Vol 9 Chapter 159 (2/2)

So she was indeed trying to change herself huh?

“This is thanks to Xuan De.” Feng Xian said as she looked at me, “Back when Xuan De spoke to me, I felt as a role model for everyone, I ought to do more. So… I should try to be more friendly and easier to get along with…”

As she said so, her face reddened. When I looked at her, I saw that she had turned away and was scratching her chin with a finger.

“Feng Xian doesn’t need to pay tol much heed to my words. If you can, I think that Feng Xian should continue doing as she is doing.”

At least for me, Feng Xian is role model for everyone as she is. If she intentionally tries to make herself easier to get along with, it might make people feel more awkward.

“I understand.” Feng Xian said as she nodded. Even until now, her face was still red. In fact, it seemed like it only got worse. I was puzzled but felt like it would not be nice for me to ask her.

“Umm, Xuan De…” Just as I was about to let things go, Feng Xian spoke up.

“Un?” I answered and turned to see that she had turned her face away completely.

“Umm… Back when you came to visit me in the encampment…” Feng Xian paused as she said so and turned just enough to catch the slightest glimpse of my face before she continued, “D-did you really come while Wen Yuan was around?”

“… Eh?” I was bewildered at first but soon, I understood what she meant and began to break into a cold sweat as I turned away, “F-feng Xian, what are you talking about? I-I-I-I don’t understand what you’re saying at all?!”

I decided to try to feign ignorance for now. But could it be that Feng Xian detected it? That it aas the truth that I plunged head first into the bathtub while she was sleeping in it. Soon, the image of Feng Xian in the bathtub and what happened replayed in my head, along with the image of her full nude lying on the ground.

Wu… I really cannot look her in the eye. I will definitely reveal myself if I do so.

“But–” Feng Xian did not probe me but continued further, “I asked Wen Yuan about it layer and she said that Xuan De came along earlier.”

“Eh?”

My heart skipped a beat.

“And I continued to question her after that and… Wen Yuan also asked me some questions that I could not answer…” Feng Xian said as her eyebrows leapt up.

For me, I could already guess what it was that Wen Yuan asked. Yes, I completely forgot to match my alibi with Wen Yuan and so, Wen Yuan could very well have exposed the truth.

— My lord (Lu Bu), did my lord (Liu Bei) take the chance to peek on you?

— Un? I left long ago?

— I didn’t hear anything from my lord (Liu Bei)?

Something similar should have went on and I could definitely picture how Feng Xian would have looked like when she got those questions.

“So…” Just as my heart rate was continuing to accelerate, Feng Xian suddenly spoke up and I took a deep breath as I saw her look at me with complicated feelings as she continued, “Xuan De, did you pretend to be Wen Yuan and act out a 1-man show?”

“Wu!” I could not breathe. Not knowing how to react, I just stared fixedly at Feng Xian. I did not know how to react and, who got redder and redder until she looked like a ripe red apple. This is probably the first time I have ever seen her like this. Eventually, she could not hold her gaze and turned away.

“… X-xuan De, when you… Fell head first into the bathtub…” Feng Xian’s body suddenly seemed very big and fearsome to me and I really hoped she would not continue on but she eventually squeezed out the last few words shyly, “… It wasn’t a dream right?”

*Pudong* My head went blank and I dropped to my knees at once.

“Ah, Xuan De, this is–”

“Feng Xian, I’m sorry, I lied!” The anguish and guilt I had buried in my heart erupted into these words I should have said long ago, “I know that you might not believe whatever I say now but whatever happened back then could not have been helped. I really did not have any intention of doing what happened at all!”

Even I found it hard to believe myself. No intention? Who am I trying to kid?

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