After taking a quick nap, I stood up and stretched my hands; I looked up. And already saw Yao looking at me with blazing eyes, 'What the hell? Ok, I know the mental shock caused by my mental and physical change, but her look is just humorous.'
Jin laughed at the little girl's stare; she noticed he was directly looking at her, and jogged out again from the shame, to finally come back after she calmed down, "young master, they are waiting for you in the family dining hall."
Her fearful shy attitude was fascinating to jin.
However, he didn't have the time for that now; he still has many things to take care of. To put it in simple words, he doesn't have the mc or villain plot armor to save his ass.
'Oye System show me my charm stats'
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Looks: 8/10
Description: You look now like the template of every handsome cannon fodder, but your eyes give you a different vibe to yourself
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'Heh! That dumb author gave me these beautiful violet eyes, and I'm tall too! To balance all that huge fat figure, Perhaps he was tired and just wanted to get rid of my character with few descriptions, but this is still far from the look I want; I always wanted to be muscled. With robust pecs.'
"May I have Your hands, miss." his tender voice contradicted his natural arrogant face.
"Miss?" Yao still didn't get used to her weird young master. After all, the other maids already condemned her death and even gambled about the time the vicious young hog of a master will break her legs; she also didn't know how someone can change this much in a month; her young maiden self couldn't help but look at those precious diamonds placed at his eye socket.
At the period he isolated himself, his dark hair also grew passed his neck, broadly developing a refined look, with a sharp jawline.
Yet, for some reason, his facial features hold a weirdly arrogant aura to it.
Like it's forcefully carved, But Still, all she can see now is a gentle youth, frail and vulnerable, waiting for her help.
"Yes, young master." she took jin hand and helped him stand up; he leaned his tall figure against her small frame; he wasn't heavy at the slightest; the skeleton boy was even more malnourished than hers, his face pressed against her shoulder, and his warm breath tingled her neck.
They walked side to side for a long time, slowly one step a time; Yao couldn't endure the embarrassment any longer; And turned her head to see the young boy looking at her with a warm yet malicious gaze; she shivered, and her heart started to beat wildly at the way the boy's eyes flickered, she forgot what she wanted to say in an instant, and processed to walk faster.
They finally reached the hall; sixty-some people were packed in an enormous space; they all turned their heads and glanced at the new upcoming guest;
They all knew how much the tyrant fatty is arrogant, but they still tolerated him because of how dumb and easy he can be manipulated.
A boy from the back greeted Jin, "Ey, look who is here, our beloved fatty jin finally showed up."
He was one of Jin cousins and also his close "friend"
The family has the grandparent "Wang Yan" as the patriarch with six sons and three daughters.
Their kids were so numerous; they are too much to count.
He came closer to Jin and was about to shake his hands, when he finally realized something, "Who are you?" He shockingly said.
I looked at him; this bastard was the snake who ate the fat kid's brain and made him like a puppet under his fingers; I frowned and uttered, "Hello? Did you forget your good friend so easily?" I smiled in front of his face and signaled Yao to let me go.
"Fatty Yan? Is that you!" He said in a loud surprised tone.
My eyes radiated a weird light; perhaps even this body didn't like such nickname."Yes, it's me; well, like you are seeing, I'm not a fatty anymore, so stop calling me that"
He shooked his face, "How!? Did you lose all that weight, wait, and why are you talking to your brother in such a cold tone?"
'Brother? I will screw you over soon very good, and also I'm making a template asshole; system tells him how much the cold, handsome villain always win the girls first impression, to just ruin it after with his retarded jealous driven actions, well in those other novels, the only reason the mc get the respect and the girls, is because of his contentious coincidences, op talent, plot armor, saving the girl bullshit, or even maybe the villain evil deeds.'
(A/N: No, it's me who's wise)
Because of this dumb guy noisy astonishment, the whole hall focused there inspecting eyes toward me; shortly after, an Aloud uproar resounded in the lobby, everyone was speechlessly talking to the guy beside him, mumbles followed mumbles, and finally, the conversations ended, with a powerful cough sounded in the highest position of the hall, I looked up and saw an old man stroking his long white beard, he looked at least passed sixty. But, the dominant aura he executed and the healthy muscular body he possessed made him look way more youthful.
I concluded that this man is my grandfather, the dignified Yan family patriarch.
"You, come here, let me see you," the grandfather said; from my memories, his nickname trough out the sky heaven kingdom is "fierce sword"; because of the scary strength, he executes in every swing he makes.
I immediately moved my shaking feet till I'm close to his high seat. Looking up, He signaled me with his finger to climb the stairs.
I was now standing at the same level as him; I knew that if I want to change my situation, at least during this small ark, and without any otherwordly luck, I need to hold on to some influential people's tights and be as prepared as ever.
He weirdly looked at me; even he, can't believe my transformation, my eyes didn't avert from his sharp gaze either; after losing weight, I weirdly resembled this man a lot; after a short moment, he finally spoke, "How did you change your body this much, last time I saw your face you looked like you're ready to burst."
'Huh? grandpa! How could you say it to my face like that' I mentally cried and made a hesitation noble price worthy act with my facial expressions?
He seemed to understand and assured me that nobody could hear us; I didn't have anything to keep a secret, so I just told him.
"I used a technique from the library, called Pheonix skin," and finished it by informing him of the way the system told me to use it to burn my fat.
His expression didn't change a lot, but I can feel his aura change; he smiled and even let out a chuckle; everyone in the hell was shocked; they never heard the patriarch laughter; he uttered some words, "Did you thought about this yourself?"
"Yes," I confidently said; I don't possess none of that luck the mc have, if I have to lie, I will lie, if I have to exploit God himself to save my ass, I will still try and attempt it.
"Ho! Genius! I never thought such a technique might work like that; we might make a fortune selling your way."
'Ugh! This greedy old man, of course, I thought about the possibility of selling it, but currying favor with the family and enhancing my worth in this grandpa's head is much greater; after all, the xianxia world doesn't work with being rich, but who is stronger, there is no law in this streets, plus I'm still going to scam this old man to give me the secret family techniques.'
"Yes, patriarch, My researches are all for the family's sake," I said.
He frowned and said, "researchers? There is more?"
"Of course, patriarch, I researched how the body and muscles connect; I can already see how much your shoulder and back are stiff from continuously sitting; I can help relieve your stress with my techniques,"I proudly declared.
He doesn't know that I took a three-year massage course after I dropped out from my college; older adults in my neighborhood called me the Messiah of street 911, after experiencing this holy hands .
"Oh! Can you do that too? Hm, looking back to it, how could you look at me straight in the eyes?." he raised a brow, and his eyes shone with a deadly light.
After the imposing words, I felt a tension growing up.
"Eh? You're my grandpa; why I can't look at you? Besides, I just grew up a little bit" because of the asshole author description of my face; I always have an arrogant expression even while sleeping.
'Fuck! I hope he understands my attentions.'
The tension instantly cleared up "hehehe! Indeed, I'm your grandpa; I even thought your young me for a second, but I like it, and yes, your right, my back is killing me these past few years; I will need to test your skills later."
I let out a faint nod and bowed my head.
'hehe! Old man, After I'm done with your body, you'll faint from delight.'
'Oh! My bad!'
Steps sounded around the door entrance, and my second and third uncle made their entrance; I looked behind them and saw my mother and father, slowly walking.
Grandpa told me to sit beside him today as a reward for my contributions; I got mad but didn't show any signs of displeasure.
'You old fox! Do you think you can get my favor for free? Dream on'
My parents and the new guests greeted the patriarch and glanced at the boy beside him; I waved my hands at my mother; she subconsciously slapped her tights, there is no way in hell she won't recognize me after all, she was my mother, and also my eyes were the only violet ones in the entire kingdom.
Her shook was even greater than all the previous ones; her mouth kept twitching while I'm enjoying the show. I smiled in her direction and winked. My father didn't even know how the kid beside his grandfather was; he just kept saying to himself, how is this asshole who just winked toward his wife. And swore he would rip him apart after knowing his identity.
"Now, after all the members of the family are here, let's start eating our meal." My grandpa shouted.
I wanted to go and greet my mother, perhaps because, in my previous life, my mother left me during my childhood after divorcing my old man, which resulted in me never experiencing a single drop of motherly love.
The hall quiets down, and everybody got to their respectable spots, while people still glanced at me from time to time, mostly young girls and the people I closely knew.
I didn't hold back in kissing this older man's ass; I probably exhausted all my buttering and jokes this night. However, my efforts didn't go in vain; the old fox laughed so hard my ears bled, but because of the sound barrier he previously set, nobody heard anything anymore.
"HEHEHEH! Oh, you brat! I didn't know your this funny, but was it again? You thought I look younger than your father, hehe! Smelly brat, you're speaking some truth!"
'This shameless bastard! Why is this night so long! Someone save me!' I mentally sobbed; if someone knew how much the old man talked and laughed today, they would instantly cough a mouthful of blood.
Apparently, this old man is hugely feared and respected in this city, but because I'm kind of new to this world, I just acted like he's a normal grandfather.
But after all this buttering, my initial object of meeting the story mc is not yet accomplished; that naive brat is nowhere to be seen.
'System, you said the mc is my cousin, I can't see him in the hall.'
'Wake up? Why is our sleep beauty in a coma?'
'Eh! Well, I already expected this! Befriending the mc plane crashed before it even launched.'
Jin focused his eyes in an empty place and deeply pondered about something, "I have a whole year to prepare, plus I can't kill the mc, villains, and even the minor mc's"
"System, why I can't kill this devil in his sleep?"
"Eh! Nice one; Gods surely know how to take revenge."
Grandpa noticed my spaced-out state and lightly coughed.
I immediately turned my head and said, "Grandpa, want to hear a poem?" since my jokes are over, I'm going to use my previous world-famous works.
"Oh! Poem? You understand scholar work too? Which one?" anticipation filled his face.
"One I just composed just now while looking at your mesmerizing beard, Ah! I got lost in that rich and powerful texture" I knew every old man in this world obsessively loved and grew their beards; I obviously won't miss my chance to flatter him up even more.
After hearing what I said, he made an ecstatic face; while his face brightened even more, and he amusedly said, "This is the first time someone recognized the greatness of my beard; let me hear it hurry!"
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I embraced my veil to my beard
To cover the dark part of me
Never To let the sun smiles its brightness at the scornful wound of my heat
And not to receive the cool breeze in the evening.
Oh! Beautiful mask of distress
How I wish to unveil you out of my beard
To welcome the gleams of sunlight and feel the breeze once again as in a blue moon
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After I finished, I found a hand tightly grasping my shoulder; I heard an autonomous dramatic voice enter my ears, "This is the first time someone complimented this old man treasure, thank you my grandkid, for bringing such joy to my old heart."
I nodded my head, but he continued, "From now on, you will sit with this old man every day at dinner, okay?"
'What the hell? Where did the imposing old man go? Am not your mother bastard, if you want someone to entertain you, find it somewhere else.'
What Jin didn't know is the old man just gave him the biggest honor someone in the family can ask for; the family members will kill for just a couple of minutes of the old man's time.
"Of course, grandpa, I can't even stop making poems after experiencing your dominant power enhanced by the beautiful beard proudly hanging around your neck; I will make sure to make new ones every day! Ah! I might not even sleep today!"
"Such a filial kid! That hit you told me about seemed like it holds some kind of divine teachings! It enlightened your head from that dumb disappointment of a grandkid you were."
'Divine, my ass! You damn bastard, it's just your damned beard.'
"It's getting late; what was your name again?" Grandpa Wang only remembers important people's names; he doesn't even know some of his own children's names.
"it's Jin Yan family patriarch."
"Hmph! Brat, after all this time we spend, you calling me patriarch? Hurry and call me grandpa."
I looked around. I didn't even realize how much time passed; the hall was empty; I bowed my head and said, "Jin Yan greets Grandpa Wang."
"Hehe, good good," he uttered.