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Chapter 51 – World of Two People (part 3)

What? He was checking her heart rate, not touching her chest. Bai Xi blushed at her impure thoughts.

Feng Ming stepped forward once more, his gold eyes looking intently at her beautiful eyes. He then said, “Some people have said that if you stand in front of someone you love, your heart rate increases, and that dealing with the one you love, you will be shy. You have all of these reactions. Does that mean that I am the one you love?”

After he spoke, Feng Ming didn’t give Bai Xi a chance to avoid the question. He grabbed her arms and restrained her, then forced her to meet his gaze. “Am I right?”

“No.” What kind of theory was that? What was this about being shy? She wouldn’t be shy because of him.

“Hehe…”

Bai Xi was freed from his grasp. She looked up at him, confused. What happened to this man? Why did she feel he was a little strange recently? She was used to the cold and indifferent Feng Ming, not this new version of him.

“That person also said that a person would lie, but their eyes would not.” Feng Ming raised his eyebrows and the lines on his face softened. One could see that he was in a very good mood.

“Hm? Who said that?” She was curious about who would say such a thing since Feng Ming could remember their words.

“A woman who refuses to admit she’s old,” Feng Ming replied.

Bai Xi nodded slightly, wondering who this woman was and what her relationship with him was. Feng Ming didn’t continue speaking, but instead turned to walk forward. Along the way, the two of them stopped talking and merely walked.

Bai Xi watched the scenery before her change from an ethereal misty fairyland to a grassy green hill. The hills were like green carpets, with various flowers blooming throughout. The scene was refreshingly beautiful. The grassy hills were as eye-catching as a seven-coloured carpet. Was this really the bottom of the cliff, or were they inside a cave in the cliff?

The air here was very fresh and the scent of grass was prevalent. Suddenly, she saw a lot of vapour in the distance and guessed that a hot spring should be in that direction. She didn’t expect a pure, natural hot spring to be in a place like this.

Sure enough, it was really a hot spring. Bai Xi scooped up some clear water and found it was at the perfect temperature.

“Did you know there was a hot spring here?”

“Mm.”

“How did you know?” This location was difficult to get to. You had to jump off a cliff and walk through the crevices in the cliff to get here. He had obviously been here before.

“My father brought me here once.” Feng Ming slowly sat down, leaning against a large rock wall next to the hot spring. His golden eyes looked up at the cloudless sky.

“…”

“I was seven years old when my father took me here. I stayed here for three years.” Feng Ming looked up at the sky as if he was reminiscing.

Bai Xi pursed her lips and said nothing. A pair of black pupils intently looked at the man leaning against the big stone wall. She remembered that he once said he started copying scriptures meticulously ever since he was five years old, and he had to copy them twice. That meant that two years later, he was taken here. Was his indifferent temperament due to this?

After a while, Feng Ming looked over at Bai Xi, who was sitting next to him. “The spring water can help you improve your internal strength, but you can only stay in it for two hours at a time.”

“Eh?” Did he really bring her here just to let her improve her internal strength? Then, did his father bring him here before to use the power of the spring? He wouldn’t keep her here for three years, would he?

Feng Ming seemed to be able to read her thoughts and said, “Old Man Bai said that it doesn’t matter where you are these next few days. You just need to return to the Bai residence after three days.”

“Damn old man!” Bai Xi snorted, but was relieved upon hearing those words. No matter where she was, she just had to go back to the Bai residence in three days.

Bai Xi glanced at the steaming hot spring and her desire to soak in it increased, but this man was still here. How was she supposed to soak in the water?

Feng Ming’s golden eyes stared straight at Bai Xi; he didn’t look away or show any signs of leaving.

They stared at each other for a long while until Bai Xi gave up. She didn’t believe that he would stay and watch. She slowly removed her clothes, leaving her pants and underwear on. Just when she was about to step into the hot spring, a voice said from behind her, “You can walk into the hot spring after you remove all your clothes.”

Bai Xi immediately turned to look at him when she heard his words. What did he say? Remove all her clothes?

Feng Ming still appeared indifferent, and she couldn’t tell what he was thinking. Bai Xi swallowed. Did she hear right? She had to take off all her clothes? Really?

“I don’t have a reason to lie to you.”

Her black pupils flashed. “Um… Can you turn around?” She actually wanted to ask him to leave.

Feng Ming seemed not to have heard her. His gold eyes looked unblinkingly at Bai Xi, who was only wearing her underwear and pants. Her cheeks slowly heated up from his gaze and she said loudly, “Turn around!”

Upon hearing her words, his gold eyes looked down at his palm before he rose and walked a few steps away. She then heard his weak and somewhat regretful voice say, “A little bit bigger would be good.”

Bai Xi blushed deeply, immediately understanding the meaning of his words. He looked at his hand first then suddenly said this sentence. Isn’t it obvious he was talking about her small chest? She watched him walk away, still blushing, and then looked down at her chest. She compared it to her hands and muttered, “It is a bit smaller…”

She quickly took off her remaining clothes and stepped into the hot spring. Through the vapour, her smooth skin looked as transparent as jade and her inky hair draped softly over her shoulders, enhancing her pure white skin. It didn’t take long for her to feel her pores opening and a comfortable feeling soon settled as she soaked in the spring water.

Time passed by. When two hours had passed, Bai Xi got out of the spring and dressed herself. After strolling around for a while, she found that there was nobody else around in this huge open space. There were no birds, let alone any humans. She couldn’t imagine how that man managed to spend three years here.

But where did he go? Would he leave her alone, just like his father did? As the saying goes, speak of the devil and he shall appear. While she was thinking, the man suddenly appeared behind her like a ghost.

“Go inside for four hours when the sun sets.”

Bai Xi turned around abruptly. When she saw the familiar figure, she felt warmth in her heart. But then she suddenly realised something. “You’ve been here the entire time?”