She hugged me from behind, making my whole body tremble. Though it was no longer unfamiliar to me, the terrifying imaginings brought on by those bizarrely multiplied sensations always made people unknowingly revel in them.
The force created by our skin pressing against each other instantly turned my mind blank. The same went for this young girl, Nan Jin, so the entire scene fell unnaturally silent. Even the sound of the flowing water seemed to stop at once.
Nan Jin wrapped her arms around my neck. She did not even know what to do next and froze against my back. All I could feel was the heat of her cheeks and the strange temperature of her body.
The water in the entire basket had reached the perfect temperature for a hot spring. The steam constantly rising from it made the atmosphere ambiguous and hazy. I swallowed, and the sound of Nan Jin swallowing saliva likewise reached my ears. The scene was awkward beyond words.
"I... I... Brother Dongren... I think... I'm not so scared anymore..." Nan Jin finally came to her senses and slowly moved away from my back. The sensation of pulling away was just as enough to make one's hair stand on end, let alone for a beauty like her.
"Mm, that's good. This bug is actually just water that has been ritually refined. Even if it dissolves into your body, nothing will happen. I said this as casually as I could.
"Okay, I definitely won't reject the bug again this time. But which part of my body will it enter through? Can it only go in through my mouth?" Nan Jin asked curiously.
Those words are very easy to misinterpret. Nevertheless, I said aloud, "It'll be fine if it goes in through your mouth. After all, once