Love from the Male Protagonist's Harem

Chapter 13-Dazzling Brilliance Part 2
Translated by Snowfall77

“No-I-have-no-use-for-your-body—your face, maybe.” Chu Yao ground out each word from between clenched teeth, then smirked evilly, “Besides, you’re too short to be worthy.”

……whoa, a little too much information, okay!

Xia Ge was indignant on her own behalf: “But I’m so good-looking! What if I get taller and you try to take me by force?!”

Desperately exercising self-control, Chu Yao instantly suppressed the urge to toss this kid against a building.

She’d seen some thick-skinned people, just never someone this mind-bogglingly thick-skinned!

The little girl in the crook of Xia Ge’s arm couldn’t make sense of the ‘profound’ dialogue she was hearing, and now that she’d caught her breath, she started whimpering again. Slightly alarmed, Xia Ge worried that because this Jianfeng hero had raised her so high, she couldn’t throw the child down……no, no, put the child the down.

“Even if you grew as tall as Jianfeng, I wouldn’t try to force you,” Chu Yao gritted her teeth, “Your ancestral teaching is useless to me—-”

Smiling ear to ear, Xia Ge grasped the main point: “I won’t grow as tall as Jianfeng……and even if I did, you wouldn’t force me. Fine. That doesn’t change that I’m so good-looking. Or is there something wrong with your eyes?”

Chu Yao: “……”

Is there something wrong with your brain?

“Wah—”

The little girl gave a lung-splitting cry.

Sensibly giving up on the mentally handicapped runt, Chu Yao skillfully sheathed her sword back into its scabbard with one hand. Next she took the little girl from Xia Ge, gently placing the child on the ground. Her desire to beat Xia Ge black and blue set aside for a moment, a dark-faced Chu Yao told the little girl: “Hey, don’t cry.”

“It’s already late, go home quick.”

Eyes filled with tears, the little girl trembled as she asked: “Big sister, are you a disciple of Jianfeng?”

Chu Yao was not a patient young lady, yet she couldn’t be mean to a crying child: “Mmm, I am.”

Ugh, little kids were a pain in the ass.

“Me……can I grow up to be like big sister?”

With little hands, the child clutched Chu Yao’s blue and white trousers, sniffling some more: “Then I can kill many, many bad puppets with one sword too……”

Finding it a bit unexpected, Chu Yao raised an eyebrow……this little girl was showing Chu Yao some ‘hero worship.’

Chu Yao couldn’t help feeling momentarily smug.

Still, she quickly corrected the little girl’s misconception: “I wasn’t the one who saved you, it was this……” Chu Yao shook the mentally handicapped runt still keeping a tight grip on his nasty pancake.

“But I want to be like you, big sister!” The little girl proclaimed, her teary eyes now shining like stars, “I wanna become someone who can kill all the bad guys!”

Xia Ge, no longer having to worry that the hero of the hour would demand she give over her beautiful self as recompense, yawned. She’d been shaken, carried around, and hadn’t slept for two days. So sleepy.

Yet there was something wrong with this little girl’s thinking.

Chu Yao’s eyes narrowed and the corners of her mouth rose into a wild, arrogant smile: “Stinky little girl, what are you thinking? I am the most terrible disciple of Jianfeng. You want to be like me? You’re too lacking.”

Lifted in midair, feet not touching the ground, Xia Ge lazily and disinterestedly listened.

Was this person yakking Jianfeng’s most powerful disciple……or was it the one who’d hurled a puppet through 14 pearwood desks with one mighty kick?

Ah……considering this girl, Xia Ge remembered that in the book there had been a gifted young lady of Jianfeng who’d pressed forward with indomitable courage, no one a match for her sword skills.

The invincible blade of Lingxi Sect, and a fully deserving legend of Jianfeng.

Of course, legends were made to be torn down.

Alas, at the moment, Ye Ze didn’t look like the person to do so.

Lifting her chin, Chu Yao exposed a shiny canine: “However, I will permit you to follow me until I leave Jianfeng and become the most powerful person in Lingxi Sect!”

The little girl’s eyes went blank for a second, then they got brighter and brighter.

Tone insolent and overwhelmingly confident, Chu Yao declared: “But as long as I remain at Jianfeng, no can surpass me!”

Xia Ge didn’t need to open her eyes to know that someone who could say such things must possess a natural dazzling brilliance.

But Xia Ge was very tired.

Xia Ge: “Ai, people who work hard are shining examples and to be envied.”

System: [What Are You Sneering About?]

Xia Ge: “Why strive so much? Shining examples only become the target of others. Yeah, being a salted fish with food and drink is much better.”

System: [……] Just pick up pancakes off the ground for a lifetime, garbage.

Xia Ge shook her head.

In th end, it seemed the mighty Jianfeng disciple wouldn’t tell the little girl what Xia Ge felt should be said.

A pity.

Sure, this hero might be Jianfeng’s proud child of heaven.

But, little girl……

Becoming powerful enough to slaughter your enemies, becoming a hero who rescues the distressed, that’s not the right idea……

Some words though, are only useful when spoken by someone shining and brilliant.

People only listen to the winners.

What a shame it was that Xia Ge was not a winner, or a weather vane pointing people the right way. She was just a salted fish who’d gotten cut off halfway when she’d gone to save someone.

And nobody listens to salted fish.

The system tried to be comforting: [I Checked The Data A Moment Ago. When Salted Fish Are Dredged Up, Their Scales Shine In The Sun.]

Xia Ge: “Yes, and that’s the time it dies.

System: [……]

The author has something say:
System: [When A Salted Fish Starts To Glow……]
Xia Ge: It turns into an electric eel!

TN-the author added another note about who is romantic endgame for Xia Ge. If you don’t already know and don’t want to know, read no further—

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Mmm……about the fixed CP. (TN—CP= couple/character pairing)
Today, I read the outline again, went through it from beginning to end, made a simple outline, and smoothed out the CP lines of three characters.
I found that only Senior Sister runs through the whole text.
Everyone seems to be very upset about the uncertain CP, so I revised the outline and asked Senior Sister to be the CP, but the plot line will not change in any way.