Vol 10 Chapter 30 (1/2)

Chapter 30

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 30: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS SENDING OFF YUAN ZHI (3)

Liu Bei POV

Ah. I hurriedly reached out to grab her.

*Tatatatata*

As I did so, the sound of horse hooves could be heard and when I looked up, Yuan Zhi had swung down her reins and galloped off.

“Yuan Zhi!” I yelled as I began chasing after her. But there is no way that a human can catch up to a horse so the distance between us grew significantly in a very short time span.

“When fate decrees it, I will come to find you again! When the time comes, I hope that you can return my important thing to me! Lord Liu Bei, we will meet again!!”

A sonorous yell from Yuan Zhi filled my ears as the sound of horse hooves grew distant. I continued to chase after her for about 1-200 paces before I gave up and stopped.

Haa… Haa… Haa… So it ended up being like this huh? I was still trying my best to see her off nicely but it did not work at all…

But… Important object huh…

I raised my hand when I thought of Yuan Zhi’s last words and saw that I had caught her bloodstained bandana back there.

When fate decrees it… She will come back huh?

Really, why do all of you like to play such games?

I chuckled to myself and kept the bandana in my sleeve pocket as I headed back into the city. Well then, that’s one more thing to keep with me.

No POV / POV of G.o.d

*Tatatata*

The sound of horse hooves echoed in the mountains as they landed on the round rocks and on the waters, making the water splatter about.

Xu Shu, who was sitting on the horse, was looking straight ahead. Not too long ago, she had just been through what was the most painful parting in her life. Perhaps it’s because of this or perhaps her eyes are not used to it without the bandana, tears continually stream down her face.

Xu Shu turned back to see if there was anyone following her. She knew that Liu Bei would not do that but she still checked just in case. She had a promise to keep after all and she did not want to break any more promises today.

“Almost there huh…” Xu Shu muttered to herself as she looked ahead at the patch of barren woodlands where there was a thatched hut obscured by fog in the distance.

Even an ordinary person would realise that anyone living here would not be an extraordinary individual. Indeed, the one living here was a great hermit scholar, who also happened to be Xu Shu’s important friend.

But at this time, Xu Shu was feeling very complicated and conflicting emotions when she thought of this friend.

“Jia!” She yelled as she swung her reins down and continued forward until she was just 2 dozen paces away from the hut.

She then dismounted and went on foot while leading the horse along. She looked into the hut and saw that important friend of hers lazing around on the stone table in the middle of the room.

That really is like her huh? Xu Shu thought as she gathered her feelings and handed the reins to her horse to Zhuge Jun before quickly walking into the hut.

“I’m here.” Xu Shu said without her usual cheer and looked at the girl in front of her who continued to lie down on the icy stone table despite the cold weather.

“Un? Yuan Zhi?” The little lady turned and asked. She too did not seem to be happy either but was not unhappy like Xu Shu was as she calmly asked, “Why did Yuan Zhi come here?”

“You didn’t know I would come here?” Xu Shu calmly replied.

“Un…” The girl turned away in a clear sign that she did know. Even though she was an outstanding talent in various ways, she was not particularly good at l

ying.

“So you knew about my going to the Cao faction as well then?”

“… Haa…” The girl sighed and shrugged, “Yes I know.”

“You knew!” Xu Shu frowned and balled her fists but could never bring herself to actually hit her friend.

“Yet even though you knew, you intentionally withheld this information from me.” Xu Shu continued, her volume gradually increasing as she did so, “You already told me so much about what would happen before, why would you still withhold information from me?”