14: Chapter 14 The Wooden Bath Behind the Screen

2:30 AM, Lins Funeral Shop.

The rolling shutter door of the shop was tightly shut.

Because they had just rolled around in the underground river, all three of them were covered in foul-smelling well water and mud.

Especially Lin Ye, whose pores of his Pure Yang Dao Body were wide open. A significant amount of the corpse poison and baleful energy from the Water Spirit Wraith had seized the opportunity to attach to the surface of his skin, making him feel cold and itchy all over.

"Husband, the corpse poison on your body is quite severe; you need to wash it off immediately."

Leng Yue took off her trench coat, revealing her semi-transparent white shirt once again. She frowned slightly, looking at Lin Ye's pale complexion.

Frost Star also took off her little duck raincoat. Wearing a dirty Lolita dress, she stood there like a little mud monkey: "Brother-in-law, let Frost Star help you suck the poison out!"

Just as Lin Ye was pondering how to deal with this baleful energy, the system screen popped up very considerately.

"Ding! "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System notification: Extreme Yin corpse poison detected on the host and the two female leads. Immediate cleaning required. Please make a choice within three minutes!"

[Option A: Upright Gentleman — Shout "Men and women should not touch" and tell them to go wash on the second floor, while you rinse off with the cold water tap on the first floor.]

[Reward: Obtain title "Destined to be Alone", 80% chance of catching a cold from cold water.]

[Option B: Feudal Lord — Sit on a chair and order the two women to fetch water and serve you by washing your feet and hair.]

[Reward: Chauvinism +10. Consequence: Leng Yue will think you are frivolous, and Frost Star will put corpse poison in the foot wash water.]

[Option C: Share the blessings, share the bath — Take out the 'Body Cleansing and Wraith-Removing Medicated Bath Bag' rewarded by the system, move out that large double wooden barrel from the backyard, set up the screen, and have a medicated bath together.]

[Reward: Yang energy fully restored, intimacy with Leng Yue and Frost Star significantly increased. Also, there is a very high probability of triggering a special bonus event.]

"System, I have discovered that you are the one who understands men the best."

Lin Ye gave the system a mental thumbs-up and chose C without hesitation.

"Ahem, Wife, Frost Star. The Yin energy in this well water is no small matter; ordinary hot water won't wash it away. I have a bag of ancestral 'Wraith-Removing Medicated Bath Bag' here. However..."

Lin Ye paused deliberately, putting on a troubled expression.

"Our shop's backyard only has one old-fashioned large double wooden barrel, and there is only one portion of the medicated bath bag. If we use it separately, the medicinal effect will dissipate."

Frost Star's eyes lit up, and she immediately raised her little hand: "Then the three of us will wash together! Frost Star loves taking baths the most!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Yue's stunningly cold face was instantly dyed with a flush that spread all the way to her earlobes.

She turned her head away, her voice as faint as a mosquito's: "Absurd... The ancient rites say that men and women should not share a seat after the age of seven; how can... how can we bathe together?"

Lin Ye knew he couldn't force this traditional mature woman, so he sighed: "Wife is right; I was too abrupt. Then you two can use the medicated bath bag. My constitution is special; I'll just tough out the corpse poison for the night. At worst, I'll just cough up a bit more blood tomorrow..."

"No!"

Hearing that Lin Ye would cough up blood, Leng Yue's red eyes turned back immediately. She bit her rosy lower lip, her gaze struggling intensely, until she finally seemed to reach a decision.

"Since... since it is to remove the corpse poison, we must act expediently. I... will agree to your request, but a screen must be set up, and you must absolutely not cross the line!"

"No problem! I, Lin Ye, am an upright gentleman; I say I won't cross the line, so I definitely won't!"

Beside the backyard patio, there was an enclosed old-fashioned bathroom.

Lin Ye rummaged through the storage room and found that huge cedar wooden barrel, large enough to accommodate three or four people. He filled it with hot water and poured in the 'Body Cleansing and Wraith-Removing Medicated Bath Bag'.

Instantly, the water turned a pale crimson, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance with a strange warmth filled the air.

He pulled up a semi-transparent screen painted with a landscape picture in the middle of the wooden barrel.

On the left side of the screen was Lin Ye, and on the right were Leng Yue and Frost Star.

Steam rose, and the entire bathroom was filled with thick white mist.

Through that thin screen, Lin Ye could clearly hear the rustling sound of clothes being taken off from the right side.

"Big sister, your clothes are all stuck to your body; they're so hard to take off." Frost Star's soft, sweet voice rang out.

"Don't mess around... be gentle..."

Leng Yue's voice carried extreme shyness and a tremor.

With a "splash" of water, two stunningly beautiful bodies submerged into the warm medicated bath.

Lin Ye sat on the other side of the wooden barrel, closing his eyes to circulate his Pure Yang blood energy.

The medicinal power of the bath was very overbearing, drilling into his body through his pores and peeling away those cold corpse poisons bit by bit.

But even more overbearing than the medicinal power was the indistinct silhouette behind the screen.

Under the dim light of the bathroom, the outline of Leng Yue's perfect body was clearly projected onto the screen.

Those high, snowy peaks, the slender waist, and the silver hair that was casually pinned up but still had a few strands falling down, formed a stunningly beautiful picture that was enough to make anyone's blood rush in reverse.

"Big sister, you are so white, and it's so big here..."

The sound of Frost Star playing with the water came, accompanied by a crisp splash.

"Frost Star! Stop talking nonsense!"

Leng Yue was clearly caught off guard by her sister's sudden "attack," and the water suddenly churned violently.

"Ooh... Husband, help! Big sister is going to drown me!"

Following Frost Star's exclamation, the screen shook violently.

Immediately afterward, a wet, snow-white little foot reached out from the half-foot-high gap at the bottom of the screen, landing squarely on Lin Ye's thigh.

Lin Ye stiffened all over.

The foot was small and delicate, with a red string tied around the ankle.

Although it was soaking in hot water, it still carried a trace of the chill belonging to a zombie.

This little foot rubbed restlessly against Lin Ye's leg, and even mischievously scratched his knee with its toes.

"Ahem! Frost Star, stop it."

Lin Ye suppressed the evil fire rising in his lower abdomen, reached out to pinch that restless little foot, and gently tucked it back to the other side of the screen.

Just then, a snow-white, slender arm reached out from the edge of the screen.

It was Leng Yue's hand.

Her fingertips held a clean silk scarf, and her voice came through the water mist, carrying a hint of alluring huskiness and moisture:

"Husband... you have corpse poison accumulated on your back that you can't reach yourself; use this to wipe it off."

Lin Ye reached out to take the silk scarf.

The moment their fingertips touched, both of their movements paused.

Leng Yue's fingers, under the soaking of hot water and medicinal power, had lost their original zombie-like coldness and become soft and warm.

Lin Ye's fingertips gently brushed across the back of her hand, and that delicate sensation, accompanied by the "drip" of water droplets falling into the wooden barrel, was infinitely magnified in the silent bathroom.

Leng Yue did not immediately pull back her hand, but instead let Lin Ye hold half of her palm.

Even though there was a thin screen between them, Lin Ye could still hear her suddenly accelerating heartbeat and her slightly hurried breathing.

A trace of pure, gentle Yin energy flowed from Leng Yue's fingers, gently passing into Lin Ye's body, and together with the medicinal power, it smoothed out the restlessness in his meridians.

Neither of them spoke; just like this, separated by the screen, through a hand held together, they completed a secret and romantic fusion of spirits.

"Husband..."

Leng Yue murmured in a low voice, her tone seeming to melt into the water vapor.

"I'm here."

Lin Ye gently rubbed the delicate skin on the back of her hand with his thumb.

"The water... is a bit hot."

Half an hour later, the medicated bath ended.

Lin Ye walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, feeling refreshed all over. Not only had the corpse poison completely receded, but even the previously depleted Yang energy had recovered by seventy or eighty percent.

Leng Yue and Frost Star had also changed into clean clothes.

Leng Yue was wearing a black silk nightgown that Lin Ye had bought for her; the conservative style was worn by her in a way that had the slit-like feel of a cheongsam.

Frost Star was wearing an oversized T-shirt printed with Pikachu, the hem just covering her thighs.

"Phew... finally alive again."

Lin Ye collapsed onto that pitiful double bed in the second-floor bedroom.

Leng Yue walked silently to the bedside, picked up that old Philips hair dryer, and handed it to Lin Ye naturally.

Then she sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him, her wet silver hair draped down.

"Husband, please trouble yourself."

Her voice had regained some of its coldness, but the flush on her earlobes betrayed her mood at this moment.

"As you command, my Queen." Lin Ye smiled and plugged in the power.

Accompanied by the "humming" roar of the hair dryer, this rainy night that had experienced a bloody battle finally returned to peace amidst the room full of cold fragrance and warm air.

However, looking at the female zombies on his left and right who were gradually occupying most of the bed, Lin Ye rubbed his chin.

"I have to go buy a bigger bed tomorrow, preferably a two-meter by two-point-two-meter one... otherwise, this 'soft rice' is not only life-consuming, but also waist-consuming."