This bath was truly a thrilling experience.
You thought it was one person washing, but it turned into two people washing, but actually it was three people washing.
After Mrs. Qiu and Alice left the pool, put on their bathrobes, and went outside, Zhang Fan waited for a while before finally daring to get out of the pool.
After such a long time, the water in the pool had started to cool down, and my clothes felt cold and sticky against my body, which was very uncomfortable.
Zhang Fan took off his clothes, wrung them out, and hung them on the clothes rack. Judging from the sounds outside, Madam Qiu and Alice had already gone to bed and wouldn't be coming in for at least a while, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to leave his clothes hanging.
The clothes couldn't dry quickly, and Zhang Fan was shivering from the cold, but he didn't dare turn on the hot water tap and soak in the pool for a while, worried that people outside would hear the noise. Besides, staying in the water all the time wasn't a solution.
Zhang Fan could only do push-ups while lying on the ground and pull-ups while hanging from a clothes rack. These exercises were silent but still warmed up his body.
Exercising naked is truly amazing, but there's nothing Zhang Fan can do. He just hopes the two beautiful women outside won't come in.
Just then, the bathroom door opened, and Zhang Fan jumped back in fright, dodging behind the door.
No one came in after the door opened; a cloth bag was thrown in, and then the door was gently closed.
Zhang Fan walked over and opened the cloth bag, only to find that it was his original student uniform, which had already been dried.
After Zhang Fan finished getting dressed, there was a soft knock on the bathroom door.
"You can come out once you're dressed." It was Madam Qiu's voice.
Zhang Fan came out of the bathroom, and Mrs. Qiu was standing at the door, wearing pajamas and a coat.
Mrs. Qiu pointed towards the bed, signaling Zhang Fan to keep his voice down. Alice was already asleep. The two tiptoed out of the bedroom and into the living room.
"What do we do now?" Zhang Fan asked. "Can you help me leave Moonlight Island?"
"No, the supply ship has already left at this time. You may have to wait until daytime, then I will help you find a ship."
"Then where should I stay for the night?" Zhang Fan could no longer stay in this room, but there was still a search team outside, which was also not safe.
Mrs. Qiu thought for a moment, and finally took out a set of keys from the drawer.
"You can stay in the living room at the end of the corridor for the night." Madam Qiu took off one of the keys and handed it to Zhang Fan. "Servants are not allowed to enter that room casually; it's very safe."
The sound of Alice turning over echoed in the room, startling the two sneaky people. Zhang Fan didn't dare linger any longer, grabbed the key, and left without looking back.
There's only one room at the end of the corridor; it's easy to find.
Zhang Fan already thought Madam Qiu's room was big enough, but after entering this room, he realized what "big" really meant.
This room is not only over 500 square meters in size, but it is also a duplex with two floors.
The central reception room connects the upper and lower floors, appearing magnificent. On the outside are 180-degree circular floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the Manchester Bay sea view, and there is also an extended terrace outside the windows for relaxation.
There is a rosewood desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, which should be the room owner's work area. Drawing the curtains behind it turns it into a study. When you are tired from working, you can open the curtains and relax by looking out at the sea. It seems that the room owner is a person who knows how to enjoy life.
Zhang Fan lay sprawled on the sofa in the living room. The sofa was big enough to be used as a bed. It was much more comfortable to sleep on the sofa than on someone else's bed.
Having been tormented for two days since arriving on Moonlight Island, Zhang Fan was wide awake, and it was really difficult to relax and fall asleep in the Marquis's mansion.
Around four or five in the morning, Zhang Fan heard servants walking back and forth in the corridor outside, starting their work for the new day.
You can hear servants cleaning, but just as Madam Qiu said, no servants entered the room where she was.
Zhang Fan waited idly until a little after six in the morning, watching the sun rise over the distant Manchester Bay horizon, when he heard the sound of a door opening behind him.
"You've finally arrived. I've been waiting for so long..." Zhang Fan stood up and turned around, but his smile froze on his face the next moment.
It wasn't Mrs. Qiu who entered, but a middle-aged man in his fifties. The man was wearing an indigo blue button-down long gown, the standard color of the uniforms for Ryan's government personnel.
"You were waiting for me?" The man in the long robe seemed slightly surprised to see someone in the room.
Although it was their first meeting, Zhang Fan knew who the person in front of him was. His hooked nose was very memorable, and he never expected to meet him under these circumstances.
"It's...it's Madam who told me to wait for you here." Zhang Fan panicked. He hadn't waited for Madam Qiu, but instead, he had her husband. What was going on?!
But what he said wasn't wrong; it was indeed Madam Qiu who had asked him to stay here.
“Oh, so it’s you.” Marquis Charles nodded. “Come with me to the study.”
Zhang Fan was stunned. It seemed that Marquis Charles really was waiting for someone? But who was he waiting for?
Zhang Fan was completely clueless and could only mechanically follow Marquis Charles into the study.
"Sit down." After Marquis Charlie entered the study, he invited Zhang Fan to sit down opposite him at the desk. "I'm sorry, I don't know much about you. Please introduce yourself first."
"I, I am..." Zhang Fan was momentarily speechless. If he revealed who he was, wouldn't he give himself away? But judging from the other person's words, it seemed that they didn't know the person they were waiting for either?
In the end, Zhang Fan gritted his teeth and had no choice but to go along with the mistake.
"My name is Zhang Fan."
"Hmm." Marquis Charlie nodded, then paused for a moment, then looked surprised. "Huh? That's it?"
"Uh... what else would you like to know, Your Excellency Marquis?" Zhang Fan was a little embarrassed. He dared not say too much now, lest he say something wrong.
"I heard you're a student?"
"Yes, I am a third-year student at the Royal Military Command Academy of the Duchy of Ryan."
“Oh!” Marquis Charlie was somewhat surprised. “I only knew you were Qiu’s student, I didn’t expect you to be studying at Ryan Military Academy.”
"Huh? Right." Zhang Fan was stunned. It turned out that the other party was waiting for Madam Qiu's father's student.
The Qiu family is renowned as a family of scholars, and indeed many people have come to study under Mr. Qiu. It is no exaggeration to say that the Qiu family has countless students.
"How are your grades at Lane Military Academy?" Marquis Charles continued, "This will help with my arrangements."
"My grades are alright, I'm currently a second lieutenant." Zhang Fan had no idea what the other party was planning to do.
"That's very good. No wonder the lady personally recommended you." Marquis Charles nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly looked directly into Zhang Fan's eyes. "I heard you and Alice have a good relationship?"
"Ah, this..." Zhang Fan scratched his head, wondering how to put it, "It's very good."
It's so nice that you could take a bath in the same bathtub, wouldn't you say that?
“I understand now.” Marquis Charles pondered for a moment, then said solemnly, “I will arrange for you to serve under Prince Reinhardt; he is currently in dire need of someone like you…”
"As for Ryan Military Academy, I will speak with Dean Erwin. With your abilities, there's no need to waste your time there."
Marquis Charles took a piece of paper, wrote a few lines on it, signed his name, sealed it in an envelope, and handed it to Zhang Fan.
"This is a letter of recommendation. Take it to Prince Reinhard in the capital, and someone will receive you."
Bang!
The door to the reception room was suddenly kicked open, and Mrs. Qiu, dressed in her pajamas, rushed in in a panic.
The three of them looked at each other, and suddenly the atmosphere became very strange.
"Uh..." Madam Qiu wanted to say something, but looking at the two men in front of her, she suddenly couldn't speak.
"Madam?" Marquis Charles was somewhat surprised by the lady's loss of composure.
At this moment, Madam Qiu was wearing pajamas and her hair was not combed, clearly indicating that she had just gotten up.
"Qiu... Good morning, Marquis." Zhang Fan stammered before finally speaking.
It would certainly be inappropriate to address Marquis Charles as "Madame Autumn".
"Yes, I heard from the servants that you had returned early, so I came to see you." Lady Qiu's expression changed instantly, and she smiled as she said to Marquis Charles, "Look how rushed I was, I didn't even wash up before coming over, it's really quite unseemly of me."
"No, Madam is naturally beautiful; she is beautiful even without makeup." Marquis Charles seemed rather pleased that Madam had lost her composure in her eagerness to see him.
"Let me introduce you, this is..." Madam Qiu had already decided to say that Zhang Fan had mistakenly entered the wrong room and was hiding here while trying to avoid Alice.
“I know, we already know each other,” Marquis Charles nodded.
"Huh?" Madam Qiu was stunned. I haven't even said anything yet, how did you know?
“I’ve already made all the arrangements,” Marquis Charles said with a smile. “The Qiu family’s students are indeed extraordinary. They’re already second lieutenants while still in school. Their future is limitless.”
"Oh!" Mrs. Qiu remembered. Her father did have a student who wanted to come over to ask for a job today, but it wasn't this guy!
Bang!
The door to the reception room was suddenly kicked open again; it seems like we're having a personal struggle with this door all day.
So you were here!
Alice stormed in angrily, also wearing pajamas and with her hair unwashed, clearly having just gotten up.
Alice looked left and right, then picked up a samurai sword from a nearby shelf and chased after them.
"I thought you were dead, and I felt guilty all night. Now I'll kill you!"
Zhang Fan was dumbfounded. What was going on here in front of the Marquis and the Marquis?
However, a samurai sword can really kill people, so Zhang Fan dared not fight back. He could only dodge left and right and find a gap to escape from the study. Alice chased after him all the way down the corridor with her samurai sword in hand.
“Madam, it seems they have a very good relationship.” Marquis Charles watched this scene with a smile.
"Ah?" Madam Qiu was taken aback for a moment, then forced a smile. "Yes..."
Right?
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