Vol 9 Chapter 85 (2/2)

And so, I got up and made my way to where she was and patted her back after a moment’s hesitation, “No matter what, Yuan Zhi needs to rest.”

“Xuan De.”

Eh? Just then, I could feel a sensation on my arm. I looked down and saw that it was Yuan Zhi who was pulling on my sleeve. She was not applying strength into her hand but I could feel like she was trying to send her feelings through.

She then raised her head and looked at me with quivering eyes as she asked, “Umm, do you think that I can really lead everyone?”

“Why are you asking this all of a sudden?”

“… I… Might not be as smart as you all think I am…”

Un… Yuan Zhi seems to lack self-confidence. I do not know if this is the result of the small mistake in this battle but Yuan Zhi seems to be very affected right now,

“I feel that you shouldn’t think too much.” I repeated my point and then felt that it lacked a recommendation and added, “You just need to do what you want to do.”

“… Do… What I want to do huh…” She muttered as she lowered her gaze again and sank into thought. After a moment, I could see the corners of her mouth turning upwards. It seemed like she was smiling but not as joyfully or as brightly as I thought she would be.

And then, she let go of my arm.

“I got it.” She nodded in her usual airheaded fas.h.i.+on, “I’ll reconsider everything from here on out.”

As she said so, she turned and looked at the rooms to the back, where Yi De was, “Besides, Yi De can’t be deployed anymore so I do indeed need to reconsider future deployments anyway.”

Ah, since Yuan Zhi said as much, I think I do not need to say it. I looked at Yi De’s room as well and saw that the lights had gone out. Looks like she went back to sleep.

Wu… I must not think about what happened again. I thought as I shook my head to clear it of wayward thoughts.

“Alright, I’ve had enough to drink.” I said, beginning to feel cold from the wind and decided to get up and go since my mind was beginning to run wild, “Let’s head back, Yuan Zhi.”

As I said so, I went to pick up the gourds beside her. When I tried to listen to sounds from the main hall, I found that it was silent. Have they fallen asleep?

“Un, alright.” Yuan Zhi said and then took out a piece of cloth and wiped the parts of the gourds which were touching the floor before. Yuan Zhi really is a clean freak huh?

“Let’s go.” Yuan Zhi said and walked towards the main hall while I followed behind.

Past the courtyard, up the stairs and into the main hall. When we entered the main hall, we found everyone sprawled out all over the ground. Several people were still seated but just a few. Even Liao Hua and Gong You were lying on the table. Perhaps the only ones still sitting up were Huang Zu who had been drinking a lot of water but strangely had no need to go to the toilet and Feng Xian who had high alcohol tolerance.

“Ah…” Huang Zu uttered a soft cry when she saw Yuan Zhi and I step in and gave us a pitiful look. I still did not know what that meant however and continued walking in.

“Haha! My lord! I finally caught you!”

Eh! Just then, a leg grabbed my calf and I got a shock.

“My lord~ Dance, dance~”

“Xuan De! We’ve been waiting for you for so long~”

“Ah~ I nearly fell asleep. So dangerous, so dangerous!”

“Come, come, come. Lord Xu Shu should join in too.”

Everyone who was on the ground suddenly sprang up like a demon and forcefully dragged me into the dance floor. Of course, Yuan Zhi was not spared too. Only now did I realise that they had set a trap for us. And this, was why Huang Zu had that look when she saw us. If I knew this would happen, I would have went back to my room directly.

“Music!”

On command, the musicians began playing again, and Yuan Zhi and I, who were by now sober, had to do a very silly dance alongside a group of drunkards. I thought that my moves were very shameful but when I looked at Yuan Zhi, I found that I was actually rather graceful. By the way, Yuan Zhi was blus.h.i.+ng hard the entire time.

Of course, the ending in the morning is easily predictable. Apart from a few of us, everyone was hungover. Because of the number of us who got sick, Hua Tuo had to pull out a few people from her medical team to take care of everyone. If Li Dian had attacked with all of their remaining troops, we would have been wiped out then and there.

Hai… Drinking really gets in the way of things huh? From then on, I swore to never dance in a drunken state ever again.

But for now, I had to give up to my fate.

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