Love from the Male Protagonist's Harem

Chapter 98.1

LFTMPH Chapter 98-Diji-Level Liandan Master Part 1

Translated by Snowfall77

Morning class-

As Mao Qing had said, Huo Bai had indeed left.

Flipping through her danshu, Xia Ge couldn’t help feeling distracted.

The danshu contained instructions on how to refine all kinds of Huang-level dan and some Xuan-level dan. Given that the use of Xuan-level dan was still widespread, some of refining practices remained, even though the Xuan-level danmai cultivation method had been lost.

Meaning that, at most, Danfeng’s liandan level could only reach pseudo-Xuan level.

Yet even as her fingertips were turning the pages, Xia Ge’s mind kept flashing back to the day she’d released that arrow.

——You can’t escape.

Xia Ge thought she could hear that eerie voice from her nightmare nastily laughing somewhere in the distance.

Thump!

Xia Ge suddenly closed the danshu and closed her eyes, wondering why she had to be so mentally weak.

System: [What’s Going On With You?]

Coming back to her senses, Xia Ge answered: “{it’s nothing, i’m just studying, just studying.}”

——Study well for the interim examination.

Senior Sister……had told Xia Ge that.

Therefore that was what Xia Ge would do. She’d study properly.

It wasn’t like the contents of the danshu was boring. There were many Xuan-level dan to read about.

“Baihun Dan-An intermediate Xuan-level dan, used to remove soul poison……” Xia Ge turned the page to find a dense list of instructions.

Xia Ge contemplated the page: “{……you don’t think they’d make us refine a xuan-level dan for the interim exam, do you?}

System: [How Would I Know?]

True enough.

Xia Ge glanced up at the master reading quietly at the front, making sure the master’s attention wasn’t on her. Then, blocking her face with her book, Xia Ge turned her eyes to Mao Qing.

Mao Qing was also reading, focused intently on the first page of her danshu.

Grinning, Xia Ge whispered softly: “Morning, Mao Qing. Have you eaten yet?”

After a long moment, Mao Qing looked up from her book.

Framed by long lashes, her dark eyes reflected Xia Ge’s smile, yet were filled with shadows.

Xia Ge adeptly took a piece of cherry candy from her pocket and gave it to Mao Qing: “Can I ask you something?”

Mao Qing considered the piece of candy for a second, then replied: “What is it?”

“The interim exam wouldn’t be on Xuan-level dan, would it?” Xia Ge pointed at the Baihun Dan page in her danshu, “It probably won’t, but still, there’s Xuan-level dan in the book, and what if the master suffers from temporary insanity or something……Ai, you read a lot more than me, what do you think?”

Fingertips gently running along the pages of her own danshu, Mao Qing considered Xia Ge’s question carefully before slowly answering: “It might very well be on Xuan-level dan. It’s a proficiency exam, after all.”

Xia Ge was overwhelmed by the bitterness of life: “Ah, so not that unlikely then? It could be, couldn’t it?”

The exam could be on any kind of dan in the danshu, right?

While Xia Ge was thinking, Mao Qing innocently added: “I’m just guessing. That if it’s in the book, it’s likely to be tested on it.”

Mao Qing’s words were reasonable, as Xia Ge had expected.

So why had Xia Ge even bothered to ask?

Xia Ge silently stretched out a hand to Mao Qing: “……”

Mao Qing: “???”

Xia Ge: “Give me back my cherry candy.”

Mao Qing: “……”

System: [……] Please stop it.

That piece of candy is still warm from your hand and you’re already asking for it back.

Mao Qing: “The interim examination……”

Xia Ge narrowed her eyes: “Yeah?”

Mao Qing blinked: “I don’t think we’ll be tested on Xuan-level dan.”

Xia Ge: “But you just said……”

Mao Qing smirked: “Fooled you.”

Xia Ge: “……”

Forget it.

Glancing again at Huo Bai’s empty seat, Xia Ge said: “Huo Bai really is gone.”

Mao Qing: “Mmm.”

Xia Ge: “Were you able to say goodbye to him?”

Mao Qing: “I got him three catties of mint candies.”

Xia Ge: “……”

Incredulous, Xia Ge remonstrated: “What did you just say? Three catties? Why haven’t you brought me three catties of candy?”

Twirling the cherry candy with her fingertips, Mao Qing gave Xia Ge a strange look: “Are you leaving as well?”

Xia Ge: “No, no, who’s leaving? I’m not leaving, nevermind the candy……I mean, so you did see him before he left?”

Yesterday’s Huo Bai was not the Huo Bai of before. If Mao Qing had rashly visited him……

Xia Ge’s heart slightly palpitated.

“What’s with that look you’re giving me? Like I snatched something away from you.” Mao Qing paused, then smiled mischievously: “Did Huo Bai truly give you a love letter? And now you’re jealous that I gave him candy?”

Xia Ge gave Mao Qing a dead-eyed stare: “……”

Casually turning the pages of her danshu, Mao Qing chuckled: “Don’t worry, I didn’t have the chance to say goodbye to him.”

Xia Ge: “……” Why shouldn’t she worry? It wasn’t like she was jealous over Huo Bai.

Suffocating.

Xia Ge: “But you said you bought him three catties of candy?”

System: [……] Could you get any more fixated on that candy?

“Yes, I bought the candy for him, but when I went to give it to him, he was already gone.” Propping her chin up with one hand, Mao Qing flipped through her danshu until she came to the Baihun Dan page.

Xia exhaled with relief: “Meaning……you didn’t get to say your farewells.”

“Did not.”

Xia Ge rubbed her hands together: “So, what’d you do with the candy?”

System: [……]

Mao Qing: “Took it back to my room.”

Casting coquettish glances at Mao Qing, Xia Ge suggested: “What do you think of us sharing life’s hardships and blessings?”

Mao Qing stroked her chin, smiling sardonically: “You didn’t want to go buy coconut cakes together, nor did you share any with me afterwards.”

Xia Ge spoke emphatically: “Ai……the place was closed! Just because my trip was made in vain, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking of you!”

System: [……]

“Oh?” Mao Qing said, “Well, I think about it.”

Xia Ge: “……”

Ye Ze was better.