CHAPTER 52: THE BATH DILEMMA

Xi Yu continued, still sounding amused. "You’ve heard of Mogushu, haven’t you? With your current strength, lasting thirty moves against him would already be impressive. You might stop me but can you stop him?"

"This has nothing to do with you," Shang Qinghua said coldly.

Learning that Xi Yu wasn’t the assassin targeting Rong Qinglei, his expression relaxed slightly.

Without bothering to argue further, he turned around and strode quickly back toward Yue Mingxuan’s courtyard.

An hour later, Yue Mingxuan was still sprawled across the bed, sleeping soundly.

Shang Qinghua who is still fully dressed lay beside him and breathing in the faint warm scent that lingered around the man before drifting off to sleep himself.

The next morning, Shang Qinghua was woken by Yue Mingxuan’s loud startled voice.

Of course, anyone would be surprised to wake up in the arms of a handsome man but if that man had also scolded you harshly before, it was a different matter altogether.

"You... you... you why are you still here?" Yue Mingxuan shouted while pointing at the just awakened Shang Qinghua, his finger trembling slightly.

Being woken up abruptly, Shang Qinghua looked rather displeased. "I fell asleep. So I didn’t go back."

Hearing his completely unconcerned answer, Yue Mingxuan almost burst into tears. "This is my room! You’re a prince, how can you just appear here? It’s not proper!"

"I think it’s perfectly fine," Shang Qinghua said calmly.

Although his sleep hadn’t been as deep as the past few nights, it was still restful.

If not for Yue Mingxuan’s high-pitched voice waking him, it would have been perfect.

Yue Mingxuan was on the verge of breaking down.

The scandal from the brothel incident had only just died down and now, if anyone saw Shang Qinghua the notorious troublemaker in his room, he’d surely be torn apart by his admirer.

"Your Highness, the bathwater is ready. I’ll bring it in right away," Sui He’s voice suddenly sounded from outside the door.

Yue Mingxuan immediately jumped up in fright. "N-no! No need!"

"But, Your Highness, don’t you always take a bath every morning?" Sui He said as she pushed lightly at the door, only to find it locked from the inside.

Under Shang Qinghua’s half smiling gaze, Yue Mingxuan forced himself to speak calmly. "T-Today... I suddenly don’t feel like taking a bath."

Hearing Sui He’s footsteps fade away, Yue Mingxuan felt like he was about to lose his mind.

Heavens above, earth below, please take this troublemaker away! He cried silently in his heart.

If things continued like this, he wouldn’t need his crazy admirer to kill him, he’d die first died from a heart attack.

"Prince Shang," Yue Mingxuan asked carefully, his tone cautious, "when do you plan to leave?"

He hadn’t forgotten just how dangerous and how shameless this man could be.

Shang Qinghua looked at the man before him with amusement.

People from all four kingdoms always tried to get close to him, yet this one kept a respectful distance as if wanting nothing to do with him.

"I suddenly think," Shang Qinghua said slowly, "that if I could take a bath this morning, I might feel like going back."

Heavens, are you trying to kill me? Yue Mingxuan groaned inwardly.

However, even as he sighed, he knew there was no escaping it.

While grumbling under his breath, he lowered his head and walked out, instructing Sui He to bring the bath barrel into the room.

Of course, he made sure to pull a large screen tightly around the bed, covering everything from sight.

Sui He found her master’s behavior odd, but she didn’t question it. She quickly prepared all the things needed for bathing before quietly leaving.

Shang Qinghua didn’t say much either. He had always been used to bathing every morning, so he simply took off his clothes and stepped into the bath barrel.

After hiding Shang Qinghua’s clothes carefully, Yue Mingxuan threw himself onto the bed and praying that this troublesome man would bathe quickly and leave.

"Come wipe my back," Shang Qinghua suddenly said.

For some reason, he found the feeling of Yue Mingxuan being separated from him by a screen extremely annoying, so he decided to make full use of Yue Mingxuan’s "services."

Yue Mingxuan lowered his head whiledragging his feet to stand behind Shang Qinghua. Resigned to his fate, he began to wipe his back like a servant.

Just then, Sui He’s voice sounded outside the door. "Your Highness, I’m coming in to get your clean clothes."

Hearing that, Yue Mingxuan immediately panicked.

It’s not only there’s a grown man sitting butt naked in the bath barrel, but there were no clean clothes ready to hand over!

In a rush, he tore off his own upper garment, tossed it to the ground and quickly slipped into the bath barrel.

Shang Qinghua was momentarily stunned by Yue Mingxuan’s sudden movement.

By the time he reacted, that soft and warm body had already pressed against his.

The bath barrel was large enough for two people, but even so, their skin inevitably brushed against each other.

"Can you... just hide for a moment?" Yue Mingxuan whispered, his face burning red, whether from the steam or embarrassment, he couldn’t tell.

He must have lost his mind to come up with such a stupid plan.

Shang Qinghua gave him a long look, then obeyed.

He sank deeper into the bathwater and his tall body almost completely pressed against Yue Mingxuan’s.

At that exact moment, Sui He pushed open the door and stepped in.

"Your Highness, why are your clothes on the floor?" Sui He asked curiously, bending down to pick them up.

Inside the bath, Shang Qinghua’s body was pressed tightly against Yue Mingxuan’s.

Where their skin met, it felt like burning iron.

Yue Mingxuan could even feel the man’s big member slowly coming to life against him.

His face turned an even deeper shade of red and it was burning hot like fire.

All he could do was silently beg, Please, Sui He, hurry and leave so that he could be freed from this unbearable embarrassment.