Vol 8 Chapter 37 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 37: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WINDS (4)

Lu Meng POV

“Ah~ So cold~”She softly said and I looked down and saw a head of red-brown hair beneath a pet.i.te tiger hat.

Hai… Who was it that said our lord has grown? She’s still the same as she was a few weeks ago.

“Well of course I am.” I’m not dry yet after all, “My lord should get off quickly or you will catch a cold.” I said and grabbed hold of my lord’s shoulders and pried her off of me. Ah… My lord is getting taller. She was still shorter than me by a bit a while ago but now she’s already caught up.

Personally speaking, it’s a little painful.

“My lord, behaving like this is too unbecoming.” A sharp voice came from inside, a voice that invoked fear in me just by hearing it.

Of course, it wasn’t just me who got chills from hearing it. My lord at this time was standing stock still with her eyes wavering.

“T, teacher Zhang Zhao, I was just expressing my friendliness, that’s all…” My lord said as light footsteps could be heard.

The curtains parted and Zhang Zhao stuck her head out of the room, “Even so, you must be mindful of appearances… Come inside first, my lord.”

My lord rigidly turned with the same expression on her face and met Zhang Zhao’s eyes before she went in.

“Lord Zhang Zhao.” I naturally met Zhang Zhao’s eyes and hurriedly bowed and saluted her.

“Lord Lu Meng.” She was shorter than me so she had to raise her eyes to meet mine as she bowed. Yet, I still felt as though her gaze delivered a pressure on me as though she was the one looking down. Perhaps this is her aura.

“Let’s leave the pleasantries aside. Please come in, everyone.” Zhang Zhao said as she went back in without saying anything else.

“… This is–” Gan Ning asked. I can’t see what her expression is like but I can guess that she is very surprised by what she saw.

“Ah, she’s Zhang Zhao Zhang Zi Bu. She is perhaps the greatest in all of Jiangdong.”

“She probably isn’t very old right?”

“Un… That topic is best left for when we are alone.” I don’t want Gan Ning to make any guesses, especially about her age. To be honest, I myself don’t know how old Zhang Zhao is. But I can be sure that her age is far beyond how she looks, and it wouldn’t even be strange if her actual age is several times that.

As for the rest, they seemed rather troubled.

“It’s like we came here to be scolded by her…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Ling Tong. Even Lord Sun Jing did not dare to say too much to Lord Zhang Zhao.”

“Ah, it feels like we’re in a battlefield.”

“She wouldn’t be docking our salary, would she… Zhu Zhi and Zhu Ran did lose quite a lot of troops after all so she might get us to compensate for that.”

These people… Why are they so… What do I do now? I feel a little trepidation as well.

Just when I was about to be fully infected by their atmosphere, Zi Jing patted my shoulders and said to me with a smile, “It’s fine. It’s really alright this time.”

He even said ‘this time’… Bad memories are beginning to replay in my head.

I looked at Zi Jing, and he nodded at me.

Fine, I’ll believe you this once.

And thereafter, I gingerly parted the curtains. I was planning on looking about inside for a while but found that the room was dark inside and I couldn’t make out what was inside so I parted the curtains a little more so that there was more light.

Eh… Why am I being like this!

In the end, I gave in to my temper and completely opened the curtains as I stepped in.

Just when I entered, there was an ‘wu!’ that gave a fright.

All the windows opened at once, and light and fresh air wafted in. Only now was I able to see what was in the room.

There were no scrolls, nor were there guards. Just banquet seats.

“Welcome back!!” My lord at the main seat yelled out as the generals who had already seated along both sides gave me a raucous applause.

I looked over, and saw that the ones clapping were Zhu Zhi and Zhu Ran who came before us and Zhang Zhao from before.

“This is…”

“We were planning to give all of you who have achieved merits this time a grand welcome but our lord was too excited and ran out, ruining the surprise.” Zhang Zhao said as she flicked her long, white hair. Surprisingly, she had a wide smile on her as she said so.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Zhang Zhao’s smile.

“Hehehe, I nearly gave it all away.” Our lord rocked about her seat happily as she said so, not reflecting on her actions at all. Oh well, it wasn’t much anyway, I thought as I went to sit at the first seat on the left aisle.

“You both came here pretty quickly huh,” I said to Zhu Zhi and Zhu Ran as I sat down.

“Yes, Lord Zhou Yu notified us ahead of time and got us to come here earlier and wait for you.”

“I see…”