Vol 7 Chapter 42 (1/2)

VOLUME 7 CHAPTER 42: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS MARCHING INTO JIANGXIA (3)

Liu Bei POV

Jing state’s night scenery is as beautiful as ever. The half-crescent moon hung in the night sky that was untainted by artificial lights and was dotted by stars, making it seem like a lonely boat floating amongst the sea of stars.

When I moved, so did the moon. When the moon moved, so did the night sky. In the end, everything moved together. As the saying goes, it’s not the wind nor the flag but the observer who is moved. Looks like that saying is not without basis.

And so, I s.h.i.+fted my gaze back to the horizon. In front of me stood 2 women. Even though all I saw were their back, I could easily identify them.

The only girl I knew who wore tight fit clothing with her hair tied up in twin tails is just Liu Qi after all. As for the Tao robe wearing fellow, besides Hua Tuo, it can only be Yi Ji.

But… Even though I know who they are, I still don’t know why we have to walk on this empty street.

Come out, we have to talk. Just uncle.

Liu Qi told me these words the moment we met, which really was as uninformative as things can get. And so I followed her out, and found that Yi Ji was there too. They both had difficult expressions on them, and I could guess why, but didn’t feel like I should broach the topic and just followed behind them.

And just like that, we’ve been walking in Jing state city’s outskirts for a very long while now. During this period, they haven’t said a word and just continued walking. As for what those 2 were thinking or how they felt now, I have no clue at all. I got so bored that I began to indulge in fancy descriptions of the scenery like before.

But my patience has run dry.

“Liu Qi, that’s enough… If you have something to say then say it.” I said. I felt Yi Ji’s glance but I tried my best not to notice it.

Liu Qi continued to take a few more steps before she stopped and looked about.

“Looks like those people aren’t out today huh. But that makes sense. They can’t be too brazen today after all.” Liu Qi muttered to herself. I couldn’t make sense of this, however. Liu Qi then turned around and looked at me. She then bowed before she finally spoke to me.

“I apologise for this. Someone wishes for the deaths of uncle and I so I decided to wait things out for a while to see if they would act.” As she said so, Liu Qi shot Yi Ji a glance. Yi Ji seemed to understand, and left immediately.

My death huh, could Feng Xian’s a.s.sa.s.sin be one of those Liu Qi spoke of?

“What is it? Has uncle met them already?”

“Ah, you can say that.”

“Did you get hurt?”

“No, I’m fine. I just got a warning.”

“Oh? Haha…” When I finished, she lightly laughed before shaking her head and looking at me with a helpless smile.

“Uncle, you’ve already been warned yet you still nonchalantly came out to meet me? Most people would have turned me down or thought about it first, no?”

“Eh?”

I really hadn’t thought about it that way… Or perhaps I’d never thought about the likelihood that Liu Bei would get killed here.