One, Two, Three: I Am Just This Blatant

A hot spring bathhouse, a hot spring bathhouse—naturally, it is for bathing in hot springs.

A massive hot spring, divided down the middle by a three-meter-high bamboo wall, functioned as a completely open-air hot spring bath.

Truly natural hot springs are actually quite rare. Even when they exist, many temperatures are unsuitable for bathing, especially in a pool of this size.

Normally, even if developed, due to the sheer number of bathers, the water would quickly become filthy without modern filtration systems.

Modern hot springs often rely on redirected water piped in for bathers, a method that completely robs the hot spring of its true meaning.

However, this hot spring was different. It was a purely natural hot spring where the pool itself was the spring's eye. Swirls of mist drifted across the surface, carrying the faint, distinctive charcoal fragrance unique to authentic thermal waters.

That fragrance could only be found in the most genuine hot springs.

"Well then, gentlemen, please go ahead and wash. I will wait nearby. If you need anything, just call out."

Xiao Ji, who looked like a gorilla, lacked any savagery and instead bowed very politely before retreating from the men's bathhouse.

Oh, very polite indeed. When you stripped off our clothes just now, you literally tore them apart. Are you going to pay for our clothes?!

Regardless, with that gorilla gone, Ming Tian finally relaxed.

Exchanging a glance with An Luo, and resigning themselves to whatever came their way, Ming Tian boldly stepped into the hot spring.

"Ooh~ Bliss!!" he let out a long sigh. The slightly scalding thermal water stimulated every pore on his body. Just by stepping into it, Ming Tian felt as though his entire being was melting away.

Pure bliss. If this were a bowl of spicy hot pot, he would gladly become one of the mushroom-stuffed pork meatballs boiling inside it.

For two months, this body was finally welcoming some long-overdue relaxation.

Looking over at An Luo, that monkey-like fellow also wore an expression of utter bliss.

It seemed that while this establishment was eccentric, the quality of the hot spring itself was top-notch!

However, just as Ming Tian was enjoying this peaceful moment...

"Ah..." An exclamation of surprise drifted from the women's side.

How cute that cry was! Hearing it made Ming Tian's body shudder instantly.

"Wow, Sister Xinzhu, your skin is so nice." That was Xiao Fei's voice, brimming with unconcealed envy.

And of course, there was the sound of a back being scrubbed—a gentle, swishing noise.

"No way, it's not as good as you say... Ah, that tickles." It was Xinzhu's voice. Finally, wherever she was being scrubbed, her tone grew extremely bashful.

Ming Tian was petrified.

Wait... wait a minute. What kind of cliché trope is this?

On the other side of the wall.

Xiao Xinzhu was lying prone on the scrubbing chair, and Xiao Fei's technique was undeniably spot-on—neither too heavy nor too light, absolutely perfect.

The sheer comfort of it caused Xiao Xinzhu's face to flush with a rosy blush.

Xiao Fei looked with envy at Xinzhu's jade-white back, and the lively young girl inevitably let her mischievous thoughts run wild.

Using her fingertips, she gently poked the base of Xinzhu's spine.

"Ah! You're a pest, Xiao Fei, that tickles!" Xinzhu protested with a mock scowl.

Xiao Fei chuckled mischievously, "No way! Look at you, Sister Xinzhu, your body is so gorgeous. I couldn't help myself for a second, just joking around, don't mind it."

Hearing this, Ming Tian's metaphorical heavy artillery was loaded within a single second!

Reporting to the Commander! Ammunition loaded, awaiting target coordinates.

Second Battalion Commander seemed to be reporting the status.

His nose felt somewhat damp. He reached up to touch it—wow, a nosebleed! The old man was having a nosebleed!

But...

In a hot spring, especially an open-air one like this, what is the most fundamental etiquette for a man?

Eavesdropping, of course!!

Where is this? This is a hot spring! As a man, if I didn't eavesdrop, it would be an insult to Xinzhu's charm and a display of utter bad manners!

With a swish, Ming Tian ripped off An Luo's swim trunks, wrung them out to plug his bleeding nose, and then plastered himself against the wall like a gecko.

"Hey, Brother Ming Tian, those are mine..."

"Go die!"

With a thud, aiming straight for the face, Ming Tian kicked out and knocked the approaching An Luo flat on his back.

"Xiao Fei, you're not so small yourself, you know." It seemed Xinzhu and the scrubbing beauty named Xiao Fei had gotten quite close and had started joking around.

At that moment, Xiao Fei's shy voice rang out, "Ah! Sister Xinzhu, don't rub there."

"Heehee, not bad yourself! You were teasing me just now, now it's my turn."

"Ah, that tickles."

Puff!!!

A gush of blood burst forth. Ming Tian felt as though both of his nostrils had turned into leaky faucets, bleeding profusely.

Ah, no, I'm done for, I'm going to die. I'm going to suffer from blood loss.

"Alright, Sister Xinzhu, stop playing around. There are male customers next door, it's not great if they overhear us."

"It's fine. Ming Tian is my future husband. Even though he's a bit bad, he's not bad enough to do something as blatant as eavesdropping."

Pardon me, but I am *this* blatantly bad. Hehehehehehehehe.

"Br... Brother Ming Tian, your nosebleed, your nosebleed!!"

Clambering out of the pool, An Luo saw Ming Tian's condition and became so nervous he couldn't speak properly.

Ming Tian's nosebleed was spraying wildly like a rocket thruster.

But...

God, just let me die right here. I would die with no regrets!

His heavy artillery felt like it was about to explode from being packed with too much gunpowder.

Well, although he had been scammed, it was a magnificent scam!

Coming to this bathhouse today was definitely worth it!

"Yo, you two have gotten close."

Suddenly, a third voice drifted over from the other side.

It was the proprietorship's voice!

Good grief, what was going on? That breathtakingly beautiful proprietorship bathed here too?

Wei Jingjing's elegant voice carried a captivating magnetism, feeling almost like an aphrodisiac in human form. Just the sound of her voice alone was enough to intoxicate someone.

What she looked like while bathing... Wow, it was simply unimaginable!

Just hearing about it made his heavy artillery ready to blow its breech. If he could catch even a single glimpse, wouldn't that be...

In Ming Tian's mind, an image of a torpedo detonating flashed by.

"Xiao Fei, these are our first customers in two months, don't go messing around."

"I know, Sister Wei," Xiao Fei giggled playfully.

"Hmph hmph." Wei Jingjing's voice paused slightly, then she laughed with a hint of amusement, "Still, Miss Xiao's curves are truly lovely. Unlike mine, they're just too big, a real burden. Standing for even a little too long makes my back sore. It's driving me crazy, sigh~"

Her sigh stirred up enough wild imagination in a man's mind to simulate a mental romance.

Puff...

Ming Tian's nosebleed sprayed with such force that you could hear the popping sound caused by high blood pressure.

Even An Luo, upon hearing this, couldn't help but swallow hard, driven by some mysterious impulse to crawl up the bamboo wall and eavesdrop as well.

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