Chapter 118 Let her see

Ao Cang didn't reply to her, but the sound of water flowing out came from inside.

Qiao Mei then opened the bathroom door to check on the situation.

It wouldn't have mattered if she hadn't opened it, but once she did, she discovered that Ao Cang had ridiculously turned the bathroom into a small pool.

He seemed to have used his water-type familiar's psychic powers to gather the water on the ground up to about half her waist. As for the water outside, it was probably water he hadn't had time to gather with his psychic powers yet.

There was no steam in the bathroom, and the water Qiao Mei touched was ice cold.

As she walked further in, she discovered that Ao Cang had somehow reverted to his form as a little black dragon, with only his dragon head showing as he stared at her.

"Cangcang, what are you doing? Is the discomfort of your heat period any better?"

Ao Cang, whose entire dragon was currently soaking in the bathtub, heard the words "heat cycle" and pulled the dragon head halfway underwater before shaking his head.

Qiao Mei didn't know what he was doing. If it was just to cool down his body, there was no need to put in so much water.

I waded through the water, wanting to get to the bathtub.

Ao Cang saw through her plan and called out to stop her.

"An'an!!" His voice was still very hoarse, somewhat like the feeling one gets after being delirious from a fever.

Qiao Mei stopped, looked at him with confusion, and waited for him to continue.

"Could you...could you go out first? I want to soak a little longer. I'll leave by myself when I feel ready, okay?"

The little black dragon sank its body further into the bathtub, seemingly afraid that Qiao Mei would discover something.

Qiao Mei noticed that something was wrong with him. Although she was still very curious about what was wrong with him, out of respect for Ao Cang, she turned around and went out.

"Okay, but remember, don't let the water seep in. This villa is rented by my mother; she didn't buy it. If it gets damaged by water, we'll have to pay for it."

"good."

As Qiao Mei walked to the bathroom door, she couldn't help but peek inside again before closing it.

Then it was discovered that Ao Cang was like a young lady from ancient times who was afraid that her body would be seen and ruin her innocence, hiding herself and lowering her dragon head even further.

She was speechless for a moment.

"Never mind." She closed the bathroom door and used her water-based superpowers to collect the water outside and transfer it outside to water the flowers and trees.

After finishing all that, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and planned to go downstairs to ask Xu Heyu what she wanted to eat so she could make dinner.

Xu Heyu had just returned from a walk outside the villa when she found Qiao Mei had finally come downstairs. Only then did she have a chance to ask her what she had been doing in such a hurry earlier.

"Ao Cang wasn't feeling well, so I went up to check on him." After giving Xu Heyu a perfunctory, half-truthful reply, Qiao Mei asked him if he had any dietary restrictions or favorite dishes.

“I’ll cook dinner. I can’t let you, my guest, eat fast food with me.”

When Xu Hui wasn't home, she usually took Ao Cang to eat fast food, which was easy to manage and tasted good.

She originally wanted to treat Xu Heyu the same way, but Xu Hui had instructed her beforehand, so she couldn't bring herself to do it.

"I'm fine with anything. For dinner, you don't need to eat too much. Just make whatever you want. I'll go pack our luggage for our trip to Orchid Star tomorrow. I just bought a lot of things online, and I still have some to pack."

"Okay." Qiao Mei nodded, but before turning to go to the kitchen, she remembered something, frowned, and asked, "Wait a minute, didn't you say you were out of money? How did you buy things online?"

Xu Heyu chuckled: "You forgot, I went to the Federation Army once before. After submitting my application for admission, I received a training allowance of 5,000 interstellar coins from there every month."

Qiao Mei: "...I really didn't know about the latter part. Did you just receive this training allowance today?"

"Yes, I will find a house as soon as possible and move out of here so as not to cause you and your aunt any more trouble."

Qiao Mei was more than happy to accept this, but she didn't want to say it directly, so she didn't ask any more questions and went into the kitchen to prepare a simple dinner.

Because she was concerned about Ao Cang, she simplified her dinner as much as possible. In the end, what came out was a pot of fragrant congee with preserved egg and lean pork, as well as eggs and corn.

The last thing served was a glass of chilled peach juice, mainly to help cool you down in the heat.

The evenings have been quite hot these past few days, and Qiao Mei, having cooked dinner, was drenched in sweat.

After asking Ao Cang if he wanted to eat, and learning that he wanted to stay in the bathroom and take a bath, Qiao Mei wiped the sweat from her forehead and started drinking chilled peach juice.

During this time, Xu Heyu sat directly opposite her, watching her flushed face and the sight of her covered in sweat. He withdrew his gaze from her exposed fair skin, lowered his head and took a sip of chilled peach juice, trying to suppress the restlessness rising in his deep blue eyes.

Neither of them spoke much. Apart from the sound of the wind blowing through the window and the leaves outside, the only other sounds were the clinking of spoons against bowls. The room was completely silent.

Qiao Mei ate until she was about 80% full, wiped her mouth, and then, after Xu Heyu finished eating, put the dishes directly into the washing robot's stomach before rushing upstairs, not giving Xu Heyu a chance to spend time with her at 1:00 PM.

The little white wolf sensed that its master actually wanted to say something more to Qiao Mei, and asked him in confusion, "Master, if you want to talk to her more, why don't you tell her?"

Xu Heyu was a little surprised that even Zhuifeng could see through his thoughts. After pausing for a moment, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Thinking and doing are two different things. Besides, Little Rose seems to be very resistant to further developing our relationship right now, so I can't do anything that would make her uncomfortable. Do you understand?"

Chasing Wind is just a subordinate beast; it thinks in a straightforward manner and naturally doesn't quite understand the intricacies of human interactions.

Seeing that it still didn't seem to understand, Xu Heyu didn't say anything more, but continued to use the spoon to eat the dinner that Qiao Mei had prepared.

...

It was exactly midnight.

It was already past midnight, and Ao Cang still showed no sign of coming out of the bathroom.

The girl, who had barely slept in bed, couldn't stand it any longer. She opened the bathroom door for the second time today, looked at the little black dragon still nestled in the bathtub, and, ignoring his attempts to stop her, tried to lift his dragon body.

"Cangcang, put your tail away. I want to see why you insist on soaking in the bathtub for so long. Is it to relieve your heat? You've been soaking for so long, you should be better by now, right? Let me see what you're hiding from me."

Ao Cang desperately resisted Qiao Mei with his dragon tail, his expression panicked: "An'an, don't do this, I really need to soak for a while longer."

Qiao Mei wasn't so easy to talk to this time. From 3 p.m. until now, almost half a day had passed, and she still wanted to soak. No one would believe that there was no problem.

Ignoring Ao Cang's resistance, they directly pulled out his dragon body.

It was only after she brought it up that she realized why he had been staying in the bathtub and refusing to come out.

Qiao Mei: Let me see!

Ao Cang: Please don't!!