444: Chapter 444: Nothing much, I just suddenly wanted to see swimsuits.

Su Yingxue leaned against Lin Yun's side, the hot water submerging her collarbones, her cheeks flushed with a faint pink from the steam.

She turned her head to look at the pretty, smiling faces all around her.

Then she looked at Lin Yun and suddenly sighed:

"We've been indulging ourselves for five days straight, so we'll need to hurry up and press on with the conquest afterward."

Before Lin Yun could reply, Wen Yan, who was nearby, chuckled.

She was leaning against the other side of the pool wall, her long hair damply clinging to her shoulders, a teasing smile playing around her brows and eyes:

"Yingxue, the way you say that makes it sound like you're so reluctant. You're clearly enjoying every bit of it."

Su Yingxue turned to look at her, completely self-righteous:

"It's true that I'm enjoying it. But we still need to hurry up with the conquest; those two things don't conflict."

Wen Yan shook her head with a smile:

"With that mouth of yours, you could talk black into white."

"You're the same."

Su Yingxue reached out and poked her shoulder.

"Think about it yourself, which of these past five days did you ever rest?"

Wen Yan's earlobes turned slightly red from her words, and she averted her face:

"I was just... keeping you company."

"Oh~ Keeping us company."

Su Yingxue drew out her tone, smiling even more happily.

"Sister Wen Yan, when you kept us company, you cried out more happily than anyone else."

Wen Yan was left speechless by this remark, and she raised her hand to scoop up a handful of water and splash it at her.

Su Yingxue dodged with a smile, shrinking her whole body into Lin Yun's arms:

"Husband, look at her! She's dying of embarrassment and anger!"

Lin Yun smiled and pulled Su Yingxue into his arms, helping her block the splashing water.

Wen Yan's handful of water happened to land right on his chest, sliding down along the firm lines of his muscles.

"We're all our own people, stop messing around."

As he spoke, his tone didn't carry the slightest hint of stopping them; instead, it was filled with an indulgent fondness.

Su Yingxue lay in his arms, raising her face to look at him:

"Husband, tell me, don't you also think we should hurry up with the conquest?"

Lin Yun looked down at her; those eyes were made sparkling by the moisture, like two black grapes soaked in water.

He reached out and pinched the tip of her nose, smiling as he said:

"You've already plotted it all out in your heart, yet you still come and ask me."

"Of course."

"You're the head of the household, we always need your nod."

Wen Yan spoke lazily:

"You, you just can't sit still. You've only just indulged for five days, your brain isn't even clear yet, and you're already thinking about the next step."

"What I have is called planning."

"What you have is called Qi Deviation."

"Then you've suffered Qi Deviation too."

Su Yingxue didn't yield in the slightest.

"When you were talking about me just now, weren't you enjoying it just as much?"

Wen Yan was choked up by her words: "I was just watching the fun."

"You were clearly enjoying it right along with me." Su Yingxue looked at her with a smile, "Do you dare say you weren't laughing plenty just now?"

Wen Yan opened her mouth, ultimately choosing to shut it and turn her face away: "...I can't be bothered to talk to you."

Qiao Feifei delivered another blow from the side: "Sister Wen Yan, your ears are red."

Wen Yan turned her head away without changing her expression: "The water is too hot."

"Oh—the water is too hot." Qiao Feifei drew out her tone, smiling with a teasing look.

The others also burst into laughter.

Helpless against the laughter, Wen Yan raised her hand and splashed water toward Qiao Feifei: "Say that again?"

"I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore!"

Qiao Feifei dodged with a smile, ducking behind Lin Yun.

Su Yingxue had also laughed enough and stood up from Lin Yun's arms.

Droplets of water rolled down her fair skin, glowing with a glossy luster in the mist.

She walked behind Lin Yun, wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, and pressed her entire body against him.

"Husband—"

Her voice was soft, brushing past his ear with the warmth:

"You haven't answered me yet. Shouldn't we hurry up?"

Lin Yun met those sparkling eyes of hers.

He smiled, raised his hand, and grasped Su Yingxue's wrists wrapped around his front:

"You, why can't you ever just stay still?"

"Even if I can't stay still, it's all for your sake."

Su Yingxue pouted and shook his neck coquettishly.

"Husband, say something."

With no other choice against her shaking, Lin Yun smiled and said: "Fine, fine, whatever you say goes."

"Then I'll go find King Feiyun for tea tomorrow!"

"...You're way too impatient."

"What impatient! You already said it was fine!"

"What I said was 'fine, fine, fine', not 'go find King Feiyun for tea tomorrow'."

"That amounts to the same meaning!"

"..."

Lin Yun looked at her helplessly and shook his head.

Su Yingxue smiled with her eyes curved into crescents, leaned over, and gave his cheek a peck:

"Husband is the best!"

The sisters around them watched this scene, and another wave of laughter and chatter broke out.

Shen Qingqiu leaned against the pool wall, looking at Su Yingxue's smug expression, and teased:

"Yingxue, this temperament of yours really needs to be reined in."

"Rein in what?" Su Yingxue turned back to look at her, "What I have is strong drive."

"You call that strong drive?"

"Yeah, what else?"

Shen Qingqiu sighed: "You're just taking advantage of the husband spoiling you."

"Well of course." Su Yingxue said it as if it were only natural, "If Husband doesn't spoil me, who else would he spoil?"

As she spoke, she turned back to glance at Lin Yun again, about to open her mouth to continue acting spoiled...

Lin Yun had just smiled and caught Qiao Shiyu who rushed over.

His movements suddenly paused.

His expression froze slightly, his gaze falling onto the surface of the pool water, as if attracted by something.

That pause lasted only for a single instant.

But Su Yingxue still caught his abnormality at the very first moment.

"Husband?" She tilted her head, moving a bit closer, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly freeze up?"

Lin Yun snapped back to his senses, glanced at her, and then looked at all the wives soaking in the hot spring water across the pool.

Amidst the misty vapor, one face after another was slightly flushed red by the heat, with thoroughly soaked strands of hair clinging to fair necks, and water droplets rolling down along their shoulder lines.

Those images, within the warm mist, were exceptionally moving.

Lin Yun gave a smile, his tone casual yet carrying a slightly mischievous naughtiness:

"Nothing."

"I just suddenly wanted to see swimwear."

As his voice fell, the surroundings went quiet for a moment.

Then Su Yingxue's eyes suddenly lit up.

It was as if she had been ignited by something, her whole person instantly becoming excited.

She let go of her hands wrapped around Lin Yun's neck, and shouted to the sisters filling the pool, her voice crisp and loud:

"Sisters! Husband says he wants to see swimwear!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Go change! Go change!"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go! Go get them! Go get them!"

The hot spring pool, which had quieted down, instantly boiled over again.

Qiao Feifei was the first to jump out of the water, splashing water all over Bai Lulu's face next to her.

Without caring in the least, she ran outward, stepping on the damp stone slabs while shouting:

"Wait for me! I'm going to get them right now!"

Qiao Shiyu refused to be outdone either, wriggling out of Lin Yun's arms:

"I'm going too!"

Bai Lulu, Chen Yuwei, Gu Qingcheng, Bu Yaoguang, Hua Liuli, Wang Yulan...

One after another climbed up out of the pool.

Water droplets rolled down their fair skin, and a sea of snowy-white figures and backs swayed amidst the mist.