Chapter 15

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(This extra chapter is in celebration of our editor’s birthday! Gratz, Leo! Now, where’s ma piece of cake?!~)

I’m certain I don’t want to see mother

Mo Xian rushed inside, he finally let a slow, relieved sigh as he saw Nannan not much farther away.

However, he was scared and speechless as he noticed that the little guy was holding onto Ye Xiudu’s sleeves.

There are very few people that can come near the Lord, let alone an unknown child like this. Although the Lord had hugged him before, it was also when the child was in a drunken state. So why hadn’t he thrown this child off him by now?

Mo Xian touched the back of his neck, feeling uncomfortable, walking slowly towards the two and nodding: “Lord, he…”

“Hm?” Ye Xiudu raised his head to look at Mo Xian, waiting for an explanation.

Touching his neck once more, he forced himself to brace against Ye Xiudu’s reaction: “The poison on my body has been detoxified, what the Lord has previously inferred is correct. This kid indeed followed me because he smelled the wine’s fragrance on my body.” Although he was impressed by this kid’s nose sensitivity, he had already bathed and changed clothes so right now the smell should no longer be on his body.

Ye Xiudu nodded, hearing Mo Xian add: “Originally, I was planning on bringing this child to meet the Lord, but when I arrived in front of Mo Pavilion I encountered Wu Dong. She was curious about the poison on my body, so she examined my pulse. I could have never imagined that this kid would take advantage of my distraction to… ahem, well to slip into this place.”

Saying that he started blinking meaningfully with all his might to Nannan. The latter gave him a disdainful look. Shaking his head, he stated in an honest manner: “Uncle Mo, wasn’t I who told you? If a person makes a mistake, then he must set it straight. You certainly are the type of person that values love over friendship[1]. When you saw that beauty, your eyes became stuck on her, you just threw me off your mind without a second thought. But now, unexpectedly, you want to throw all the fault onto my person, you… you really are no good.”

Mo Xian glared at him, irritated almost to the point of spitting a mouthful of blood: “You, what nonsense are you speaking? When did throw the fault on you? It was obviously you that…”

Ye Xiudu gave him a deep and gloomy look, Mo Xian’s mouth stopped halfway and bowed his head slightly. However, inside his thoughts he was ruthlessly giving that kid a beating, he must surely add this new episode to his now growing blacklist.

This kid had was unusual, no matter if talking about courage, ability or intelligence, he is extraordinary in all of them. If he nurtures this kid well, he was surely going to turn into a rare talent in the future. He had such thought of turning this kid into one of his trump cards in the future, but… this kid’s origin was still unknown, so he couldn’t be sure if it was a good or a bad one.

He lifted his eyes towards Mo Xian again. After years together they already formed a tacit understanding, making Mo Xian aware of his Lord’s thoughts. Although he was surprised, he also took it as matter of course. It seems that the Lord wishes to investigate this child’s identity.

However, if one really wants to check it, one must find that mother he mentioned previously.

After giving it a thought, he took a step forward and whispered: “Lord, your subordinate brought this child back without permission from his parents. They must be very anxious by now since your subordinate has already been detoxified, this matter should be addressed and the child returned to his parents so they’ll stop worrying.”

Ye Xiudu nodded, voicing agreement “Hm hum.”

Mo Xian exhaled deeply, stepping up to take Nannan back with him.

He didn’t think that Nannan would have already turned his body over, standing up by himself. His movements were very agile and light. Ye Xiudu was preparing to open his mouth and speak when the kid’s voice, filled with righteousness, sounded:

“No, I can’t go back yet.”

“Why?” Mo Xian asked, confused.

Nannan pursed his lips, glancing at the panther for a second before once again opening his mouth to speak to them: “Uncle Mo, although I have already given you the antidote you have been poisoned for too long. So the poison in your body still hasn’t been completely removed by now. I should take responsibility for what I have done, so I think I need to stay… hmm… it’s all for your good.”

As if trying to reinforce the truthfulness in his words, he gave a zealous nod.

Mo Xian’s lips twitched: “Wu Dong already felt my pulse, my body has no poison residues left inside.”

That Wu Dong or something is annoying as hell. Nannan immediately felt some enmity towards her. His bun-like face wrinkled as he delivered them a dead serious look: “Aiya, I already told you everything. That’s only because I just gave you the antidote, so your pulse looks normal. But after two days or so… no, early by tomorrow you’ll suffer a relapse and at that time if you are unable to find me, you’ll die. You’ll die! And if you die you can’t eat delicious things nor can you drink good things anymore. You also cannot flirt with that beauty anymore.”

Mo Xian gritted his teeth: “I already told you I wasn’t trying to flirt… Forget it, I would be too stupid to try to justify myself to you.”

Mo Xian waved a hand, ignoring all of the cautionary words given by the kid. Wanting to walk forward towards him again, he voiced: “I’ll take you back first to meet with your mother, maybe she’ll be able to detoxify this poison for me.”

Meet my mother? Nannan’s eyes went wide in horror, his small body shrinking towards Ye Xiudu’s side.

You must be joking, if my mother got to know that he almost threw his life away just for the sake of drinking some wine she would definitely kick him out. Not recognizing him as her son at all, so… he absolutely mustn’t go back.

Ye Xiudu quickly understood the kid’s reluctance as he glanced at his small frame. He raised a hand and halted Mo Xian in his steps: “If this is the case, then let Nannan stay for a few more days. Wait until he feels that the poison in your body is completely solved before sending him back.”

(TL: Honestly, I didn’t see Nannan telling them his name, he must have done so at some point :P)

Nannan was taken aback by those words, meeting Ye Xiudu’s gaze in the air, his heart skipped a beat. He… could he have understood the truth behind his white lies? No, he concealed the truth so well, that man surely wouldn’t have found out. There’s no need to be scared!

Mo Xian opened his mouth but said nothing.

Contrary to expectations, Ye Xiudu’s eyes were full of interest towards the kid by his side. He was really curious to know what the real purpose of this little guy was in wanting to prolong his stay.

However, Ye Xiudu’s doubts were soon answered.

When that night Nannan sneaked inside of his room.

Ye Xiudu, who was resting inside of his room late at night and already had a new gauze fixed around his wound, suddenly heard light footsteps from outside.

In this shuffling of feet, there wasn’t a shred of the calmness nor cautiousness that a martial artist would have. Instead, they revealed a hint of uneasiness and… the sound of stumbling onto something when walking into an unknown place.

Ye Xiudu’s brows raised in inquiry. Leaning over to blow the candle on the table nearby and making the room dark. He silently waited for the sound of the footsteps to grow closer.

Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee

Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama

Translator’s Notes

[1] – Here he uses an idiom (重色轻友) which means literally ‘Heavy towards Sex and Light towards friends’ to refer to someone that once finds a lover or a person he is interested in, he’ll throw his friends out.