The telephone rang incessantly. The rushing water from the bathroom shower drowned out some of the sound, but it could still be heard.
Lin Qi stepped out of the bathing area and answered the waterproof phone beside the bathroom. Catherine, who was showering, could hear nothing but the rushing water.
After hanging up, Lin Qi made another call and gave some instructions before returning to her side.
"Who was it?" Catherine asked.
"The professor." Lin Qi wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. The contact was intoxicating.
Catherine's physical condition was certainly not as good as it had been when she was seventeen, but compared with people her age, it was definitely much better.
She was not as tight as she had been when she was young, but she was not slack either. As for sagging... perhaps there was a little, but that was actually also a sign of ripeness.
People naturally loved unripe fruit, but what they loved was not entirely the fruit itself. It was the vigorous, surging vitality of spring that the fruit represented!
People liked freshly formed fruit and brand-new things, but they did not necessarily like eating them.
That was because unripe fruit was often astringent and not sweet. Only fully ripened fruit was sweet, soft, and delicious.
Catherine narrowed her eyes, tilted her head back, and leaned against Lin Qi.
The shower sprayed droplets that pounded against her body. In the bathing area of nearly ten square meters, warm water scattered densely, as if rain were falling.
It was very comfortable and a little romantic, especially at moments like this.
"She wanted to ease her loneliness but didn't know whom to look for, so I made some arrangements for her."
Catherine's eyes flew open. "You mean... she has physical needs?"
Lin Qi bit