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Chapter 26 Bathing and Gifts

As a southerner, Chen Xiu had never taken the initiative to get a scrubbed in a bathhouse.

Although business socializing is essential during the startup phase, he limited it to meals and bars. He left the more in-depth aspects to the company's public relations staff.

So, when Meng brought him to the bathhouse, after soaking in hot water, he entered the scrubbing session.

Chen Xiu, who had always been calm, showed a rare hint of fear.

Looking at the bald, muscular bathhouse attendant in front of her, Chen Xiu tentatively asked, "Master, could I just get a back scrub?"

Upon hearing this request, the master's eyes lit up instantly, even though his expression had remained calm.

Hey, you're from the South, right?

"Correct."

"Then you've come to the right place! In all of Changchun, anyone who has experienced my cooking will definitely come back for a second time. Come on, don't stand up, lie down!"

When Chen Xiu was led to the bathing bed, she immediately reconsidered her request upon hearing the words "lie down".

"Master, I really just want a back rub."

"Okay, okay, I got it. Do you want some salt?"

"Buying salt?"

Chen Xiu sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the bald master with incomprehension.

Why use salt when scrubbing yourself in the body? It's not like you're making salt-baked chicken!

"You'll know after you try it."

The bald-headed master smiled mysteriously, pushed Chen Xiu's shoulder to make him lie down, and then started applying the ointment from his face.

Chen Xiu realized something was wrong, but it was too late to stop it.

After her face was scrubbed, she raised her arms, and as the scrubbing towel, as smooth as sandpaper, scraped against her body, Chen Xiu saw the black streaks that had been scrubbed off her skin.

Compared to her imagined bath scrub, Chen Xiu felt like a rough towel was scrubbing her body from all angles.

If this is the extent of scrubbing in a bathhouse, then it's acceptable...

The moment this thought popped into Chen Xiu's mind, he felt the towel covering him being suddenly pulled off.

"Master, what are you doing?!"

"Let me continue rubbing your groin, young man, you're in good shape."

"Can we just rub his/her back?"

"Don't worry, I'll be quick, just bear with me."

With her protests proving ineffective, and having already come all this way, Chen Xiu had no choice but to grit her teeth and endure the entire ordeal.

After Chen Xiu had cleaned herself thoroughly and rinsed off, she felt light and airy as she walked.

After changing into a bathrobe and taking the gift and cell phone she had prepared for Meng Ziyi, Chen Xiu arrived at the lobby rest area.

Looking around, Meng Ziyi, with his hair down and typing on his phone amidst the beanbag chairs, quickly caught his eye.

Just as Chen Xiu carefully stepped forward, her phone received a message from Meng Ziyi.

"I'm in the rest area. Remember to text me when you come upstairs."

"I've already arrived."

When the message was sent, Chen Xiu also stood behind the beanbag chair where Meng Ziyi was lying.

Chen Xiu could clearly see that after the silly beauty finished looking at her phone with her cheeks puffed out, she started looking around, but she completely ignored the large space behind her.

fair enough.

Chen Xiu smiled faintly, reached into the breast pocket of her bathrobe, and took out the gift that was there.

Seeing that he couldn't find Chen Xiu anywhere, Meng Ziyi was about to send a message to ask when a voice suddenly came from above.

"I'm here!"

"Eh?"

Meng Ziyi sat with his head tilted back and his eyes looking upwards. What came into view was Chen Xiu's face, which had a half-smile. From a third-person perspective, Chen Xiu was leaning forward, with his upper and lower body forming an angle of nearly 90 degrees around his hip joint.

Meng Ziyi sat cross-legged on the beanbag chair, leaning back and looking up, making eye contact with Chen Xiu.

Looking at the beautiful, bright, and sweet oval face of the silly beauty, Chen Xiu's smile widened, and he raised his hand above her gaze.

Meng Ziyi stared at Chen Xiu's movements, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.

Before she could ask, Chen Xiu suddenly released two fingers, and something fell from her palm.

Meng Ziyi didn't have time to dodge, but the next second he realized there was no need to dodge, because the thing was hooked with his middle finger, preventing it from hitting his face.

Something that appeared suddenly, sparkling.

Meng Ziyi looked closely and saw that Chen Xiu was holding a gold necklace with a gold leopard head hanging down from it. The leopard head had two rubies in its eye sockets, which were particularly eye-catching.

Do you like this gift?

Chen Xiu raised the corner of her eye and asked Meng Ziyi.

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi, whose reaction time was notoriously slow, finally responded: "Why did you come over without making a sound?"

After saying that, she suddenly sat up without saying a word, and almost made intimate contact between her forehead and Chen Xiu's chin.

Leaning back to avoid the "sudden attack," Chen Xiu looked at Meng Ziyi, who had sat up straight, and pulled over a beanbag chair to sit next to her.

"When I arrived, you were texting me, so I didn't call you."

Holding the necklace up again, Chen Xiu continued, "May I put it on you?"

Meng Ziyi looked the necklace up and down, her eyes revealing obvious liking, but she still pursed her lips.

"This necklace looks a bit expensive."

"You don't like it?"

"No, I was thinking of something to give you..."

"You've already given me something."

Meng Ziyi frowned and looked up, puzzled as to what he had given away.

Chen Xiu looked at her, then at herself: "If you hadn't invited me to the Northeast, I'd probably still be at home eating takeout. Doesn't that count as a gift?"

"Heh, what you're saying makes some sense."

Meng smiled sweetly and didn't dwell on the topic any further.

Seeing Chen Xiu shake the necklace, she immediately used the hair tie on her wrist to tie up her loose hair, revealing her fair and smooth neck. She pursed her lips and gave Chen Xiu a look.

Upon receiving the signal, Chen Xiu also got up from the beanbag chair, came behind Meng Ziyi, unfastened the gold clasp, moved her hands forward, wrapped them around her neck, and fastened the necklace again.

"It's on now. Check it on your phone."

Meng Ziyi turned on the front camera of her phone as instructed, and looked at herself on the screen, wearing a necklace and looking somewhat pale without makeup, and Chen Xiu sitting to her side.

Meng Ziyi raised her hand to touch the necklace, a smile playing on her lips. She quickly snapped a photo with her phone, capturing the moment.

By the time Chen Xiu heard the "click-click-click" sound, many photos had already been taken.

Meng Ziyi turned to look at him: "I want to make a note of this. Should I send it to you later?"

"I want to film it myself!"

Chen Xiu leaned close to Meng Ziyi's ear, took out her phone, and prepared to snap a few photos.

At this moment, there was still a small distance between the two.

But after the first click, Meng Ziyi suddenly tilted his head, completely closing the distance between them and pressing his face against Chen Xiu's.

"Kakaka!"

After pressing the shutter, Chen Xiu unexpectedly turned her head, and Meng Ziyi also turned his head at the same time.

The distance between them instantly became almost instantaneous; their noses touched, their breaths mingled, and their eyes met.

(End of this chapter)