Vol 7 Chapter 5 (2/2)

I softly replied. Bo Fu has been very good to her troops, her companions and even me who is down and out. And she hasn’t even complained about her father at all. This is probably how the kindness of people who are usually stern looks like.

“Is Xuan De done with business? Have you been waiting for long?” Just as I was quietly thinking about Bo Fu and Sun Quan, Feng Xian’s voice came from behind. What a coincidence.

“Ah, not too long.” I opened my eyes and faced Feng Xian with a more jovial expression, “Where did you…”

I was about to ask Feng Xian where she went but I saw an innumerable number of scratches all over her armour as though she was just in a fight.

Hu… Hu…

Haa…

“Tai Tai! Qin Qin! Did you both go for a run?!”

And behind her was Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were both pale as a sheet and gasping for air. No wonder I hadn’t heard them speak before.

What the heck happened?!

As I sat on the carriage with Feng Xian and left Sun Quan’s residence, the sky was already dark and only then did I realise that though I did almost nothing in this trip, quite an amount of time had pa.s.sed.

As for what went on between Feng Xian and the other 2, I hadn’t raised the issue yet. I didn’t know how to broach the topic, and I was also afraid that what went on was exactly as I guessed and asking about it in front of them would embarra.s.s them.

And so only after leaving the carriage did I dare to sk, “Feng Xian, did you… spar with those 2 somewhere?”

I meant to say ‘fight’ but changed the term midway instead.

When she heard me say this, Feng Xian looked helpless as she scowled and gave a ‘hmph’, “Let me be clear with this, they came looking for trouble first.”

I haven’t said anything yet though… And doesn’t that mean you did fight? Of course, I had no intention of admonis.h.i.+ng her in the first place.

“Then you let them off easy?” I asked hopefully.

The 2 of them looked very exhausted earlier but they didn’t seem to have any injuries. Personally, I hoped that they weren’t hurt badly as it would be very troublesome otherwise.

“Leaving aside whether I showed them mercy or not, relying on my techniques was enough to face them both.”

Techniques?

Going by reputation alone, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are 2 of the more well-known Wu generals. If I could, I would have liked to see how the fight went.

“From what you said, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin aren’t very impressive people then?”

This topic happened to be up Feng Xian’s street as she began to speak flowingly, “The shortie’s feints are too obvious so after a few times, I can predict her moves entirely. The big one uses big movements so it’s easy for me to dodge them. But given their level of skill, most warrior generals wouldn’t be their match. Leaving aside everything else, they were actually able to read most of my moves.”

“Then if you have to face them again, are you confident of winning?”

“Absolute ma.s.sacre!”

What a prompt answer. She said so much about their abilities but she had absolute confidence in this, and she even flicked her thumb across her neck.

“If you saw how they were like, you’d know. Their physical endurance was lacking and they were nervous in combat so they will lose in a long fight.” Feng Xian’s smile diminished a little as she said so, “But there will always be interruptions on the battlefield so killing those 2 will be difficult.”

Ma.s.sacre… You don’t have to go that far, do you? I thought as I looked at Feng Xian.

It’s been a while since I saw a duel so I forgot what Feng Xian was like. When you think about it, shouldn’t Lu Bu Lu Feng Xian be battle-hungry like this?

“Stop drinking, you’ve drank a lot already.”

Un? Just then, 2 figures could be seen under the light of a torch up ahead to the right. One was supporting the other and it was clear that they were out for drinks and the one being supported was drunk.

This wasn’t something unusual so I didn’t pay them too much heed.

“… No, I want to drink!”

Until the drunk one spoke up.

If I’m not wrong, that voice should be Bo Fu’s.

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