Ning Chu initially thought it would be an open-air hot spring. She was nervous and uneasy, fearing that wearing a thin, seductive swimsuit while sporting a succubus tail would attract unwanted male attention.
Before coming, she had already mentally prepared to only dip her feet in the water, thinking she would never actually wear a swimsuit.
However, Zhang Shaoqing had arranged a private room for them. While the space wasn't large, it offered enough privacy.
But Yan Xinya's energy was too much to handle, and with a magical girl, who had been led astray by the wolf girl, the two were far too excited, bouncing around and making the already small room seem even more cramped.
"I'm a bit hungry," Yan Xinya finally said, sitting beside Ning Chu, covering her stomach and sighing.
"Wen Yang went to buy dinner, don’t worry," Ning Chu reassured.
"Then I’ll wait to eat before going in the water?" Yan Xinya said, a little sluggish. She had been so lively earlier, but now, well past 8 PM, she hadn’t eaten yet and seemed drained of her earlier energy.
Meanwhile, Qianqian, holding her bag, slipped into the shower. After a moment, she came out wearing a one-piece swimsuit.
Her swimsuit was conservative, with a skirt covering her thighs and a thin cover-up on top to hide her slender and youthful figure, though she still looked somewhat shy.
Ning Chu mused that her battle suit was far more seductive than this one.
But after all, it was a figure like hers, and no matter how "shy" it was, it couldn't hide much.
The evening air was slightly cool, and when Qianqian came out of the shower, she hurried to the courtyard outside, testing the water temperature. Cautiously, she sat down in the hot spring.
"Is it hot?" Yan Xinya asked, curious.
"Not too bad, a bit hot," Qianqian replied.
It wasn’t long before her face became flushed from the steam: "It’s really comfortable~"
Yan Xinya, already feeling a little tempted, couldn't wait for dinner and quickly changed into her swimsuit, hopping into the hot spring with a splash, accompanied by her excited wolf howls.
"I can't! It's so hot!"
Even her wolf tail stood straight from the heat.
"Isn’t it just a bath?" Ning Chu muttered, staring at the small hot spring. It started to look more like a giant bathtub.
"Earlier, I said my swimsuit was too conservative... and yet Xin Ya’s wearing a one-piece too," Ning Chu realized. She now understood she had been tricked.
Her own swimsuit was a white bikini, which, while modest with the skirted shorts, was still much more revealing compared to the one-piece swimsuits Yan Xinya and Qianqian wore.
"Lily, what kind of swimsuit are you wearing?" Ning Chu turned to look at the other succubus.
Lily expressionlessly pulled out a sleeveless dress from her bag.
The dress was almost identical to a nightgown—light and sheer, suitable even for a summer day out without anyone raising an eyebrow.
"And you?" Lily asked.
"...Bikini?" Ning Chu’s silence made Lily smile faintly. "How modest."
How dare she say that!
Besides not having any men around, Lily was way more daring than she was!
At least she didn't have so many little toys! She only had a few... but they were too expensive to afford.
Ning Chu glared at Lily. "You and Xin Ya teamed up to trick me, didn’t you? I was planning to buy a swimsuit like yours!"
"You bought it yourself."
"You're no succubus! You’re the disgrace of succubi!" Ning Chu retorted.
Lily wasn’t sure whether to be happy or sad about being called a "disgrace of succubi." Her expression froze for a moment, but then she kindly asked, "Do you want to swap?"
The two were about the same height and build, so their clothes could easily be swapped.
Ning Chu hesitated for a second but quickly realized that if Wen Yang saw Lily wearing a bikini, some mischievous thoughts would definitely cross his mind. It was in a man’s nature.
With that thought, seeing her friends all in modest swimsuits made her feel a little more comfortable. At least this way, Wen Yang’s gaze wouldn’t wander, and she wouldn’t have to feel jealous.
"No, thanks!"
Ning Chu stood up in frustration, grabbed the ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) bag with her swimsuit, and stormed toward the shower.
There was no one else to see her anyway; it was just girls, and the only man here was her boyfriend.
Why should she feel embarrassed in front of her friends? She might as well flaunt her figure!
Since she had come all this way, just dipping her feet in seemed like a waste.
Maybe she should book a couple’s private room with Wen Yang... in the hot spring...
Her mind suddenly raced, conjuring up a scene from the Little Emperor’s Harem where the couple’s hot spring scene took place, and she quickly shook her head, trying to dispel those unexpected thoughts from her mind.
Spending more time with Wen Yang had led her to think of such things!
The shower room was divided into two sections: one side with storage cubicles, the other with tiled showers. Two sets of women’s clothes were already placed in the cubicle.
She closed and locked the frosted glass door, hesitating for a moment before pulling out her swimsuit and letting out a worried sigh.
"Maybe it’s still a bit too revealing... If I’m not careful, the silver streaks might show..."
The bikini’s shorts only covered a few inches below her belly button, barely concealing her silver streaks. The little skirt was just for decoration, not even covering the tops of her thighs.
The top was a shell-shaped bikini top with only a few straps to hold it in place, which would perfectly showcase her smooth, pale back.
She didn’t hesitate much longer. Ning Chu quickly undressed and stepped into the shower.
Having been a girl for so long, she had already shed the shyness and modesty she once had when she was a man.
What was once a faint sense of belonging to a male identity had long since shattered after countless nights spent in her current form. It was now, perhaps, nothing but powder beneath her feet.
"If the old me saw me like this now..."
A familiar warmth rose from her stomach, breaking her melancholic thoughts.
Her eyelids twitched, and she instinctively looked for Wen Yang to resolve her problem, but just as she turned, she heard playful voices and splashing water from outside in the courtyard. Her sense of shame quickly took over, making her face burn bright red.
Why now?
It must be that Wen Yang encountered the female antagonist while buying dinner! And he had already rejected her advances decisively!
That woman was way too easy to give up—shouldn’t she have tried harder?
Ning Chu hurriedly checked the shower room door, making sure it was locked.
Leaning against the cold tiles, she lowered the water temperature, trying to cool her body down.
"Don’t lose your composure..."
Last time she collapsed, she ended up embarrassing herself in front of Wen Yang when he was still just her roommate... And this time, it was a whole group of people outside!
The daily bursts of energy she was used to were enough to keep a succubus satisfied, but she hadn’t had a sudden surge of desire in a while.
Her mind was clouded, and her gaze wandered uncontrollably across the items in the shower room, but she held herself back from giving in to temptation.
"You're so slow."
The door was gently knocked, and Lily called from outside, "Hurry up, dinner’s here."
"I... I’m coming!" Ning Chu shouted.
"Oh~" Lily nodded knowingly and stepped aside, looking back at Wen Yang, who had been standing behind her. His eyes clearly sparkled with encouragement and excitement.
"Are you going?"
Wen Yang, still holding the dinner, took a hesitant step back. "Let’s eat first."
