Vol 10 Chapter 58 (2/2)

“No need to stand on ceremony. We don’t have anything to do after all and we should help out whenever we can.”

“You mean, helping others in need is a joy in itself.”

I looked at the 2 of them and began to feel that the relations.h.i.+p between them was close to the point where they were almost like the Xu state 3. Of course, they were clearly not at their level.

“But you both are really close huh?” I said as I began packing up with Yun Chang and Yi De.

“Well of course. We are husband and wife after all.”

“Eh?!!”

What a shocking revelation!

It was not just me, Yun Chang and Yi De were standing there and staring in disbelief. I really did not consider that possibility at all… No, considering how close they seem, I should have considered it.

*Pu*! s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan spat out the food in her mouth, “Eh?!”

s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan, what are you being surprised about?!

“No, no, no, Lord Liu Bei, don’t listen to his nonsense!” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan exclaimed with a thoroughly red face as she began hitting Meng Gong Wei who merely frowned and smiled. Yes, the same s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan who was able to suppress both me and Yun Chang without batting an eyelid.

“Then… What is the relations.h.i.+p between you 2?” Yun Chang asked with great interest.

“J-just a male hermit and a female hermit, that’s all!!” s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan yelled out loud and then curled up as she resumed shoveling food into her mouth.

“Really… Teacher Meng Gong Wei, that was one h.e.l.l of a shock…”

“Sorry, sorry,” He smiled as he rubbed his arm that s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan was. .h.i.tting before, “Of course, I just said all that as I feel that the day when it comes to fruition is not far off.”

When he finished, he looked at s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan beside him, “What do you think, Guang Yuan?”

“… You talk too much. Who would marry you?”

“Ah, it hurts.”

s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan began punching Meng Gong Wei yet again but this time, her punches were clearly much weaker. When I looked at s.h.i.+ Guang Yuan again, I saw that she had curled up again and her face was even redder.

Ah… She seems completely different from before. But they really suit each other, I thought but did not dare to say this at this point as it would only invite her ire.

“In any case, that’s it.” Meng Gong Wei said as he saluted me, “I wish Lord Liu Bei a safe and pleasant trip.”

“Ah… Ah, un.” I was still a little stunned from the love comedy skit I had just witnessed and it took me a while before I was able to salute back, “Well then, we’ll be leaving now.”

When I finished, the 3 of us quickly packed up and left. Not too long after we did so, singing could be heard from the inn again.

And now, we were on the mountain road, which was much more difficult to traverse than before. I thought that it would be the same journey as before thanks to the efforts of the villagers but that was not the case. Luckily, we stuck to our decision of going on foot, which made it a lot less perilous.

Thank G.o.d I am not a lazy and stubborn person.

“Wu… It’s so slippery.” Yi De muttered what I wanted to say the moment we took our first step after a while.

“It really is slippery.” Yun Chang added as well. If even Yun Chang is saying that, then I can be relieved as I am not being spoilt.

The mountain road was not particularly steep but as mentioned before, there was a lot of loose soil. The villagers have done their best but all they have done is wet the soil so the road is not entirely steady yet.

If we knew it would be like that, we should have tried ascending the mountain before the villagers did anything. At least it would not be so slippery or so I thought until I looked up and saw the distance we had to cover.

It was not warm in the least but I was by now drenched in sweat. If I could, I would have liked to shed my outer coat but if I did that, I ran the risk of catching a cold.

“…”

But on the other hand, I was well aware that my sweat was not produced entirely by the hard physical activity I was engaging in right now. It was, in part at least, caused by the uneasy atmosphere which I did not know how I ought to deal with.

Apart from expressing one’s thoughts every now and then, Yun Chang and Yi De have not spoken at all. This was a clear sign of danger. Of course, I know why and how this happened. The cause is the 2 really close hermit couple we met earlier in the morning in the inn.

I am not too worried about Yi De, but I can tell that Yun Chang is brooding about something and it is troubling her deeply. As for what it is, well, it’s about me. What I and the 2 of them did that night in Xu state many months ago.

We had drank to the point where we blacked out and I do not remember at all if I did something I could not take back but I made the decision then and there to take owners.h.i.+p of what I might have done.

Yes, I have not forgotten it. And I think Yun Chang has not as well.

When we finally reunited later in Gucheng with the amnesiac Yi De, Yun Chang and I made the decision to not bring this up until Yi De regained her memories.

Or at least, that was what we said back then.

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