Do you want to soak with me?
"Do you want to soak with me?"
53.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lan Jian was on her way to Guanjia Mountain Villa when she looked through her chat history from the previous night.
Guan Shaoxiao created a separate hot spring group chat. This time, he didn't invite many people. Guan Shaoxiao's best friends on the 12th floor were Zhuang Huiting, Lan Jian, and Senior Sister Hui. Chongming was just an observer. In addition, ever since Guan Shaoxiao learned that Chongming and Lan Jian had an ambiguous relationship, he was very worried that Lan Jian's relationship with Chongming would be discovered by others. Therefore, being a person of great principle, he didn't dare to invite the others on the 12th floor.
Last night, when they created a group chat and sent messages, Lan Jian was already asleep, Chong Ming was reading comics, and Guan Shaoxiao kept tagging Meng Lan Jian in the group, asking her if she wanted him to pick her up from school tomorrow.
Chongming thought for a moment, and considering that Senior Sister Hui was also in the group, he replied in a way that was not too difficult to understand: I asked her in advance, and I will pick her up tomorrow. It's not too much trouble for you to make a special trip from the resort. I'm going there on the way.
Lan Jian was satisfied with his reply, but then fell into another predicament.
"What am I supposed to say if they ask me where I spent the New Year? A few days ago, Lao Guan and Zhuang Zhuang asked me where I spent the holiday, and I told them I was still debating whether to go back to Beiluan. I sent them a 'Happy New Year' message on New Year's Eve and yesterday and then I slipped away. They'll definitely interrogate me about where I've been these past few days. They won't believe me if I say I hid in my dorm..."
Chongming pondered for a moment and came up with a harmless excuse for her, "Then just say that the roads are frozen and you can't go back. I just happened to ask where you spent the New Year, and when I heard that you were in your dormitory, I brought you to my house."
Will they believe it?
"It's all up to fate."
When it comes to keeping a secret marriage, sometimes it's not just a matter of leaving it to fate; having two loyal and devoted friends is also very important.
It's one thing that Meng Lanjian wouldn't open her mouth no matter how Zhuang Huiting and Guan Shaoxiao pressed her for answers in private, but when Senior Sister Hui asked how Lanjian spent the New Year, the two of them gave the same answer: Lanjian was trapped in the dormitory and survived on instant food.
Therefore, Sister Hui felt a special fondness for Lan Jian. Before the group reached the mountain villa, they strolled around the scenic area at the foot of the mountain. Sister Hui saw a handicraft shop selling blessing bells, strung together with long red ribbons, jingling and tinkling, meant to be worn as anklets—both eye-catching and charming. The vendor taught them how to tie them nicely. Sister Hui herself didn't like these things, but she enjoyed seeing others wear them, so she bought one for Zhuang Huiting and one for Lan Jian, ostensibly for good luck and protection.
Lan Jian really liked this New Year's gift. Although Chongming had also said he had prepared a gift for her and would give it to her when he returned to the lab after the New Year, this string of red silk bells was the first New Year's gift she had received.
So much so that when everyone returned to the resort and went to their rooms to soak in the hot springs, she sat on the stone steps wrapped in a bath towel and began to examine her anklet.
The Guan family's hot spring resort was luxurious and exquisite, with private hot spring pools for each person located in the backyard outside the room's floor-to-ceiling windows. The environment was elegant, tranquil, and extremely secluded. The hot spring pools were spacious enough for swimming. Next to Lan Jian's room were Chongming and Zhuang Huiting. She sat on the shore, the bells jingling, which Zhuang Huiting could hear clearly from next door.
She suddenly called out, "Meng Lanjian."
Although she couldn't see anyone, Lan Jian was startled by the soundproofing. "How can I hear so clearly?!"
"Yes, this open-air pool is only separated by a stone wall, how could we not hear it?"
The two began to talk, separated by a stone wall.
“I didn’t think anything of it at first, but now that you’re in the open, I’m afraid to take off my towel.”
"What are you afraid of? This slope is just a cliff and bamboo forest. Unless someone falls off, there won't be anyone up there, okay?"
“Oh,” Meng Lanjian tied the bell and gently tugged at it, “This is my first time soaking in a hot spring on the southern slope. The hot spring pool wasn’t even finished when I came last time.”
Zhuang Huiting chuckled upon hearing the bell, "Be careful soaking in the hot spring alone, I can hear everything you make!"
"Are you complaining that my bell is too loud? I'm about to take a bath, it'll be quiet once I'm in the water."
“No, that’s not it,” Zhuang Huiting said meaningfully. “Isn’t that your senior from Chongming next to you? Did you talk to him?”
"Not yet." Lan Jian immediately called out, "Chongming," and asked, "Can you hear me?"
There was no echo from the stone wall on the other side.
Lan Jian said sullenly, "He's probably still in his room and hasn't come out yet."
Zhuang Huiting didn't reply. Lan Jian took off her bath towel and slowly got into the water.
Hearing the sounds of her entering the water from the other side of the wall, a hint of helplessness flashed in Chongming's deep eyes—
The foolish Meng Lanjian completely failed to understand Zhuang Huiting's hint.
Lan Jian was soaking in the hot spring by herself, having a great time playing with her string of red koi-shaped bells.
Zhuang Huiting stayed up all night at home yesterday, but after soaking in the bath for a while, she felt drowsy.
Lan Jian heard the yawn. She stood up briskly, making a splashing sound. "Lan Jian, I'm sleepy, I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when it's time for dinner."
"Okay."
"Don't soak in the tub for too long and faint, okay? If you need anything, call your senior. He should be next door already, right?"
"Go to sleep peacefully!"
As soon as Lanjian and Zhuang Huiting left, they began calling out for Chongming.
"I am here."
Hearing his deep voice, Lan Jian felt at ease. She braced her hands against the stone wall and floated up like a beginner swimmer, kicking her feet.
The sound of water mixed with the clear ringing of bells made Chongming's heart itch.
"Do you find soaking in the hot springs comfortable?" Lan Jian asked Chongming as she played in the water. She hadn't dared to play in the water earlier, afraid the bells would disturb her.
When the people she chatted with were from Chongming, she became much more unrestrained.
"good."
Meng Lanjian rolled over in the pool, splashing water on her back, "I think this is so much fun!"
Chongming chuckled silently. "I think it could be even more fun."
Lan Jian understood his implication, sat up, picked up her phone, and texted him, "Do you want to hang out with me?"
Chongming responded very quickly: "Get dressed and come open the door for me."
"No, I feel cold even if I get up and put on a bathrobe now."
"Don't force me."
"Are you forcing me to jump over the wall?"
The man who was called a dog remained silent for a long time—
"Menglanjian!"
The Chongming senior next door, who was as calm as a mountain, was enraged.
Meng Lanjian's clear, bell-like laughter, accompanied by the tinkling of bells, almost stole Chongming's soul.
She continued texting him on her phone, "I've put the spare key to the room in your pocket."
Stupid senior brother.
Less than two minutes later.
Chongming, wearing a bathrobe, opened Meng Lanjian's room door. He took off the bathrobe and threw it on her bed, revealing a dark brown T-shirt and black shorts underneath. He looked completely dry, clearly indicating that he hadn't been soaking in the hot spring at all.
Lan Jian watched him approach and was about to speak when Chongming stopped her by pressing his index finger to his lips. He pointed to the next room, indicating that she should remain silent.
When he took off his clothes and went into the water naked like her, Lan Jian was pulled into his arms. She raised her arms and hung them behind his neck. Her wet, smooth breasts were white and round, with the rosy nipples pressing against his chest. She leaned closer and talked to him intimately, "Am I smart? Smart senior!"
Chongming rarely praised her, saying, "She's not only smart, but also considerate."
He had no idea when she quietly slipped the spare key into his pocket.
Chongming lowered his head and kissed Lanjian's two luscious red lips. His hands slid down from her waist and cupped her two plump buttocks underwater, the force so strong that his fingers sank into them.
He pinched her a little too hard, with a rare hint of lust in his touch. Lan Jian endured the pain for a while without crying out, and then the mound between her legs began to clench involuntarily.
Because of the height difference, the engorged penis in the dark forest of Chongming pressed against Lan Jian's lower abdomen, instinctively and unintentionally rubbing against her navel and her closed vulva.
"Chongming!" Lan Jian stepped back slightly, her eyes glistening with tears. Her feet unconsciously landed on Chongming's instep underwater, and the bell tied to her left ankle gently brushed against his calf. "Shall we play a game?"
Chongming lowered his head and touched the tip of his nose to hers. His slightly hoarse voice unconsciously carried a soft heart that would agree to whatever she said, "Okay, what do you want to play?"
Lan Jian tiptoed, and the bell wrapped around Chongming's leg. To support her, Chongming lifted her hips with one hand, and the two embraced tightly, their skin, not yet warmed by the hot spring, pressed together for warmth. After Lan Jian steadied herself, she whispered in his ear, "If you can keep the bell on my left foot from ringing more than ten times, I'll secretly sleep with you tonight."
After explaining the rules of the game, Meng Lanjian, without waiting for Chongming to hear clearly, raised her left leg and tried to wrap it around Chongming's waist.
Chongming reacted quickly, grabbing her ankle underwater. His eyes held a cunning glint that shone through more than a smile.
"A sneak attack, huh?" He held Meng Lanjian as they sank down. "Since these are the rules of the game, I need to create one to make it fair."
“Okay, tell me.” Meng Lanjian was very generous.
"If you make a sound ten times, I'll sleep with you tonight."
@Lanjian: What if it's less than ten times?
@Chongming: Sleep with me tonight to heal my wounded heart.
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