Chapter 240: Taking a Bath… No Peeking, Okay?~
Three minutes?
Xia Changyu’s face turned dark.
He couldn’t believe it. In his girlfriend’s eyes, was he really just a “three-minute guy”?
That was way too embarrassing.
So he got a bit worked up.
He grabbed Lin Yibai’s hand and placed it on his stomach, where his toned abs were. Then he said seriously, “Yibai, listen to me. A man can’t or shouldn’t be judged like this… You don’t really think I can only last three minutes, do you?”
Lin Yibai: “Huh?”
Xia Changyu insisted, “Believe me, I’m really strong!”
Lin Yibai gave him a playful sideways glance and chuckled, “Ohh? So you’re saying you’re super experienced now? A real battle-tested man?”
Xia Changyu got flustered and said, “No! That’s not what I meant! I still haven't done that… ahem… I mean… ugh… You get what I mean, right? I’m not that bad!”
Lin Yibai: “You mean…”
Xia Changyu: “Yeah.”
Of course, she knew how important pride was for guys.
But she also really knew the truth. Most guys weren’t all that impressive anyway. After all, she had been a guy. If she didn’t know what guys were really like, who would?
Still…
She looked at him again. He was her boyfriend, after all. And as a girlfriend, she should be supportive, right?
So Lin Yibai took a deep breath and said gently, “Yes, yes, I believe you. I’m sure you’re great. Very great~”
Xia Changyu sighed and said helplessly, “But the way you say it and look at me… it really doesn’t sound like you believe me. I… ugh… Anyway! Just you wait!”
Lin Yibai giggled and said, “Alright, I’ll wait. So… what are you going to do now?”
She had no idea what a huge mistake she had just made. Later on, not even begging for mercy would be enough.
As for Xia Changyu—
He just wanted her to keep slapping his abs to make it sound like something was really happening. He couldn’t let it seem like it only lasted three minutes. At least twenty, right?
Unfortunately, Lin Yibai got bored after the little game.
Xia Changyu had no choice but to grit his teeth and start slapping his own stomach with his big hands to keep up the act.
“Slap slap slap slap slap~”
Lin Yibai looked at him and couldn’t help but laugh, “Hey hey hey, no one goes non-stop like that! That’s totally fake!”
Xia Changyu: “Then what should I do?”
Lin Yibai patiently explained, “You need rhythm. Like sometimes strong, sometimes soft. Build it up, then slow it down. Like water in a river, always flowing.”
Xia Changyu was stunned. “How do you know all this?”
Lin Yibai rolled her eyes, “I eat pork, but I've never seen a pig run.”
Xia Changyu: “Got it!”
Lin Yibai scratched her head. Then she grabbed a book for the civil service exam from the table, brought a chair over, and sat down next to Xia Changyu by the bed.
After all, as the saying goes, one hand can’t clap on its own.
If it was just a one-person show, that would be pretty boring, right?
So while reading, she started adding little sound effects to help him out—
“Mm~~~ ahh~~”
“Ahh~ ahh ahhh~~~”
Tiny rental apartments like theirs had terrible soundproofing. It was basically like having a thin wooden wall between rooms.
As long as the neighbor wasn’t deaf, it would be really hard not to hear.
The book for the exam had stuff like history, politics, Marxist theory, and basic knowledge about public service.
As she read, Lin Yibai found herself getting more and more focused. A lot of it was actually the same as high school material.
She checked the exam syllabus and thought, even though the job says you need a college degree, if you gave this test to a smart high schooler… Maybe they’d actually do better?
Lin Yibai couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s really strange. I thought once I got to college, I could throw away everything I learned in high school. But now… I have to pick it all up again.”
The good part was that this made it easier to get started with civil service exam prep.
The bad part was… she had already forgotten most of the high school subjects, especially the arts and social science ones.
Still, it wasn’t a big deal.
Lin Yibai was still a student, after all, and she still had the habit of studying, which helped lower the difficulty a bit.
While she was analyzing the topics in the civil service exam, she didn’t notice the look on someone’s face beside her. It was getting stranger and more uncomfortable.
Lin Yibai didn’t know whether her actions were affecting others. But Xia Changyu could definitely tell, they were affecting him.
After all, a very beautiful girl was sitting next to him, making those weird soft, seductive noises to match his actions…
Any normal guy would probably go crazy, right?
Lin Yibai didn’t realize it at first. When she looked up and saw Xia Changyu’s slightly red face, she asked in surprise, “Wait a second, Changyu, are you okay?”
At first, she thought he might be feeling sick. But after thinking for a moment, she immediately realized what the problem was.
She guessed that Xia Changyu was already on the edge of losing control.
Meanwhile, Lin Yibai herself stayed perfectly calm.
Not because she had some saint-like self-control. But simply because her current body was in a really awkward stage.
She no longer had the physical traits or needs of a boy. And as for the things that made girls unique… those hadn’t fully developed yet either.
Yes! She was basically still underdeveloped, so she didn’t feel much interest in that kind of thing at all.
So, she stopped what she was doing and said, “How about… we just leave it here for now?”
Xia Changyu was clearly uncomfortable, but he stubbornly replied, “Leave it here? Come on… it’s only been ten minutes. Don’t I have any pride?”
Lin Yibai: “Is pride really that important?”
Xia Changyu: “Isn’t it?”
Lin Yibai quickly waved her hand and said helplessly, “Okay, okay! Then what do you want to do?”
But as soon as she said that, she shut her mouth.
In situations like this, wasn’t it usually up to her to decide what happened next? Not the guy?
Well, that made things tricky.
But as the saying goes, ‘If it’s too tricky… then maybe don’t deal with it at all!’
Lin Yibai stood up and walked to the bathroom, calling out, “I’m going to take a shower now. No peeking. Got it?”
Xia Changyu thought of himself as a gentleman.
But even after the bathroom door closed, he couldn’t help but sneak a quick glance. Unfortunately, the door really was shut.
Still, the bathroom had frosted glass walls.
Through the foggy glass, a faint shadow of her soft skin appeared, hazy and teasing. It somehow looked even more tempting that way.
After a while, the sound of running water stopped. The door opened.
Xia Changyu was facing the wall, trying to calm himself down.
But the next second, a chill swept over him.
He had lifted his shirt and was still stubbornly patting his stomach. Then suddenly… a wave of icy cold touched his waist.
“Hsssss~~” he gasped.
At the same time, the girl hugged him from behind.
Her pale arms wrapped around his waist, and her cold hands gently rested on the spot where he’d been patting, which was now warm from the effort.
She said, “So warm… it feels nice.”
Feeling her body press against his back, Xia Changyu sucked in a sharp breath, “Baiyi… you?”
Lin Yibai playfully replied, “I just tried a cold shower. Didn’t expect it to be that cold.”
But this wasn’t just about a cold shower!
The real problem was… she seemed to not be wearing anything, and she was now standing behind Xia Changyu, softly hugging him.
Xia Changyu froze like a statue.
He didn’t even dare to imagine what might happen next.