Chapter 497: Hot Spring

Xiao Luo dumped the two soldiers who had broken into Su Li’s apartment by the road just outside Crescent Bay. Other than Zhuo Yuze and Zhuo Wei, he had not killed any of the soldiers who came along with them. Later, Xiao Luo and Gu Qianxue headed out to the city as he promised that he’d show her the sights.

The main attractions in Xiahai were the Old City wall, the Gla.s.s Path, and an amus.e.m.e.nt park, among many other popular sites. The county town also had a couple of scenic spots that were rated for five stars.

Xiao Luo spent the next three days accompanying Gu Qianxue and bringing her around to have fun. She learned how to use a handphone to capture pictures, and in many of the places that she thought were beautiful, she made sure to take a picture with Xiao Luo as a memento. Gu Qianxue tried many different poses when taking selfies. In some, she pouted her lips, while in others, she pulled multiple ugly faces or flas.h.i.+ng her white teeth… she made sure to take them all regardless of whether they looked elegant or silly. She snapped roughly five hundred pictures of her and Xiao Luo on her handphone in just three days.

“Xiao Luo, why do you put on the same expression in every single picture?”

Gu Qianxue asked, puzzled after looking through all the pictures in her gallery. Next to her, Xiao Luo looked like a part of the background and had the same unchanging look in every single shot.

Xiao Luo laughed awkwardly and said, “I’m not too sure about how I should look when taking pictures.”

There will always be people like that in this world who are uncomfortable taking pictures. They will always have the same expression and look on their faces in every single shot, and Xiao Luo was one of them.

“Let me teach you.”

Gu Qianxue set up the selfie stick. She made a scissor gesture with her hand, pouted her lips, which made her look all cute and cheeky. Mostly because she had a cold looking expression, to begin with, she looked even prettier after putting on this expression for this picture.

Xiao Luo couldn’t help chuckling and said, “Are you sure you want me to put on this kind of expression?”

Gu Qianxue nodded her head and said, “Yes.”

“Where did you learn it from?” Xiao Luo was dumbfounded.

“There are many girls on the internet who take pictures like this. I thought they all looked pretty good,” Gu Qianxue said matter-of-factly.

“Looks like society is a dying vessel, and it’s slowly painting colors on the youth. You used to be just a piece of white paper.”

Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows a little. Since he was out to have fun, then he might as well just do as she said, he thought. He looked around to ensure that there were not too many people about before pouting his lips like Gu Qianxue did and displayed the scissor hand gesture.

“Pft!”

This time around, Gu Qianxue laughed. Her eyes were shaped like crescent moons, and she covered her mouth as she laughed.

“What are you laughing at, hurry up and take the picture!” Xiao Luo cried, rus.h.i.+ng her. He didn’t want to stay in this pose for too long, that was for sure!

Gu Qianxue shook her head and had a mischievous smile on her face. “I was just teasing you! This expression is obviously not suitable for you, but you look pretty cute in this expression nonetheless,” she said.

Xiao Luo felt embarra.s.sed all of a sudden. It was as if the autumn gale had just swept away the fallen leaves. He had tried his best to learn and put on this expression, but it turned out that she was just teasing him. He used his fingers, flicked Gu Qianxue’s forehead, and said, “This is a small punishment for you.”

“My master would punish me just like that whenever I made a mistake,” Gu Qianxue said.

“Your master would flick your forehead too?” Xiao Luo thought this sounded a little weird, and in his head, he pictured an eccentric and dirty old man.

Gu Qianxue nodded her head, “Mm-hmm, my master’s forehead flick is much stronger than yours. It hurts a lot.”

“Maybe your master loves you a lot,” Xiao Luo came up with an excuse for the Tianshan old man.

“It’s true that master really loves me. When we used to take the hot spring baths back at the top of Tianshan, Master would frequently transfer internal energy over to me,” Gu Qianxue said, reminiscing the days that she used to spend at Tianshan.

What? Taking a hot spring bath together?

Xiao Luo was no longer sure about this anymore. A dirty old man and a youthful girl taking a hot spring bath together, are you sure that was her master and not a sly old beast?

He asked, “Does your father or sister know about the fact that you used to take hot spring baths with your master?”

“Nope, they don’t know about it,” Gu Qianxue said.

“I think it’s better for you to let them know about it.”

“Why?”

“Because I think it’s extremely inappropriate for you and your master to be taking hot spring baths together. Just think about it, both of you are naked. Have you never ever felt embarra.s.sed or shy about it at all?”

“A little bit in the beginning, but afterward it was fine,” Gu Qianxue answered truthfully.

Xiao Luo was having a headache now. This just sounded really ridiculous to him. He made up his mind and has decided that he was going to tell Gu Zhanguo about this. The Tianshan old man was obviously nothing more than an old pervert.

“My master really loves putting on red makeup as well, although she’s already seventy-two years old, yet age has never left its mark on her face and she doesn’t look her age at all. She looks really good whenever she puts on the red makeup,” Gu Qianxue said, recalling the makeup her master used to put on her face.

Putting on red makeup?

Xiao Luo’s head is finally clear now, and he asked, “Is your master a man or a woman?”

After hearing that, Gu Qianxue glared angrily at Xiao Luo as if looking at an idiot, and she said, “Of course, she’s a woman!”

“The Tianshan old man is a woman?” Xiao Luo was shocked.

“Hmmph, I’ve never said my master is a man,” Gu Qianxue said, pouting her lips.

“My mistake, I was the one who overthought this matter.”

Xiao Luo scratched his head and had an awkward smile on his face. He was the one who initially thought that the Tianshan old man was a male. No wonder Gu Zhanguo was not even worried about leaving his beautiful younger daughter at Tianshan and never bothered to ask if they took hot spring baths together.

“My master said that the hot spring at the top of Tianshan was formed naturally. Taking a bath there frequently is good for the body. Xiao Luo, when will you have the time? I can bring you to Tianshan and you can take the hot spring bath there.” Gu Qianxue looked at Xiao Luo and said this with a sweet voice.

Was this la.s.s not taking any precautions against him at all?

Xiao Luo couldn’t explain what he was feeling right now. He was not worthy of the excellent treatment that he was receiving from this graceful young girl.

“Has your master ever taught you that you should maintain a distance when you’re with a guy?”

“She did.”

Gu Qianxue nodded her head and then said, “But you’re not the same.”

Xiao Luo smiled bitterly. He was already troubled enough by the fact that he was caught between Su Li and Ji Siying. Now there was this la.s.s as well. It felt like if he didn’t handle this correctly, his entire world would crumble in front of him.

“h.e.l.lo, beautiful young lady, can you take a picture of me and my wife?”

At that moment, a polite voice interrupted his thoughts. It was a man in a blue s.h.i.+rt and black trousers. The first impression that this man gave off was that he was clean, neat, and bright. He was asking Gu Qianxue for her help and was holding onto an Apple phone.

Gu Qianxue looked at Xiao Luo, seeking Xiao Luo’s opinion.

“It’s fine, you’re just taking a picture for him, that’s fine,” Xiao Luo said.

“Alright.”

Gu Qianxue then took the phone and agreed to take the picture for them.

“Thank you.”

The man smiled and turned around to walk towards his wife. His wife was standing in front of a huge wood carving. After seeing him walking towards her, she hugged his arm lovingly, and affectionately leaned her head on his shoulder.

Her long black hair draped over his shoulder. Her white skin was as smooth as an egg that just had its sh.e.l.l peeled off. Her large eyes blinked as if they could speak, accentuating her small red lips and fair skin. Her figure was beautiful, her waist was slim, and she carried herself with an aura of elegance.

After looking at the man’s wife, Xiao Luo’s head felt like it had just exploded. He was in a daze of a sudden. Because that wasn’t just any random girl. It was the girl who left a deep scar in his heart that he would never erase—she was Sun Yu!