Vol 10 Chapter 53 (2/2)

It’s really difficult not to pay attention to the sound her shoes make. If you listened to it from a distance away, it would have sounded like a horse that was slowly walking.

Chen Gong eventually caught up and walked beside me but still kept looking away. I stole some glances every now and then but could not figure out what she was thinking, though it’s probably something negative about me.

“Is my lord going out today?”

“Ah? Ah, yes I am.”

She snickered at me before replying, “Where are you going after leaving all this work behind?”

“To the same place, to Longzhong.”

“Oh~~” She nodded with her eyebrows raised, “To seek the help from the sage?”

“Ah, yes. She wasn’t there the last time we went.”

“So it was because she wasn’t there? I thought you were rejected.”

“Wu…”

Do you have to be so hurtful? I thought but continued to smiled, “I’ll definitely succeed this time. Don’t worry.”

“There’s nothing to be worried about from my end.” Chen Gong said as she shrugged and sank into thought for a moment before she laughed again, “By the way, it could be that the sage just doesn’t want to meet you and pretended not to be in.”

“Eh?”

“This possibility exists, you know? Don’t tell me my lord thinks so highly of himself that he never even thought of that.”

“No…”

It is true that I never considered that possibility but that’s because it’s unlikely… I am Liu Bei after all and why would Zhuge Liang not want to see me?

“Hai… My lord really is…” Chen Gong sighed and lamented as she shook her head at me, “But perhaps she might take pity on you after seeing you work so hard.”

“Hahaha, I suppose.”

By now, we had already reached the main gate and Yun Chang should be waiting outside.

“But that’s fine. There’s no problem even if that Zhuge Liang doesn’t come.”

Eh? All of a sudden, Chen Gong ran up a couple of steps and turned around before standing in front of me with creased eyebrows. Her mouth opened as though she wanted to say something but she closed it halfway through.

“… Never mind.” Eventually she gave up and said this before lowering her head and came up to me, “Give it over, we’re at the door now.”

“Ah, oh.” I hurriedly nodded before pa.s.sing her the scrolls. After Chen Gong received them, she nodded before walking away.

As I stared at her back, I began to think that Chen Gong was a lot more capable than what I gave her credit for. The only area in which she is lacking is that her tongue is too poisonous.

“My lord,” Just as I was preoccupied with my thoughts, Chen Gong called out to me. When I looked at her in surprise, she continued, “I hope you can successfully recruit the great sage.”

Eh? It feels like this is not what she wanted to say earlier.

“Un, thanks!” I hurriedly replied to which Chen Gong nodded before leaving. Until the very end, I still could not fathom what Chen Gong wanted to say before. It felt like the same situation as when Yi De tried to tell me something just as she woke up after the battle.

“Un? Is there something wrong, Xuan De?”

“Ah, no.” I hurriedly denied it and turned away when she detected my gaze.

Ah. Just as Chen Gong stepped out of the door, Yun Chang suddenly appeared and exchanged a few words with Chen Gong before looking over.

“You actually came this early huh?” I said as I waved at Yun Chang who saluted me as she came over.

“I don’t have a good gauge on the time needed to travel from Fan city to Xinye so I always leave early enough.”

“But why wait at the door? You could have come in and sat down.”

“No, I’m afraid that I’ll fall asleep if I sit down.”

When Yun Chang finished, I noticed that she was a little shaky. Un… I can more or less guess what’s up.

“Did you stay up all night yesterday again?”

“… There were a lot of things to attend to.”

“Even so, you have to take care of your health and body.”

I sighed and frowned before going up to Yun Chang and ma.s.saging her shoulders. Yun Chang did not look up at me and merely nodded several times.

“Un, sorry for troubling you today and making you accompany me.”

“No, it’s fine… We made a promise after all.” She said with her head lowered. Looks like she is enjoying the ma.s.sage.

“Alright. even though I’m not too adept, that should have eased some of the strain.”

My dad used to force me to give him back and shoulder rubs so I have some experience in doing this.

“No, many thanks big brother.”

“Aiya, there’s no need to stand on ceremony.” I said as I hurriedly helped her up, “Let’s get going.”

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