Vol 9 Chapter 7 (1/2)

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 7: DON’T TELL ME THESE ARE THE VARIOUS REACTIONS (7)

Lu Meng POV

The waves and the winds have begun acting up again these few days.

Though we’re docked at the harbour close to sh.o.r.e, the entire cabin is swaying rather violently. Everyone seated down here is doing their utmost best to make sure the cus.h.i.+ons underneath them aren’t slipping away. At the same time, everyone is also forced to hold their cups of tea the whole time.

If everything went as planned, as originally planned, then we would have been on the way back to Jiangdong by now. To Shouchun, Lujiang and Chaisang, depending on where one was stationed. In short, we shouldn’t be waiting in a harbour outside Jiangxia city.

Even though we took this city, our lord is still calling it a temporary occupation. She’s being way too modest with this.

“When is Lu Su going to come back huh~” Our lord whined as she sat in her own cute posture. When I looked at her, I saw her fidgeting about with her eyes narrowing to a squint. She was so cute that I felt happy just looking at her.

“He should be back by today based on the original schedule.” Zhang Zhao said softly from the side.

It seems like she doesn’t like our lord’s energetic side and her current posture as she’s staring at our lord with a disapproving look. But given that she didn’t say anything about it at all, she’s probably taking down mental notes about it to settle the score when we’re back in Jiangdong.

I’ve always felt that Lord Zhang Zhao is a little too strict sometimes. This is something that has become more obvious after Lord Sun Ce left.

“Lu Meng, Lu Meng.”

“Un? What’s the matter, my lord?” I replied as I focused on my lord when I heard her call me. When I looked at her, my lord seemed to be elated.

“I’m really, really thankful you for this. If it weren’t for what you saw that time, I’d have thought that Imperial Uncle would be getting treated like a king in Jing state.”

“Ah, that was just a coincidence.” I nodded, “I only knew that Imperial Uncle was forced to join their forces and was suffering when I went to save Imperial Uncle who fell into the water.”

“Un, un. I’m really furious at how uncle Liu Biao is treating Imperial Uncle!” My lord exclaimed as she held her fists in front of her and got into a fighting stance, looking more cute than furious. But then, her expression went back to normal soon after as she continued, “But to Imperial Uncle, those depressive days will soon be over. At the end of the day, coming to Jiangdong where we are is the best after all right?”

Indeed.

After the Battle of Jiangxia ended, I told my lord Sun Quan about how Imperial Uncle Liu Bei was not being treated as a guest. My lord Sun Quan got mad immediately, and it was decided that Lu Su would be sent to Xiangyang city under the guise of the Jiangxia negotiations to once again invite Imperial Uncle Liu back to Jiangdong.

But it’s been a while since Lu Su left for Xiangyang and we have had no news thus far.

“Aiya, today’s waves are really huge huh?” Just then, a voice came from the doorway. When I looked over, I saw that it was Lord Zhou Yu walking in.

“Commander-in-Chief.”

“Ah, no need for that.”

When I saw Lord Zhou Yu enter, I hurriedly got up to pay my respects but was pushed back down by her immediately. Thereafter, she fanned away the droplets of water on her and dried her feet on the fur mat at the doorway before coming back in.

I looked at Lord Zhou Yu and found that though she was in usual clothing, she’d

done away with the inner layer of clothing since it was summer, revealing a very beautiful and exquisite collar bone. At the same time, her fanning speed has greatly increased as usual whenever summer comes along.

“Un? Gong Jin, are today’s drills over already?”

“Now that you mention it, it feels like it’s ended at least 2 hours earlier than usual.”

Our lord asked first when she saw Lord Zhou Yu with her happy mood from before while Lord Zhang Zhao followed up with a slightly cheeky look on her.

“Yes, I returned early today.” Lord Zhou Yu said as she raised her fan, “I left the rest to Ding Feng and Xu Sheng. I’ve already gone through formation training. It’s better to leave martial arts and weapon proficiency training to those 2.”

When she finished, she looked about, as though she were looking for someone.

“Gong Jin, if you’re looking for Zi Jing, he’s not back yet.”

“My lord, who said that I was looking for that dirty fellow?” Lord Zhou Yu said. But she quickly turned her head back and stopped searching.

“By the way,” Lord Zhou Yu said as she closed her eyes and feigned nonchalance, “Shouldn’t that fellow Lu Su be coming back by today? Why isn’t he back yet even though it’s so late already?”

“Ho~ So Gong Jin has been following up closely huh~” Our lord said with a smile, at which Lord Zhou Yu seemed surprised and blushed.