Vol 9 Chapter 26 (1/2)

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 26: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL ENCOUNTER (3)

Yun Chang POV

Yi De looked at me with a swirling gleam in her eyes and lowered her head, “I know. I believe this as well.”

After a moment, she looked up with a more relieved expression and gave a smile that made me feel both intimate and distant as she softly said, “If you don’t mind, you can call me Yi De.”

Ah… Though her memories have yet to return, she’s acting more and more like her former self. As the saying goes, leopards cannot change their spots.

Now it was my turn to sink into thought. I might say as much about big brother to Yi De but in my heart, I do not truly believe that big brother will definitely be fine. If it were not for the need for me to remain and maintain control of the situation, I would have left with Zi Long to search for big brother.

I have since then been helping everyone to alleviate their anxiety but who will do it for me?

Big brother, come back quickly.

Be it me or the rest, we cannot be without you.

Liu Bei POV

It’s been raining for 2 days now but the dark clouds have finally cleared and we have returned to the calm of before.

The skies are clear and there’s a gentle breeze blowing. Against the backdrop of the countryside, this truly makes for great scenery. Southern weather tends to be gloomy so it’s rare to see clear, blue skies for miles in the day like today.

“Haa… It’s so hot.”

Of course, not everyone is interested in scenery.

“Lord Huang Zu, you really are…” I muttered as I looked at Huang Zu’s face, which always seemed like she had just awoken, with displeasure.

“Un? Imperial Uncle, do you have a problem?” Huang Zu asked softly and weakly without looking over as she slouched on her horse.

“… No, it’s nothing.” When I looked at her, and having been questioned like this, I began to feel like I was being unreasonable and decided to let things be.

Moreover, I have experienced this before. To people of this era, perhaps such scenery is normal to them and I am the weird one, getting excited over nothing.

“Huang Zu, take a look at the sky now and then if you have nothing much to do.” Yuan Zhi, who was sitting atop a pony, said as she squinted, “The horizon will undoubtedly be cleaner than the scenery before you now.”

I turned my head and saw that Yuan Zhi was relaxedly lying down on her horse with all 4 limbs stretched out. Her red bandana was still on as usual and it made me wonder what parts of the sky she could see with part of her vision obscured.

“Un…” Huang Zu was rather obedient and immediately raised her head to look at the sky and did so for a long while. I thought that she’d gotten engrossed in enjoying the view but then I heard light breathing, which meant that she fell asleep.

“Haha, Lord Huang Zu really is…” I complained to Yuan Zhi as I looked at Huang Zu but she did not react. When I looked over, I saw Yuan Zhi looking towards the sky with her arm reaching up and making clawing motions, “Ah… Yuan Zhi?”

“Ah? Ah!” She only snapped out of her daze when she heard me call her and she hurriedly pulled down her arm that was hanging in mid air with the other arm, “Ah… I, I’m sorry, I was a li, little out of it and was thinking i, if I could pl– pluck the clouds…”

“Ah, Yuan Zhi, calm down.”

She began stuttering again and seemed rather anxious. I was worried that she might fall off the horse as she was fidgeting about a fair bit but she remained firmly on the

horse’s back no matter what kind of movements she made.

But really, she’s usually so cool, calm and collected but at times like these, her natural airheaded nature oozes out.

Yuan Zhi is fine like this, I thought as I looked at her.

“Speaking of which, if clouds could be plucked, I would like to do so as well.” I said, deciding to continue the conversation along what she just said.

“Wu…” But when she heard what I said, Yuan Zhi pulled her bandana down all the way to her nose. When she realised this, she hurriedly tugged it back up to cover her eyes.

As everyone has just seen, I am currently travelling towards Xinye with Yuan Zhi and Huang Zu and it has been 5 days since we have begun travelling together.

Though Dilu is extremely fast and I would get there much faster travelling alone, I was afraid that I would get lost and it’s safer to travel with them. Moreover, Yuan Zhi herself offered to travel together so sacrificing a few days for safety and companions.h.i.+p is a good deal.

But now, I’m beginning to get more and more worried about everyone in Xinye. In total, it’s been more than half a month since I have gone missing and I am worried something might happen to them.

If we were in my era, 1 simple phone call would have settled things. Even a letter or a telegram would have taken days or hours. Unfortunately, transportation is not developed in this era so even a short, simple message is difficult to transmit.

No matter what, we must get there as soon as possible. I also must explain things properly to Yuan Zhi when I get the chance. I have not told her anything at all yet, I thought as I looked at Yuan Zhi.

… Eh? It seems like Yuan Zhi had ridden Dilu before and she was able to control him rather well too. When I consider that she’s comfortably lying down on her horse now, this means that she’s probably very well versed in horsemans.h.i.+p.