By the time Lin Yi returned to the dormitory, Yan Jianxing was stunned.
She said she was just going to the classroom, but it took almost an hour and a half to come back. Even running around the entire school in this storm wouldn’t take that long.
And she brought a girl back!
The two of them stood at the doorway, drenched like beauties just out of the bath, their sleeves dripping water nonstop.
Yan Jianxing took dry towels from the cabinet and handed one to each, asking Lin Yi, “Where on earth did you go? You didn’t reply to my messages for almost an hour. Don’t tell me you went off campus?”
Lin Yi wiped her hair, pulled the shivering Feng Chuyue behind her into the dorm, and quickly closed the door.
“Let’s get our story straight. I pulled the Moon God out of the locker room in the teaching building.”
“The Moon God?!”
Yan Jianxing took the girl’s towel, wrung it out, and helped wipe her forehead. Only then did she recognize the cute face beneath the shoulder-length bob—it really was Feng Chuyue.
So she really did go out and brought her back through that storm outside?
Yan Jianxing felt her worldview was a bit shattered.
What kind of superhuman was this?
“You actually went looking for her? Wait, where did you find her? It wasn’t under the overpass, was it?”
“You guessed right.” Lin Yi chuckled. “Good dorm head, good committee member, keep this a secret for me, okay?”
What else could Yan Jianxing say? The person was already brought back. What was the point of talking about safety now?
She could only sigh helplessly. “Really, don’t you know what it’s like outside? That’s a once-in-a-century typhoon. If something really happened…”
“Alright, alright, I’m back already. Let’s not talk about that now. Is there still hot water?”
“I just finished my shower. You know how this crappy water heater is—notoriously slow. It’s only enough for one person.”
Only enough for one?
Lin Yi turned to look at Feng Chuyue behind her. Even after using the dry towel on her hair and arms, she couldn’t stop shivering.
If she didn’t change out of her wet clothes, it wouldn’t have any effect. It was the same as running in the rain outside.
What to do?
Lin Yi was conflicted and hesitant.
Seeing Lin Yi still standing there dumbfounded, Yan Jianxing pushed both of them toward the bathroom with her hands. “What are you hesitating for? Take a shower together. You’re both girls, what are you afraid of?”
Only then did Lin Yi remember that Yan Jianxing said she had studied at a school up north for a while, where there were large public bathhouses. Girls showering together was a common occurrence.
But, but, but!
She was a genuine Essence Male, a being nobler than even a Roman enthusiast. Those Roman enthusiasts couldn’t accomplish anything besides hanging themselves and crying over Rome on odd-numbered days and drawing circles to curse Venetians and Ottomans on even-numbered days. But she, at least in her previous life, was truly a guy.
Showering with a girl…
Feng Chuyue reached out and grabbed Lin Yi’s sleeve. Though she kept her head down and didn’t speak, her gesture made her stance clear.
“O-okay, fine. But what about the Moon God’s underwear?”
“I have some unopened ones.” Yan Jianxing glanced at the wardrobe. “They might be a bit big for her, but it’s fine if she’s not going out.”
That settles it!
Charge to the bathroom!
Lin Yi opened the bathroom door and stripped herself bare in three moves.
As the saying goes, don’t do unnecessary things, but do necessary things quickly.
“The water temperature is just right, Moon God. Do you want to go first…”
Lin Yi just turned her head when she saw Feng Chuyue was already prepared. She had even closed the bathroom door and locked it.
“Uh, there’s no need to lock it…”
Feng Chuyue didn’t speak. She just stood in front of Lin Yi and said in a voice almost too quiet to hear, “T-turn… turn around.”
“Oh, okay.”
Lin Yi turned around, presenting her completely bare back to Feng Chuyue.
The sound of raindrops hitting the glass came from the small, high window in the bathroom.
Branches swayed, the wind howled incessantly. The storm outside showed no sign of stopping; instead, it grew more intense.
Just like Lin Yi’s heart right now, completely unable to settle down and think.
In that past hour, she had used a 1-hour Strength and Speed Double A Experience Card. While her physical capabilities reached their peak, her body couldn’t keep up with the increased speed and strength, causing her stamina to drain too quickly.
Helpless, she had to take the only Stamina Potion left in her inventory just to barely manage carrying the person back from under the overpass to the dorm.
Her heart thumped wildly. Lin Yi didn’t know if it was her body sounding an alarm or if she was simply excited because she was in a bathroom, stark naked, with a beautiful girl.
Perhaps it was both.
There was no helping it. Before her rebirth, Lin Yi was a pitiful guy in his thirties who hadn’t even held a girl’s hand.
His previous life was like being a Terracotta Warrior, guarding Emperor Qin Shi Huang for fun.
The few times he got relatively close to girls were during rush hour at the subway station, and even then, the girls around him looked at him with disdain.
And now, she was standing in a bathroom with Feng Chuyue, a girl she wouldn’t even dare to use as “spellcasting material” in her wildest fantasies in her previous life.
Her heart was already intoxicated.
“Are you ready?”
“Mmm… y-yes, ready.”
Lin Yi pressed the valve. “Then I’ll turn on the hot water. Walk over slowly to get under the spray. Don’t rush in all at once, to avoid the hot water opening your pores and causing a cold.”
Pitter-patter footsteps sounded behind her. Lin Yi swallowed.
She could imagine it—Feng Chuyue at this moment, completely naked, her fair, jade-like little feet stepping on the bathroom tiles, slowly approaching her.
“Lin Yi, you’re so thoughtful…”
“It’s nothing.”
The temperature in the bathroom rose, and white mist began to swirl around.
Warm water flowed over porcelain-like skin. Droplets traveled from the neck to the shoulders, the slender waist, the thighs, and finally the ankles.
Lin Yi froze.
It wasn’t because she was too exhausted to move. It was because she felt a pair of delicate arms reach from behind her, wrapping around her slender waist and coming to rest in front of her.
She was being hugged. In the bathroom.
Lin Yi didn’t dare move a muscle, letting all the blood and sensation in her body rush to her back, feeling that softness and warmth she had never touched before.
“Lin Yi, I… I’m scared.”
“Don’t be scared.” Lin Yi looked up at the ceiling. “I’m here.”
“Mmm.”
The little cutie behind her hesitated for a moment, then stood on her tiptoes and whispered softly into Lin Yi’s ear, “Help me…”
Help her what?
What exactly did she need help with?
Lin Yi didn’t know!
What should she do now? Someone with experience, please tell her, what should she do now?
Instinct told her she could turn around now, but reason told her that if she turned around now, she would uncontrollably take a step into the abyss.
Was Lin Yi prepared for that?
Her heart raced faster. Lin Yi felt she should do something.
She slowly turned around and saw Feng Chuyue, who was looking down at her own toes.
The warm mist conveniently, perhaps intentionally, perhaps unintentionally, obscured part of the view. But even so, Lin Yi was stunned by the delicate, tender body of the girl before her.
Never before had a girl stirred such a strong protective instinct in her like the one before her now.
Lin Yi used to count during class how many times she imagined being able to pat Feng Chuyue’s little head.
Now, she had to consider if this was the only chance she would get in this lifetime.
Go for it!
Lin Yi slowly reached out her hand, placed it on Feng Chuyue’s little head, and then carefully began to wash her hair.
“Mmm…”
“Don’t make strange noises.” Lin Yi’s face also flushed red, like a ripe apple. “Did you put shampoo on? Use Yan Jianxing’s.”
“Mmm.”
Feng Chuyue’s hair quality was really excellent. At the very least, Lin Yi felt envious just touching it.
The girl before her closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly. “Body wash…”
Body wash?!
Lin Yi’s head snapped around to look at the bottle of body wash on the floor.
What virtue do I possess to deserve this?!
No.
I must do this!
Fight!
Lin Yi squatted down and frantically pressed the pump on the body wash bottle.
I’ll fight you monsters born with good looks!
“Are you two done yet?” Yan Jianxing knocked on the door. “You’ve used up all the hot water, haven’t you? Hurry up and come out before you catch a cold.”
The fire in Lin Yi’s heart was instantly extinguished.
Yan Jianxing, you are so cruel. When did you apply to be a firefighter?!