Chapter 23

Did this guy just admit so openly that he is a scumbag?

This sentence flashed through Sugawara Yoshiyo's mind for the first time, and then she couldn't help but be a little distracted by the scenery in front of her.

The mist of water vapor continued to rise in the hot spring, and the tall young man leaned over and looked at her in an oppressive posture.

Yoshiyo Sugawara could see the water droplets flowing down his strong eight-pack abs, finally converging under the mermaid line and making the white bath towel even wetter.

There was a nonchalant smile on that handsome face, which was exactly the same as the words he had just said in a joking tone.

But whether it was the inquiry in those dark green eyes or the veins on his arms that were bulging from exerting too much force while leaning on the stone edge, it showed that Chanyuan was not as at ease as he appeared.

Sugawara Yoshiyo's initial reaction was surprise and surprise. She knew that the guy in front of her didn't like her so much as to confess his love to her.

In other words, although Chanyuan Shiner can pretend to be a normal person due to his bad experiences in the past, he lacks common sense when it comes to close relationships beyond friendship: Chanyuan Shiner will date many women, but this man will limit himself to that and will not enter into a marriage that requires more responsibility and dedication.

This just saves a lot of trouble, Sugawara Yoshiyo thought rather biasedly.

As for why she confessed, Sugawara Yoshiyo felt that it was related to Mori Ogai.

It's probably purely out of possessiveness that he says this.

I should also be taking a gamble.

After all, entering into a more intimate relationship with someone you don't know very well is, in a sense, a big emotional gamble.

Zenin Shinji was actually a little annoyed after he said this, because he had no idea what Sugawara Yoshiyo's answer would be.

But perhaps due to a strange possessiveness and his past interactions, Chanyuan Shen'er had the idea that it might be a good idea to place his chips on this woman.

Of course, this secret thought cannot be expressed out loud but exists in a corner somewhere. It popped up the moment Sugawara Yoshiyo said innocently, "Dating a scumbag can relieve stress and there is no psychological burden."

What a coincidence! He learned the skill of a gigolo without any instruction, and his moral sense is very poor. If it weren't for good luck, he would probably feel that he could be called a "scumbag" in the Zen temple of the other world where he specializes in sharks!

But after hearing what he said, the woman in front of him stared at him with a somewhat confused expression.

This made Zenyuan, who stood up and posed, want to scratch his nose: Could it be that in Jiashi's mind, he was a good man who couldn't bear to be toyed with by her?

Human brains are not connected, and the Zen monk doesn't even know what the woman in the rocking chair is thinking about.

But the clever Tian and Tyrant knew that the less time they gave her to think, the greater the chances of them becoming lovers.

Before Sugawara Yoshiyo could think of what to say, she felt the light in front of her eyes was completely blocked. A hot palm held her face, as if surprised by her low body temperature, and touched her earlobe with the fingertips.

The moist touch immediately became excessive after a brief trial. Sugawara Yoshiyo had the illusion that she was going to be swallowed by this guy. The subtle sense of danger made her push Zenin Shinji away.

Zenyuan was not annoyed at all. Apart from the ending where he was pushed away, it was a nice kiss.

He looked at the lips that were still rosy after being wiped clean and licked the corner of his mouth in a good mood: "When you were dating the pretty boy doctor, did he kiss you like this?"

"Belittling your girlfriend's ex is a bad sign." Sugawara Yoshiyo shook her head. "Rintaro and a gigolo have absolutely nothing in common."

The handsome military doctor on the battlefield a few years ago could barely be called a pretty boy, but he was the type who killed people without shedding blood.

Now, he has gone in the direction of being an uncle and there is no turning back.

Thinking of this, Sugawara Yoshie looked at the young man who had returned to the hot spring and was resting his chin on the stone edge looking at her. A sorcerer shouldn't look old, right?

Just as Chanyuan Shen'er was about to end the topic related to the pretty boy doctor, he heard panicked shouts coming from outside.

"Someone's dead! Someone was eaten by a whale!" A group of people in mountaineering clothes shouted in unison as they ran towards the hot spring hotel, their faces full of panic as if they had seen a ghost.

Sugawara Yoshiyo knew that these were the people who signed up to climb Mount Fuji today, but how could there be whales eating people on Mount Fuji?

"Let's go and take a look." Sugawara Yoshiyo put away the unresponsive black book and threw the bathrobe to her new boyfriend who was still in the hot spring.

People have been climbing Mount Fuji since the last century out of a pilgrimage mentality. Today, there are many safe climbing routes and supporting service facilities and professional rescue teams. It is rare to hear of such incidents happening near Mount Fuji.

When Sugawara Yoshiyo walked downstairs, she saw a familiar figure and stopped silently.

Mori Ogai, standing in the lobby, carrying his backpack and holding Alice's hand, looked at the panicked climbers and said, "The route to climb Mount Fuji from here mostly passes through plateaus and freshwater lakes. How could there be whales?"

Zenin Shinji was stunned when he heard the voice, and his expression became even worse when he saw Mori Ogai's backpack.

The hot spring town is so big that there are hot spring B&Bs everywhere. I absolutely don’t believe that it is a coincidence that we chose to stay in the same place, Zen Temple.

The pretty boy doctor is more persistent than I thought.

"It's true. When we were going up the mountain, the tour guide said that if we took the steeper path, we might encounter precious wild hot springs on Mount Fuji. Soaking in the hot springs of Mount Fuji would definitely be good for the body, so we followed the tour guide and took the small path." said climber A.

"Because there are few people walking on the trail and the road is very steep near the sea, our progress is slow. When we stopped to rest, a black whale jumped out and ate Mitsui." said hiker B.

"Where is the black whale? You should have at least taken photos of your companion being eaten." Mori Ogai asked. He felt that there were obvious loopholes in the climber's words.

But if this was a mass murder organized by multiple people, the witness statements would give people a feeling that it was too clumsy.

"The scariest thing is, I couldn't capture any black whales in my photos." Hiker C tremblingly raised his camera to his chest. "I took a few pictures, but I didn't get any."

Hiker D looked completely devastated. "They say whaling ships returning from Antarctica stop at this port. Could it be that the ghosts of the whales have come to seek revenge?"

The topic gradually deviated from the revenge of wild animals to the direction of supernatural stories, and the more unrealistic rhetoric caused greater panic among the crowd.

"According to Japan's history of whaling, if it is really the revenge of the whale's ghost, it will definitely not just eat one person and run away. It should be a plot of Japan sinking and the whale rising," Zenyuan Shener complained.

"What? Do you think we would lie collectively?" The excited climber's face turned red and he waved his arms and retorted loudly.

Mori Ogai turned around with a look of surprise at the reunion on his face: "I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon, Jiashi."

Mori Ogai looked at the tall young man standing behind Sugawara Yoshiyo, and the corners of his mouth drooped: "And Mr. Zenin."

"Jia Shi, you look so beautiful in this yukata." Alice rushed over again. The little blonde girl was also wearing a yukata printed with wisteria flowers, and she looked particularly cute.

"Alice is also very beautiful, and the yukata suits you very well." Sugawara Yoshiyo smoothed the hair of the little girl with puffy cheeks, and Alice hummed and loosened her hands that were pulling on her belt.

Mori Ogai looked at Alice as she was being stroked with a kind smile like an old father looking at his wife and daughter, until Alice wanted to be lifted up and hugged, but was stopped.

"Would you like me to lift it up?" Chanyuan raised his arm enthusiastically to show that he could be of service.

"I don't want the bad guy who took Jia Shi away to touch Alice." The little blonde girl turned around angrily and ran towards the corridor.

"Alice, wait for me." Mori Ogai could only shout to Alice who was running away, "It's 1501, don't go to the wrong room."

Yoshiyo Sugawara had already walked into the huge crowd and started chatting with a climber.

"It's irresponsible to let a child run around alone in an unfamiliar place. You'd better go and chase the child at this time." Chanyuan Shen'er stepped forward to block the doctor's sight, and his tone was very impolite.

The pretty doctor in front of him still had that gentle demeanor, but there was a hint of mockery in his purple-red eyes and a cold tone in his voice: "Mr. Zenyuan, do you have so little confidence in yourself?"

"After all, Dr. Mori is a scumbag who keeps pestering his ex-girlfriend even after they broke up. In this situation, even if he is not Jia Shi's boyfriend but just an ordinary friend, he will be wary." Zenyuan Shener boasted openly.

"It's because I anticipated such a situation that I've been worried about Jiaye." Mori Ogai looked at the young man in front of him with a worried expression. Although he was not as tall as the other, the wandering doctor's aura was not weaker at all.

"This is not something that someone who has been dumped should consider. I will protect my woman." Chanyuan Shen'er said this proudly and turned to walk towards the woman in the crowd.

Sugawara Yoshiyo looked thoughtfully at the hiker in front of her who was sitting on a chair with a bad look on his face. Zenin Shiner followed her gaze and found that Sugawara Yoshiyo's eyes were on the mountaineering clothes draped over the chair.

The cuffs of the mountaineering suit were darker in color, and Chanyuan even saw some white powdery substance stuck on them.

"Mount Fuji is an active volcano. Due to crustal activity, seawater precipitates from the collapsed cracks to form very special hot salt hot springs." Sugawara Yoshiyo said expressionlessly.

She patted the owner of the clothes on the back and asked, "Sir, why did you stop to rest?"

The person being questioned was stunned for a moment, a blank expression on his face: "I was tired, so I stopped to rest for ten minutes."

Sugawara Yoshiyo continued to ask: "Since whales can come up and eat people, you should be staying at a very dangerous place. It doesn't make sense. Is it because the tour guide is not professional enough?"

"That's not true. The tour guide is very professional and his service attitude is very good." The climber was stunned for a moment: "I'm just tired from climbing, so I took a break."

Sugawara Yoshiyo did not refute him, but instead observed the climber's equipment. It was not the type that had been used only once, and there were some stickers on it from mountain climbing competitions, which showed that he had rich experience.

Sugawara Yoshiyo asked the last question: "Sir, have you encountered any wild hot springs in Mount Fuji?"