Vol 8 Chapter 2 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 2: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE PROLOGUE OF VOLUME 8 (2)

Meng De POV

“Eavesdropping isn’t a good habit.”

“I only heard what was said at the end. Don’t worry.”

Seeing that I couldn’t pretend that I didn’t hear her, I smiled, and faced that person, “You’re not asleep yet huh, Ben Chu.”

Ben Chu walked out from the darkness, her golden hair dazzling under the moonlight, “The moon is full and bright today. Sleeping past this beautiful night sky would be a waste so I brought my little sister out for a stroll.”

Only then did I realise that beside Ben Chu was another head of long golden hair that dazzled similarly without losing out to Ben Chu’s at about the height of her waist.

“So Lord Yuan Shu is here too, I apologise for my rudeness.” I bowed toward Yun Shu on her wheelchair.

“Hmph!”

I looked at her and saw that she didn’t look too happy under the moonlight, and she was frowning with a tight expression on her face. Though she was younger by quite a few years than Ben Chu, her aura did not seem much less than Ben Chu and she would probably grow to be like her elder sister soon.

Except that she would be confined to a wheelchair.

“Dare I ask how Lord Yuan Shu’s injury is doing?”

“Not good.” Yuan Shu answered simply and plainly, without any courteous words added in.

“Meng De need not worry about my little sister’s injury. I will find the best physician to treat her.” She said as she pushed the wheelchair over to where I was, “But we’ll be having a nice long chat when it comes time to dividing Liaodong.”

“Naturally. Your little sister’s grievous injury will be considered where appropriate.” I smiled as I said plainly. Speaking in tongues isn’t my style after all.

“Hmph, that’s just empty talk.”

“Aiya, you saw through me huh.” I honestly admitted. As expected of my bosom buddy who’s known me since young.

“We’ll do it fairly when the time comes. It’s not as if my side’s merits are inferior to yours.”

Ben Chu may have said so, but I could feel her anger from her tight grip on the handle of the wheelchair. Anger for her lost Ji state troops, and anger for her little sister’s injury. I know full well how much she cares for her subordinates and her little sister after Guandu and Wuhuan. So if she insists on dividing the spoils but how much she has had to sacrifice, then she will get most of our gains since her forces bore the brunt of the damage.

But Ben Chu’s pride wouldn’t allow her to do that. Her desire to compete with me fairly wouldn’t allow her to do so.

“Alright, I got it. We’ll do it fairly then.” I agreed with her and smiled before turning and heading back to my room. By the way, I’m actually fine with giving her most of our gains since I have my own ways of getting them back eventually.

“Ah, Meng De.” Just then, Ben Chu stopped me all of a sudden.

“Un?” I turned back and saw her fidgeting about and she seemed like a totally different person. She seemed… Just like a normal girl.

“Umm, is Liu Yu Zhou now at Jing state?” She asked softly, without the usual strength and airs in her voice, making her seem a lot weaker than how she usually seems.

“Big sister, please get a grip on yourself.”

“I-I-I, I do! I’m more normal than ever!”