Chapter 703 He Wants to Wash?
"If you're free for a bit, how about I treat you to a bath? I know a hot spring in Kyoto with beautiful scenery and misty air. Most importantly, it's not crowded, so we can have our privacy. We can do whatever we want without anyone bothering us, it'll be very comfortable..."
Wan Qingzhou spoke while looking at Wen Zhiyi with sincere eyes.
Wen Zhiyi: "?"
Taking a deep breath, she looked at him: "Privacy?"
Wan Qingzhou nodded vigorously.
"comfortable?"
“That’s right!” Wan Qingzhou said with anticipation.
He knew that Wen Zhiyi was a bit rebellious at heart, and she would definitely like this kind of environment!
Unexpectedly, Wen Zhiyi gave a cold smile, and the next moment she stomped on his foot hard: "You filthy scoundrel!"
After stepping on her, he turned and left.
Yan Heli also despised him a thousand times: "Pah, pah, pah! A toad trying to eat swan meat, and he even wants to take an open-air bath with Zhiyi, how utterly shameless!"
After saying that, he turned around and quickly ran out with Wen Zhiyi.
When the ship arrived at the dock, Wen Zhiyi and Yan Heli hurriedly disembarked and left, leaving Wan Qingzhou alone, clutching her feet, on the verge of tears.
Is taking a bath strange?
Many public bathhouses in Kyoto are mixed-gender bathhouses, so it's not like everyone has to take their clothes off...
Ah! Could it be... that they thought he wanted to take a bath with her?!
The thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly felt a jolt.
Realizing he had been misunderstood, he hurriedly ran out to try and catch up with them to explain, but the two of them had already disappeared from sight.
"Hey, look, your shoes are all dirty. Does it hurt?" Just as my temples were pounding, Shi Yu's voice suddenly rang out.
Wan Qingzhou then realized that his brother had boarded the ship at some point.
He gave him a disapproving look: "What are you doing here again?"
Shi Yu clicked his tongue: "There's a mission nearby, so I thought I'd check on your progress... but unfortunately, there's no progress at all."
He circled around the disheveled Wan Qingzhou and sighed, "To be honest, although I wasn't on your ship yesterday, I saw everything that was going on. I'm not saying this lightly, but at this rate, you won't get the jade pendant even in three years, let alone three."
Wan Qingzhou's expression darkened slightly: "Did Tang Zhi send you to tell me all this?"
Shi Yu said speechlessly, "Why are we bringing him up again? This has nothing to do with him. It's just my advice to you. Tang Zhi is not the same Tang Zhi as before. Your brotherhood is over. Since you agreed to carry out this last mission for him, then be quick about it. After the mission is completed, you can part ways amicably."
"If you ask me, we should just snatch it."
Wan Qingzhou pursed his lips and said, "It's easy to just snatch it, but what about the consequences? The Wen family is no pushover either. Once the jade pendant is stolen, they will definitely trace it back to me, and that will be the real trouble."
Shi Yu scoffed, "You had already left the Tang family by then. The Tang family will take the blame for you, so what are you afraid of?"
Wan Qingzhou glanced at him: "You're quite considerate of me. If Tang Zhi heard what you said, he would be so angry he'd vomit blood."
Shi Yu looked up at the sky and said, "Although I work for the Tang family, if it weren't for you teaching me kung fu, I don't know if I would be alive today. I would probably have been beaten to death or starved to death long ago. I will never forget this kindness."
Wan Qingzhou clicked his tongue lightly: "You should record that sentence so that Qianliu and the others can also learn from it. They were all taught by me, so you still have a conscience."
"Get lost!" Shi Yu understood his teasing, rolled his eyes at him, and then advised again, "As a brother, I've said all I can say. Wan Qingzhou, you know in your heart whether you're afraid of trouble or just can't do it yourself."
"I'm leaving first. You'd better take care of yourself."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Wan Qingzhou clenched his fist, his palm seemingly still warm from the night Wen Zhiyi had curled up in his arms.
Watching Shi Yu's departing figure, his gaze deepened.
...
After what happened on the ship, Wan Qingzhou didn't see Wen Zhiyi for several days.
It wasn't because he didn't have the chance, but because of the misunderstanding on the ship, he felt awkward no matter what he did, just thinking about seeing her again.
Let's try to explain. The best opportunity to explain has passed, and it's somewhat inappropriate to try now.
But if I don't explain, it seems like I'll just be seen as a "lecher" in her eyes?
Wan Qingzhou has always lived a carefree and unrestrained life, so it's rare for her to have such a conflicted moment.
However, this dilemma did not last long, because a few days later, he and Wen Zhiyi bumped into each other on the street.
It was an afternoon when Shi Yu was having a difficult task. He had been trying to avoid Wen Zhiyi lately, so he took the opportunity to help him out at the crossroads.
Crossroads is a famous commercial street in Kyoto, with many stalls inside and out selling all kinds of things.
After completing his mission, Shi Yu returned to report, and he had some rare free time to wander around the area.
It was through this turn that he met Wen Zhiyi.
She wasn't alone; she had another woman with her.
Wan Qingzhou remembered that this person was the one who came to find Wen Zhiyi in the library and then left with her.
Later, he found out that this person was Wen Zhiyi's cousin, Wen Zirou.
Seeing the two walking towards her, chatting and laughing, Wan Qingzhou's first reaction was to turn around and leave.
However, Wen Zhiyi, with her sharp eyes, saw it all.
"Wan Qingzhou!" she called out to him in a clear, crisp voice.
He stopped in his tracks as he turned around, and had no choice but to clear his throat and turn back, pretending that he had just seen the person: "Hi, what a coincidence."
Wen Zhiyi rolled her eyes: "Why did you run away when you saw me?"
Her expression was so natural that she could hardly believe it; she had clearly forgotten all the awkwardness that had happened on the ship a few days ago.
Wan Qingzhou suddenly realized that all the agonizing over this for the past few days was just her own fault.
He slowly exhaled and smiled, "You didn't run away, did you? I really didn't see you. You're... shopping with friends?"
Wen Zhiyi was too lazy to argue with him, and took Wen Zirou's arm next to her, saying, "This is my cousin, Wen Zirou. You... you've met before, haven't you?"
Wen Zirou, standing beside Wan Qingzhou, looked at her in surprise: "Zhiyi, isn't this the one from the library..."
Wen Zhiyi gave a soft "hmm": "We had a misunderstanding in the library before, but now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, he's... not a bad person, and now he's a pretty good friend of mine."
Wen Zirou smiled and said, "You two met in the library? That's quite a coincidence."
Wen Zhiyi thought to himself that there was indeed some fate between him and her, but it was more of a karmic entanglement where they would bicker as soon as they met.
She looked at Wan Qingzhou and said, "We were just about to go eat. Since we've run into each other, I'll treat you."
Wan Qingzhou looked at Wen Zirou: "You two girls, is it really appropriate for me to come along?"
"What's the big deal?" Wen Zhiyi clicked her tongue. "I didn't even care, and you, a grown man, are acting all coy! I owe you a meal, so just eat it and be done with it, so I won't keep thinking about it."
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