RVTBHAFH 21

Chapter 21 – Why Does the Water Get Hotter the More I Wash?

Luo Luo licked the blade with her tongue and gave a lewd grin.

“Of course, we’re going to do the things that adult males and females are supposed to do~”

Teasing Zi Ye was so much fun.

She raised an eyebrow at him. “Do you want to save him?”

Zi Ye shook his head. “When he wakes up, you’d better watch your life.”

After hesitating, he bit his lower lip and asked, “Isn’t Chi Yao enough to satisfy you? Why do you have to force yourself on Xiao Zhan too?”

Seeing that he believed her, Luo Luo laughed loudly.

“Have you ever heard of a phrase? ‘Once you’ve tasted the marrow, you crave more!’”

Zi Ye twitched the corner of his mouth. He knew it.

That promiscuous, indulgent her… hadn’t changed at all.

“Then what? Are you going to sell him off somewhere again?” Zi Ye’s eyes filled with sorrow. In the end, beast husbands like them could never escape her grasp.

“Then? Then his illness gets cured, of course.”

Chi Yao came over carrying a huge chopped tree trunk on his shoulder.
“The female master doesn’t have any bad intentions. She just wants to save Xiao Zhan.”

“Save him?” Zi Ye looked confused.

“Big brother, stop worrying so much. The female master knows her limits.”

Chi Yao took the knife from Luo Luo’s hand. Wood chips flew everywhere as he quickly hollowed out the center of the large tree.

A simple bathtub was soon completed.

He put down the knife and, following Luo Luo’s instructions, took a pot to the river to fetch water.

He placed it over the fire, boiled it, and poured it into the bathtub.

Back and forth, again and again… until the tub was finally full.

Luo Luo stretched out her hand to test the water temperature. Just right.

Chi Yao lifted the unconscious Xiao Zhan and placed him into the tub. Looking at Luo Luo, he said,
“Female master, are you sure you don’t need me to stay? I can help scrub his back.”

Just thinking about the female master soaking in the bath together with Xiao Zhan made him feel stifled inside.

She had clearly said yesterday that she liked him the most, yet now she was going to bathe with someone else.

Not letting him join was one thing — she even made him do all the hard labor.

Chi Yao felt cheated. Completely cheated.

He glared unhappily at the unconscious Xiao Zhan.
“Stupid tiger, so weak.”

Just a small illness and he’s already half-dead. What a waste of that big, strong body.

You’d better get well soon. I’ll challenge you to a duel someday.

Luo Luo poured two packs of medicinal bath powder into the water. At once, the water turned red.

Zi Ye watched with suspicion.
“This thing can really cure him?”

“Of course. Trust me. I won’t be wrong.”

Luo Luo rubbed her nose and prepared to climb into the tub, only to see Zi Ye and Chi Yao still standing there.

She coughed awkwardly.
“Um… aren’t you going to give us some privacy?”

Chi Yao jumped up.
“Why should I leave? I’ve seen every part of your body — what’s the big deal?”

He was worried that Xiao Zhan might suddenly wake up and hurt her.

Zi Ye was equally conflicted. He was afraid Xiao Zhan would hurt Luo Luo, but also afraid he wouldn’t.

He both hoped Xiao Zhan’s illness would be cured and feared that Luo Luo might do something bad again.

His heart felt like a tangled knot.

A Jin tugged on Zi Ye’s hand.

“Dad, let’s go to sleep.”

He didn’t care about the evil female, and he didn’t care about Xiao Zhan either. Their lives or deaths had nothing to do with him.

A Cang was also sleepy, his eyelids drooping.

“Dad, let’s sleep.”

Zi Ye was dragged away by the two cubs, and Chi Yao was chased away by Luo Luo.

She jumped into the tub and looked around carefully. It was quiet — no one nearby.

Only then did she relax, pulled out shampoo and body wash, worked up foam, and rubbed it into Xiao Zhan’s hair and all over his body.

In his haze, Xiao Zhan felt someone touching his chest again and again.

That hand even lingered over his abs, and moved far too far downward.

Dangerously close to invading his sensitive area.

He tried desperately to open his eyes, but his eyelids were too heavy, and his body completely out of control.

As Luo Luo kept scrubbing him, Xiao Zhan’s fair skin gradually turned red and hot.

Seeing that he still hadn’t woken up after a long while, Luo Luo felt relieved and took off her beast-skin skirt.

Shampoo and body wash were precious — she couldn’t waste so much foam.

In just a few days, she had already lost a lot of weight. Even her arms had become much thinner.

Even the pimples on her face had faded a lot.

Luo Luo was very satisfied with her changes and hummed happily,
“I love bathing~ My skin gets so nice~”

The half-conscious Xiao Zhan was awakened by the terrible singing, and his nose caught a pleasant scent.

It smelled like jasmine… or maybe roses.
The two fragrances were mixed together.

And… the scent of a female.

His ears were being bullied nonstop, yet his eyelids still refused to cooperate. He tried moving his arm.

His fingertips suddenly touched a soft mass.

Huh? What is this?

“Ah—!” Luo Luo cried out, then quickly covered her mouth.

Seeing that Xiao Zhan still hadn’t woken up, she clutched her chest and breathed heavily.

Inside, she cursed:
Stinking pervert. Sneaking touches.

Even though Xiao Zhan’s mind wasn’t clear, it finally processed what he had just touched.

His already burning-hot body grew even hotter.

Luo Luo muttered in confusion,
“Why does the water get hotter the more I wash?”

Great — no need to call Chi Yao to add hot water. So convenient.

She happily focused on bathing, completely unaware that the Xiao Zhan opposite her had turned as red as a shrimp.

Warm water washed over his lean, strong waist and abdomen. The rising steam wrapped around the fragrance, tangling with his desire.

Mist swirled like a thin veil between the two of them.

Water droplets slid down Xiao Zhan’s silver-white hair, traced his sharp collarbones, broad chest, deeply grooved abdominal muscles, and finally melted into the red water.

Luo Luo, with bubbles piled on her head, happily scrubbed her own arms.

Not far away, Zi Ye stood on a tree branch, watching from afar.

He really couldn’t understand it — did it really take that long to bathe?

Couldn’t they wash somewhere else? Did they have to squeeze into one tub?

Under the tree, Chi Yao paced irritably, sighing and occasionally banging his head against the trunk.

Zi Ye almost got knocked off the branch and laughed.
“If you’re worried, just go and take a look. Stop taking your anger out on the tree.”

Chi Yao looked up at him.
“What am I worried about? The female master doesn’t have to tell me what she wants to do. What about you? What are you worried about?”

Zi Ye sneered.
“I’m worried you’ll fall out of favor.”

“You—! You’re talking nonsense. The female master said she likes me.”

Zi Ye was left speechless.

At some point in the past, Luo Luo had said the same words to him.

After finishing washing herself, Luo Luo helped scrub Xiao Zhan a bit more.

She pulled the arm resting on the edge of the tub into the water and, to make sure every inch of his skin soaked in the medicinal bath, pressed his head down slightly.

Xiao Zhan gulped down a mouthful of bathwater, coughed twice, and suddenly opened his eyes.

Through the rising steam, he saw a patch of pure white before him.

What is that…?

He unconsciously reached out and touched it.

So soft.
Just like what he had accidentally touched earlier.

Ah… it’s Luo Luo’s…

A thunderbolt exploded in his mind, completely blasting away his drowsy consciousness.

Waves filled his vision. He froze for a moment, then hurriedly covered his eyes.

Can’t look. Can’t look.

His mind refused, but his burning body ached unbearably and involuntarily leaned closer.

Smelling Luo Luo’s unique scent, it was like seeing a cool, endless sea.

Dazed, he lunged toward her.