Chapter 2040: Chapter 1818: Writing with the World
Recently, Chen Xi has been observing Zhou Yu, and he found Zhou Yu a little peculiar lately. It seems the other party doesn’t want to talk to him anymore, which leaves Chen Xi a bit confused, saying that he hasn’t offended Zhou Yu. Not only is Zhou Yu not talking to him, but he’s also not talking to Xun Yu.
It quite amusingly resembles a "I don’t want to be friends with you, I don’t want to, don’t want to, don’t want to, I won’t listen to what you say, I won’t listen, I want to stay far away" kind of childish tantrum, covering ears, shaking head. In summary, it’s a very strange phenomenon.
Chen Xi claims his intelligence seems to be offline as he completely cannot understand Zhou Yu’s thought pattern. Weren’t they comrades in the same trench before? How did they suddenly become distant? Aren’t they yet in Chang’an?
"Strange..." Chen Xi looked at Zhou Yu, who isolated himself sideways, silently turning his head to Xun Yu, who was chatting happily with him.
"Gongjin is probably worried about Sunx Bofu." Xun Yu chuckled. Though his internal affairs and political maneuvers figures are extremely high, he himself doesn’t have the thought of harming Sunx Bofu, so how could he notice how Zhou Yu was thinking? Moreover, Xun Yu found that chatting with Chen Xi often gives him knowledge not found in books, so observing Zhou Yu is far less important than Chen Xi.
"These two guys, sitting together every day, don’t they get annoyed?" Chen Xi naturally picked up the conversation, although Xun Yu had said it several times, but until now Chen Xi finds it very reasonable. Zhou Yu is likely worrying again about his rear folk like Sunx Ce.
Although Chen Xi completely cannot comprehend how they worry about their own folks when they are invincible with the other party having no counter power, but Chen Xi habitually believes although he cannot understand, Zhou Yu worrying about Sunx Ce is indeed reliable, right?
Now that he thinks about it, Chen Xi involuntarily recalls a certain blind Inner Palace novel he received, the name seems to be Matters between Zhou Yu and Sunx Ce or something. But when Chen Xi thought of this issue, he instantly thought of his own Inner Palace novel.
Then he broke out in cold sweat instantly, because he remembered that time he was caught by Cai Yan while reading an inner palace novel with himself as the protagonist. It was literally a cold sweat moment.
"Zichuan, why is your forehead suddenly sweating? The weather isn’t hot, is it possible you’re sick?" Xun Yu, who was standing very close to Chen Xi and saw the cold sweat breaking out on Chen Xi’s forehead, unconsciously asked.
"I recalled a particularly horrifying matter, simply dreadful." Chen Xi said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Hahaha, wonder what could frighten Zichuan to this extent." Chen Qun suddenly joined the conversation, very intrigued about what could scare Chen Xi.
"Go away, go away. You’ve not experienced it, so it’s nothing for you. If you did, you would be even more scared remembering than I am." Chen Xi continued to wipe his sweat with one hand, while pushing Chen Qun away with another hand, "Thinking about it now, it was a miracle I didn’t end up dead."
"..." Chen Qun and Xun Yu were taken aback upon hearing this. Not dying was a miracle? What kind of situation would push Chen Xi to such an extent, they wanted to ask yet saw Chen Xi waving his hand, making a never-telling expression, so they couldn’t continue to inquire.
"Gongjin, stop worrying about Bofu, really. He brought along so many people; how could anything happen to him? He’s just dealing with trash. If anything unexpected does happen, then he wouldn’t be Sunx Bofu." Chen Xi turned his head toward Zhou Yu with a smile and said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu glanced at Chen Xi, nodded, indicating he understood, but his expression didn’t relax much.
"Can’t understand you and Sunx Bofu at all," Chen Xi helplessly said, then turned back to negotiate with Xun Yu.
Jia Xu noticed the seemingly calm yet subtly melancholic look in Zhou Yu’s eyes, and quietly averted his gaze.
Among the many present, only two truly understood Zhou Yu’s thoughts: one was Jia Xu, known for lifelong self-preservation, adept at people’s hearts, and liking to guess human minds from an evil angle; the other was Liu Ye, who could think from anyone’s standpoint.
However, these two guys are now eagerly awaiting Zhou Yu to devise new tricks. Truly, the situation in Chang’an for Liu Bei didn’t look too good; if it weren’t due to unsuitable timing to affect the Emperor, Liu Ye would almost attempt to make a harsh move on the Emperor.
Since they had no particularly good strategies, they might as well let Zhou Yu try, after all, the stances of the three are slightly different.
As for what Zhou Yu is contemplating, Jia Xu meditated for half a minute before decisively giving it up, because it really holds no significance.
Compared to the imperial conquest path they are about to embark upon, remaining stuck in domestic politicking is incredibly dull.
Therefore, Jia Xu wasn’t interested in his first conjecture about Zhou Yu at all; he only wanted to see how Zhou Yu would break the deadlock in this situation, or how to stir the waters.
Similarly, Liu Ye’s situation is the same. His talent allows him to think from others’ standpoints; though it doesn’t fully simulate the other’s thinking, through this spiritual talent along with his exceptional intelligence, Liu Ye can generally devise strategies closely matching the opponent.
Indeed, if combined with Xun Shen’s spiritual talent in the absence of intelligence disparity, the two together can perfectly simulate another person’s current mindset without a bit of deviation.
