Chapter 86: Bathing Together

“An Ling, are you still not finished?”

“You’re way too slow.”

“You’re not hiding in there refusing to come out, are you?”

While An Ling was lost in wild thoughts inside the bathroom, Li Yang had already quietly arrived outside the door.

“I… I have to wash my tail, of course it takes a lot longer.”

“Wait a bit more.”

“Fine, then I’m coming in?”

“Ah? Ah!”

An Ling hadn’t even reacted when the sound of the door handle turning came from the doorway.

“Wait! Wait!”

She hurriedly ran over and grabbed the handle.

It was already too late to lock it.

The bathroom door in An Ling’s house was still the old-fashioned kind.

Locking it required twisting two full turns.

By then Li Yang would already have opened the door and come in.

“I’m still bathing!”

“What are you coming in for?”

“To bathe.” Li Yang said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“Once you’ve rinsed clean, go soak in the tub.”

“I’ll just take a quick shower.”

“That saves time.”

“Later I can still play games for a while.”

“Didn’t the two of us bathe like this when we were little?”

“I even helped you scrub your back back then.”

How can this be the same?

“No!”

“You can’t come in!”

“That’s not for you to decide.”

No way!

An Ling wanted to cry but had no tears.

Her strength couldn’t compare to Li Yang’s even a little.

The door was about to be forced open.

There was no other choice.

An Ling’s gaze fell on the bath towel hanging to the side.

She grabbed it with one hand and quickly wrapped it around herself.

She let go of the handle, hurried back, and sank into the tub.

The moment An Ling released the handle, Li Yang yanked the door open and saw the little gray sprite hastily hiding in the bathtub.

He smiled and walked in unhurriedly.

The bathroom was full of steam.

An Ling curled her entire body into the tub, leaving only a pair of eyes and the drooping gray ears on top of her head to keep watch on Li Yang.

Li Yang glanced at her, a smile at the corners of his mouth, and began undressing at an unhurried pace.

An Ling quickly turned her head away and stared fixedly at the water surface.

Her ears, however, stood up against her will, catching every faint sound behind her.

Li Yang walked over with unhurried splashing steps.

An Ling heard him turn on the shower.

“Soaking in the tub while still wrapped in a towel?” Li Yang said with a laugh.

“What are you afraid of?”

“I’m not going to eat you.”

“Isn’t soaking like that uncomfortable?”

“It… it’s not uncomfortable.”

“How long are you planning to soak like that?”

“Hurry up.”

“Don’t waste time.”

“Then you go out.”

“I’ll soak by myself for a bit and then come out.”

“I’ve already started washing.”

“Who takes a shower halfway and stops?” Li Yang said as a matter of course.

“You soak yours, I wash mine.”

“We won’t interfere with each other.”

An Ling bit her lip and shrank her face a little deeper into the water.

Won’t interfere with each other?

How is that possible?

With him here she couldn’t come out at all.

After some time, the sound of running water finally stopped.

The two of them finished washing one after the other.

An Ling stayed wrapped in the towel, her face still burning, and refused to look in Li Yang’s direction.

Li Yang dried off without any particular hurry.

“Alright, that’s enough.”

“Let’s go.”

An Ling didn’t dare argue anymore.

She followed him out of the bathroom, still red to the tips of her ears, and they went upstairs to her room as they had already agreed.