible but since there was finally a man appearing, it should be fine for me to do so.
Lu Su wasn’t tall, and his clothing was simple. He had tied his hair back haphazardly into a short tail and he had a little stubble on him. All in all, he looked like a slovenly person. But when you think about it, his demeanor does fit my impression of Lu Su as a mild and amiable person. The feeling I get from him is very different from the mean-eyed Bo Fu and Zhou Yu, who is always thinking. To put it simply, he’s a lot more approachable.
Or should I say, as expected of Lu Su.
“Alright, you can get lost now.” Zhou Yu stepped forward in front of Lu Su and swatted him with her fan until he left my field of vision and summoned 2 people out, “The ones that need to be introduced are these 2. The one with dark skin is Ding Feng, and the one on the other side with a strange hat is Xu Sheng.”
“I’m Ding Feng Ding Cheng Yuan.”
“Xu Sheng Xu Wen Xiang.”
“Greetings…” I was getting a little tired of this, but I still had to go through with the pleasantries. And since she took the trouble to introduce me, I ought to make sure I remember them.