My Father in Law is Lu Bu

“Are you awake?” A familiar voice asked. Sun Ce turned around to see his sworn brother, Zhou Yu.

“Gongjin?” Zhou Yu’s appearance looked as though he had been waiting by Sun Ce’s side for a long time without going home.

“Come. You just woke up. Have some porridge first.” Zhou Yu said before shouting for a servant to bring tea.

The female servant outside the room responded. She then brought in a porridge that had already been prepared beforehand.

“Milord. You are awake?” Following the servant in was Ling Cao. Lu Meng had already gone back to rest with Ling Cao replacing him.

“N!” Sun Ce nodded and drank the porridge. It tasted like a delicacy as he was hungry and had a hangover.

“Gongjin. How long have I been asleep?” Sun Ce asked.

“Milord. Including today, it would three days.” Zhou Yu replied.

“Three days?” Sun Ce’s eyes grew wide. He could not help but shake his head. The wine was really a mistake.

“Grand Governor. You should have some porridge as well. You have been waiting for two nights.” Ling Cao said, causing Sun Ce to be shocked.

“Gongjin. You have been here for two nights?”

“Talkative!” Zhou Yu reprimanded Ling Cao before turning back to Sun Ce. “Milord. I just arrived.”

“Milord. The Grand Governor did not leave after you drank the wine.” Ling Cao continued to speak without caring about Zhou Yu.

“What?” Sun Ce initially thought that Zhou Yu had only accompanied him at night. He did not expect that Zhou Yu did not leave his side at all. “Gongjin. You are a patient. How is your injury? You should not be accompanying me.” Sun Ce rebuked Zhou Yu with worry.

“Milord. Do not worry. This injury is no longer serious. The doctor said as long as I don’t move around too much, there would be no problems. I just need to take care of my health. With Divine Doctor Zhu’s medicine, it was possible for my scar to even disappear.” Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce.

“Then you should be resting! Why are you here taking care of me?” Sun Ce was still worried.

“I understand, Milord.” Zhou Yu replied.

“Why are you still calling me Milord? I already said that in private, you can just call be Brother. Ling Cao is not an outsider.” Sun Ce said with concern.

“Brother.” Zhou Yu said.

“Come! Bring a bowl and a pair of chopsticks. Give the Grand Governor some food as well!” Sun Ce said to the servants.

“No need. Come, Grand Governor.” Ling Cao was already fully prepared as he took out a bowl and chopsticks.

Zhou Yu initially did not want to eat because there was not much of the lotus seed porridge in the first place. It was all to help Sun Ce become sober. If Zhou Yu were to eat this porridge, there would not be much left for Sun Ce.

“I am telling you to eat so just eat it! I am already alright.” Sun Ce ordered.

Zhou Yu had no choice but to eat the porridge.

“Gongjin. What did Lu Su say about that day?” As Sun Ce was worried about Zhou Yu’s injury, he had forgotten about the main issue until now.

“That day? Haha. Lu Su probably would have recommended me to the King of Shu Liu Mang.” Zhou Yu laughed as he put down the porridge. Zhou Yu was also a schemer. There weren’t many that could win against him. Other than Zhuge Liang, the others were really no match. Even without seeing Lu Su, Zhou Yu would be able to guess Lu Su’s actions correctly.

Though Zhou Yu was laughing, it was not entirely a happy laugh nor was it entirely a bitter laugh. Zhou Yu may be happy that his ploy worked but Lu Su was a good friend. To such a friend, they should be drinking with each other instead of scheming against each other. Even at this moment, Lu Su did not forget their friendship and wanted to recommend Zhou Yu to an important position. This is despite the fact that in Lu Su’s position, recommending Zhou Yu would put himself in suspicion. In truth, Zhou Yu was touched.

“Gongjin, don’t worry. Once we succeed, we will give the Ambassador position to Lu Su Lu Zijing.” Sun Ce said generously in order for Zhou Yu to feel less ashamed. This position used to belong to Zhang Zhao and was currently held by Zhuge Jin. It was the top of civilian court officials.

“In that case, I will thank the Lord in place of Zijing.” Zhou Yu felt better hearing Sun Ce’s words. At Yangzhou, Lu Su was only a high official. He was not in a position as high as Xu Shu’s. Though Yangzhou was bigger than Jiangdong, the head of a chicken was not as big as the tail of a phoenix. On top of that, the Lu Family was still in Jiangdong. Wouldn’t be better to stay in Jiangdong?

With the shame removed, only joy remained in Zhou Yu’s heart.

It was joy because the whole thing with Sun Ce getting drunk was an act planned by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce. Sun Ce pretended to be drunk and spoke of his discontent. Most of it was genuine such as Sun Ce unwilling to concede to Liu Mang because of Liu Mang’s strange schemes. It would be different if they all started on the same footing. It is because Sun Ce showed his unwillingness to surrender that Lu Su believed the story “Sun Ce did not want to surrender but was forced to because of Sun Quan”.

After that, Sun Ce complained saying that he was tired and will have Sun Quan take everything back by himself. All of this was for Lu Su to see and feel relieved. If he had started with agreeing to any conditions Yangzhou makes then it would only make Lu Su feel worried instead. After all, the proud and arrogant Sun Ce would not do this.

“But those two officers.” Sun Ce felt regret. To trick the enemy, Sun Ce had to kill two of his personal bodyguards. These two were always by his side. If Sun Ce wanted them dead, they would die without even frowning. However, it was impossible for Sun Ce not to feel ashamed after killing them personally.

“Milord. I have already arranged for those two to be buried. I have also arranged for their heirs to be brought to my home. In the future, I will teach them how to read and write so that they could serve Milord in the future!” Zhou Yu said.

“In that case, it’s good.” Sun Ce nodded. “Right now, we have Lu Su’s trust. It is about time to begin that.”

Zhou Yu nodded at this.