"No...it's impossible, how could you be that...that..." The woman who had been looking down on him came to her senses, pointing at Qin Yu with disbelief.
How can there be such a handsome man...
"I just shaved my beard, how... how did it turn out like this...?"
"Wow, this is the first time I've ever seen such a handsome man..."
"This isn't just a shave, it's like he got a completely new face!"
"..."
The onlookers gradually came to their senses and, looking at Qin Yu's face, found it hard to accept the change.
"I apologize." Xia Lan felt that all the gazes around her were affirming Qin Yu's appearance.
He immediately demanded that the woman apologize to Qin Yu.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that about you..." The woman looked up at Qin Yu's face, her eyes were alluring, and her cheeks were flushed, clearly as if she were infatuated.
Xia Lan was initially quite pleased with herself, but seeing the woman's infatuated expression, she inexplicably became annoyed.
"Hmph, don't look down on people like that next time!" Xia Lan snorted coldly.
"Um... comrade, my name is Xu Mei, and what... what's your name?" Xu Mei looked at Qin Yu expectantly, awaiting his answer.
Xia Lan's radar instantly went off. She looked at the female comrade who had just been mocking Qin Yu, but now had lustful eyes and was staring at Qin Yu without blinking. She immediately stepped forward and blocked Xu Mei's eyes.
"Comrade Xu Mei, please stop staring at my husband. What do you want to know my husband's name for?" Xia Lan stood protectively in front of Qin Yu, preventing her from seeing.
However, she was shorter than Qin Yu and couldn't stop him at all.
Xu Mei glanced at Xia Lan, then looked away and asked, "Comrade, what's your name? Can we be friends?"
Faced with the shameless Xu Mei, Xia Lan wanted to spit on her.
She glanced back at Qin Yu, her eyes filled with grievance.
Qin Yu patted Xia Lan's head and glanced at the queue, which was now half empty; it was Xia Lan's turn.
"It's your turn. Go take a shower!"
“But…” Xia Lan was very unhappy when she saw that everyone around her was staring at Qin Yu, feeling as if her things were being spied on.
"I'll wait for you right here." Qin Yu didn't care about the stares of others, gently nudged Xia Lan, and smiled.
"Comrade Xu Mei, you can go take a shower now!" Xia Lan glanced at Xu Mei and reminded her.
Xu Mei, standing in front of Xia Lan, could only reluctantly go in to take a bath first.
Xia Lan snorted softly. Seeing Xu Mei looking back every few steps before going into the shower, she really wanted to gouge out her eyes.
Turning around, Xia Lan saw the girl who had just spoken up for her looking at Qin Yu with a dazed expression. Suddenly, Xia Lan understood why Qin Yu had grown a beard.
His face is so captivating.
The dark skin that would look good on someone else only added to Qin Yu's resolute and charming appearance.
The coldness in his eyes couldn't stop the woman's enthusiasm; even married women were mesmerized by Qin Yu.
"Why don't you go home first?" Xia Lan said to Qin Yu in a sullen voice.
She wanted to hide Qin Yu away.
"Why?" Qin Yu looked at Xia Lan in confusion.
"I don't want them to look at you like that, I want to cover their eyes," Xia Lan said unhappily, but those people hadn't said anything bad about her, and had even spoken up for Qin Yu just now.
She couldn't ask people to close their eyes and not be allowed to look.
Qin Yu looked down at Xia Lan, whose soft voice was uttering harsh words, but it had no intimidating power whatsoever...
In his eyes, she was like a fluffy little rabbit, delicate and soft.
Knowing her possessiveness made Qin Yu very happy, and he decided to make his little bunny happy.
Qin Yu raised his head, and in the blink of an eye, his narrow eyes changed drastically. The gentleness vanished, replaced by a sharp, icy aura that emanated from him as he swept his fierce gaze over everyone staring at him.
Everyone instantly felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and couldn't help but shiver.
Unable to meet Qin Yu's eyes, they all lowered their heads, avoiding his gaze.
Xia Lan was just fretting about what to do when she looked up again and saw all the women lower their heads, as if they were frightened and avoided eye contact.
"What's wrong with them?" Xia Lan asked Qin Yu, puzzled.
"I don't know either. It's your turn, go in and take a shower!" Qin Yu gently nudged Xia Lan.
Just then, someone came out, which meant there were empty seats inside.
"Then wait for me here, I'll be out in a bit!" Xia Lan said as soon as she saw him, carrying her things inside.
"Okay." Qin Yu smiled slightly.
Inside the bathhouse, Xia Lan saw that everyone bathing inside was naked, and shyly carried her own clothes inside.
Everyone has a compartment to store their clothes. When Xia Lan went in, she saw Xu Mei, who was almost finished washing.
Seeing Xia Lan come in, Xu Mei actually picked up the soap again.
"Hey lady, over here!" Xu Mei's eyes lit up as she waved enthusiastically to Xia Lan.
Xia Lan looked around and saw another empty stall. Ignoring Xu Mei's calls, she went straight to the other stall and started taking a shower.
Now that showers are in cubicles, Xia Lan let her hair down and was about to give it a good scrub when Xu Mei came over again.
"Comrade, what's your name?" Xu Mei asked persistently.
Xia Lan pretended not to hear and prepared to wash her hair with soap. Seeing that Xia Lan ignored her, Xu Mei's eyes flashed with malice.
Suddenly, he stretched out his foot towards Xia Lan.
If Xia Lan steps on her foot, she will inevitably lose her balance and fall heavily to the ground.
Xia Lan looked at the feet that had appeared beside her feet. She didn't want to pay attention to them, but this woman kept doing it, which was really annoying.
Now they even want to make her fall.
This is a women's bathhouse; if she falls and gets hurt, she'll be naked.
Since she's so vicious, then she'll retaliate in kind.
Xia Lan swept her foot away, shoving Xu Mei's foot aside, leaving soapy water all over the floor.
"Ah!" Xu Mei's foot was swept away and she slipped, falling to the ground.
"Ah!" Xia Lan also shouted, but quickly hid to the side.
The two people's shouts immediately attracted the attention of others.
"What's wrong with you, comrade? You're taking a shower and your feet are all over me!" Xia Lan said before Xu Mei could even speak.
"Luckily I dodged it. What if I had fallen and hit my head?"
Xia Lan complained, feeling wronged.
"You clearly tripped me on purpose!" Xu Mei scrambled to her feet and pointed at Xia Lan fiercely.
“Everyone has a bathroom, and this is my bathroom. How did you end up in my bathroom and trip over me?” Xia Lan looked at Xu Mei and questioned her.
“That’s right! Everyone has their own designated area. Why did you follow someone else into their area? You fell down and then blamed others.” The old lady from the inner courtyard walked over.
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