He walked out quickly, saying, "It's time to have dinner."
Shen Zhiyi pouted and followed.
"If you like someone, you like them, why can't I say it..."
"Could it be that you feel ashamed if people find out that you, a grown man, like to play with rocking horses?"
She reassured her with a generous expression, "What's the big deal?"
"I like rocking horses too."
Qingyuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He turned his head and looked at her with a strange expression.
"You like it?"
Shen Zhiyi felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze. "Hmm, how childlike!"
Qingyuan's expression shifted rapidly. After a pause, he asked, "You like it in the water too?"
Shen Zhiyi was completely confused.
"If I didn't like it, why would I have built such a big hot spring in my backyard?"
Qingyuan's expression suddenly darkened.
"Have you bathed in that hot spring with other people?"
Shen Zhiyi shook her head. "Besides me, you were the first one to go in."
"What's wrong?"
"Why are you acting so strangely today?"
Qingyuan's expression softened slightly.
She pursed her lips and said, "Nothing."
He quickened his pace.
It was as if they were avoiding her.
Shen Zhiyi followed, somewhat puzzled.
When she returned after the meal, Qingyuan avoided seeing her altogether.
They went into the cold spring early on.
It even transformed into a fish, hovering underwater, refusing to show its face.
But after staying underwater for a short while, it suddenly burst out of the water as if it had seen something extraordinary.
Even so, she simply turned her back to Shen Zhiyi and leaned against the spring.
Shen Zhiyi did not light the lamp.
The room was pitch black.
He closed his eyes and held his breath, forcing himself not to absorb her scent.
Shen Zhiyi didn't notice his odd behavior.
She didn't light the lamp so she could admire the luminous pearl.
As soon as she took the beads out, their lustrous sheen illuminated most of the room.
It was even more transparent and brighter than a candle flame.
All the furniture was clearly visible, as if shrouded in a soft moonlight.
She clicked her tongue in amazement.
"Hey, how many more luminous pearls like these do you have?"
She turned to Qingyuan and asked.
If it were just one, she would be reluctant to sell it.
The gentle light, following her gaze, spread to the dark, cold spring water, illuminating the man's broad back.
Large patches of blush appeared on that fair, jade-like skin.
It stood out starkly against the backdrop of glistening water droplets.
It felt like it had been scorched by something.
Shen Zhiyi was greatly surprised.
"What happened to your back?" She suddenly stood up and walked over quickly. "Why is it so red?"
Qingyuan noticed her gaze, and his back involuntarily trembled.
He didn't turn around.
My body sank a little deeper into the water.
"...It's alright."
Shen Zhiyi carefully examined his arms, shoulders, back, and neck... and suddenly realized something.
"Could it be that the rough linen clothes I wore today caused this damage?!"
Qingyuan pursed her lips and did not answer.
Shen Zhiyi clicked his tongue in amazement.
It's unbelievable that mermaids' skin is actually so sensitive and delicate!
And because of her insistence, he remained silent.
I endured the discomfort all day long.
A pang of guilt welled up in her heart.
"You wait!" She turned around hurriedly and rummaged through a small cabinet to the side.
A short while later, he came over with a medicine bottle and a roll of soft cotton cloth.
"What are you going to do?" Qingyuan straightened up and leaned closer to the side of the cold spring.
Judging from her expression, she was also on high alert.
"Let me apply the medicine for you." Shen Zhiyi poured the ointment onto a cotton cloth and blew on it. "Come closer, I'll help you apply it."
Qingyuan's Adam's apple bobbed.
"Where... should I apply it?"
Shen Zhiyi frowned. "Naturally, it's where you wear clothes."
"Hurry up," she urged, approaching the cold spring, "or I'll go in."
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