Vol 10 Chapter 56 (1/2)
Chapter 56
VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 56: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE SECOND VISIT TO THE THATCHED COTTAGE (5)
Liu Bei POV
“I suppose. The only hermits in the area who haven’t left are just us few.” The woman said somewhat proudly before asking, “So you wouldn’t really be looking for Kong Ming right?”
… It was clear that she meant something else by that, as well as what it meant on the surface. But since she went this far, I really have no way of denying it.
“We are indeed looking for Zhuge Liang.” Yun Chang answered before I did, “May I ask if there is any problem?”
“Ah~ Looking for Kong Ming huh~” The woman hummed as she held her chin, “If that’s the case then you’re really weird.”
“You mean difficult to comprehend.”
These 2 seem to find it very baffling that we are seeking Zhuge Liang but even so, there was no need to pour so much cold water on us.
“Ah!” The woman suddenly yelled out with her eyes wide open and pointed at me as though I were some rare organism with a surprised look, “You, could you be that person?!”
Which person…
“You mean, Liu Bei Liu Xuan De.” The man added, “Or perhaps we should call you Imperial Uncle.”
“Yes, yes, yes! That person!”
She completely forgot my name huh?
“Be softer.” I said as I gestured for them to lower their volume. It’s still a precarious time after all and I ought to be dead. The less attention I draw, the better.
“So you are Liu Bei huh?” The woman seemed to have snapped out of her drunken stupor as she said so and nodded profusely.
“I thought you knew from the very beginning.” The man said. Looks like he recognised me right away huh?
“I am very happy that you were able to recognise me but may I ask how you both came to know of me?”
“It’s as though you knew we would come to Longzhong.” Yun Chang added as she placed her hand on her sword and began looking about.
“Hahaha, relax. I don’t know the other people in the inn.” The woman said as she smiled at Yun Chang, “If I did, they wouldn’t have reacted negatively to the ruckus we made before.”
So they were aware of it huh?
“We just heard about him from Teacher Shuijing, that’s all.”
“Eh? You know Teacher Shuijing?” I was surprised once more.
“Wait, come to think of it, we haven’t announced our names yet.”
“Ah, you’re right.” The woman said and nodded. The both of them then got up and tidied their clothing before bowing and saluting us with actions that were even worse than mine.
“As you see, I am s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan of Yingchuan. And the one beside me is Meng Gong Wei.”
“You mean, Meng Gong Wei of Runan.” The man said before casually nodding at me. I did not feel slighted despite the casual nature of the action and merely nodded in response.
“I’ll forgo with my own introduction then. Behind me are my sworn sisters, Guan Yu Guan Yun Chang and Zhang Fei Zhang Yi De.”
As I said their names in turn, they each bowed and saluted. During the process, I was spying on Yi De and saw that she reacted very naturally when she was introduced as my sister.
“Un un, good, good, good.”
The woman named s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan reacted so casually that I am very sure she has forgotten Yun Chang and Yi De’s names.
“So you’re s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan of Yingchuan and Meng Gong Wei of Runan huh?” I said as I nodded, thinking back to the names Sima Hui had given me, “Teacher Shuijing h
ad mentioned you both, as well as Cui Zhou Ping, to me before.”
I thought that they would have a similar demeanor to Cui Zhou Ping but I did not think that they would be such drunkards. It’s not like there’s anything wrong but the gap between my expectations and reality is giving me a hard time. Naturally, I am not expressing any of this.
“Un un, we were the same as well.” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan said, never moving her eyes away from my face, “To be honest, we too heard about you from Teacher Shuijing and didn’t recognise you until we heard that you were seeking Kong Ming.”
“Teacher Shuijing told you I would seek out Kong Ming?”
“Yes.”