Chapter 40. A Major Oversight

Chapter 40. A Major Oversight

The Han Fairy’s domain is vast and abundant, with all sorts of spirit herbs and herbal shampoos and skin lotions.

Moreover, all of them are smooth-skinned and beautiful ladies, taking great care of their appearance. Even when soaking in the spirit spring, they must add plenty of Yuxiang flower petals, a type of red petal that infuses nutrients into the spring. After a long soak, it can nourish the skin, and the light fragrance of the Yuxiang flower can also refresh the mind.

There’s a reason everyone in the Xuanyun Sect praises the Han Fairy’s lineage as being filled with fairies.

Of course, except for Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo doesn’t need to soak with Yuxiang petals. He just used the shampoo from the domain to wash his hair, and soon his head was full of bubbles. With the warm spirit spring and the mist rising, he could hardly see anything around him.

The gentle roar of the warm spirit spring waterfall filled the air, but Lin Nuo could hear the soft sound of footsteps approaching. After all, he’s quite sensitive to noises like those.

The careful and light footsteps felt like Ruo’er was outside his room, walking slowly to avoid disturbing him.

“Is that you? Come over and give me a back rub.”

“Mm… Okay.”

Lin Nuo heard a female voice respond, but because of the waterfall’s roar, it didn’t quite sound like Ruo’er.

He sensed the person getting closer, and soon that person stopped behind him.

A warm towel fell on his back, gently rubbing.

The pressure was quite light; it was definitely a little girl.

“You can press a little harder.”

“Mm…”

The pressure increased slightly, but for Lin Nuo, it felt more like a tickle.

“Add a bit more pressure.”

“Got it…”

The pressure increased again, but Lin Nuo still wasn’t satisfied. After all, a proper back rub needs some strength.

“More.”

“Understood.”

After a few rounds of commands, the rubbing was finally at the perfect intensity that Lin Nuo desired.

Indeed, the strength was just right now, and it felt so comfortable.

Ruo’er showed great talent as a maid; she’s perceptive. After some guidance, she’d definitely be able to read his moods and act accordingly—truly a top-notch maid.

However, those responses of “Add a bit more” sounded quite familiar. Hadn’t he heard something similar somewhere before?

Hmm, so familiar.

Maybe he was just being overly sensitive. Even if it was familiar, it didn’t matter too much; this back rub with the spring water washing over his hair was quite soothing.

“This is a nice place. Since my master isn’t here, you can come with me.”

“Mm… Okay…”

That girl’s voice was soft, like a shy little girl, which matched Ruo’er perfectly. After all, she was a servant here for her first time soaking in a spirit spring, and it was Lin Nuo who secretly brought her here, so she was somewhat scared and shy.

Now then, back rub done, and hair rinsed, it was time to soak a little more.

But his hair was still pretty wet and kept dripping.

“I’ll help you.”

Immediately, a pair of hands held another dry towel and gently covered Lin Nuo’s hair, tenderly wiping away the water droplets, even making sure to dry his ears.

The careful and gentle motions reflected skilled techniques, and Lin Nuo was quite comfortable.

Not bad! Ruo’er’s maid spirit had awakened; he’d reward her with a chicken leg later.

“Alright, that should be enough.”

“Mm, okay.”

Those hands pulled the towel away, and Lin Nuo instinctively wiped off the remaining bubbles on his body with the towel he held.

Allowing someone to rub his back was fine, but when it came to the front, it was better to be cautious and handle it himself.

“So, can we go down now, senior brother?”

The little girl behind him asked softly.

“You can go ahead. No need to wait for me. Hmm, senior brother?”

Lin Nuo found it strange. Wasn’t he just overshadowed by Su Kexin’s previous actions? Did he just mishear Ruo’er and think she said “senior brother”? Shouldn’t it have been “young master”?

Wait, that voice sounded somewhat similar to Su Kexin’s?

Sigh, how could that be? How could Su Kexin possibly come in while he was enjoying the spirit spring?

Must be his imagination. He had been facing away from Ruo’er all this time, and now that he rinsed off the bubbles, it was time to turn around.

He slightly turned his head.

In an instant, his world crumbled, like a thousand rampaging grass-mud horses trampling over him.

Standing behind him wasn’t the delicate little white fox girl, but rather a peach-blossom-faced maiden.

She wore a white bath towel draped over her chest, and tiny water droplets trickled down her smooth skin.

Though she hadn’t soaked in the spirit spring yet, she was like a blooming water lily, striking a graceful figure.

If it were a normal man, facing a smooth-skinned, peach-blossom girl wrapped in a bath towel would surely make him spray blood from his nose.

But this was Lin Nuo, a world-ending villain. Now he was confronting a protagonist who had once stabbed him, Su Kexin!

So that means she was the one rubbing his back and washing his hair?

No way, had the protagonist been right behind him this whole time?! And he hadn’t even noticed?

He had been so slack these past few days, he didn’t even have that basic caution. In that brief time, Su Kexin could’ve stabbed him hundreds of times!

This was a major oversight; he hadn’t dodged!