Chapter 18 When playing mahjong, all the mistakes are someone else's.
Once inside the room, everyone does their own thing and there's no interaction between them. After all, it's a private hot spring, and the two rooms aren't even next to each other, so it's unlikely that Lin Yinyin's head would suddenly appear while you're soaking in the hot spring.
Yu Xue was afraid of running into them, so she didn't go out to buy a swimsuit. She asked Wen Feng to buy one for her and also get her a drink, since she had just seen a coffee shop outside.
Yu Xue doesn't like bitter coffee or sweet coffee, so when Wen Feng was asked to buy it, he really didn't know what to choose. He hesitated for a long time before finally following the waiter's advice and choosing a coconut latte.
Choosing a swimsuit was easy. This store didn't specialize in swimsuits, so they didn't have many styles. There were only two styles, with the only difference being the color. Wen Feng bought both styles and let Yu Xue choose.
Yu Xue had already taken off her pants and was wearing a bathrobe, testing the water temperature with her feet. When she saw Wen Feng return, she said excitedly, "I found some videos of people soaking in hot springs. They all said to test the water temperature with your feet first, and wait until you get used to it before going in, otherwise you might faint."
"You're going to soak now?" Wen Feng asked. "No, wait..."
"Yu Xue!" A knock sounded at the door; it was Lin Yinyin.
Yu Xue was so startled that she stepped into the water and almost slipped into the pool. Wen Feng quickly went over and helped her up.
"Yu Xue!" Lin Yinyin called out again, "Isn't she here?"
"Yes!" Yu Xue quickly slipped on her slippers. "I'm changing clothes, I'll be right there."
“We’re in room 109, the one at the end of the corridor. We brought mahjong, do you want to play with us?” Lin Yinyin originally planned to just pick a couple of people she liked at the hotel and invite them to play together. Who would refuse mahjong? She didn’t expect to run into Yu Xue here. What a coincidence!
Yu Xue had already run to the door. She opened the door, met Lin Yinyin's gaze, and then immediately looked away, saying, "Okay, we'll go over in a bit."
Lin Yinyin patted her shoulder, "Okay, I'll wait for you. Here, take this."
"What?" Yu Xue instinctively took it.
Lin Yinyin: "Candy."
Yu Xue turned around and looked at Wen Feng, who had just taken the flower petals out of his bag. Wen Feng thought she would refuse.
He looked at Yu Xue, shaking the bottle in his hand, "Want to spill more?"
Yu Xue tore open the candy wrapper. "I agreed instinctively, but if you mind..."
“I don’t mind,” Wen Feng interrupted her. “It’s fine, I’m fine with anything.”
"Mmm, this candy is delicious," Yu Xue said. "It's not too sweet."
The two tidied up quickly and went over. Yu Xue asked Wen Feng to take the flower petals so that they could scatter them over there if they liked.
Wen Feng brought a lot of things, including many snacks, but when he arrived, he found that he didn't need them, since there was a snack shelf next to the hot spring pool.
When they arrived, the door was unlocked, and Yu Xue accidentally pushed it open while knocking. She peeked inside and saw Lin Yinyin and her boyfriend already sitting in the hot spring pool, setting up a mahjong set.
Lin Yinyin waved to them, "Come on, come on! Luckily I ran into you guys, otherwise all that mahjong would have been for nothing."
Yu Xue felt a little guilty, as she felt the encounter was awkward, while Lin Yinyin cheered for the meeting.
Nanpan watched her carefully washing the mahjong tiles and laughed, "Why are you washing them so diligently?"
"Because you just peeked," Lin Yinyin said. "Anyone with a conscience wouldn't peek like that, right?"
Nan Pan said with a grin, "Why don't you just pour the mahjong tiles directly into the water and then fish them out one by one? That way they'll be clean."
Lin Yinyin kicked him, but the water resistance meant she didn't feel much pain; instead, she almost fell over.
She looked at Yu Xue, who was standing beside her, looking reserved and silent, and said, "We should have some kind of punishment for losing the game!"
"What are you doing, drawing on my face?" Yu Xue asked instinctively.
Lin Yinyin and Nan Pan both laughed.
Lin Yinyin asked, "Then how are we going to go out later?"
Nanpan: "We ordered a cake, and when the waiter knocked on the door to deliver it, we all buried our faces in the water."
Lin Yinyin: "The water was over 40 degrees Celsius, and my skin was swollen from the heat when I came out."
Yu Xue was amused by their banter and asked, "So what should we do?"
Lin Yinyin: "Truth or Dare? You can't choose truth in Truth or Dare."
Nan Pan: "Okay, I'll show you an underwater push-up later."
Lin Yinyin: "If you get burned and swollen, we'll break up. It'll look awful."
"Hehe..." Yu Xue laughed, "So hasty."
"Hey, I've always been curious, do you two talk to each other?" Lin Yinyin looked at Wen Feng, who was seriously arranging cards next to her. "How do two aloof people fall in love? Who pursued whom?"
“Aloof…” Yu Xue said, “You think I’m aloof?”
"Of course, she's been aloof since high school," Lin Yinyin said.
Yu Xue laughed and joked about herself, "I should call this cowardice."
"Nonsense," Lin Yinyin retorted immediately. "If you were a coward, you wouldn't have played with me in high school." She turned to look at Nan Pan and said, "Let me tell you, in high school, I offended a small group in my class, and all my classmates kept their distance from me. Only she played with me."
Nan Pan: "You two seem to have a good relationship, like old classmates! Go easy on them later, or they'll have to do underwater push-ups."
"Are you sick, Nanpan?" Lin Yinyin kicked him again. "Playing cards, shut up. Shall we play Sichuan Mahjong? That way we can decide who the final loser is."
Yu Xue felt someone was watching her, turned around, and caught them red-handed. She smiled wryly, not looking at Wen Feng again; she didn't want to be the first loser.
Nanpan was the first to lose.
Lin Yinyin made him do ten push-ups on the shore.
Nanpan said, "I know a private hot spring, the kind where you go swimming without clothes on. Let's go there next time."
Lin Yinyin glanced at him, her eyes practically overflowing with disdain, "Isn't this inappropriate? There are several of us..."
"Of course we'll each take our own!" Nan Pan slapped her shoulder hard. "What are you thinking? Are you sick, Lin Yinyin?"
"Hahahaha..." Lin Yinyin threw her head back and laughed loudly, "I thought you were a pervert."
After playing several rounds, Nan Pan almost always lost, while Yu Xue had pretty good luck with her cards and was almost always the first to be eliminated.
The atmosphere became more lively, and Lin Yinyin suddenly asked, "Yu Xue, why did you stop working? Is it because of those people online?"
Yu Xue's hand trembled, and two four-of-a-kind tiles fell to the ground between her fingers. She quickly helped them up and said, "Hmm... How can you perform after being scolded like this? Aren't you afraid of being hit with eggs?"
She chuckled self-deprecatingly as she spoke.
Lin Yinyin discarded a four of bamboo and said, "Hey! This is a typical case of having the wrong mindset."
Nan Pan, the straight man, said: "Yes, it's the mindset that's wrong."
Lin Yinyin: "You didn't do anything wrong, so what are you afraid of?"
Nanpan: "Exactly, what's there to be afraid of?"
Lin Yinyin: "If you think about it this way, the people who insult you are all bad people."
Nan Pan: "Yes, it's not a good thing."
As Yu Xue played her cards, she said, "What if there's a lot of cursing?"
Lin Yinyin held up two fingers and said, "That means that bad people make up the majority of people in this world."
Nan Pan: "Yes, that's the majority."
"Heh..." Yu Xue couldn't help but chuckle, not because of Lin Yinyin's words, but because of Nan Pan, who was like a broken record, repeating them while shaking his head and imitating Lin Yinyin's expressions.
Lin Yinyin slapped him, and he quieted down.
Yu Xue said, "If we go out and say this, we'll be cursed to death."
Lin Yinyin: "Who asked you to go out and say it? You can just think what you want in your heart. What others think is not important. Your own feelings are the most important. Anyway, you haven't done anything illegal or disorderly. What's online is just rumors. What are you afraid of?"
Lin Yinyin: "Just think of it this way: what good can a group of people who support spreading rumors be?"
"Right, this... Yu Xue's husband." Lin Yinyin couldn't recall the man's name or surname for a moment.
Wen Feng didn't reply, but instead pushed over his tiles, saying, "I won."
"Oh no!" Yu Xue suddenly snapped out of her daze. While she was lost in thought, she had played several bad hands in a row, and even played out a straight. "I'm doomed, I'm doomed, I'm going to lose this hand."
Yu Xue ultimately lost.
Lin Yinyin said, "Give Wen Feng a kiss."
Before Yu Xue could speak, Nan Pan objected, "Why? I lost just now, so why wouldn't you let me kiss you?"
Lin Yinyin frowned, puzzled, and asked, "You also want to kiss Wen Feng?"
Nan Pan spat out, "I want to kiss you."
"Get lost. Don't make me kick you." Lin Yinyin slapped him away. "Quickly kiss Yu Xue."
Yu Xue looked at Wen Feng but did not step forward.
Lin Yinyin asked in confusion, "What's wrong? You two are an old married couple, what's wrong with taking a bite?"
"We should arrange a marriage between them," Nan Pan suggested with a smile.
“That makes sense.” Lin Yinyin thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s kiss.”
While looking at Yu Xue, Wen Feng began to count in his mind. If Yu Xue still hadn't gotten up by the time he counted to three, he would find a reason to refuse.
He didn't want to put Yu Xue in a difficult position, but deep down he also had a bit of hope.
What if Yu Xue was willing to kiss him? What if Yu Xue didn't reject such physical contact?
He couldn't help but leave himself some leeway.
When he counted to two, Yu Xue stood up.
Even his breathing became slow and heavy.
The water created resistance, preventing Yu Xue from quickly reaching him.
Actually, Yu Xue didn't mind kissing Wen Feng; she was just afraid that Wen Feng would reject her, and she was also embarrassed to be seen by others while they were being affectionate.
Before Yu Xue could even try to stand on tiptoe in the water, Wen Feng had already bent down on his own.
He lightly touched Yu Xue's lips, a fleeting, fleeting touch, before quickly pulling away. Yu Xue didn't even feel it before his lips were gone.
On their wedding day, Wen Feng seemed afraid of having too much contact with her, and didn't linger for even a moment longer.
"Hmm—" Lin Yinyin didn't notice the emotions between the two and teased, "Shy? Then let me kiss your Adam's apple next time."
Yu Xue quickly turned her back.
Lin Yinyin grabbed her wrist and pulled her over to continue playing cards. "Hey, the ribbon on your wrist is so pretty. I was so busy playing that I didn't even notice it. Can I borrow it to take a look?"
"No!" Yu Xue quickly withdrew her hand and said sharply.
Realizing that Lin Yinyin was frightened, Yu Xue quickly said, "Uh... I... the ribbon is very important to me."
"Oh." Lin Yinyin didn't ask any more questions. The group played for two or three hours before stopping for dinner.
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