Lin Yi watched Ning Rongrong hurry away and couldn't help shaking his head with a laugh.
[This girl, I thought she was going to keep watch over me?!]
[Still... she's pretty generous. This medicinal pool really is nice.]
[But come to think of it, she brought me here for a medicinal bath without permission. Isn't she afraid that old fox Ning Fengzhi will find out?]
[And this morning, Chen Xin and Gu Rong came to train me. To put it bluntly, they had ulterior motives.]
[Besides, those two old men clearly hadn't finished saying what they wanted to say. If they find out I'm leisurely soaking in a medicinal bath here, will they come after me with swords in hand?]
The image of Chen Xin carrying the Seven Kill Sword while Gu Rong stood behind him with a sinister smile involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
The scene was far too brutal. Lin Yi shuddered and hurriedly sank deeper into the pool.
But before long, he relaxed again.
[Whatever. Let them do whatever they want.]
[I'll finish soaking first.]
With that, he closed his eyes and began to enjoy himself.
Meanwhile.
At the upper exit.
The flush on Ning Rongrong's face had only just faded. She leaned against an osmanthus tree outside the door, steadying her breathing.
She did not even know why she was blushing.
She had merely brought Lin Yi over for a medicinal bath. It was not as though they were doing anything shameful.
Yet when she thought of a grown man soaking in the pool she had used since childhood, Ning Rongrong felt her cheeks grow hot.
As she drifted off in thought, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
When she turned around, Chen Xin and Gu Rong were walking over, one after the other.
Ning Rongrong's