Vol 9 Chapter 155 (1/2)

Chapter 155

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 155: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE SIEGE OF XINYE (4)

Liu Bei POV

“Yes, I thought that it was weird as well.” Yuan Zhi said as she shrugged and smiled bitterly, “Back when I was discussing this with my friend who told me to come here and everything about Xuan De, I said the same thing to her as well.”

“Eh? Really?”

No matter how I think about it, I am most definitely not able to give Yuan Zhi the future she desires after all, not for a very long time at least. So why did her friend send her here…

“But that’s fine. As I said before, I chose you. I have my own considerations after all.” Yuan Zhi said as she looked at me with a smile.

“So what are your plans after this?” I asked and hurriedly added on, “… Are you going to stay here with me?”

“Un…” Yuan Zhi sank into thought when she heard my question. Looks like she had not thought about this at all, “Yes… What should I do huh…”

“Well, it’s not the time to be thinking of this anyway.” Yuan Zhi said after a while and got up. I wonder if she reacted like this because she saw something from my face.

“Well then, I’ll be excusing myself.” She said and bowed before wiping her gourd and packing it in.

“By the way, is there anything you need me to do over the next few days?”

“Xuan De should just stay in the mansion and tend to administrative work.” She said as she looked the bamboo scrolls beside me, “There is a possibility that the enemy will send spies into the city and if your ident.i.ty is revealed, our plan will not work.”

Yes, my alleged death is the biggest reason why they accepted the defections by Yun Chang and the rest.

“Alright, I understand.” I said, feeling rather sad that there was nothing for me to do. It felt like I was being excluded from something everyone was involved in.

“But…” She continued, “When the battle happens, please join Lord Lu Bu’s battalion. Lord Zhang Liao will be leading a battalion on her own and it might be a problem for Lord Lu Bu to lead without a lieutenant.”

“Ah, that works.” I hurriedly nodded, feeling a little elated now, “I’ll speak with Feng Xian about this later then.”

Leading troops with Feng Xian huh… This is the first time I am doing this with her now that I think about it.

“Well then, I’ll be leaving now…”

“Sure, me too…” I nodded as I looked at the small mountain of bamboo scrolls beside me. I really feel bad about just sitting around here especially when it’s just me, “Ah, but where is Yuan Zhi headed to? The encampment?”

“… I will be heading to the encampment, but later.” Yuan Zhi said and paused, probably because she was considering if she ought to tell me where she was headed, and looked at me as she continued, “For now, I’m going to look for Huang Zu.”

“Huang Zu?”

“Un, I have something I want from her.” Yuan Zhi said as she picked up her bags, “It’s wartime now but Huang Zu should still have some.”

“Have some of what?”

I did not understand what she meant and turned back as I tilted my head but Yuan Zhi did not bother explaining and by the time I turned back, she had already disappeared. It’s not a big deal though. She must have her reasons for doing what she’s doing.

“Hu… Well then…” I said to myself as I set aside my conversation with Yuan Zhi and began crawling towards the pile o

f bamboo scrolls.

I do not know why but I always get the urge to retch whenever I see them. It’s said that this is a symptom of having too much pressure which I guess is true now that I have experienced it firsthand. The majority of the pressure I am feeling is from all this administrative work with the rest from the battle that has lasted about half a month or so.

As I thought so, I reached out and grabbed the first bamboo scroll at the top. When I opened it, the sight of untidy and endless rows of words greeted me. As such, I have no choice but to flip to the back, where Zi Zhong’s summary and advice is written. Honestly, I am only supposed to look at this after reading through the scroll but I have been largely basing my decisions on what she wrote.

Though I would like to say that it is a great help, I wonder why Zi Zhong does not just deal with it since she has read through it anyway.

— You are the lord. I cannot make the decision for some things.

Wu… I can hear Zi Zhong’s nagging already.

Hu… Never mind. I should be satisfied already. Everyone has already begun their work for what will happen in 3 days while I can leisurely deal with these scrolls. With such capable and hardworking companions, what more can I ask for?