Shen Zhifei gently placed Zhao Xiaokui in the water.
She had already taken off Zhao Xiaokui’s clothes. As soon as her bare body entered the water, Zhao Xiaokui frowned a little. However, tranquility returned to her face at the next moment.
Under the warm bathroom lights, her body, lying inside the bathtub, was like finest porcelain. Her body was shining brighter than the finest ceramic that surrounded her.
Zhao Xiaokui was sleeping inside the water. It was hard to decide whether the calm beauty was Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, or Siren, the sea monster.
[Lazybug: I know Sirens are famous for their singing, not for their beauty. Perhaps because of the depiction of popular culture, the author thought that they were using beauty to seduce sailors along with their voice. Do you have any other reason why the author used 'Siren' while SXK is unconscious?]
It's like the angel and the devil had just descended into her body. The chaos created by the yin-yang had enhanced her beauty to the next level.
The wet sensation on the tip of her nose broke Shen Zhifei’s daze. She was quick to retract her head.
It shocked her a little when he checked her surroundings. She was so mesmerized that she had never realized that her face was so close to the water.
‘If I hadn't recovered in time, I'm afraid I'd have drowned.’ Shen Zhifei didn’t dare to look at her again. She closed her eyes, turned around, and stared at the tiles that covered the floor beneath her.
She still was having a hard time understanding what had just happened. She had seldom lost control like this before.
Her heart, inside her chest, was still thumping like crazy. It took a few minutes for her rapid breathing and violent heart to calm down.
For the first time, she had left the experienced mystical side. It was a soul-stirring expression for Shen Zhifei.
She had never seen blood before, nor had experienced such a roughness. All her life, she was at the center of attention; it was lonely yet peaceful. However...
Leaving Zhao Xiaokui in the bathtub, she left the bathroom and went back to the small bathroom attached to the master bedroom.
After a few splashes of cold water on her face, she looked up only to find an embarrassed person looking at her from the other side of the mirror.
Water rolled across her wet cheek, gathered on the chin, and the water drop fell. The fresh shirt she was wearing was now wet across her chest.
‘I fear a storm is coming.’
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By the time Zhao Xiaokui woke up, the hour hand on the wall clock was already pointing at twelve.
The night outside the window was already deep. A few stars were twinkling on the black curtain that was spread across the sky.
And Shen Zhifei is not at home.
Grabbing the edge of the bathtub, she stood up with a splash. Her long, flowing cyan-colored hair was like wet seaweed. They were stuck to her wet skin.
Compared to the afternoon, her appearance was different. The change was subtle, but it was there.
First, her straightened long hair had become a natural curl. The change was minor, but one can still notice it.
Her face was second. It was like the beauty was further refined with PS*. It had become more symmetrical, more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes.
[Lazybug: Yup, it’s Photoshop, not PlayStation.]
Had she Plastic surgery? No. No one could even think about such a thing.
Why? Because looked very natural, and anyone with eyes could understand that no plastic surgeon had a better technique than the hand of God.
It was so perfect that no human could recreate it. When one went under the blade, it wasn’t just their beauty that was enhanced, their imperfections and flaws as well.
She grabbed the bath towel that was hanging beside the bathtub and wrapped it around her nakedness.
She stepped out of the bathtub and the water droplets evaporated from her porcelain skin. Even before she had stepped onto the waterproof bath mat, her body was as dry as it could be.
Her slightly curly hair became fluffy and soft. What had taken a long time for the most expensive hair dryer had happened in an instance.
[Water control].
[Lazybug: It looked like a spell/ability/skill. I will use [...] to name them. If the author uses a different approach in future chapters, I will change it accordingly.]
A simple yet deadly ability. However, it was a very practical ability for humans.
As the tip of her toe touched the floor, a spark of pain spread from her toe to the brain. However, it was still within the tolerable range.
The slipper, prepared by Shen Zhifei, was still there. But she didn’t even spare a glance. For her, any additional contact or restraint was a source of unnecessary pain.
If it weren’t for the eternal prejudice of human society, she wouldn’t even put the bath towel on her body. She walked out of the bathroom.
The moonlight had invaded the room by the french window. Zhao Xiaokui didn’t need to turn on the light while entering the living room.
The note on the coffee table was the first thing that had attracted her attention. Her bag and mobile phone were also placed beside it.
After taking a look at the time on her mobile, she turned her head to check the note on the table.
“Tonight I'm going to take part in the auction. I think I will be home around midnight. There is chicken rice porridge in the kitchen. The snacks I've bought are on the dining table. You can also drink water from the refrigerator.”
And at the end, Shen Zhifei had added her assistant's phone number.
She went straight to the kitchen before anything else. Zhao Xiaokui unplugged the power socket and opened the rice cooker lid.
*Growl*
The enticing smell spread from the rice cooker. It was just simple chicken rice porridge, yet it was more than enough to let her remember she was hungry.
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Lazybug: It's been a long day. It's 2.30 A.M. So I will go straight to bed. Good thing is the weekend is here. Enjoy.
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