NOVEL NEXT Chapter 541: More Experts
There are many recreational facilities in the villa area: a small golf course, a cinema, bowling, and even horse riding.
Everyone had a great time during the day, and in the afternoon, after waking up from a nap, it was already past four. No one felt like going out anymore.
The sun had already started to set in the west. They brought the leftover charcoal from last night to the balcony and heated it in the stove.
Oranges and sugarcane were placed on top to roast, soon emitting a special aroma.
The setting sun cast a slanting light, and the atmosphere around the stove with wine had a bit of Bai Juyi's poetic feel, "Newly brewed wine with green ants, a small red clay stove."
Xu Qingfan shared the sweet wine he had brewed with the five girls. Next to another stove, the mothers gathered together.
"Brother Qingfan, when are we going to the hot springs again?" Lin Wanning asked, taking two sips of wine like a little cat sipping tea, revealing her cute dimples.
Last night, Xu Qingfan only gave Xia Xiaoxiao a massage and didn't help her with one.
And ever since she had a foot massage from Brother Qingfan, it seemed like she had developed some strange preference, and now oddly likes Brother Qingfan's massages.
"Let's go after the sun sets; it seems like soaking in hot springs right after waking up isn't good for the body." Xu Qingfan wasn't sure if that's true but seemed to recall hearing it from some online influencer.
It seemed to say that after waking up, the blood and energy are insufficient, and soaking in a hot spring consumes a certain amount of body heat, which can easily lead to low blood sugar, fainting, and such.
"Okay, then we'll soak after the sun sets!" Lin Wanning obediently said, eagerly waiting as she believed his words.
"There's about an hour until sunset. What are we having for dinner, Brother Fan?" Xiao Ruawen, leaning on Xia Xiaoxiao's shoulder and scrolling through her phone, asked, possibly due to oversleeping in the afternoon, everyone's enthusiasm for conversation wasn't high.
"There are a lot of ingredients left in the fridge. It would be wasteful to throw them away." Yao Jiping didn't make a decision but merely offered a suggestion.
Of course, Zhang Chunxue supported her idea, she smiled and said, "My cooking isn't the best, so I'll rely on everyone tonight."
"That's okay, we have so many chefs here. If everyone cooks one dish, we can prepare a whole feast." Lin Jing diplomatically said.
"Auntie, I make the best steamed eggs!" Xiao Ruawen eagerly volunteered.
"I can vouch for Ruan Wen, her beehive-style dish is indeed unique!" Xu Qingfan joked.
"You, I didn't, Brother Fan, you're lying!" Xiao Ruawen, clutching Xia Xiaoxiao's waist, looked like she wanted to bite him.
"Hahaha!"
Initially, everyone wondered what the 'beehive' dish was, but seeing Xiao Ruawen's embarrassment, they quickly understood it meant the eggs were steamed into a 'beehive' shape.
...
For dinner, they didn't have each person cook a dish. The task was entirely taken over by the five mothers.
From now until dinner time, they had more than an hour of free time. After the tea-making activity by the stove, the girls couldn't wait to return to their rooms to change into swimsuits.
This time, everyone changed clothes much faster, getting it done within five minutes.
It was probably also because it was close to dinner time, and if they dawdled now, they'd have less time for the hot springs later.
Xu Qingfan, in great physical shape, carried Lin Wanning on his back after changing into swim trunks, and he didn't feel cold at all.
Lin Wanning wore a bathrobe over her swimsuit but didn't tie the robe's belt, and her front skin felt burning hot when it touched Brother Qingfan's.
"Why aren't you wearing a shirt again?" Xia Xiaoxiao came out after changing clothes, rolled her eyes seeing the shirtless show-off, and handed him an extra bathrobe.
"Brother Fan is a habitual show-off." Xiao Ruawen instinctively glanced at his abs and then slowly let her gaze drift downward...
[It doesn't look that big, I must be mistaken!]
"It's not cold. You can ask Wanning if my skin's gotten rough." Xu Qingfan puffed out his chest, making his abs more pronounced.
"Brother Qingfan's skin hasn't gotten rough, to the hot springs, to the hot springs!"
"Let's go!"
The two ran out giggling, making Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh out of exasperation.
"Let's go too." Zhang Yiyi invited.
"Okay!"
...
When the four girls arrived in the backyard, Xu Qingfan and Lin Wanning were already soaking in the hot spring pool.
And because the mothers weren't around, Lin Wanning sat directly in front of Xu Qingfan, their legs intertwining underwater, sometimes forming a "big" character, sometimes a vertical "two."
Seeing everyone arrived, they modestly adjusted themselves, and Xu Qingfan picked Lin Wanning up from his lap.
The density of hot spring water is greater than regular water, providing more buoyancy, so supporting Lin Wanning's bottom didn't require much effort.
The four girls took off their robes one after another and got down from the edge of the pool. Compared to yesterday, everyone changed into another new swimsuit, and Xu Qingfan's eyes were feasting.
"I'll start with massaging Wanning, you can play rock-paper-scissors to decide who's next." Xu Qingfan said.
"I'll be the last, so Xiaoyu and Yiyi you go ahead." Xiao Ruawen, still shy, didn't quite want Brother Chou Fan to touch her, even if it was just a regular massage.
"Then Xiaoyu can go first, I'll be second." Zhang Yiyi smiled gently and said.
"Okay!" Wu Lingyu nodded in agreement.
Perhaps because the daytime temperature difference wasn't as large as at night, the surface of the hot spring pool didn't have a layer of mist like last night. With the pool at its deepest point being no more than a meter, the underwater scenery was visible at a glance.