Having finally returned to human form during the day, Xi Xizhi slipped out as soon as An Honghan went to the morning court session.
I wandered around outside all day, and only strolled back slowly after the sun went down.
An Honghan had already finished his official business. When he heard from Lin En that a child had run away, he simply ordered someone to search for him and follow him secretly.
Seeing that the child had finally decided to come back, An Honghan sat upright at the table and glanced at him.
"Go take a shower."
After a day of playing around, Xi Xizhi was covered in sweat.
In the past, whenever An Honghan said those three words, a certain little ferret would always follow him happily into the bathing pool.
Today, a little ferret that had just transformed into human form started causing trouble.
She remained standing there, her two small, white hands crossed, and said shyly, "You go first, and I'll wash after you're done."
As she spoke, Xi Xizhi blushed slightly, and the color of her cheeks gradually turned rosy.
An Honghan then realized... that the little brat was shy again.
It seems that the last lesson was not enough to resonate with people.
An Honghan's face turned cold. "How many times have I told you? I've already seen and touched your entire body. If you don't come in with me now, do you expect me to carry you myself?"
An Honghan often used these threatening words when she was still called "Miao'er".
What Xi Xizhi feared most was someone lecturing her with a cold face. Seeing this scene, she shrugged her shoulders without any backbone. Her silver-white hair flowed casually down her back, and her fluffy tail swept down twice. She hopped off the chair and followed An Honghan into the bath.
But even though they got inside, when it came time to take off their clothes, one of the little brats still couldn't let loose.
"You want me to undress you myself?" An Honghan raised an eyebrow slightly, with a hint of threat in his voice.
Xi Xizhi took two steps back in fright, gritting her teeth, "I'll take it off myself!"
He told himself, "It's not like I haven't been seen before, it's no big deal! Besides, I'm just an eight or nine-year-old child! In their time, eight or nine-year-old children were bathed by their parents!"
An Honghan is her provider, so can he be considered her 'parent'?!
But the more Xi Xizhi tried to persuade herself, the slower she became in untying her clothes.
An Honghan looked at her leisurely, and when she wasn't paying attention, he smiled faintly.
Xi Xizhi blushed and finally untied the complicated ropes. Just as she was about to pull open her clothes, she suddenly stopped. "You...you turn around first."
Xi Xizhi bargained and refused to lower the last line of defense.
“What will you do if I say no?” An Honghan refused to back down. If Xi Xizhi put on such a show every time before his bath, An Honghan would have a lot of trouble in the future. “You are just a seven or eight-year-old child. I will not do anything to you. Don’t forget, I am your master.”
This sentence reminded Xi Xizhi that, whether she was a person or an animal, she was his pet, and a pet could not disobey its master.
Xi Xizhi's cheeks were flushed red, almost dripping with water. She gritted her teeth, tore open her clothes, and then, completely naked, leaped into the bathtub like an eel. The movement was swift and fluid, without the slightest pause.
Huge splashes of water flew everywhere, and wisps of steam rose from the warm bath.
Water droplets splashed all over An Honghan, but he wasn't angry at all; instead, he burst out laughing.
An Honghan felt particularly happy, having not laughed like this in a long time. He also found Feng Yun Diao to be quite interesting even when he transformed into a human.
Amidst the laughter, one of the little kids' cheeks burned like fire.
Thinking to myself: It's so frustrating to have such a terrible owner!
An Honghan took off his clothes and stepped into the water.
The moment An Honghan went into the water, a certain child quickly hid at the very edge.
An Honghan didn't press her for the time being, only saying, "If you can't reach her back, swim over here yourself later."
Xi Xizhi was feeling stifled, so she bent her arms and rubbed her back seriously.
However, there was always a tiny spot that Xi Xizhi couldn't reach. This body looked only seven or eight years old, and its stamina wasn't very good. After rubbing for a short while, Xi Xizhi was so exhausted that she collapsed onto the edge of the pool.
Upon seeing this, An Honghan ignored the child's struggles, grabbed her arms, made her lie face down by the pool, and then took a handkerchief to rub her back.
Perhaps it was because she was born as an animal, even though she had no fur on her back, Xi Xizhi still enjoyed the emperor's service very comfortably. Her thoughts drifted back to when she was still a mink, and An Honghan used his hands to scrub her body.
Gradually, the resistance in my heart disappeared.
An Honghan's gaze, however, was fixed on the skin just below Xi Xizhi's shoulder, where a palm-sized burn had begun to heal.
Perhaps because she was too tired today, Xi Xizhi couldn't help but fall asleep while taking a bath. In her hazy state, someone picked her up and placed her on a warm, large bed.
Xi Xizhi was a very sound sleeper, usually sleeping soundly until dawn, and could not be woken up by anything.
As rays of sunlight streamed in, Xi Xizhi yawned lazily, feeling as if she were resting her head on something hard.
No wonder my neck hurt a bit last night; it turns out the pillow was too hard.
He patted it with his hand, and a very solid feeling came through to Xi Xizhi.
I pinched it; it felt quite fleshy.
"You used my arm as a pillow? It felt nice to massage?"
An Honghan's distinctive voice rang out.
Startled, Xi Xizhi half-propped herself up and hurriedly reached out to pull back the quilt, trying to escape. The moment the quilt was pulled back, Xi Xizhi's expression changed, her cheeks turned red, and she immediately covered herself with the quilt again.
"Why...why am I not wearing any clothes?" Under the quilt, a child was completely naked.
Early in the morning, Xi Xizhi blushed deeply with embarrassment.
An Honghan pretended to be indifferent, but in his heart he really admired the child's adorable appearance.
"Have you forgotten? You fell asleep while taking a bath yesterday. If I hadn't carried you to the dragon bed, your skin would probably be soaked to a crisp." An Honghan lifted the quilt, moved from the side of the bed, and stood up.
Xi Xizhi racked her brains, trying to recall what An Honghan had said during her bath last night…
At least her memory ends at the bathtub.
An Honghan first straightened his clothes, then picked up Xi Xizhi's small clothes and called out, "Come here."
Xi Xizhi hesitated for a moment and dodged backward.
"Do you think you can put it on yourself?" An Honghan's words successfully made Xi Xizhi obediently sidle up to him.
An Honghan nodded in satisfaction, looking at Xi Xizhi standing naked in front of him, "If you can learn to dress yourself, I won't need to do it for you anymore."
Therefore, whenever An Honghan dressed her, Xi Xizhi would always try her best to watch his movements and carefully remember them.
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