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Yan Nuoya was speechless for a moment, taken aback by her sudden change of attitude, and hesitated before saying, "You...didn't you just say that you were afraid Mengyao would say we ran away without permission?"

Bai Shishi blinked her big eyes, a hint of guilt and uncertainty on her face, and whispered in a defensive tone, "N-nothing... It's just occasionally, just occasionally sneaking away... I believe Sister Mengyao will... understand, right?"

Yan Nuoya couldn't help but chuckle at her conflicted expression, and gently tapped her forehead: "You're afraid of being scolded by Mengyao, but you also want to sneak away with me."

Bai Shishi pouted, wanting to argue a bit more, but Yan Nuoya smiled and shook her head, her tone becoming slightly calmer: "However, Shishi, what I hesitated about just now was actually something else."

"Another thing?" Bai Shishi was taken aback. "What is it?"

Yan Nuoya's gaze drifted away, and her voice lowered: "They are... very boring things from the past. Shishi probably won't be interested. Besides, I'm also wondering if those past things are still worth my attention now."

Although Bai Shishi didn't quite understand, she could sense Yan Nuoya's low spirits. She took Yan Nuoya's hand and said obediently, "I'll listen to what Sister Nuoya wants to say. If Sister Nuoya doesn't want to say anything, then it's okay."

Yan Nuoya remained silent for a long time, and only the soft breathing of the two of them could be heard in the room.

In the end, she shook her head and gave a slightly apologetic smile: "Never mind, I won't say it. Talking about those things will only affect your mood, Shishi."

“Then…we can talk to Xiang Wen!” Bai Shishi suggested.

Yan Nuoya smiled and said with certainty, "He already knew."

Mo Xiangwen knew quite well about her past.

Silence fell between them again, but this time, the atmosphere was not so heavy.

Yan Nuoya suddenly raised her hand and gently touched Bai Shishi's soft white hair. The gloom on her face seemed to be blown away by the wind, revealing a relieved and relaxed smile: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Now, I have Xiang Wen and you all, I should have let it go long ago. Those old things are indeed not as interesting as thinking about how to sneak away."

She paused, looked at Bai Shishi, and a sly glint flashed in her eyes: "Shishi, let's go soak in the hot springs."

"Huh? Now?" Bai Shishi's face flushed again, and she subconsciously looked towards the door. "But Xiang Wen is still inside. Should we say hello to him? Would it be inappropriate to just go over like this?"

Yan Nuoya blinked and said with great certainty, "I know him best. Don't worry, he definitely won't be angry."

"Although I know he won't be angry..." Bai Shishi said shyly, twisting the ribbon of her bathrobe with her fingers, "but... I still feel a little embarrassed."

Seeing this, Yan Nuoya made a move to get up.

"If Shishi isn't going, then I'll go by myself, okay?"

"No!" Bai Shishi immediately grabbed her hand and said urgently, "Sister Nuoya, you can't run away by yourself!"

Yan Nuoya's smile deepened as she teased, "Didn't I already inform you? So, it doesn't count as me sneaking off alone."

Bai Shishi pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, but finally blushed and said in a soft but firm voice, "Then...then I'll go too."

At this moment, Mo Xiangwen was soaking alone in the warm spring water, leaning against the smooth rock, closing his eyes to rest.

The hot water enveloped my body, dispelling the fatigue of the journey.

What exactly did Noah want to say to him? Judging from her hesitant look, it seemed to be something difficult to say.

Could it be something like that? Probably not.

Noah is just a straightforward person, but she is still a girl.

So that's all in the past? Does she want to take him back to the orphanage where she grew up? Even though she always says she doesn't care, it's still where she grew up…

Just as he was lost in thought, a soft footstep sounded, as if it was gradually approaching.

Although there were only five of them there, he still spoke up to remind them.

"Someone is soaking."

However, the footsteps did not stop; instead, they walked straight toward the pool where he was.

Mengyao and Mengli shouldn't have been completely unresponsive; that must be Nuoya.

"Noah?"

"You guessed right." Yan Nuoya's voice came with a smile, and then she and Bai Shishi appeared by the hot spring.

The two were still wrapped in bath towels, but clearly more casually than when they were in the room, so that it would be easier to get into the pool.

Bai Shishi was so shy that she almost dared not look up. Her small toes curled up nervously, and her exposed skin was dazzlingly white. Her shy and timid appearance, yet still following Yan Nuoya step by step, was particularly endearing.

Yan Nuoya appeared much calmer, but her slightly reddened ears and her more watery purple eyes betrayed her unsettled state of mind.

The bath towel outlined her slender waist and graceful body lines, while her damp silver hair clung to her neck, adding a touch of breathtaking allure rarely seen on ordinary days.

Mo Xiangwen looked at the two people who appeared together like twin lotus flowers, and his breath hitched. His heart felt as if it had been gently bumped by something, and it began to beat faster.

He suppressed the dryness in his throat and tried to make his voice sound steady: "Shishi is here too."

"Yes, yes..." Bai Shishi responded in a voice barely above a whisper, then slowly moved into the hot spring. The warm water gradually washed over her body, and finally she carefully nestled into his arms, burying her burning face in his chest.

Yan Nuoya also stepped into the pool and sat down on the other side of Mo Xiangwen. The warm spring water soaked the towel around her waist.

She looked at Mo Xiangwen and brought up the previous topic, saying calmly, "Originally... I was planning to ask you if you wanted me to take you back there for a look when you had some free time, but after thinking about it just now, I decided against it."

Her tone was flat, so flat that it was as if she wasn't talking about her own affairs.

Mo Xiangwen reached out and hugged Bai Shishi, feeling her rapid heartbeat. At the same time, he looked at Yan Nuoya and said gently, "If you still can't let it go, it would be good for me to go back with you."

Upon hearing this, Yan Nuoya smiled and gently patted him: "Turn your body around, I'll rub your back for you."

Mo Xiangwen obediently turned slightly to the side, turning his broad back towards Yan Nuoya.

The next moment, a warm towel was gently placed on his back, and Yan Nuoya's hand, through the towel, gently wiped his back.

Her movements were not skillful, even a little awkward, but her focus and the occasional ticklish sensation from her fingertips brushing against the skin were more captivating than any expert technique.

As she wiped herself, she continued in a low voice, "It was just a fleeting thought. Now... I don't want to go anymore."

“That’s alright,” Mo Xiangwen said, closing his eyes and enjoying the tranquility and intimacy. “If we don’t want to go, we don’t have to.”

He understands Yan Nuoya; when she says she doesn't want to, it means she has truly let go.

If it were someone else, he might worry that they were just saying they didn't care, but were still thinking about it.

But there wasn't anything that complicated between him and Noah.

Yan Nuoya paused slightly, her voice tinged with a hint of shyness: "It was Shishi who reminded me... Now there are more important and more interesting things to do."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shishi, whose face had become even more rosy and beautiful, and who was secretly reaching her hand underwater, hesitating as if she wanted to make a small move, froze instantly.

Mo Xiangwen was also taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Nuoya leaned forward, her damp silver hair brushing against Mo Xiangwen's shoulders and neck, causing a slight itch.

She pressed her soft lips close to his earlobe, and gently licked his earlobe with the tip of her tongue. A strange itch flowed from his earlobe all the way to his heart, making him feel itchy.

"So... let's run away together tonight, okay?"

She said this in a voice that seemed to carry a hint of seduction.

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Chapter 263 What a pity

Su Mengyao followed her sister into the room. She sat down next to her sister and gently nudged Su Mengli with her elbow.

"Sister," she whispered in Su Mengli's ear, "you know, if... if we all... follow Xiang Wen in the future, wouldn't that mean we sisters will never have to be separated? We can stay together forever and be the best of sisters?"

Su Mengli paused in packing her luggage, her face instantly turning red. She turned her head and gently poked her sister's forehead with a hint of reproach: "Aren't you ashamed? How can you say such a thing?"

Su Mengyao covered her burning cheeks, but retorted confidently, "Shameful! Of course I'm ashamed! But I've already done something outrageous like helping him persuade you, so at this point, a little shame doesn't matter! Anyway... anyway, I've just given up!"

Her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, and her head bowed lower and lower.

Looking at her like this, Su Mengli felt both annoyed and amused, but the ripples in her heart stirred by her words lingered.

Unable to bear her sister's nonsensical ramblings any longer, she blushed and half-pushed, half-shoved Su Mengyao out of the room: "Go and get ready, stop talking nonsense here!"

Standing in the corridor after being kicked out, Su Mengyao patted her still burning face, took a few deep breaths, and then remembered that she still had important things to do.

She found the wardrobe where the bedding was stored, pulled open the door, and found thick quilts and mattresses neatly stacked inside.

She tried to drag out a bed, but its heavy weight made her stumble and almost fall onto the tatami mat.

"So heavy..." she muttered under her breath, glancing at the several beds still in the closet.

If she were to move them all by herself, she would be exhausted; we still need to find Xiang Wen.

She ran to Mo Xiangwen's room, knocked on the door, but there was no response. So she simply pushed the door open and, as expected, found it empty.

"Hmm? Soaking for so long?" she muttered, then turned and went to Yan Nuoya's room. There was no one there either, and a subtle sense of unease began to spread in her heart.

She quickly checked the other small rooms, but there was no one there, not even Bai Shishi.

A guess came to mind, and Su Mengyao fell silent, her steps involuntarily turning towards the direction leading to the open-air hot spring.

She tiptoed to the sliding door of the hot spring area. She could vaguely hear low conversations and the sound of water inside. She couldn't make out the exact words, but there was no doubt that it was the voices of the three of them.

Her heart skipped a beat; she couldn't tell if she was angry or envious.

After hesitating for a moment, she took a deep breath and suddenly pulled open the sliding door.

Yan Nuoya leaned close to Mo Xiangwen's ear, her red lips slightly moving as if she were whispering something.

Bai Shishi was almost entirely buried in Mo Xiangwen's arms, with only a small part of her blushing face showing.

At least... these two still knew to wear bath towels.

Su Mengyao offered herself a helpless consolation in her heart.

The sudden sound of the door opening startled the three people in the hot spring.

Mo Xiangwen looked up, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, which quickly turned into embarrassment.

Yan Nuoya slowly straightened up, her purple eyes gazing towards the doorway, calm and undisturbed, though the blush at the base of her ears seemed to have deepened.

Bai Shishi, like a startled rabbit, suddenly lifted her head from Mo Xiangwen's arms. Seeing Su Mengyao's unfriendly expression at the door, she cried out in fright and instinctively tried to shrink back into the water, but ended up choking on water and coughing.

Su Mengyao stood at the door with her hands on her hips. Although her face was burning, she still tried her best to look angry and scolded, "You two! You really did sneak out here! That's too much!"

Mo Xiangwen looked at Su Mengyao, whose cheeks were flushed, at the door and couldn't help but chuckle: "Miss Mengyao, wouldn't you say that counts as peeping?"

Bai Shishi finally stopped coughing and hid behind Mo Xiangwen, only showing her big eyes, trying to bluff her way out by suggesting, "Sister Mengyao, why don't you come down too..."

"Who, who wants to go down!" Su Mengyao stomped her foot in embarrassment and annoyance. She didn't want to join in this shameless scene.

She covered her eyes with her hands, but peeked out through her fingers, urging, "Hurry up! You've been soaking for so long, your skin must be wrinkled! I need you to help me make the blankets! I can't carry them by myself!"

Mo Xiangwen found her self-deceptive behavior both cute and funny. Knowing she was easily embarrassed, he stopped teasing her and readily agreed, "Alright, alright, I know. We've soaked long enough, let's get up now."

He was the first to stand up from the hot spring, splashing water in his wake. He casually grabbed a dry towel from the side, wrapped it around himself, and walked out to the changing room to change. Yan Nuoya and Bai Shishi exchanged a glance, their faces showing a hint of embarrassment at being caught, but they remained relatively calm as they followed suit.

Soon, all three of them changed into comfortable bathrobes and followed the still sullen Su Mengyao to the spacious Japanese-style room.

Mo Xiangwen looked at the empty tatami mat and the pile of bedding next to it, somewhat puzzled: "Do we need to put on blankets? Aren't the blankets in your room made up?"

Su Mengyao pointed to the bedding on the floor and the remaining items in the closet, explaining, "Of course, our room is already made up, but since we're all staying together for a long stay, we should do some things that can only be done when we're all staying together!"

Mo Xiangwen immediately understood what she meant, and a look of realization appeared on his face: "Oh, we'll sleep on the floor together. That sounds good."

“Yes!” Su Mengyao said excitedly, “These next few days we can play pillow fights! Or play tabletop role-playing games, board games! Or maybe…” She deliberately dragged out her words, keeping everyone in suspense.

Mo Xiangwen played along perfectly, asking with a smile, "Or what? Miss Mengyao, what other interesting games have you prepared to play?"

Su Mengyao revealed a mysterious and sly smile, and winked: "You'll find out tonight~ It's a secret for now!"

"Still being mysterious." Mo Xiangwen shook his head with a smile, not pressing for details: "Alright then, let's get to work."

So the four of them got to work together, laying the heavy mattresses on the tatami mats and then the quilts on top.

As she spread the blankets around Mo Xiangwen, Yan Nuoya used the act of adjusting the corners of the blankets to naturally move closer to him, and whispered in his ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear, a voice tinged with regret and teasing:

"What a pity...it seems our sneak-out plan for tonight will have to be canceled."

There wasn't much disappointment in her voice; instead, it sounded more like a playful, affectionate tone.

Mo Xiangwen turned his head to look at her, and when he met her purple eyes that held a faint smile, he couldn't help but smile as well, and replied in a low voice, "There's plenty of time in the future, my dear classmate Yan."

Chapter 264 Who Was the First Person I Liked?

As the night deepened outside the window, the group finished their fun-filled tabletop RPG game, still feeling a little reluctant to leave.

"How about I take another segment?" Su Mengli said with a gentle smile, "and then run to your next story battle, how about that?"

Mo Xiangwen was about to agree when Su Mengyao suddenly raised her hand.

"Forget it, the card needs updating, let's try again next time." Su Mengyao sat cross-legged on the cushion, her eyes darting around, a sly smile on her face: "It's still early, how about we play something more exciting? Like... Truth or Dare?"

Bai Shishi was immediately intrigued and blinked curiously.

"Okay, okay!" Bai Shishi said with a bright smile, looking very excited. "I've seen this kind of game online before, but I've never had a chance to play it."