101 She Was A Woman (2/2)

Rin's eyebrows raised and she gently sighed. ”I take it he wasn't satisfied with the given number of troops?”

Manchu silently nodded in response.

Rin sighs once more and looks back the snow-covered camp.

She was starting to wonder if they were ever going to be able to make an alliance with the Jilin province.

Both were protective of their men. If An Sun were to request for more troops to back him up on his quest to conquer land in the Eastern Empire, Duyi Zhong would disagree based on Rin's observations.

He was already taking such a great risk to go against the most prosperous empire in the nation. To bring more of his men into a dangerous battle was pushing it.

Rin could only wait for things to take place. And hopefully, in the right direction.

After advising the men to load the tributes, Manchu and Rin headed inside the main tent to speak.

Pouring a cup of Sencha into her teacup, Rin lifts it to her petal-like rosy lips and calmly sips.

Her eyes lit up upon sipping the warm beverage.

This was delicious!

It had been a while since she last had a cup of tea, especially of such high quality.

Observing the pleased expression on Rin's face, Manchu smirked while drinking his own cup of tea.

”This is high graded sencha from farther north. It was one of the surrendering tributes we received from a province, that along with a bunch of women.”

Rin frowned hearing Manchu's words. Looking down at the tea in her hands, Rin's grip tightened.

”If you don't mind me asking, what do you do with the women when they're gifted to you?”

After staying with the men for the past month and a half, not once did she see any signs of women.

Manchu's expression hadn't changed as he sipped his tea. Seeing how he was silent, Rin couldn't help but press further.

”Do you and Lord An…”

Suddenly, Manchu burst out into fits of loud laughter.

Startled, Rin's eyes blinked dramatically.

Ah, did she say something funny?

Feeling slightly confused and embarrassed by asking such a question, not to mention being laughed at, Rin coughs and drinks her tea.

Although her expression remained indifferent and cold, the tips of her ears reddened.

Ever since she was struck with the reality of being a woman, Rin couldn't help but sympathize more with the women delivered to soldier's camps like An Sun's.

If anything she also felt some resentment toward them. But she knew she couldn't take it personally, especially since that's how the world worked.

However, during the war, the situation is much worse.

Unlike her, she knew the urges men had when they were in the presence of an attractive woman - especially when one was delivered to them so freely.

She assumed, like most men who yearned a woman's touch after being around men and war for so long, An Sun and Manchu also enjoyed their fair share of women.

Thus, she hadn't found anything wrong with her question.

Lost in her thoughts, Rin hadn't detected the sound of incoming footsteps.

”What's so funny?”

Looking up, Rin's eyes were greeted with the sight of An Sun.

His long, dark hair hung behind him with two locks resting delicately on his broad shoulders. The sleeves to his black open collared robe were pulled up revealing his muscled arms and his smooth fair skin.

An Sun's pair of dark eyes shifted to the side as he looked between the laughing Manchu and Rin whose head was lowered as she sipped her tea with an indifferent expression.

Why did he feel like he missed something?