Chapter 154: Betting on the War in the North!

Chen Xi was way too leisurely. When people saw him idly spending his days, they all sensed that something was off. Therefore, Liu Bei, in an effort to maintain harmony among his civil officials, had to curb Chen Xi, preventing him from going too far. Didn't they see that Lu Su and Liu Ye had already been working frantically for more than ten days, day and night? Whereas Chen Xi sat across from them, sipping tea every day, wasn't that stirring up internal strife?

"Wen Ru, why do you think Zichuan is so lazy?" Liu Bei asked Li Youu, somewhat downcast.

"It's human nature," Li Youu responded in his usual calm tone.

"Then why are Zijing and Ziyang so diligent?" Liu Bei asked from outside the Political Office.

"Because they have unfinished government affairs," replied Li Youu, in his unvarying tone, which only increased Liu Bei's gloominess, and the answer left him even more at a loss for words.