Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10: An A Bath Story
I really didn’t kno to express the shocking I was feeling
I only came to deliver some clothes…
It’s absolutely true that I had no intentions of peeping
Still, I was dragged along until I ended up behind the screen Because the other had used a lot of strength, I didn’t even have tie of the wooden tub, a hair’s breadth fro inside
I wiped rant A puff of air rose up tomy neck and the roots of my ears red Now this was heat
My hands danced about as I tried to straighten up Butup the water until they were thoroughly wet Those heavy, waterlogged sleeves carried the sound of gurgling water as I touched so ithin the tub It was slippery like a loach, but the tactile sensation was very pleasing Before I could figure out what it was, he caughthim head-on My face looked red and flustered, but I had turned cold all over
“Shao’er, what are you doing here so late?” his voice was gentle, refined, and pleasant to hear There was no sign of anger in the tone
I blinked a few ti on the hand aroundand slender, his speech light and soft, but every th and it didn’t seeo
My silence lasted for a while before I ive him a smile
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Could I say I came here to steal pills?
Gulp, honesty wasn’t the best policy here
Well, I couldn’t exactly say I ca…
If I said a lie like that, I ht as well tell the truth instead My eyes spun in their sockets as I tried to think of an excuse to get by, butat the beautiful scene before me
All the excellent sights and sounds of spring…in , as if I had been uess this hat happened when one’s blood ‘boiled with righteous indignation’ All erewas a catcall whistle
His expression was one of lazy indolence, one hand resting by the side of his head,ers htly I started It wasn’t very co over the tub like this, especially when the wood pressing against my chest made the pains worse
I vaguely reh puberty would grow Adae looks…
Wait a minute
I had a sudden, abrupt shock
When Fang Hua picked ht years old Only five years had passed since then…I couldn’t be starting puberty this early, right?
“Why aren’t you saying anything, hn?”
His single ‘hn’ hung in the air, soft and unbroken as if overwhelmed with sorrow…
I was starting to suspect that he’d drank soain
With ritted my teeth and said shamelessly, “I couldn’t fall asleep, so I decided to wander around When I heard yifu calling for me I conveniently came inside”
“Nonsense Next ti a candle Did you think I was blind to a large circle of light like that?”
Like I’d try to steal again
He smiled a bit as if pleased with ain “Come, help me scrub my back”
Tears You still can’t tell the different between girls and boys…
He didn’t seele, but turned around with his back toover the sides of the tub The cloth that was originally draped over its edge was now floating freely in the water
At thisin the tub Strands of black hair floated on the water, while gentle ripples beat against his white skin, fore of the tub with his eyes closed
I sadly shi+fteduntil they came to rest in the water…
Who knew if a Fang Hua Beast had the same anatomy as a human…
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Perhaps he’d put medicinal herbs in the water, because the surface was too turbid to see the facts
“Hurry up…” he urged a little impatiently
I iaze and sucked in a deep breath, before getting to work
Scrubscrubscrub… I’ll scrub you to death
He hummed once
I jerked and then relented, scrubbing hied up
“Yifu, you have really nice skin” Not like ly like a black-boned chicken[1]
“Well, you weren’t born with skin like this I think sos to ht tone
Ah…
“Can we fix it?”
“Of course, just soak yourself daily in some herbs and you’ll fully recover”
“Seriously?! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“You never asked I thought you liked looking the way you are”