Vol 10 Chapter 28 (1/2)

Chapter 28

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 28: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS SENDING OFF YUAN ZHI (1)

Liu Bei POV

I have actually been to see her a couple of times over the past few days. She looks much better but had some resistance towards bathing. After my ardent pleading and a little unintentional scaring by Feng Xian, she obediently went to bathe with 2 female servants.

The notice has been sent out and if anyone knows her, they should be appearing soon as the word should have spread out by now. Ah, I went a little off-topic. Let’s go back to the other 2 in the mansion.

The 2 remaining in the mansion are the ones who were in Hua Tuo’s makes.h.i.+ft ICUs, Yi De and Yuan Zhi. They are fine now and are busy with their own things. Yi De has not allowed herself to slack off at all and has insisted on helping the Fan state people. As such, she has gone to the magistrate’s office from time to time to help Wen Yuan with administrative work. Apart from that–

*Ta* *Ta*

I peered outside as I lay on the bed and saw a short figure pacing outside my room. She had a short braid and held her hands in front of her chest as she paced faster and faster.

This is the third time she is doing this today.

“Yi De? Is there anything I can do for you?”

“Eek!”

And just like the previous 2 times, she uttered small shrieks of surprise and ran off and hid away.

Un… It’s clear that Yi De wants to talk to me and it’s likely to be about what she did not manage to say before. But it seems like she still does not have enough courage to speak up or she would have come in by now.

Never mind, I will just wait for her.

… But…

I applied strength and sat up as I plucked out a strand of straw from my mattress and played with it mindlessly.

Today should be the day Yuan Zhi is ready to leave. I did not want this day to come but it’s not like I can do anything to stop it. Well then, instead of waiting for her to come to see me, I might as well go to see her.

That was my plan for today and the reason why I have not left my room today was because I was preparing myself mentally.

But it’s about time.

I got out of bed and slowly made my way to the door. When I opened the door, the sunlight shone into my eyes and I was forced to squint for a while before my eyes got used to the glare.

It was rather cold outside but I opted to wear just a single, thin layer of clothing and did some on-the-spot exercises to warm myself up as I got used to the temperature before heading towards the room on the left.

When I turned, I saw Yi De hiding behind the corner as she stared at me but did not pay any attention to her and continued to Yuan Zhi’s room.

*Dang* *Dang* *Dang*

…

“Is it Xuan De?”

“Ah, yes.” I replied in a somewhat shaky voice which I believe was because of the cold.

“Come in, it’s not locked.”

“Alright.” I said as I nodded instinctively and entered the room. In reality, no one here really locks up at night. I wonder if it’s because of their confidence in their skills.

As the door opened with a creak, a thick, sweet fragrance filled the air. I could tell that this was from her sugar water. However, it seems like Yuan Zhi’s own scent is mixed in as well.

No, perhaps it might be more appropriate to say that the usual fragrance of sugar water had Yuan Zhi’s scent mixed in. Of course, this is where I am going to stop thinking about this topic.

I blinked as I entered and saw that Yuan Zhi was in the left side of the room. She had her back to me and was in the midst of packing with everything she had on the bed. In her hands was a gourd and

she was wiping it over. As I walked over, she finished wiping it and wrapped it in a clean cloth.

Looks like her OCD is still there even though she had overcome her past.

“Packing?”

“Un, I’m almost done.”