Camrad_RIP: переводы

→“Ah, those girls?” Xiao Nan had said when Liu Jin asked him about it. “They are hoping I will take them to my bed. The stupid ones hope to be my wife. The ones with a little sense have their sights set on being a mistress. Well, that’s only to be expected, but I have no intention of doing either of those things. By the way, I don’t think anyone will try this with Little Brother but do remember you are still too young for those sorts of things. No inviting girls to your room until you’re old and rich enough to take responsibility.”

→“I only wanted tea, but the cooks insisted I take the steamed buns with me. There are far too many for me to finish by myself,” Liu Jin explains a little nervously. He clenches a fist under his sleeve and continues. “You will come to my room and help me finish them. You can tell me about you and Branch Master Ding there.”

→Most unfortunately, Xiao Nan said that to Liu Jin while the latter was drinking from a pleasantly hot cup of tea. As it turned out, pleasantly hot tea was not so pleasant when it fell on your clothes.

→“And if I told you to go to the kitchens and fetch some food for me, you would do it, would you not?”

→Xiao Heng looks nervous but nods. “That is so, Brother Liu. If it is your request, this Xiao Heng will move Heaven and Earth to see your needs met.”

→“So, if I told you to carry this tea kettle for me, you would do it, right?”

→Liu Jin stares at Xiao Heng, waiting for an answer.

→Silence.

→“Please, carry this, Brother Heng,” Liu Jin says.

→Xiao Heng immediately obeys.

→“It is so, Brother Liu,” he says. “This one is Branch Master Xiao Ding’s second son.”

→Showing the difference between them, Xiao Nan has no such problems. Authority wraps around the older boy like a cloak. He speaks, and people listen. He walks, and everyone steps out of the way. By the time the first day is over, a procession is already following his every step. They hang on to his every word and cater to his every whim. Among the group of people that have taken to following Xiao Nan around are a few female disciples.

→Is this what people like Xiao Nan and Xiao Fang have to deal with all the time? Was this what Yun Han was dealing with the day he almost killed him? If so, Liu Jin can almost sympathize. When he thinks about it, this lifestyle is just…

→It is a very odd feeling. Liu Jin cannot deny he has sometimes wanted power and respect but having them fall on him so suddenly is definitely awkward. In the end, Liu Jin ends up spending most of his time inside his room under the pretense of meditating. It is better than dealing with all the people outside.

→Xiao Nan had not been joking. It is plain to see in how everyone acts around him. In New Moon Town, Liu Jin is not the son of a simple doctor. He is not someone stuck in the Inner Realm. In New Moon Town, Liu Jin is a disciple of the main branch who is at a level of cultivation superior to disciples even four years his senior.

→A position of superiority.

→“Brother Liu, it would be my honor if you were to exchange tips with me.”

→Liu Jin purses his lips. There is something about this that feels familiar enough to bother him. He is just not sure how to approach the subject with the proper tact. Social skills have never been his forte. Then Liu Jin remembers Xiao Nan’s words and realizes he does not need tact right now. He has something better.

→Xiao Heng looks away awkwardly. “Ah… that is nothing important, Brother Liu. Xiao Dong has always been father’s favorite. It is not something worth wasting Brother Liu’s time on.”

→“Your father did not mention he had a second son,” Liu Jin says. “Why?”