Vol 9 Chapter 147 (1/2)

Chapter 147

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 147: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS DEFECTING TO THE CAO FACTION (5)

Yun Chang POV

I do not know if her acting skills are good enough or if it might seem like over-exaggeration but it seems like the 3 of them took it well. I wonder if Wen Yuan is laughing inside right now. And to Lu Bu, I am really sorry that you have to be scolded like this.

“I see. I understand.” Shen Pei nodded and sank into thought.

“But why did you both deny us so strongly when we tried to persuade you?” Li Dian asked with a frown.

“Yes, it seemed as though… You would never defect.”

“That’s–”

“Who would reveal their intentions on the battlefield?” Chen Gong interrupted me and shrugged.

“Yes, the situation was not that bad in the beginning but it was indeed tense to begin with.” I said as I put my palms up together and then separated them, “But things are different now. Our principles of righteousness have diverged.”

“Un.” Cao Ren nodded. Li Dian however remained silent as she looked at us with her arms folded across her chest.

“Alright, I understand.” Shen Pei nodded.

I was surprised that they did not question us further on this. Could it be that they do not believe what we said? I felt a bit nervous and looked at everyone at the table. Wen Yuan and Chen Gong seemed to just as puzzled as I was about this.

“Alright, another question.” Shen Pei spoke up just as I was wondering how to deal with this and looked at me, “May I ask if there is a new strategist amongst you?”

“Eh?” I was really caught off-guard by this question, “Ah…”

I really did not know how to answer this as I did not know how much they knew. If they were just guessing, then giving them a concrete answer would be giving them free and valuable information. And if we were to tell them the truth, they might suspect that we were sent here by said strategist. On the other hand, if we lied and they knew the truth, then we would be shooting ourselves in the foot.

“May I ask which strategist you are speaking of?” Wen Yuan asked. Looks like she had the same worries as I did.

“I think that you lot should say what you are thinking.” Shen Pei frowned, “Because right now, we are the ones asking questions, not you. And it is you who are defecting to our side, not us to yours. I hope that you can bear this in mind.”

Kuh. She’s going that far huh…

“Lord Guan Yu, don’t cover for them anymore.”

“Eh?” Chen Gong’s sudden words interrupted my thought processes and when I turned to look at her, I saw that she had a look of irritation on her.

“Lord Chen Gong, you…”

“I know Lord Guan Yu is sentimental but they don’t treat you as their own anymore and are even trying to take away your command rights! Why are you still covering for them!”

“Shut up, Lord Chen Gong! Yun Chang has her own considerations!” Wen Yuan yelled angrily at Chen Gong and got up.

“Is what I said wrong?! That strategist clearly knows that Lu Bu is clueless about the art of war and knew that it was dangerous for Lord Guan Yu to continue the raid! Yet she still pushed on with her strategy! She is just toying with our lives?!” Chen Gong roared back, her voice growing louder and louder with every line. She then narrowed her eyes and looked at Wen Yuan with contempt as she continued, “Be it you, or the rest, everyone is just a bunch of idiots!”

“You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” Wen Yuan roared as she yanked Chen Gong to her feet by her collar. I understand

what they are trying to get at now.

“That’s enough.” I said coldly and looked at Wen Yuan from the side, “Wen Yuan, put down Chen Gong. What she said makes sense.”

“Un…” Wen Yuan grunted and let go of Chen Gong.

“Hmph. Lord Guan Yu, now that we’ve decided to defect, we have to stick with it.” Chen Gong said as she rubbed her neck and looked at me with hatred, “Look, it this goes on, they will doubt our sincerity.”

When she finished, I looked at the 3 of them and saluted them, “Apologies for this embarra.s.sing display.”

“No,” Shen Pei said as she shook her head and sighed.

I too sighed and nodded as I continued, “Alright, I’ll admit it. I did have half a mind of withholding this information. Yes, we have a new strategist who has been devising strategies for us.”

“Un…” Li Dian grunted as she looked at me, “Was the first battle by her as well?”

“Yes.” I nodded.

“What is her name and what does she look like?”