Vol 8 Chapter 49 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 49: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A TEMPORARY REUNION (2)

Liu Bei POV

Just as I’d mentioned before, the entire residence is actually very expansive. Even though there are quite a number of us and we’ll be living here for a rather protracted period of time, the only number of rooms and areas we actually utilise are about half. And so the rest were naturally left as they were.

Of course, since it’s only a temporary abode, there is no need for us to clean and clear up the areas we aren’t using.

However, cleaning up the so-called unused half of the residence has now become a necessary task. And the ones to complete it are us 4 returnees from Jiangxia.

“*Ke* *Ke* *Ke*~ Zhou Cang! Can you be a little more careful! Don’t you know you should sprinkle a little bit of water when you sweep!”

“You’re so noisy! Do your own work!”

“Will you both just quit it! If it weren’t for that d.a.m.ned scheme of yours, Chen Gong, we wouldn’t be subject to this punishment!”

Chen Dao was still in her usual role of defusing their arguments at first but she’s started to join in as well.

Hai… I sighed as I swept the floor with the broom, inadvertently breathing in copious amounts of dust flying about.

“Don’t slack off, Imperial Uncle. You’re also an accomplice so you must bear equal responsibility.”

“If it weren’t for your cajoling, I wouldn’t have done that!” I couldn’t help but to retort Chen Gong when she delivered a barb to me.

“Then Imperial Uncle could have come out earlier, no? Why did you have to wait for things to get so far before coming out?”

“Wu…” I couldn’t explain myself at this question as what she said was indeed right. If Mi Zhen hadn’t discovered me, I might still be there watching.

Ah… I gave a long sigh. Being punished wasn’t the main issue here. The main issue was whether this joke of ours was a little overboard.

In my mind, everyone’s eyes when they saw me came to mind once more. Eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

“Ah… We finally came back after so much difficulty! I was still thinking of having some good food too.”

“Be contented that all we have to clean is just the residence.”

“Chen Gong has no right to speak! If you hadn’t told me not to do anything and just remain silent, would I have gotten punished?”

So that’s what Chen Gong told Zhou Cang then. No wonder Zhou Cang did not explain things to them when they came out.

No no no, now isn’t the time to be impressed by this. I should think of what I need to do to clear things up with them…

“Big brother.”

I was startled when I heard this and turned back to find that it was indeed Yun Chang, who was standing there with her arms folded and a terrible look on her. Looks like she’s still not over what just happened.

“Eh! Yun Chang, I’m here!” When I heard her call out to me, I knew that this must be a chance to explain or apologise so I hurriedly ran over to her.

“So now you’re coming over so quickly huh. It’s a little late, isn’t it?” Yun Chang got even more angry when she saw how anxious I was and turned away.

“Lord Guan Yu, we were–”

“Lord Chen Dao, please clean up properly. If you don’t you will find that you won’t have time to eat.”

“How can that be~” At the mention of food privileges being taken away, sadness filled Zhou Cang’s face.

“Zhou Cang, it’s all because of you! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have believed it for real!”

So it really was because of Zhou Cang’s performance huh? It was simply too realistic after all.

“In any case, get to work you 3.” Yun Chang pointed at the 3 of them before turning to me, “Big brother, follow me.”

“Eh?! Okay!”

Yun Chang turned and left the room when she finished. It seems like there’s more she wants to say to me so I hurriedly followed after her.

Thereafter, Yun Chang and I traversed the corridors and moved toward the big courtyard. I looked at the main hall and found that everyone was currently eating.

Mi Zhen tried to wave at me when she saw me but was stopped by Gong You beside her, who didn’t even look at me and continued to nibble at her food.

As for the rest, their att.i.tude towards me was roughly the same as her’s.

Ah… Looks like we did go overboard with this prank.

“Here, big brother. This was just sent over.” After about 30-40 paces, Yun Chang pa.s.sed me a piece of silk, “Seems like the preparations for the banquet are almost finished so hurry and go.”

“Ah, oh.” Only now did I remember the matter of the banquet.

Time really pa.s.ses so quickly. I raised my head and looked at the sun and found that the time which Liu Qi had said that the banquet would begin was fast approaching.