Vol 10 Chapter 57 (2/2)

It would be a mistake to say that I tried to recruit Cui Zhou Ping myself before as it would only give s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan more ammunition for verbal jabs in future.

“Eh? She didn’t?” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan frowned as she rubbed her chin, “That’s weird. She really wants to leave seclusion too.”

“Is that so?”

I thought back to what Cui Zhou Ping told me about hermits, about how she was incompetent and how I had agreed with her back then. Now that I think about what s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan told me, I really wondered, what if I had given her a different answer back then… Would things have turned out differently?

Fate. It all comes down to fate in the end huh?

“Well, it’s not like it’s a big deal anyway. If you want to hear what Zhou Ping thinks, then you can just ask her yourself another time.” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan said as she pointed at me, “Let’s go back to our original topic. You said you were going to look for Kong Ming right?”

“Ah, un, yes.” I said, tensing up at the mention of Zhuge Liang.

“Zhuge Liang should be at Crouching Dragon right now. The mountain roads are being maintained after all and she shouldn’t be able to go anywhere.”

“That is to say, if the 3 lords.h.i.+ps wish to see Kong Ming, now is a good time.” Meng Gong Wei added as he nodded.

“Oh, I got it.” I said as I turned back to my sisters who nodded in response. I should be looking rather happy right now.

Just then, loud shuffling could be heard outside the inn. Before we could take a look outside, about a dozen men and women who looked completely exhausted and covered in dirt came into the inn.

“Aiya~~”

“Boss, get us some liquor!”

“This old man is really exhausted~”

“This old woman is dead tired~”

“May I ask if this is…” I said as I looked at the villagers who came in and then at s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan.

s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan looked at the villagers and even exchanged greetings with some of them before smiling as she replied, “You should understand just by looking right? They just finished the works.”

“You mean the mountain road clearing works?”

“Un, that, yes.” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan nodded before yelling to a voluptuous woman nearby, “Little girl, how’s the mountain road?”

She is not a little girl already, okay? Those curves are definitely those of an adult.

“Ah, the mountain road is clear now.” The woman replied as she wiped the sweat on her neck, “But it’s best if you don’t go on horseback if you are going to use it as it’s rather slippery. We just finished clearing the loose soil so it’s not too steady yet.”

“Alright~” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan nodded and then turned to me, “That’s what she said, what do you think?”

Me huh…

“Big brother.”

“Xuan De, let’s not hesitate any further.”

Thanks to the 2 behind me, my hesitation was swept away.

“Alright, I got it.” I said as I went past the 2 of them and got up, “We’ll be moving out.”

“You can’t go on horseback.”

“That’s fine, we’ll just go on foot.” Yun Chang replied on my behalf.

“Un, good idea.” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan said as though she were stifling laughter and gave us a round of applause, “Well then, I wish you a safe and pleasant trip. You can leave the horses with us for the time being. We’ll be here for the entire day.”

They are going to be loitering in the inn for the entire day huh…

“Ah yes.” Just then, I remembered what s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan said before, “By the way, are you close with Zhuge Liang?”

“Of course I am. How else would our entire conversation have taken place otherwise?”

“Alright but why did you identify me just by knowing that I came here to look for Zhuge Liang?”

This was something that has been troubling me since the beginning but she was able to control the flow of the conversation for the longest time so I was not able to interject at all.

“Un?” She tilted her head, “Is that very difficult to understand?”

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