In the hot spring, the water rippled gently, petals of various colors floating on the surface, a scene as beautiful as a poem or painting.
Under the exquisite moonlight, her graceful, alluring body was immersed in the water. Hong Shi lifted her jade-like arm, her slender hand scooping up a few crimson petals, a beautiful, bewitching smile that carried the charm of a mature one gracing her features.
At this moment, her burning gaze fixed on the man before her, a look of nostalgia appearing. “Could Senior Brother, like when we were little, help scrub~ my back?”
As she spoke, she had already reached the edge of the hot spring and gently shook Deng Tianyu’s arm.
Hong Shi knew that to win over Senior Brother, she could only use the method of boiling a frog in warm water, making him fall step by step.
If she suddenly brought the water to a boil, the frog would immediately notice and jump right out.
Thus, she wanted to rely on Senior Brother’s gentleness towards her and the beautiful memories of their childhood to breach his defenses.
Hearing this, Deng Tianyu looked at Li Shishi before him, somewhat hesitant.
“It’s not okay?”
Seeing this, Hong Shi lowered her eyelids, slowly releasing his arm, a touch of inexplicable sadness in her expression.
“Alright!” In the end, unable to bear refusing, Deng Tianyu helplessly agreed.
“Senior Brother is the best!”
Hong Shi immediately changed her sad demeanor from a moment ago, like sunshine after rain. She revealed a charming, bright smile and hugged his arm tightly.
Deng Tianyu exasperatedly tapped her smooth, jade-like forehead. “You! Put away those little schemes. Even daring to trick your Senior Brother now?”
How could he not see that Li Shishi had done this on purpose?
But seeing it and agreeing were two different things. He still agreed.
Not for any untoward reason, but because towards this Junior Sister he had spoiled since childhood, he had always been this tolerant and easygoing.
“I understand, Senior Brother!” Hong Shi stuck out her little tongue, possessing both the playfulness of a maiden and the charm befitting a mature one.
“Damn it, how did I not think to use this point?”
Li Shishi’s exasperated voice echoed in her mind.
All along, she had been well-versed in the ways of acting cute and coquettish, yet she hadn’t thought of this ‘nostalgia attack’.
“No good, I have to learn all her methods for winning him over.”
“Otherwise, I’ll be at a disadvantage!”
Li Shishi secretly clenched her small hands, her beautiful eyes staring without blinking, fully focused as she observed Hong Shi’s moves, carefully memorizing them.
The scene was somewhat like a student thirsting for knowledge in a school, except the subject matter here had somehow become methods of romantic conquest.
“Senior Brother, you can start now!”
Hong Shi smiled slightly. Her long hair still carrying a crystalline moisture, she resembled a lotus emerging from the water as she came out of the hot spring.
She took out two prayer mats and spread them on the bluestone ground, covering them with a single layer of thin gauze garment.
Only after doing this did she rest her head on her jade-like arms, exposing her flawless, pure jade back. This prone posture caused a pair of full, soft breasts to spill out from the sides, the pale, tender flesh extremely enticing.
From Deng Tianyu’s line of sight, he could clearly see her perfectly curvy silhouette.
Her round, smooth swan neck, exquisite, full collarbones, slender waist, peach-like firm, round buttocks, long, tight jade legs, and finally, her rosy, lustrous ankles.
Besides the faint, delicate fragrance lingering at his nose, there was also the fresh scent of flower petals. The two scents intertwined, making one’s heart somewhat restless.
“Senior Brother, why aren’t you moving?”
Noticing a certain someone hadn’t made any move, Hong Shi’s lips curled into a bewitching arc as she asked.
“Shishi, talking like that can easily be misunderstood!”
The corner of Deng Tianyu’s mouth twitched. He picked up a gauze cloth, wet it with water, and slowly placed it on her jade back.
He had indeed been momentarily stunned.
Simply because Li Shishi, after ten years, had undergone a tremendous change in both appearance and figure.
Moreover, in terms of temperament, she not only had a maiden’s innocence but also a mature one’s ripeness.
Deng Tianyu had to admit that the current Li Shishi, who could be both cute and mature, was extremely charming.
“Mm~ what do you mean, easily misunderstood?” Hong Shi closed her beautiful eyes, feeling that warm, moist, comfortable sensation. Her pretty face flushed, and she couldn’t help but hum lightly. “Senior Brother, you’re just helping scrub my back!”
“Senior Brother, actually, you can use a bit more force, and you can go a little lower, too.”
As she spoke, she even reached out her slender hand to grab Deng Tianyu’s hand, preparing to guide it over her perky, round, snow-white buttocks.
Unfortunately, her attempt didn’t succeed.
“Is that still considered the back?” Deng Tianyu shook his head, gently pushing aside her slightly damp long hair and tenderly rubbing her shoulders.
“Isn’t it a place Senior Brother has touched before?” Hong Shi retorted.
Deng Tianyu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “You were young then.”
“Compared to the feel back then, isn’t it firmer and fleshier now?” Hong Shi’s beautiful eyes rippled with moisture, her voice sweet and tinged with a hint of provocation.
“How am I supposed to answer that?”
“Didn’t Senior Brother swat it once before? Just tell the truth!”
“You’re completely lawless now, daring to even tease your Senior Brother. Read fewer of those improper books from now on.”
Deng Tianyu felt that the red-haired Li Shishi tonight had less of her usual silly cuteness and more playfulness and charm.
Hong Shi blinked. “Didn’t Senior Brother say, ‘If one does not study diligently when hair is still black, one will regret it when hair turns white’?”
Deng Tianyu’s face darkened. “I meant reading books on self-cultivation and matters related to cultivation.”
Indeed, she was still that silly, cute loli who occasionally spouted outrageous, suggestive words.
He had clearly been talking about something very proper, yet she had twisted its meaning.
“So that’s how it is. I misunderstood!”
Hong Shi thoroughly enjoyed this feeling of being lectured by Senior Brother. It felt both intimate and affectionate.
Unfortunately, pleasant things were always fleeting.
She was still immersed in the joy of Senior Brother scrubbing her back when a voice reached her ears.
“Alright, Shishi!”
“Why so fast? I didn’t even feel it yet!” Hong Shi opened her dazed, beautiful eyes, extremely reluctant. “Can we do it one more time?”
What kind of suggestive talk was that?
‘Do it one more time’?
Deng Tianyu looked at her impassively. “What do you think?”
Hong Shi stared at him, deeply resentful. “It’s rare to enjoy Senior Brother scrubbing my back. I’d hoped it would last a little longer!”
Already accustomed to her outrageous words and feeling the innuendo, Deng Tianyu didn’t reply, preparing to take the still-sleeping little fox back.
“Senior Brother, wait!”
Just then, Hong Shi grabbed his arm.
Deng Tianyu asked, puzzled, “What is it?”
Hong Shi said matter-of-factly, “Senior Brother just helped scrub my back; now it’s my turn!”
“This way, with mutual courtesy, our bond as Senior Brother and Junior Sister can last forever. This is what Shizun taught me.”
“Senior Brother shouldn’t refuse, right?”
‘Returning a courtesy’ again?
Why did those words sound so familiar?
Deng Tianyu’s expression turned strange. “Don’t tell me you want to scrub my back? But I’ve already finished bathing?”
Meeting his gaze, Hong Shi rose from the prayer mat and gestured for him to lie down. “Of course not. Just now, I was below, and Senior Brother was above.”
“Now we need to switch. Senior Brother below, me above.”
Deng Tianyu rolled his eyes. “Speak properly!”
Hong Shi urged him on, acting coquettishly. “Senior Brother, just lie down quickly and enjoy it!”
