Vol 7 Chapter 38 (1/2)

VOLUME 7 CHAPTER 38: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A SHORT STAY AT XIANGYANG (7)

Liu Bei POV

“Imperial Uncle, please continue this way.” “Be careful of where your footing and take care not to trip over any protruding stones and die. Hmph!”

Wu… The moment I reached the entrance of the residence, I found that the twin sisters were waiting for me there. When they saw me, they used very different words to welcome me in.

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue. To be honest, I still can’t quite differentiate who is who. But I do feel that these 2 are rather dangerous people and are difficult to approach so I decided to keep my distance from them for now.

“My lord, my lord.”

“Un?” I turned back, and saw that my ‘attendant’ was at a loss.

“Is it really alright for you to bring me amongst all the generals you have?”

“What’s not alright?” I tilted my head, as though I didn’t understand what she was trying to imply, “You’re talented in both administration and martial arts. You may have forgotten the latter, but I still remember it very clearly.”

“Wu…” Looks like my words have troubled her again. But if it’s now, a little bit of incitement should be fine.

I looked at the rather reserved, short girl in front of me, and still couldn’t feel any familiarity. Zhang Yi De has not returned to my side yet. This was within expectations though this whole affair wasn’t.

The reason why I chose to bring her along is because she is actually a rather capable administrative official now. I also wanted to get a little closer to her through this.

Whether it was the her now, or the her who I lost.

“Let’s go.”

I said, and reached out to grab Yi De’s hand, but felt that it would be inappropriate to do so, and patted her shoulders instead before stepping in first.Thereafter, Yi De’s footsteps could be heard from behind. It made me feel a little sad hearing how uncharacteristically solid her footfalls were.

But it’s still better than nothing, I thought, as I caught up the sisters in front, and bowed, “Thank you both for today.”

The one with the more relaxed expression turned around and smiled at me, “Imperial Uncle, please mind your position and not say anything to my lord that is outside of what you ought to in your position. No matter what my lord chooses to speak with you today.”

When she finished, she covered her mouth and laughed. Her laugh didn’t seem friendly in the least to me. In fact, I got gooseb.u.mps hearing it.

“Elder sister, you need not speak too much with him,” Her little sister beside added, with a look of disgust, “Imperial Uncle, at the end of the day, you’re just an outsider and know nothing about Jing state. My lord treats you as his own brother but the people of Jing state do not think much of this. So please, watch yourself.”

“Isn’t this a little inappropriate of you?” I instinctively shot back as it felt a little too much.

“Hmph! You best not have any evil designs.” She seemed unhappy at my protest, and continued even further, “Imperial Uncle’s troops outside the city have been practicing siege tactics. This much, we are aware. So I hope your troops can watch themselves as well.”

Wu… I can’t refute this at all.

I didn’t respond to this immediately, as I still keenly remember what Gong You said last night. Whether they were practicing with taking Jing state in mind or not, I felt that it wasn’t right or them to say that. But at the same time, I can’t argue this. The more I tried, the worse it would get.

But at the end of the day, all they said was for the good of Jing state, and Liu Biao. So it’s clear that they are loyal retainers.