Love from the Male Protagonist's Harem

Chapter 92-There Is Only One Part 2

Translated by Snowfall77

Gu Peijiu: “So you were with that person today……”

A pause, then Gu Peijiu continued: “What did you do with Senior Chu again?”

Xia Ge: “……”  How to answer?

If she said she’d been eating meat and drinking wine, she was going to get a beating, wasn’t she?

She really had to give her truancy some legitimacy.  “Senior Chu said she had something to teach me.”

Gu Peijiu: “Oh?  What were you taught?”

Xia Ge thought over her answer carefully: “Shooting birds of prey with a bow and arrow.”

System: [……]

Gu Peijiu: “……”

“Birds of prey?”  Gu Peijiu’s eyes narrowed.  “Do you mean wild geese or perhaps even bats?”

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Xia Ge’s expression was rather shifty: “Well, it could’ve been pheasants……”

“It was……just another skill to master, right?”

Seeing Gu Peijiu’s inscrutable expression, Xia Ge lowered her head: “……Senior Sister, I was wrong.  Please punish me to copy the Danxun.”

“I’m not your Senior Sister,” Gu Peijiu’s voice was flat, “You have so many seniors, no need for me to be one too.”

Done speaking, Gu Peijiu turned to leave.

Countless white blooms shimmered brilliantly under the moon; their shine redirected onto the young lady walking away.  Dressed impeccably in red and white, her slender back was seemingly about to disappear in just a few more steps.

“No, no, no, no, I don’t!”

Hearing Gu Peijiu’s words had made Xia Ge’s brain go completely blank for a second.  And before she’d even realized what she was doing, she’d already ran to Gu Peijiu’s side and tugged on her sleeve.  Not letting go of that sleeve, Xia Ge eventually managed to get out: “……that’s not true.”

Gu Peijiu looked sideways at Xia Ge who had yet to loosen her grip of Gu Peijiu’s sleeve.

Xia Ge’s feline-like eyes were lustrously bright, her appearance both pitiful and adorable: “It’s not true.”

A whisper: “……there’s only one.”

Withdrawing her gaze, Gu Peijiu contemplated the flowering trees, saying not a word.

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Although her feet stayed still.

Xia Ge now plucked at Gu Peijiu’s hand: “I think that there, there can be many seniors.”

Gu Peijiu’s eyes stayed fixed on the night scenery.

“But……but you’re different.”

Xia Ge’s voice had become faintly aggrieved.

Gu Peijiu: “What’s the difference?”

Xia Ge deliberated for a moment: “……you’re very good to me.”

A person could have many, many seniors.

But Gu Peijiu was the only one who was treated Xia Ge so well.

Gu Peijiu considered the moon beaming on the trees.

“You like it?”

Still holding Gu Peijiu’s hand, it took Xia Ge a minute to respond to Gu Peijiu’s ambiguous question.  But when she did, she answered without thinking: “I like!  I like Senior Sister the most!”

In any case, don’t fret, just like!

Gu Peijiu’s fingertips quivered and it took her a long while to clarify: “I was talking about the doll.”

Xia Ge: “……”

In the dark, Xia Ge’s face was a little flushed: “……I like it, I like the doll.  Senior Sister……I also like.”

Gu Peijiu made no movement.

Thinking Gu Peijiu was still angry, Xia Ge made a solemn vow: “Don’t be mad at me, I won’t skip classes or tell lies again.  I’ll pay attention in every class, and……I’ll try to not get sick again.”

The light of the moon was gentle and the flowering trees were dazzling.

Xia Ge felt a sudden wave of melancholy: “If only I could.  That’d be nice.”

Gu Peijiu finally looked back down at Xia Ge.

The girl’s eyes were red and her expression very sad.

Why couldn’t she do what she’d just said?

After a moment’s consideration, Gu Peijiu decided not to ask.  Instead she sighed and asked a different question: “Why are you crying?”

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Xia Ge: “I’m not a good child.”

Gu Peijiu: “No one is born good.”

But Xia Ge’s mind was made-up: “When people start out, their nature is inherently good.”

Gu Peijiu: “……”

Mulling it over, Gu Peijiu finally replied: “You’re not so bad as to be hopeless.”

Xia Ge: “You’re not angry at me anymore then?”

Gu Peijiu: “Mmm.”

However, before Xia Ge could even laugh in relief, Gu Peijiu added: “In the future, you’re not allowed to go to Jianfeng.”

Xia Ge: “……ah?”

Gu Peijiu was staring off into the distance again: “Let me hear it.  Yes or no?”

“You can say ‘no,’ or you can lie to me and say ‘yes.’”

Xia Ge: “……”  So she could lie, but Gu Peijiu would continue to be angry……right?

“Yes,” Xia Ge whispered.

Gu Peijiu looked at her.

Raising a hand, Xia Ge said: “I’m not lying.”

Although she couldn’t help adding: “But what if I have to go to Jianfeng for some reason, what should I do?”

Gu Peijiu: “You can tell me.”

Xia Ge: “Ahh, good.”

Only one last issue still weighed on Xia Ge’s mind: “Are you going to punish me to copy the Danxun?”

Gu Peijiu: “Do you want to copy it?”

Xia Ge instantly shook her head: “No, no, no thank you.”

Spoiling the mood, Gu Peijiu then said: “You have an interim exam coming up soon, don’t be too playful.”

Jolting, Xia Ge exclaimed: “Huh?  Interim exam?  What is it?”

Earning herself an unfeeling look from Ge Peijiu.

Xia Ge: “……”

Quietly taking a persimmon from her pocket, Xia Ge stealthily put it in Gu Peijiu’s sleeve: “Hmm, Senior Sister, this persimmon is very sweet.  I brought it from Jianfeng specially for you, cause I want you to taste it.”

Xia Ge’s tone then turned grieved: “Senior Sister, if you stay silent, I’ll think you’re still angry.”

System: [……]  If she hadn’t mentioned the interim exam, you never would’ve given her that persimmon, right?

Gu Peijiu: “……”

Xia Ge gazed up at Gu Peijiu ardently, eyes sparkling.

The persimmon in Gu Peijiu’s sleeve still held traces of Xia Ge’s warmth.

Gu Peijiu: “What is it that you want to know about the interim exam?”

“No, haha, Senior Sister, that’s not what I meant by……” Xia Ge smiled winsomely, pulling at Gu Peijiu’s sleeve again, “The moon is very bright tonight, but if you want to tell me anything, Senior Sister, of course I’ll listen……the persimmon really is very sweet.”

System: [……]  How could someone be so shameless?

Gu Peijiu slowly took the persimmon out of her sleeve: “This is from Jianfeng?”

Xia Ge had the vague premonition that something wasn’t right: “……yes.”

“Reach out your hand.”

Xia Ge obediently stretched out a hand.

Placing the persimmon back in Xia Ge’s hand, Gu Peijiu said dispassionately: “You should go bribe your Senior Chu of Jianfeng.  She’s very good, so I’m certain she’ll give you an answer.”

Done speaking, Gu Peijiu left.

Xia Ge: “……”

Xia Ge: “Senior Sister, wait!  I picked this from Shoufeng!  Shoufeng!