Vol 7 Chapter 36 (2/2)

I turned around immediately and felt at ease at what I said, “What, so it’s Gong You huh. Please don’t scare people like that!”

“… I will take note of it in future.” Gong You said as she sincerely bowed, but I know that the same thing will happen again.

“Never mind, I’m getting used to it anyway.” I said, though I clearly wasn’t used to it at all, and hurriedly sat down to calm my nerves, “Gong You came out too huh?”

“It’s too noisy inside and it doesn’t suit me.”

I can agree with that.

“What are they doing inside?”

“Showing their moves. And talking nonsense.”

“Hahaha…” I laughed dryly as I looked at the residence which was getting rather noisy and began to feel a little worried.

It should be alright, right? There’s Yun Chang and the rest after all.

Un?

“Gong You, do you have something to say?”

“… Me?”

“Un, you look rather melancholic and serious.”

It isn’t obvious at all if you look at her but we’ve been together for so long that I can see Gong You’s eyebrows slightly tighter than usual. This means that she’s brooding about something.

When she realised that I saw through her, she cleared her throat and stood upright, “It’s a little late to be saying this, but when I think about it, it wasn’t a wise choice for my lord to go to where Sun Bo Fu and Sun Zhong Mou was.”

“It is a little late to be saying that…”

“… Un.” She lowered her head and bowed, and wiped her mouth with her sleeve and covered her mouth with it before she continued, “You and Liu Biao share the same lineage and Liu Biao treats my lord well. If we knew this, my lord should have come here directly instead. That would have prevented the Jing state generals’ tongues from wagging. Some of them are saying that we are serial turncoats.”

“Un… That does make sense.”

I should definitely have chosen to come here directly. I just unilaterally made a choice that I shouldn’t have made.

“… And I have something else to say that I’m not sure if I should.”

“Un?” I nodded at her so she would continue.

She paused for a moment, and then she bent down and placed her lips so close to my ear that they almost touched as she slowly said–

“… We’ve discussed this amongst the 3 of us before and we came to the same conclusion.” Gong You said, “My lord does not have a base, which this Jing state is suitable for. My lord should therefore seize Jing state. If need be, the troops outside the city can charge in any time.”

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