Vol 7 CH Extra 3 (1/2)
VOLUME 7 EXTRA STORY PART 3
*Pu*!
“*Ke* *Ke* *Ke* *Ke* …”
“Aiyaya, Lord Liu Bei, take your time to eat.”
Cao Song just whispered some incredible words into my ear which made me spit out the porridge I just placed in my mouth.
“Please wait, please wait,” I grabbed Cao Song’s arm and looked at him with bewildered eyes, “What, did you just say?”
Cao Song had a bright expression as he smiled at me, and came up close once more.
“I said that, since Lord Liu Bei doesn’t want anything, then what do you think about the Cao clan girls?” Cao Song said and smiled bitterly, “I’m not bragging when I say people from our clan are talented but all our girls are a little too strong-willed. They’re almost 20 but they don’t even have someone in mind yet. How about it?”
Cao Song elbowed me as he said so.
“No no no, how can I do that,” His elbow made me regain my senses but I was still rather awkward as I looked at them, and hurriedly shook my head, “Every one of them are good girls but I don’t know them well and–”
“If you don’t know them well, get to know them then. What’s so difficult about that?” Cao Song smiled as he stroked his beard, and then he seemed to have thought of something as he looked at me, “Ah, or could it be that Lord Liu Bei has someone in mind already? If that’s the case, then the old man won’t say any further.”
“Ah… No…”
Someone in mind for marriage huh? There are a lot of people by my side but if I had to say if I had someone in mind for that, then I don’t. I have very good relations with Yun Chang and Yi De but we’re sworn siblings after all. Personally, I’ve never considered getting married in this era either.
“— Could it actually be my family’s Ah Man?”
“… Eh?”
“Un? Was I on the mark?”
I looked at Cao Song who had an eager look on him.
Ah… No…
Or so I wanted to reply him, but from this angle, I could clearly see Meng De from here and when I saw her face, it was difficult for me to say this.
“Er… Umm…”
“How about it, how about it?” Cao Song was like a kid as he looked at me eagerly and pestered me profusely.
But how should I answer this…
“Father, apologies for interrupting your conversation.”
All of a sudden, a voice came from the other side of Cao Song, and the tense atmosphere was slightly alleviated. Cao Song and I looked over, and saw that the one who spoke was Meng De herself.
“Meng… Meng De?” The tension I had wasn’t completely dispelled and so when I saw Meng De speak to us, I felt anxious. As for Meng De, she looked at me and gave her signature confident smile.
“Man’er, what is it?”
“Father, I think Xuan De is tired. Why don’t I send him home?”
“Eh?”
Tired? I looked at Meng De, and saw that her smile hadn’t changed and understood what she meant,
“Ah, right, right, right. I am indeed rather tired today.” I didn’t bother with trying to put up a convincing act as just saying these words was already difficult enough.
“I see~” Cao Song said as he looked at me and stroked his beard. After a moment of silence, he smiled at me.
“It’s alright. We have a lot of time in future.” As he said so, he turned to Meng De, “Man’er, make sure you get along well with Lord Liu Bei in future as well.”
As for Meng De, her smile was still there and didn’t waver.
“… Yes, father. I know.” After a moment, Meng De replied, and then she got up and walked over to me.
“Xuan De, let’s go back.”
“Ah… Oh.” I got up and didn’t even salute and bow, and walked out briskly with Meng De almost as if I was trying to escape.
After I got past the screen wall, I felt a lot more at ease, and by the time I got out and into the streets, I felt alright again. I was still rather troubled though as the question that Cao Song asked me continued to swirl in my mind.