Vol 7 CH Extra 3 (2/2)

— Could it actually be my family’s Ah Man?

Wu… Please, stop thinking about it.

“Hai~”

Un? Just then, Meng De let out a sigh beside me. When I looked at her, I found that though she was still smiling, her brows were creased, and she’d bent over as though she was really tired out.

“I’d told father not to ask any weird questions beforehand but in the end he still asked you some questions that weren’t easy to answer right?” Meng De said as she turned to look at me.

And it was precisely because Meng De’s guess was perfectly on the mark that I didn’t know how I should respond, and could only nod my head timidly.

“Relax, I won’t ask. Though I can largely guess what he asked.” Meng De said and sighed once more, though her smile never withdrew, “You too. I told you to just give some casual answers.”

“I’m sorry,” I did indeed forget what Meng De said back then, “But I really couldn’t give casual answers to what your father asked. It feels like… I had to respond seriously.”

“Ah,” When she heard this, Meng De turned away and didn’t let me see her face, “Is that so.”

“Yes.” I nodded, “But I’m really sorry about this. I gave you so many problems even after you took the trouble to invite me here.”

“Ah, no no no.” Meng De turned back to face me slightly, and waved her hands, “There aren’t any problems or trouble. It was father who wanted you to come and it’s the best if you weren’t troubled.”

“It wasn’t any trouble.” I said, and then thought of something and smiled, “But when Meng De came to me all of a sudden and asked me to meet your father, I thought it was like a meeting with the parents before a wedding.”

“Is that so? Well if you want to think of it that way, you can.”

“… Eh?”

What did Meng De just say?

“No, nothing. Just a joke.” As she said so, Meng De moved her hands to her back and closed her eyes as she looked down with a really sweet smile on her.

Hu…

“You always have such a serious look on when you joke.”

But really, how could Liu Bei and Cao Cao be family members? That’s impossible.

Un?

“Ah!”

“Un? What’s the matter, Xuan De?” Meng De turned and looked at me when she heard my cry.

“I brought your bowl out, Meng De.”

Only now did I realise that I still had the bowl of porridge that Xiahou Yuan gave me. In my panicked state just now, I brought it along with me.

“Ah, that works well.” Meng De seemed happy at this, and turned and pointed behind me.

What’s there?

Ah… I turned back and found that there was a good view of the moon in this street. Though the street wasn’t as broad as the courtyard, it was still a decent view.

“We can share this bowl of porridge as we view the moon here with just the 2 of us.” Meng De said with a broad smile as she went to a stone ledge nearby and sat down.

That, was a good idea.

“Is it alright if you don’t go back?” I asked as I walked over and sat beside Meng De.

“It’s fine. If I go back, I’ll just be questioned by my family.”

“Questioned?”

“Never mind.” Meng De said, and continued to view the moon. She reached out with 1 hand and took the spoon which she delivered to her mouth, “Un~ It’s good.”

I looked at Meng De and seeing that she had no intention of continuing from the topic before, decided to leave it be as well. You only get problems from asking after certain things after all.

And so, Meng De and I enjoyed the midautumn moon that night.

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