Love from the Male Protagonist’s Harem - Chapter 31-1

Chapter 31- Doraemon Part 1

Translated by Snowfall77

When Ye Ze made his way up to Suxi Pavilion to find Xia Ge, he found Xia Ge busy, whimpering to herself and throwing materials into a furnace.

“……”

And an elegant young lady dressed in red and white, sitting over to one side, a red Danshu held in her slender pale hand.  Her posture was graceful and upright, her countenance untroubled.  Although, upon noting Ye Ze’s arrival, her expression shifted to slight surprise.

But Xia Ge’s eyes, looking up from the bitter work of liandan, lit up when they saw Ye Ze!

{little puppet, here comes my chance to be lazy!}

System: [……]

“Ye Ze?”  Gu Peijiu’s brow furrowed, yet her tone was light, “What matter brings you here?”

Meanwhile, Xia Ge was gazing at Ye Ze framed in the doorway like he was the rising sun in the sky,—the one in whom she’d put her lifetime belief.  Furthermore, her movements of putting things in the furnace was getting slower and slower.  Suddenly there was a ‘snap,’ and Xia Ge, still busy admiring her object of faith, felt a blow to the head.  The cool scent of sandalwood wafted over Xia Ge as one word was spoken: “Concentrate.”

“Ow, that hurt!”  Having received a rap to the skull, Xia Ge promptly wailed and felt sorry for herself, “Ai, I’m dying, my head hurts so bad.  Senior Sister, I think you hit my 8 meridians—I don’t think I can go on—–can I take a break?”

Xia Ge’s words were very dishonest, but glancing at Ye Ze, she tried to send him a SOS with her oblique gaze—–

“”

Ye Ze, it’s time to rescue your brother!  Pull me out of the fire!

Seemingly indifferent to her pleading look, Ye Ze addressed Gu Peijiu: “Senior Sister, may I have a word with Xia Wuyin?”

Hearing Ye Ze’s words, Xia Ge’s face immediately brightened up like a 1 kilowatt light bulb.

He really had come to save her from disaster!

What a good brother!  She would definitely take him along the next time she went to Mojia village to drink!!  She’d never say he had a stinky mouth again!  Instead she’d say many nice things!

Using the book in her hand, Gu Peijiu again hit the fidgety Xia Ge on the head, and her voice was cold: “No taking a break.  Whatever you two have to say to each other can wait until Xia Ge is done with her liandan.”

The first sentence addressed to Xia Ge, the second sentence addressed to Ye Ze.

Ye Ze promptly bowed his head submissively: “Yes, Senior Sister.”

Xia Ge: “……???”

Hold on……your fighting strength is that feeble?!

Are you really the male protagonist?!  You’re acting like some minor walk-on character!!  Danfeng’s Gu Peijiu is not just going to be your wife……she’d going to be one of your many wives!  Why are you acting so whipped?!

Look your future woman in the eye and call her out!

Then courageously take your little brother Xia Wuyin out for a stroll!  Get me out of here!

Of course it was impossible for Ye Ze to hear Xia Ge’s crazy internal barrage of criticisms.  He did feel her burning stare, yet he continued without change in expression: “Then, Senior Sister, is it all right if I wait here?”

In response, Gu Peijiu gave a slight nod.  She did note Xia Ge’s continued sluggishness and complete loss of spirit though, and gave the outer disciple a third knock on the head, callously saying “Keep going.”

A despondent Xia Ge hung her head and threw more materials into the furnace.

Ugh.  Liandan was so utterly boring, enough to drain the life from anyone……

The sun was setting in the west.

“Ah—-the dan is refined!”

Face dirty with grime, Xia Ge plucked out from the ashes of the furnace a green dan, crying tears of joy: “Senior Sister!!  Finally, it’s not black anymore!!!  I’m going to be successful and win recognition!!  I’m going to reach the pinnacle——”

Gu Peijiu regarded grubby Xia Ge and her green dan, and was about to speak.  However, Ye Ze’s bleak voice sounded first.

“Xia Wuyin, Bigu dan is brown.”

Xia Ge: “……”

She took it all back.  Ye Ze was a bastard who must have been eating onions and garlic the whole day, because his mouth fucking stank to death.

Best to ignore him.

Instead, Xia Ge turned her gaze to the young lady in red and white: “Senior Sister……”

Faced with the unkempt boy who’d raked out a green dan out of the furnace and then looked to her for approval, Gu Peijiu’s heart wavered, ineffable feelings surging.

The little slickster.

He didn’t even know his face was covered with ash.

Gu Peijiu walked over to the outer disciple, retrieved a snow-white handkerchief from her sleeve, and wiped the ash from his cheeks.

The pleasant scent of crisp sandalwood enveloped Xia Ge, while the fabric touching her cheeks felt so soft.  Still holding the green dan in her hands, Xia Ge gazed up the young lady’s jade-like features, felt her gentle movements.  Not understanding why, Xia Ge felt her face begin to flush.

……she was……really in a fix.

“Mmmm.”  Gu Peijiu put the handkerchief back in her sleeve, stretched out a hand and briefly stroked Xia Ge’s hair, and said in a voice clear like flowing water: “Much better than before.”

The hand atop her head was so tender that it abruptly brought Xia Ge back to her senses.  Now she felt the green dan in her hands hurt the eyes.  “……but, it’s green.”

“Yes, it’s a cooper-green patina that happens accidently when refining.”  Gu Peijiu withdrew her hand, pausing for a moment: “It’s very commonplace.”

“Hehe.”  Xia Ge was still embarrassed.  “So that’s what happened.”

Gu Peijiu went: “Yes.  The lesson is over, you can go.”

Doraemon (Japanese: ドラえもん [doɾaemoɴ]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 tankōbon volumes and published by Shogakukan from 1970 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi.

Doraemon has been blamed for having a negative impact on children, due to the controversial traits of the characters in the anime. The character has received criticism in China, where some media outlets considered Doraemon to be a politically subversive character and that it was a tool of Japan’s “cultural invasion”.[214][215][216] In 2016, a resolution to ban Hindi-dubbed Doraemon anime series was submitted in Pakistan.[217] Around the same time, legal notices were served against several companies in India, targeting Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan for bans (which did not materialize), as having an adverse effect on children.[217][218] Disney Channel India, the regional broadcaster of the anime, was banned in Bangladesh and Pakistan citing non-availability of localized dubs for content including Doraemon.[219][220]

奇经八脉[qí jīng bā mài]

eight extra-meridian channels

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians are just one category of the meridians of the human body . The Eight Extraordinary Meridians are the general term for Du , Ren , Chong , Dai , Yangwei , Yinwei , Yinqiao and Yangqiao .

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians are different from the Twelve Serious Meridians. They neither directly belong to the viscera, nor do they have an external and internal coordination relationship.