Vol 9 Chapter 61 (2/2)

“Ah…” And when I did so, she looked down as well and gave a small gasp of surprise when our eyes met.

“Ah, it’s Yuan Zhi–”

“Ah!” Before I could finish, before I could even salute her, Yuan Zhi backed up just like when she first saw me and covered her chest with clenched fists.

“Un? What’s– Ah!” I did not understand why she did this at first but I soon realised why and stopped my words. I guess I was being a little rude, staring at her b.r.e.a.s.t.s… And acting completely nonchalant thereafter, “U, umm…”

“No, d-d-d-don’t say anything.” I was about to explain myself but she hurriedly interrupted me. The clouds have not closed the small gap yet so I could see the red hue on her cheeks, “I, I know, it was dark so you couldn’t see.”

“Ah, un.” I nodded and added, “But I’m really sorry… That was rather rude of me…”

“No…” She softly replied.

“Ah, umm.” Since she did not want to talk about this, I should move on, “By the way, why is Yuan Zhi still awake?”

Yuan Zhi should retired before me but yet she’s still awake, probably because she could not fall asleep.

“Un…” Yuan Zhi nodded and relaxed her hands but frowned, “I couldn’t sleep because of what will happen tomorrow.”

Looks like her reason for not being able to fall asleep is about the same as me. Unlike me, it’s probably a lot worse.

“Nervous?”

“… Not entirely.” She was about to nod but then she shook her head.

“Well then, why not take a seat here as well?” I said as I patted a stone chair beside me. It was clear that neither of us could not sleep for a while yet after all and though the clouds were thick, rainfall should be some ways away still.

“… Un.” Yuan Zhi thought about it for a moment before nodding and went over to take a seat without even wiping the surface first.

“So, what was keeping you up?”

“Un…” Yuan Zhi sank into thought as she stared at the ground and began to speak slowly after a moment, “I’m still not too sure about the exact deployments yet… To be honest, when I saw that Xuan De has so many talented retainers…”

“Ah… That’s fine.” I think I understand where she is coming from, “If you think that someone is uncooperative, let me know and I’ll deal with it.”

“That’s not it…”

Eh? She denied it almost immediately. I was pretty confident about it too.

“… Umm, I’d like to ask you something.” She said, looking rather doubtful as she placed her hand on the table between us, “Lord Lu Bu, Lord Zhang Liao, Lord Chen Gong and all the others; are they all your companions?”

“Un? Yes.” I said instantly, “Does it not seem like that?”

“Will they partic.i.p.ate in the upcoming battles as well?”

“Yes.” I nodded right away and remembered what happened before and decided to tell her now that I had the chance, “Ah yes, now that you mentioned it, Lord Huang Zu told me that she will be partic.i.p.ating as well so I’ll be troubling Yuan Zhi to make the necessary arrangements.”

“Eh?!” She gave a surprised cry and a rather funny look when she heard this.

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