Lily's house is located near the city's newly developed area. Although it's a bit remote, and the infrastructure is still incomplete—with even the roadside trees being unusually short—the location is quite close to a hot spring club.
The group took a rideshare, and in just over ten minutes, they arrived at the entrance of the hot spring club.
This was Ning Chu's first time visiting such a place, and she curiously looked around, observing the club that seemed not much different from a hotel.
Inside this club, there were KTV rooms, a bar, massage services, and hot springs with saunas. It had everything from eating and drinking to entertainment, and if things weren't too formal, there might even be some... touching and singing.
Places like this were always the ones Ning Chu avoided the most. They were a perfect setting for triggering the plot of the female antagonist and for encountering thugs and hooligans...
She never agreed to go to a club when she promised Yan Xinya that they would visit a hot spring together.
Zhang Shaoqing seemed particularly familiar with this kind of place. He swaggered in like a regular, leading the group directly to the front desk.
Ning Chu, feeling a little awkward, moved closer to Wen Yang, taking hold of his muscular arm, nervously glancing around.
The service staff here were even more beautiful than those outside, almost rivaling the ones at the royal art stage school.
"Ning Chu, do you want me to book a couple's hot spring for you and Wen Yang?" Yan Xinya suddenly leaned over, her face full of the teasing smile that only women could understand. "They have private hot spring pools here, you know~"
That would be a perfect way to safely steal away the female antagonist's storyline without worrying about being discovered, right?
Ning Chu couldn't deny that she was tempted.
But under Yan Xinya’s playful, almost lecherous grin, her sense of shame surged. Even though she was tempted, her face turned bright red as she shook her head.
"You really were tempted! You're definitely a succubus!" Yan Xinya immediately noticed the hesitation that flashed across her face.
"No! How could that be!" Ning Chu rapidly shook her head, especially when Wen Yang looked down at her. Her face burned even more.
"Hey, tonight, Qianqian and I will stay here, right?" Zhang Shaoqing, who had been speaking to the front desk, turned around and said, "They also have accommodations here. Isn't it just right since Lily's place doesn't have enough rooms?"
It was obvious to anyone that Zhang Shaoqing was trying to make a move, and Qianqian, receiving their knowing looks, bashfully pinched his waist, causing him to wince.
"So, Wen Yang doesn't have to sleep on the floor tonight. He can just stay in the same room as me, right?"
Ning Chu instinctively nodded.
Then everyone’s gaze shifted to her.
Her face, already flushed with embarrassment, grew even more radiant and seductive under their gaze. She stammered, stepping behind Wen Yang. "I won’t disturb you guys... tonight..."
Although Ning Chu had already fallen quite far in her conduct, routinely eating late-night snacks and drinking breakfast milk in private, she still tried to maintain a bit of dignity in public. And especially because she often thought back to her previous life as a man, she acted more conservatively in front of others.
She didn’t dare to misbehave in someone else’s house. Otherwise, how would she explain the wet sheets if someone found them the next day?
"Alright, I've already paid," Zhang Shaoqing waved nonchalantly. "You guys go to the hot spring with the staff. Qianqian and I will go check out the rooms."
"Didn't you just say you bought new shoes when Wang Jie borrowed money from you?" Ning Chu muttered. "Now you're so generous."
"How about we split the bill?" Qianqian, still unfamiliar with how to handle the rich second-generation type, suggested hesitantly.
"Forget it, he doesn’t care about it," Ning Chu replied dismissively.
Zhang Shaoqing truly didn’t care. He called out to Qianqian, and they walked toward the other side of the club. "We only get two hours. If you go over, you’ll have to pay for the extra time!"
Though this rich second-generation guy had a terrible personality, always joking around and never taking anything seriously, he was quite generous when it came to money.
Ning Chu thought they were heading to a public hot spring, something like an open-air mixed bath where you'd just pay an entry fee and go in. But instead, the group followed the staff into a room with a small courtyard.
Inside the narrow courtyard was a huge hot spring pool, surrounded by bamboo walls, about two meters high. The walls were somewhat translucent, but still ensured privacy.
"Wow! Is this a private room?!"
"Zhang Shaoqing is so generous! How much does it cost for two hours?"
Yan Xinya and Qianqian rushed into the room first, acting like two dogs let out of their cages, jumping around with excitement as they ran back and forth, satisfying their curiosity.
"Didn't get turned into a perverted girl by Lily, but now you've been turned into a dog by Xin Ya."
Ning Chu muttered softly, closing the door to the private room and turning to Lily, who was staring up at the notice on the wall. She leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Before you soak, you have to shower first."
Lily pointed to the sign on the wall. With all the familiar faces around, she felt more talkative.
"Just like at the swimming pool~"
"You've been to one?" Ning Chu asked.
"Twice when I was little. I couldn’t learn to swim, and I almost drowned..." she nodded knowingly. "Good food."
"..." Ning Chu was speechless. She looked over at Wen Yang, who was lying on a deck chair, and walked over to sit beside him.
She poked his arm with her finger, using a teasing tone to ask, "Aren’t you going to soak in the hot spring? What are you doing sitting here?"
"I’ll pass. It’s all girls here."
"Isn’t that better?" Ning Chu raised an eyebrow.
Wen Yang glanced up at her. "Trying to bait me, huh?"
If he even showed the slightest hint of being tempted, Ning Chu would immediately grab the soft flesh around his waist and give it a hard pinch.
"If it were a big open-air hot spring, it’d be fine, but with such a small one and me being the only man, what’s the point of getting in?" He said with a perfectly straight face. "That’d be taking advantage of them, right?"
"Fair enough~" Ning Chu nodded with satisfaction.
After her coaching, that former imperial concubine’s male lead had now developed a strong sense of autonomy and could easily reject any temptation.
"Want something to eat? I’ll go get something for you." Wen Yang, feeling a little hungry despite the snacks Ning Chu had fed him earlier that afternoon.
"Alright, but be careful on the way."
As soon as Wen Yang left, Yan Xinya and Qianqian, having explored the entire private room, came running over, shouting excitedly.
"Ning Chu! Ning Chu! Let’s go soak in the hot spring!"
"I’ll wait until after I eat..." Ning Chu started, but before she could finish her sentence, Yan Xinya grabbed her arm and dragged her toward the bathroom.
"Let’s go! Let’s shower and soak in the hot spring!"
"No! Can’t we take turns?" Ning Chu flailed, trying to resist, but Yan Xinya's strength was far greater. She was dragged so quickly that her feet slipped, and she slid toward the shower room.
After becoming a girl for so long, she had gotten used to sleeping in the same bed as her girlfriends and changing clothes in front of other girls. But was showering together really too much?
She didn’t have any feelings for the other girls anymore, not even the slightest urge despite being completely naked in front of them, because she knew her own body was better.
But the little bit of shyness from her time as a virgin still lingered, and she was still embarrassed at the thought of someone seeing her silver streaks.
"Why are you so shy~ Lily isn’t afraid, and we’re all girls~"
Lily silently took a step back.
Yan Xinya let go of Ning Chu’s hand and looked back at the two succubi with a mischievous grin.
"You two are succubi after ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ all~"
Both Ning Chu and Lily shook their heads in unison.
