The Ultimate Borer

Chapter 186 Ah Xiang returns to Jiangdong, the Yuan family wants to marry

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiu has been extremely distressed recently. The reason is simple: just two days ago, Zhou Yu from Jiangdong brought the Qiangbian Group and the Jiangdong Army to the Eastern Han Dynasty. What none of them expected was that Zhou Yu actually asked Sun Shangxiang to follow them back to Jiangdong.

Although Sun Shangxiang and her brothers were very reluctant, even when the Cao family troops led by Cao Cao and the Jiangdong army led by Zhou Yu were on the verge of a war, neither side was willing to compromise.

Finally, under the persuasion of Zhou Yu, who was known for his "incurable cleverness", Sun Shangxiang had no choice but to follow Zhou Yu back to Jiangdong.

During this confrontation, Zhou Yu first used Sun Jian's order as an excuse, then added Sun Ce's longing for him, and finally added his own helplessness in following orders, blocking all the words of refusal from the Five Tiger Generals and Sun Shangxiang.

It was after Sun Shangxiang's departure that Xiu suddenly understood what loneliness was. This feeling was something he had never experienced before when he was carrying out missions alone.

From that day on, Xiu became lovesick, and it became so serious that he would feel extremely distressed whenever someone said the word "Xiang".

……

"Brother!"

Ah Xiang sneaked in with her luggage in her hands and was about to go out when she met Sun Ce standing at the door with his debate team.

"Gongjin, I was right. My dear sister will really run away!"

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu beside him with great appreciation, and Zhou Yu seemed to be accustomed to Sun Ce's praise and just smiled slightly.

"I can't help it. Who made me hopelessly smart?"

"Unfortunately, no matter how smart you are, you can't compare to Fang Mu!"

Ah Xiang immediately realized that her good brother Sun Ce was blocking the door only because of Zhou Yu's reminder, and she couldn't help but retort to Zhou Yu.

"Brother Fang is indeed extremely intelligent, Gongjin admits he is inferior to him, but for the young lady, Gongjin is still slightly better!"

"you!"

Ah Xiang was speechless after being blocked by Zhou Yu, and then she couldn't help but give Zhou Yu a cold look. This group of people had been playing together since childhood, and even the youngest Lu Meng was a little friend who followed them around. Therefore, Ah Xiang was not really angry.

"My dear sister, you've only been back for one day, why are you leaving?"

Sun Ce looked at Sun Shangxiang with doting eyes, carefully took the luggage from her hand, and then handed the luggage to Taishi Ci who was standing beside him.

"Brother, Gongjin said that you and dad missed me and wanted to see me. I have come back to see you. Now I have to go back to the East Han Academy!"

Ah Xiang stretched out her hand to Taishi Ci, asking him for her luggage, but unexpectedly Taishi Ci suddenly hid behind Sun Ce and signaled Sun Shangxiang with his eyes. The look clearly said: If you want to take the luggage, you have to ask your elder brother.

"A Xiang, tell me honestly, you're so anxious to go back to Dong Han. Have you met someone you like?"

As the saying goes, no one knows a sister better than her brother. As the eldest brother who has been closest to Ah Xiang since childhood, Sun Ce immediately noticed the change in Ah Xiang's attitude.

I remember when Ah Xiang followed my father's orders to go to the Eastern Han Academy to rescue Cao Cao, my father begged Ah Xiang for a long time, and finally almost mobilized the Sun family and the debate team to persuade Ah Xiang to go to the Eastern Han Academy.

Now Ah Xiang took the initiative to ask to return to the Eastern Han Academy. Seeing how impatient she was, Sun Ce suddenly felt as if his little sister had been abducted by Huang Mao riding a ghost fire.

"No way! Big brother, stop talking nonsense!"

Although Ah Xiang tried her best to deny it, even without Zhou Yu's reminder, Sun Ce could tell from Ah Xiang's blushing face that he was right.

"My dear sister, come and tell me which young man is worthy of your affection?"

Sun Ce was overjoyed and hugged A Xiang. The two had been very close since childhood. When one of them found someone he liked, Sun Ce's first reaction was naturally to be happy for A Xiang.

"Brother, guess it yourself!"

Ah Xiang turned away with a red face, feeling both worried and happy. She was happy because her elder brother did not object to her falling in love, but she was worried because she was afraid that her elder brother did not like Liu Bei (revised).

"Boss, the person the young lady likes is Liu Bei from the Eastern Han Academy!"

"Zhou Yu, who told you to be so talkative?"

Ah Xiang's secret was revealed and she said to Zhou Yu.

"Liu Bei? Such a familiar name!"

Sun Ce touched his chin. He seemed to have heard the name Liu Bei somewhere before.

"Liu Bei is a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan and is currently studying at the Eastern Han Academy. He is not only a big star at the Eastern Han Academy, but also the eldest brother of the Five Tiger Generals and a good friend of Cao Cao, the president of the Eastern Han Academy Student Union!"

Following Zhou Yu's introduction, Sun Ce immediately remembered Xiu's identity.

"You mean that scoundrel? The jerk known as the 'A-grade Master'?"

Sun Ce was immediately furious. He hated Liu Bei very much. He remembered that Liu Bei had come to Jiangdong in previous years. At that time, he sold many fake goods and cheated many people.

"That's right, this is the person we want to win over!"

"What do you mean by wooing me, brother? Are you hiding something from me?"

Ah Xiang heard something wrong in the conversation between the two and immediately asked Sun Ce about it.

"A Xiang, do you trust me? If you do, don't ask too many questions. I will definitely help you solve it!"

Sun Ce gently stroked Ah Xiang's head with his hand, but Ah Xiang also heard the difficulty of the problem in Sun Ce's words, because if it was not troublesome, the brother would never say that.

"Brother, what are you hiding from me?"

"This……"

Sun Ce was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether he should tell Ah Xiang about this, so he had to look at Zhou Yu beside him.

"Director, just tell me. As the person involved, the young lady has the right to know about this matter!"

At Zhou Yu's suggestion, Sun Ce finally told Ah Xiang the truth: it turned out that Yuan Shao, the young master of the Runan Yuan family, and Ah Xiang were childhood playmates. Once when the two were playing house as children, Ah Xiang said that she wanted to marry Yuan Shao when she grew up. However, she did not expect that Yuan Shao had remembered Ah Xiang's joke so well that not long ago, Yuan Shao had sent someone to propose marriage to the Sun family.

"Who wants to marry Yuan Shao? We haven't seen each other since elementary school. Besides, what I said back then was just a joke when we were playing house!"

After listening to Sun Ce's explanation, Ah Xiang felt speechless. She didn't expect that Yuan Shao took what she said casually seriously.

"Then what do you mean by wanting to win over Liu Bei?"

"Of course the General Manager knows that you don't want to get married, so since you came back yesterday, the General Manager has been discussing with our debate team how to deal with the Yuan family. He hasn't rested for over ten hours!"

"Brother, I'm sorry, I wronged you!"

After hearing what Zhou Yu said, Ah Xiang realized how hard her brother had worked for her. She quickly hugged Sun Ce and threw herself into his arms.

"Alright, alright, you're my good sister. If I don't protect you, who else will?"

Sun Ce stroked Ah Xiang's hair and said while comforting her.

"After last night's discussion, we found that the Yuan family is more powerful than our Sun family, so Gongjin and I finally decided that we must win over a force to strengthen our Jiangdong. Only then will we have the confidence to reject the Yuan family's marriage proposal."

Sun Ce looked at Ah Xiang's face and said solemnly.

"So, if you know anything about Liu Bei, you must tell me in detail!"

……

“So and so, like this and like that!”

After Ah Xiang told Sun Ce about her recent experiences with Xiu, Sun Ce couldn't help but feel confused.

It is obvious that the Liu Bei described by Ah Xiang is completely different from the information they had collected in Jiangdong before. However, considering that Ah Xiang likes Liu Bei (Xiu) and may have an emotional filter, Sun Ce still asked Gongjin to give a relatively objective evaluation.

Unexpectedly, even Zhou Yu had a high opinion of Liu Bei (Xiu), which made Sun Ce even more interested in Xiu.

"Actually, our most ideal target for winning over is Fang Mu!"

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Shangxiang. In every way, Fang Mu was more suitable for winning over. In terms of ability, Fang Mu was already a master. Add to that his wisdom and even his decisiveness, and the deeper you delve into him, the more terrifying Fang Mu becomes.

"According to the information sent back by our spies, Fang Mu is definitely not just an ordinary student of the Eastern Han Academy!"

Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, Zhou Yu opened the siman in his hand and played the video of Han Sui leading his troops and Fang Mu to suppress the Yellow Turban bandits who attacked the Eastern Han Academy.