# Chapter 1087: Little… Mo Li!?
And looking at her like this, she didn't show the slightest bit of fear!
"...Why are you here alone? Where are your companions or family?" Yun Che found it hard to meet the girl's eyes directly. He swept his gaze around and asked.
"I don't have any companions, and I sneaked out to play by myself—my family doesn't know." The girl, however, fixed her sparkling eyes on him, wearing a pure and beautiful smile like a fairy-tale princess.
Alone? Yun Che's brows twitched violently.
Although this was still on the edge of the Heihun Mountain range, they had already penetrated nearly two hundred li in. For a little girl at only the King Xuan Realm to make it here alone and unscathed? Under normal circumstances, that was almost impossible!
Wait… could it be that someone was secretly protecting her?
The reason he couldn't detect them was because the person was too powerful—so powerful that he couldn't sense their aura at all.
Thinking about how the girl had never shown the slightest hint of fear or nervousness from start to finish, how she was breathtakingly beautiful and delicate, and how she possessed an extremely unique aura—there was no way she came from an ordinary family.
Putting it all together, Yun Che grew more convinced of this idea… It seemed his act of saving her was purely meddling!
"Big brother, what's your name?" the girl asked.
"Ling Yun," Yun Che replied casually—it was a fake name anyway. "If you're alone, it's very dangerous here. You should leave soon."
With that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"So you're Big Brother Ling Yun… Ah! Wait, wait!" Seeing Yun Che about to leave, the girl called out to stop him. "Since it's so dangerous here, how about you protect me? Hehe… a cute little girl like me offering herself for you to protect—you must be really happy, right?"
"...I still have very important things to do. You should go home soon."
Yun Che floated into the air and in an instant had already flown far away.
"Ah! You, you… how can you do this… You're not allowed to leave!"
From behind came the girl's angry, charming shout, but Yun Che turned a deaf ear and flew farther and farther away… until the girl's voice turned into screams of terror.
"Help! Someone save me… Ahh!!"
Yun Che casually glanced back, but suddenly sensed over a dozen dangerous auras charging straight at the girl.
It was profound beasts attracted by the commotion from his earlier attack!
But throughout the girl's screams, there was no sign of a hidden expert stepping in to drive away these dangerous beasts now closing in on her, as Yun Che had anticipated.
Could it be… she really was alone?
The situation was urgent; there was no time for further thought. Yun Che turned around like lightning, diving down in a flash. With several consecutive Moon-Breaking Shadow Flicks, he appeared right in front of the girl just as a giant profound beast's claw was about to touch her.
Boom!
The beast's right claw slammed heavily into Yun Che's chest, but was repelled with several times the force. Yun Che swept his arm, violently tearing up the mountain ground before him, sending eight profound beasts flying away.
"Roar—!!"
At that moment, several more profound beasts from behind lunged straight at the girl's back. She let out another scream—one that didn't really sound like fear. Without turning around, Yun Che's sweeping right arm burst into flames and struck backward… but then he suddenly realized the instantaneous high heat might hurt the girl. The flames dissipated instantly, replaced by a flash of blue light.
Clang—
In a piercing sound of solidification, the seven profound beasts behind him were frozen solid in an instant, then carried far away by a sudden howling gust of cold wind, completely motionless.
Confirming there was no more danger around, Yun Che lowered his arm and turned around. "Alright, you're safe now."
"You… you're too despicable! You just ran off and left me alone, and almost let them eat me! You… how are you going to make it up to me?!" The girl's beautiful eyes were wide with anger, her cheeks puffed out.
"...Little girl, I just saved you—twice, actually. Not only do you not thank me, you scold me instead." Yun Che said with a sullen expression.
"Hmph! You're a man, so isn't it only right for you to save a cute little loli like me?" The girl's pink-white cheeks were puffed up high as she declared with "righteous" indignation: "Not only should you save me, but seeing me all alone in such a dangerous place, you should also protect me properly. A cute girl like me—even a single strand of my hair being harmed is absolutely unacceptable."
"And you dared to abandon me… absolutely unforgivable! You have to apologize, and then protect me properly!"
"..." Yun Che's mouth hung wide open, and for a long time, he couldn't squeeze out a single word.
This little girl… although she certainly had the capital to be narcissistic, her personality… she was clearly a little princess raised in extreme indulgence and thoroughly spoiled!
Probably…
Seeing Yun Che speechless, the girl's lips curled up proudly: "Hmph, at a loss for words, aren't you! You know you're wrong now—it's still not too late to admit it. I can graciously forgive you. But from now on, you must protect me properly and never let me face any danger again! Otherwise, you… you… you'll be the most unforgivable person in the whole world!"
"..." Yun Che took a deep breath. "Little girl, you want me to protect you… aren't you afraid I might be a bad guy?"
The girl's star-bright eyes looked at him seriously: "Although you do look like a bad guy, you're probably not a particularly bad bad guy, right?"
Yun Che's mouth twitched repeatedly… Not a particularly bad bad guy…
That's still a bad guy!
Sigh! Forget it. Not worth arguing with a narcissistic little girl. Since he'd already saved her twice, he might as well see it through.
Yun Che extended his hand. Blue light flickered, and a ten-foot-long ice boat materialized in front of them. Yun Che floated onto it and said with a lack of energy: "Get on. I'll take you to a safe place."
"Mmm… sure, sure!" The girl looked at the ice boat, then without hesitation jumped on after him, and said with a beaming smile: "Big brother, even though you don't seem like a good person, you're really amazing! You can use both fire and ice… truly impressive."
Yun Che: "..."
The ice boat rose into the air, speeding rapidly toward the outer reaches of Heihun Mountain.
"Little girl, are you really alone?" Yun Che stared straight ahead as he asked.
"Of course! A cute little loli like me never lies." The girl replied crisply.
"...What's your name?" Yun Che asked casually. Although it had been slow going deeper into the mountains, with him pushing the ice boat at full speed, the return trip would be dozens of times faster, and they'd be out of the mountain range soon.
"My name? Mm… let me think." The girl tilted her little head, her small hand tapping her chin as she began to mutter softly to herself: "Orange, apple, hawthorn, peach, mango, lychee..."
Yun Che: "…………???"
"...Big mushroom, little mushroom, ant, elephant, camellia, jasmine..." Her eyes suddenly lit up. She opened her little hand and exclaimed excitedly: "My name is Mo Li!"
"~!@#$%..." Yun Che turned around and looked down at her: "Little girl, even if you're going to lie… can you at least not be so obvious!"
"Huh? How could that be?" The girl blinked, said seriously: "I worked really hard to come up with such a cute name."
"I asked for your real name." Yun Che's voice rose an octave: "And didn't you just say you never lie?"
"Hmph!" The girl twisted her little face away, pouting angrily: "You're the one who lied to me with a fake name first, and now you're yelling at me. You really are a despicable bad guy!"
"..." Yun Che was immediately at a loss for words… Damn, how did she know my name was fake? Did she just guess it?
"How… how did you know my name was fake?" Yun Che's voice dropped back down, clearly carrying some guilt.
"I just know!"
"Alright, alright. I admit my name was fake. I admit it was wrong of me to lie." Yun Che waved his hand helplessly. "Then… can you pick another name?"
"Why?" The girl tilted her head in confusion. "Mo Li not only sounds nice, it also suits my cuteness and beauty. I like it a lot."
"You… you could pick an even nicer name." Yun Che thought hard and said: "For example, how about… Little Apple?"
"No way!" The girl shook her head in dissatisfaction. "I'm such a cute little loli. I don't want to be big and fat like an apple."
"...How about Carrot?"
"Even less! When I grow up, I'm going to have curves in all the right places. I don't want to be ugly like a carrot!"
Curves… in all the right places…
Yun Che was nearly at his wit's end: "Then pick another name you like. Just don't call yourself Mo Li!"
"Why?" The girl's eyes were full of suspicion. "Does Big Brother not like the name Mo Li?"
"Of course not!!"
The name "Mo Li" touched the deepest shadow in his soul. He denied it almost instantly, then scratched his head and said: "Fine, I'll be honest with you. There's a very important person in my life whose name is Mo Li. Other than her, I don't want to call anyone else by that name, and I certainly don't want to see anyone casually using it."
"Oh… I see." The girl seemed to understand.
"That's exactly it!" Yun Che emphasized.
"Alright," the girl nodded lightly, then started thinking seriously again. "Then I'll pick another name."
Yun Che breathed a sigh of relief, thinking with satisfaction: Although this little girl is willful, narcissistic, and neurotic, at least she's somewhat reasonable.
"Oh, Big Brother, is your 'Mo Li' older than me or younger?" the girl suddenly asked.
"Older than you, of course," Yun Che replied.
"Good, decided!" The girl's eyes sparkled like stars again. "My name will be… Little Mo Li!!"
"~!@#$%..." Both corners of Yun Che's eyes twitched. "What… difference… does that make!!"
"Of course there's a difference! Little Mo Li sounds even cuter." The girl smiled beautifully, seemingly even more fond of and satisfied with the name "Little Mo Li."
"..." Yun Che was completely speechless.
"By the way, Big Brother, you said Mo Li is a very important person to you. Is she your mother?" The little girl asked curiously. Now that she was "Little Mo Li," she'd suddenly developed great interest in "Mo Li." "If Mo Li is your mother, then Little Mo Li would be your little mother… ah, no—your little aunt!"
"Of course not!" YunChe almost shouted. And what was with that strange logic afterward??
"Very important but not mother," the girl thought again and immediately lit up: "I get it! She must be Big Brother's wife!"
"…?!" Yun Che was about to shout in denial again, but then he remembered her strange logic earlier. If he told her Mo Li was his master, she'd probably come up with some bizarre conclusion.
He quickly composed himself and nodded solemnly: "Yes, that's right. Mo Li is my wife."
"Wow!!" The girl's reaction was exaggerated beyond expectations. Her brows arched, and her already sparkling pupils seemed to suddenly have thousands of stars shining at once: "So that's how it is. Mm… Mo Li is Big Brother's wife, then Little Mo Li is Big Brother's..."
"Little sister-in-law!"
Yun Che: (⊙o⊙)⁈
"In that case, Big Brother is my brother-in-law… Ah! Hello, brother-in-law!" Little Mo Li looked at him with an angelic smile, calling "brother-in-law" so smoothly it was as if it came naturally.
Yun Che couldn't breathe: "How… how could I be your brother-in-law!!"
"How could I not be?" Little Mo Li extended her tender little hand and counted on her fingers with serious deliberation: "Brother-in-law, look: Sister Mo Li is your wife, and I'm Little Mo Li, so of course I'm Sister Mo Li's little sister. Since I'm Sister Mo Li's sister, then I'm naturally your little sister-in-law, and you're my brother-in-law. Perfectly correct!"
Correct… correct your sister!!
Was this little girl a human or a fairy? That train of thought didn't belong to any human!
While he was in a frenzy, Little Mo Li had already begun to exercise her rights as a little sister-in-law with righteous justification: "It's only natural for a brother-in-law to protect his sister-in-law. Now that you're my brother-in-law, you have to keep me safe, obey me obediently, and especially not run off alone suddenly. Wherever you go, you have to take me along! And… and… let me think more."
Yun Che: o((⊙﹏⊙))o…………
Sigh… take a breath… take another breath… stay calm! She's just a pretty little girl with a clearly abnormal brain… She just happened to come up with the name "Mo Li" by chance… Don't take her seriously… Hurry up and get her out of Heihun Mountain, then drop her off and make a run for it!
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