Bai Shuijin had soaked in the hot spring until he felt dazed. Now everything he saw seemed to have four shadows.
‘Amazing, I have four eyes!’
He quickly raised his hand to touch them, they were still two, fortunately. He sat on the bench with his head lowered.
Why has Wang Muguang taken so long to come back from the bathroom?
Could something have happened?
Bai Shuijin wanted to go rescue him, but after thinking it over, he gave up. He was so weak now that even walking felt unsteady. It would be better to let Wang Muguang save himself.
Besides, even if he went, it would be useless. All he could do was stand outside the toilet door and shout, “You can do it!”
He abandoned this rescue plan.
Feeling that his mouth was dry and a bit thirsty, he regretted not drinking the glass of hot water Wang Muguang had brought earlier.
Bai Shuijin was even shocked at his own thirst. He had drunk so much hot spring water just now, yet he was still thirsty.
But even if tired, one could tire others, but one must not let oneself suffer. Bai Shuijin took his phone and walked to the vending machine, intending to buy a drink.
The selection of water in the vending machine dazzled him…most of it was foreign brands, with words in Japanese, Korean, Thai, and so on.
Bai Shuijin hadn’t tried any of these before, but he was attracted by the packaging and picked a fat can of mung bean milk.
Drinking milk after a hot spring felt refreshing and mung beans were good for cooling down. It was just right, he was muddled from the soaking and could use something to clear the heat. The packaging also looked quite appetizing.
Bai Shuijin bought a can and returned to the wooden bench. The fingers as white and delicate as scallion stalks pulled the can’s ring tab, and he lowered his head and took a sip.
The taste of the mung bean milk stimulated his taste buds, instantly waking the muddled Bai Shuijin up. He raised the can high and stared at it in disbelief.
‘So unpalatable!’
It tasted so bad it left him amazed.
Bai Shuijin held the mung bean milk in his hand and stopped drinking. Such a good thing should be saved for Wang Huanxiu and Wang Muguang to enjoy later.
Sharing was the secret to happiness in life.
The two hadn’t come back yet. Bored, he looked at the small pond not far outside. There were frog croaks coming from there, and the air smelled of damp grass.
His body, which had been feeling uncomfortable, was now much better, and his head wasn’t spinning anymore.
“Hey, why are you sitting here?”
A voice filled with annoyance sounded above his head, and the words were mixed with 100% personal emotion.
Bai Shuijin turned his head and a flashy bathrobe appeared before his eyes. Looking up, he met Lei Huan’s face.
……
Not good, he was starting to feel dizzy again.
Lei Liheng’s younger brother, the fake young master of the Lei family, appeared before him now, strutting arrogantly.
Bai Shuijin glanced at him, then lowered his head again.
Seeing the other party ignoring him, Lei Huan’s eyebrows twitched. “I’m talking to you!”
Bai Shuijin raised his hand to cover his ears. “You’re so noisy.”
……
Lei Huan ate this loss. After showering and changing into his bathrobe, he entered the rest area and spotted Bai Shuijin sitting there at a glance.
Compared to their last meeting, the other person’s hair had changed color, giving a fresher feeling overall.
He hadn’t forgotten the grudge of being hit with a golf club last time. After going home and lifting his clothes, he found several red-purple marks on his stomach that took several days to fade.
Seeing Bai Shuijin now reminded him of that stab.
“Do you know how badly you hurt me last time?”
He gritted his teeth and reached out to yank Bai Shuijin up. Bai Shuijin’s body was already soft and weak. With the other party’s forceful pull, he stood up straight away.
Like a piece of seaweed, ready to float away with a breeze.
Looking at Bai Shuijin’s wilted appearance, Lei Huan felt this was a perfect moment for revenge. But his loud voice just now had attracted attention and people around them were looking over.
Lei Huan: “…”
After a few glances, those people lowered their heads and started whispering among themselves. Lei Huan felt embarrassed.
He had wanted to punch Bai Shuijin’s stomach to let him taste the feeling of being beaten up too, but now wasn’t the right time. If he struck now, he’d be pinned down and subdued in the next second.
In a society ruled by law, he might even go to the police station to have a cup of tea.
Lei Huan snorted, shoved Bai Shuijin back onto the wooden bench with a sour face, pushed him further in, then sat down beside him.
He would wait until no one was around and then tear Bai Shuijin limb from limb to vent his anger.
By then, even if Bai Shuijin shouted at the top of his lungs, no one would come to save him.
There were many customers at the hot spring resort. Bai Shuijin didn’t react to having Lei Huan sitting next to him. After all, this wasn’t his hot spring resort. Lei Huan sitting here wasn’t something he could stop.
Lei Huan was burning with anger, but the longer he sat, the clearer his mind became. Even a wave of fear crept up.
Seeing Bai Shuijin had reminded him of the last time he’d been beaten. His anger had clouded his reason, making him forget that the other party was Wang Huanxiu’s person. He was so furious when he left that he specifically asked around about who Bai Shuijin really was.
He had thought Bai Shuijin was just Wang Huanxiu’s little lover, but who would have thought the two were actually married.
He looked brainless, but behind the scenes his methods were not simple.
Wang Huanxiu was a black-hearted profiteer who could play people in circles with just a few words, extracting ten times the profit with a fraction of the effort. For Bai Shuijin must not be ordinary to be able to get him. Thinking of Wang Huanxiu, Lei Huan shuddered. If he really laid a hand on Bai Shuijin just now, the consequences would be unimaginable.
So he would have to swallow this anger inside for the rest of his life?!
Since when had Lei Huan suffered such humiliation.
Turning his head to sneer at Bai Shuijin, he met the other party’s bright black eyes and realized the other party had been watching him all along.
Lei Huan looked puzzled and said with a sour face. “What are you looking at?”
He looked like someone seeking knowledge.
“Observing species diversity.”
Lei Huan choked. He was not sitting here to be Bai Shuijin’s specimen. “Stop looking at me.”
Bai Shuijin looked at his firecracker-like attitude. He hadn’t even provoked him, yet the other party acted like he’d swallowed two catties of gunpowder.
“Why are you always angry? Who pissed you off?”
‘Far away in the horizon and yet close at hand, who else could it be but you?’
Lei Huan wished he could chew Bai Shuijin to pieces. “You. I hate you the most out of everyone here.”
“Then you have the worst taste out of everyone here.”
……
Bai Shuijin never suffered a loss.
If someone disliked him, he would never question himself. This was something his college teacher had once taught him.
In his freshman year, he had excellent grades, won many competition medals, and even received the national scholarship. But one day, he discovered his dance shoes were missing from his locker. When he found them, they were in the trash can of the bathroom on the floor above the dance studio, ruined and cut up before being thrown away.
He didn’t swallow the insult. He knew he had no power or influence. Enduring it once would only lead to worse bullying the next time.
The teacher helped him check the surveillance and found the culprit, it was a classmate from the next dorm over. They’d even eaten together at the cafeteria before.
When asked why he threw his shoes away, the other party only said it was his problem. That he was too annoying.
Bai Shuijin was shocked, but fortunately the teacher had enlightened him later. The other party did it out of jealousy among peers. In a flock of sheep, the one who stood out would be isolated.
They would scrutinize this sheep from all angles, comparing their own strengths against it. Family background, experiences couldn’t compare, yet it shone brightly, so they excluded it.
Since that incident, Bai Shuijin never doubted himself when it came to how he treated people. His conscience was clear. He treated everyone kindly, but that didn’t mean if someone bullied him, he wouldn’t fight back.
“You…” Lei Huan gasped in anger.
Bai Shuijin: “Are you still holding a grudge over the fight we had last time?”
It had been several months since their last meeting. Lei Huan coughed awkwardly; saying yes would make him sound like he was holding a petty grudge.
This was indeed the case, he really had held a grudge against Bai Shuijin for a long time.
Bai Shuijin patted him on the shoulder. “Why take things so personally? Let the past be the past. Leave a line when dealing with people.”
Remember this, this is the principle Teacher Bai is teaching you about how to be a person.
“Leave a line when dealing with people?” Lei Huan said, “What right do you have to say that?”
He’d hit his stomach like a Wellington steak.
“I only injured you last time, but didn’t cripple you. What does that tell you?”
“What?”
Bai Shuijin closed his eyes. “I’m too merciful.”
“…”
After all that talking, Bai Shuijin’s mouth was dry, so he lowered his head and continued sipping his mung bean milk.
‘Ah~ it tastes so bad.’
Another sip.
Bai Shuijin squinted his eyes….it tasted even worse.
Lei Huan watched him occasionally lower his head to drink from the mung bean milk in his hand, and suddenly felt a bit greedy. The smell of mung bean milk drifted around them and it actually smelled fragrant.
He stood up and walked over to the vending machine.
Bai Shuijin: “Are you going to get a drink?”
“Mind your own business.”
He held up the mung bean milk in his hand and said, “Don’t buy this one. It tastes bad.”
“Oh,” Lei Huan responded casually.
Then, when he reached the vending machine, he inserted a coin and pressed for mung bean milk.
Lei Huan: I don’t believe it!
Once he got the mung bean milk in his hand, he shamelessly walked back to the bench and even waved it in front of Bai Shuijin’s face.
‘See that?
I bought it.’
The more you tell him not to do something, the more he has to do it.
Lei Huan opened the can and tilted his head back, chugging a big gulp.
“PFTTTT!!!!”
Mung bean milk sprayed everywhere, and Bai Shuijin dodged aside with a look of disgust.
Lei Huan choked and coughed. He didn’t expect this thing to taste so unpalatable.
It was so unpalatable he wanted to rip his tongue out and throw it away. The taste of mung bean still lingered in his mouth, making him so nauseated his face twisted up.
An attendant nearby saw the scene and rushed over with concern. “Young Master, are you alright?!”
Lei Huan coughed like a character from an ancient drama who had tuberculosis and was about to die the next second.
“Young Master?” Bai Shuijin looked at the attendant showing so much concern.
Lei Huan coughed while showing off, “You little country bumpkin, don’t you know that this hot spring resort belongs to my family.”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
“Then give me a free pass.”
“…” Who would give you a free pass!
Bai Shuijin looked at his sprinkler-truck-like display and asked from the heart, “Do you know my Little Uncle?”
“Your Little Uncle? Who? Wang Muguang?”
He’d seen that celebrity on TV before, but they’d never crossed paths.
“Yeah, that’s him. You two could be friends. I think you’d have a lot in common.”
“Why would I be friends with him?”
Bai Shuijin’s divine inspiration kicked in. “You have the same condition.”
“……”
Bai Shuijin took another sip of mung bean milk. One was a water pump truck, the other a sprinkler truck.
He hadn’t expected this hot spring resort to actually be owned by the Lei family. Bai Shuijin said, “Your family is quite wealthy.”
The resort covered a large area. Although not overly lavish, its decoration exuded extravagance at every turn.
Although he was complimenting his family’s deep assets, hearing it from Bai Shuijin didn’t make Lei Huan feel happy at all.
This hot spring resort was the project Lei Liming insisted on building despite all opposition. At the time, the Lei family had practically run out of money, their past glory was already history, and all his past investments had failed. This resort was the first achievement Lei Liming made after being accepted back into the Lei family.
His back teeth were about to break from biting his teeth, and he couldn’t sleep at night.
“What’s so great about it, it’s just a place to take a hot spring bath.”
At this moment, a figure appeared in the distance. It was none other than Lei Liming.
Seeing Lei Liming reminded him of the recent period when he’d see the man holding a phone every night at home, logging into a game like clockwork after 9 p.m.
And if he found out that a teammate wasn’t online, he’d lose focus. That teammate was Bai Shuijin.
Lei Liming’s gaze drifted toward them, and it would probably take only a few seconds for him to reach them.
Lei Huan smiled evilly in his heart and deliberately asked, “What do you think is bad about this hot spring resort? As customer feedback, say anything. When I get back, I’ll tell them to improve it.”
Lei Liming seemed to care a lot about this little bumpkin. Although he never mentioned him in front of others, anyone could tell just from how he logged into the game every night.
Two bumpkins with poor backgrounds, of course they’d find comfort in each other.
This hot spring resort was founded by Lei Liming. If Bai Shuijin expressed his dissatisfaction, let’s see if Lei Liming could keep a straight face.
“What’s bad about it?” Bai Shuijin rested his chin on his hand. “Let me think.”
Lei Liming had just walked over and froze upon hearing Bai Shuijin’s words, as if he had entered a courtroom awaiting judgment for his sins.
Lei Huan sat beside Bai Shuijin, watching Lei Liming with delight. Let this country brute suffer a blow for once.
There wasn’t much to complain about the resort; from service to environment, nothing really felt off, except one thing.
“The hot spring doesn’t quench thirst.”
“…”
“…”
Lei Huan was speechless for a moment. “What?”
Bai Shuijin raised the unpalatable mung bean milk in his hand and said, “It doesn’t really quench thirst.”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up buying something that tasted this bad.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lei Liming. Seeing this teammate who had fought side by side with him in the canyon, Bai Shuijin stood up happily. “I didn’t expect you to be here too!”
Lei Liming scratched his head, a little embarrassed. “Yeah, work wasn’t too busy today, and my parents wanted to relax, so we all came.”
Seeing Bai Shuijin alone, “You came alone?”
“No, I came with laogong-ge and Little Uncle.”
Bai Shuijin’s face looked a bit flushed, like he had a fever.
“What’s wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?”
“I was soaked by your family’s hot spring.”
“…”
What tiger-wolf words.
*Words that sound very flirtatious or ambiguous, sex innuendos etc.
Not wanting to worry him, Bai Shuijin told Lei Liming about how he had leveled up his bubble voice technique in the hot spring.
“I just stayed in the water a little too long.”
“I see.” Lei Liming felt a little awkward standing in front of him. “Let me give you a free pass then.”
“No need.”
A calm, low voice cut into their conversation. Bai Shuijin felt the heat behind him. Tilting his head back, he saw Wang Huanxiu’s sharp jawline.
His muscles and aura made the bathrobe look aesthetically restrained and tempting.
Minimal clothing, an essential piece in a man’s wardrobe. The wave of testosterone made Bai Shuijin twist shyly, narrowing his eyes in satisfaction like a cat.
‘Man, I really want to love you hard.’
“Laogong ge, you’re finally back.”
Any later and the mung bean milk would have expired.
With Wang Huanxiu’s arrival, Lei Liming, who had been relaxed just moments ago, immediately tensed up, even straightening his posture.
“Huanxiu, you came too.”
Wang Huanxiu responded lightly, “Mm.”
Lei Liming: “Why didn’t you let me know you were coming? I could have come over and shown you around.”
“I didn’t know if you’d be busy today.” Wang Huanxiu glanced at Bai Shuijin, who was stuffing the mung bean milk in his hand. “Charge us as usual. We’re heading up to rest.”
Wang Huanxiu didn’t like staying in crowded places for too long because he found it too noisy.
They had booked the presidential suite in the resort. After saying goodbye to Lei Liming, Bai Shuijin followed Wang Huanxiu to the elevator and went to their room.
Even though he had passed out in the hot spring earlier, the exhaustion had been washed away. The discomfort was gone and he felt refreshed.
He walked to his suite door, swiped the room card, and opened it. Seeing a shadow on the floor, he turned back…only to find Wang Huanxiu had followed him in.
“Laogong-ge, aren’t you going back to your own room?”
Wang Huanxiu walked toward the bathroom. “I lost my room card.”
Bai Shuijin immediately became excited. He just happened to be craving Wang Huanxiu’s abs today, so he could secretly have a good feel tonight.
When Wang Huanxiu came out of the bathroom, compared to when he went in, he was exposing a lot more. He was only wearing a pair of sleep shorts. Standing at the sink drying his hair, his perfect figure moved with his actions.
Bai Shuijin went into the bathroom and quickly finished up, then went into bed and waited for Wang Huanxiu.
As soon as Wang Huanxiu lay down, he stuck close to him.
“Stay away from me.”
Bai Shuijin had long been accustomed to Wang Huanxiu’s coldness. He turned a deaf ear to his rejection and rolled around next to him. He rolled too hard and accidentally touched him. His whole body stiffened, then he rolled away again.
Wang Huanxiu: “…”
Bai Shuijin watched Wang Huanxiu close his eyes and turn off the bedside lamp. He chatted with him in the darkness. Every time he shared a bed with Wang Huanxiu, his favorite part was chatting before sleep. It felt like when a parent picked you up after school, and you told them about the interesting things that happened during the day.
“Laogong ge, how did you lose your room card?”
“I don’t know.” It wasn’t in his pocket when he noticed.
“Then why didn’t you go to Little Uncle’s room, and came to mine instead?”
“Because Wang Muguang is also missing.”
“Really~”
It turns out Little Uncle went missing together with the room card. What an accident.
Wait!
They seemed to have forgotten something.
In the darkness, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time.
Wang Muguang!
.
“Is anyone there? Anybody?”
At this moment, Wang Muguang was helplessly trapped in the bathroom cubicle alone. His phone had no battery, the toilet paper box was empty, and no one had entered the bathroom yet.
He didn’t know how much courage it took to call out for help, only to be met with even more terrifying betrayal.
He clutched his hair in despair. If this went on, his head would be as bald as the toilet paper holder.
‘Muguang is so tired. Is there anyone who could listen to Muguang’s inner thoughts?’
Time passed by minute by minute, each second torturous.
‘Wang Muguang, why does happiness always feel like walking on thin ice?’
By the time they rescued him, it was already 1 a.m.
“Sorry, sorry, we really didn’t mean to forget you.”
Wang Muguang kept a straight face and said nothing. To punish them, he decided he would never speak to them again in this lifetime, so they would understand the gravity of the situation.
But he couldn’t hold it in for long before complaining.
“It’d be one thing if just one person forgot, but both of you forgot at the same time.”
If they cared even a little about him, they wouldn’t have completely overlooked him.
“Of course, we’re husbands after all.” Bai Shuijin whispered demonically in his ear, “People sharing one bed don’t turn out to be two kinds of people.”
“…”
As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Muguang’s gaze toward Wang Huanshou changed.
Bai Shuijin was a lecherous ghost, but he didn’t expect his big brother to be one too!
Wang Huanxiu raised an eyebrow. “What are you looking at me for?”
Wang Muguang closed his eyes. “Big Brother, you disgust me.”
“…”
They spent one night at the hot spring resort and returned home the next day. As soon as they reached the gate, they saw a truck parked outside with moving company workers unloading luggage.
Wang Muguang poked his head out from the car and asked, “My little sister is back?”
Wang Huanxiu said coldly, “Pull your head back in.”
Bai Shuijin also leaned out curiously. “Little sister?”
Wang Huanxiu: “…”
If you don’t learn good things, you will learn bad things.
As a result, Bai Shuijin was pulled back in just as he leaned out.
The Wang family’s little sister, whose full name was Wang Zhenzhu, was a cannon-fodder rich second-generation daughter in the Mary Sue novel. Bai Shuijin was quite curious about her, after all, he often read Mary Sue novels. They were embarrassing but addictive, so he was also curious about this little sister.
Wang Zhenzhu was seventeen this year, and studied at an international high school. She lived on campus, and now that school was on break, she returned home.
When they entered the house, Bai Shuijin looked around curiously for the little sister, only to be informed by the butler that Wang Zhenzhu had locked herself in her room as soon as she got home. She wouldn’t let anyone in, not even the servants delivering things. She was lying on the bed crying.
‘Crying?’
“Why is she crying?”
The butler looked troubled. “Miss Zhenzhu’s birthday is coming up in a few days. She wanted to hold a ball and invited her friends and all her classmates. But when she asked Young Master Lu Ming to be her dance partner, he refused because Young Master Lu Ming already has a partner.”
Wang Zhenzhu had always liked Lu Ming. Hearing he couldn’t be her partner on her birthday made her burst into tears.
Wang Muguang volunteered to comfort her. As her big brother who knew her best, how could comforting her not be a piece of cake?
Zhenzhu had never been rejected before, so being turned down by Lu Ming hit her hard, especially with the little crush she had on him. So it was a big blow.
He walked to Wang Zhenzhu’s bedroom door, knocked, and said to the inside, “Zhenzhu, second brother is back, open the door. Don’t you miss your second brother?”
The crying inside didn’t stop.
“What’s so great about that Lu Ming? Is he more handsome than your second brother?”
This time there was a response from inside. Wang Zhenzhu’s voice was earth-shaking: “Lu Ming is ten thousand times more handsome than Second Brother.”
The stab went straight to the narcissist’s heart.
Wang Muguang coughed violently and he felt like he vomited blood.
“There’s more than just Lu Ming in this world. I’ll introduce you to a 1.85m tall and tanned athlete.”
“No! No! I don’t want that! I only want Lu Ming.”
Wang Muguang felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Bai Shuijin.
“What’s wrong?”
“Second Brother, I want it.”
Bai Shuijin knows what he wants 😆.
So I have to run some errands so I’ll be giving only one chapter today!!
