On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 381: Bathing in the Hot Spring Together

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Bathing in the Hot Spring Together

Ye Yiheng said, "You must be so cold standing there. Come on down."

As his words fell, he swam a circle in the water.

Above the hot spring pool, steam swirled and mist danced, threatening to cloud one’s vision.

Even through the delicate veils of steam, she could easily make out his figure.

The man swam with a strong and fluid grace, his back marked by three scars, his muscle definition clear and perfect.

The water stirred ripples following his movements, creating a vague and dreamy scene beneath the curtain of fog...

...adding an irresistible air of ambiguity.

Leng Yu Yan took out the clothes she had changed from her bundle. "I’ll just wash the clothes here. You continue soaking."

Ye Yiheng lay lazily on the water’s surface, his voice tinged with teasing. "I suspect you claimed you wanted to soak together just to watch me in the springs. Your motives aren’t pure."

Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan was completely taken aback, her mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.

He continued, "If not, then come on down."

She turned her head away, not looking at him. "What if I don’t want to come down?"

Ye Yiheng raised an eyebrow. "Don’t force me to punish you, or are you saying you’d prefer I carry you into the water?"

Leng Yu Yan was suddenly startled. "I certainly don’t want that."

"Then come down."

"Fine, I’ll come down." She stepped toward the water.

He called out to her, "Hey, aren’t you going to take off your clothes?"

She arched her brows, a glint in her eyes. "Who says you have to undress to soak in the springs?"

Ye Yiheng laughed despite himself, the ripples in his heart fading away.

Huffing, Leng Yu Yan stepped into the water. Once in, she found it uncomfortable to keep her clothes on and reluctantly removed her outer robe and skirt, leaving only her inner clothes and underwear.

After a moment of brief astonishment, he laughed at her. "How about that, you ended up undressing after all."

The girl before him had a lithe and enchanting figure, surely a masterpiece crafted by the heavens, made even more enchanting amidst the obscure light and shadow of the snowy day.

Embarrassed, Leng Yu Yan gave a light cough. "I wore my clothes into the water thinking it would be easier to wash them that way."

No sooner had he heard this flimsy reasoning did Ye Yiheng chuckle lowly.

She could come up with such odd justifications?

Thinking this, he swam closer to her.

She hastened to warn, "Don’t make such big movements. The waves might make me lose my balance."

"All those years eating for nothing if you can’t stand still in the water?"

As he spoke, he deliberately stirred the water.

Leng Yu Yan really did lose her balance, slipping, and toppling into the water.

It was then that Ye Yiheng realized he had caused mischief again and hurried over, grabbing her by the arms to pull her up.

Lifted out of the water like a drenched cloth doll, Leng Yu Yan was both embarrassed and annoyed.

She wiped the water from her face, spitting out a mouthful, and then pinched her sore nose, complaining resentfully, "Last night, I was used as a heater in your arms all night long. The least you could do is thank me. And this is how you thank me, cough cough cough..."

Ye Yiheng gently patted her back. "Sorry, sorry, I really didn’t know a girl could be so delicate."

Such a small pinch and to become unsteady in the water!

"What do you mean delicate?" Leng Yu Yan glared at him, growling with feigned ferocity, "I am not delicate at all!"

"Alright, not delicate, not delicate," he conceded. "Can you stand firm now?"

She pushed his hand away. "I can."

Ye Yiheng couldn’t quite describe how he was feeling at the moment. How could she look so adorable when she was angry?

He couldn’t help wanting to pinch her cheeks.

After restraining himself for a while, he finally convinced himself to place his hands behind his back and clench his fists fiercely.

But just then, she wobbled again, and scared, he reached out once more, relieved when she quickly steadied herself.

He dared not hold her at this moment.

He wasn’t wearing a top, and though she was wearing something, it was hardly enough. If he held her, he feared he could no longer restrain himself.

Leng Yu Yan’s red lips parted slightly, "I’ll go soak over there."

As she spoke, she walked toward the shore.

In a few steps, her graceful figure emerged from the water, inch by inch revealing itself to his view. Although it was only her back, it was enough to entice.

In the blink of an eye, the water only reached her thighs, the curves there clearly too pronounced.

Furthermore, her inner clothes and underwear were snow-white. Soaked by the water, they were nearly transparent.

Suddenly, all of Ye Yiheng’s blood rushed to one place and his body tensed, making it difficult to move an inch.

Then he heard her say, "Actually, these clothes aren’t dirty. We can just rub them in the water and they’ll be fine."

Leng Yu Yan took the clothes she had changed out of and rubbed each piece in front of her. After rubbing each one, she wrung them out and placed them on the rocks, one after another.

Seeing how many she had washed, Ye Yiheng felt embarrassed and so went over to sit not far beside her and started to wash clothes from his bundle as well.

Just by coincidence, as she picked up a piece of clothing—it was unclear whether it belonged to him or her—but certainly, it was scant fabric—she was about to ask him when she saw him lift a pink heart clothes.

Her face flushed, she protested, "Hey, that’s mine, you’re not allowed to touch it!"

Ye Yiheng quickly tossed it away as if it were a hot potato.

With a casual throw, the pink heart clothes were flung into the middle of the hot spring.

Floating idly on the surface, the corner of the heart clothes’ strap slowly began to sink into the water.

She couldn’t swim and hurriedly said, "You have to help me get it back; it’s going to sink."

A suspicious flush appeared on Ye Yiheng’s handsome face as he dove into the water and quickly swam over, grabbing the floating garment and bringing it back.

He stopped in the water not far from where she was standing; the water level was just above his waist. Then he balled the pink heart clothes and tossed it back to her.

Unexpectedly, he saw her holding his short underwear!

"Yanyan..." he began, then faltered.

Leng Yu Yan put the heart clothes toward the shore, "What were you going to say, that it wasn’t intentional, right?"

She hadn’t even mentioned his carelessness in tossing it back to her that way!

Ye Yiheng replied calmly, "What I meant was, the one you just rubbed in your hand was mine."

His tone was steady, but only he knew how awkward he felt inside.

"Yours?" She lifted the garment skeptically and looked at both ends.

Seeing that it indeed was a man’s, her face turned bright red, "I didn’t mean to."

She had been staring at him fetching her heart clothes, unconsciously rubbing the underwear in her hand repeatedly.

A glint of amusement flashed in Ye Yiheng’s eyes, "Unintentional, huh?"

"I really didn’t mean it, and as for you, when you took my heart clothes, I suspected you did it on purpose!"

He chuckled softly, "I tossed it away the moment I got it, but you’ve been holding it for quite a while. Who’s the intentional one now?"

At his words, Leng Yu Yan became agitated and stood up, taking a few steps towards him to argue properly.

But then she realized she was a head shorter than him, and already at a disadvantage, she stepped up closer.

"I really didn’t do it on purpose!"

While speaking, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of her inner clothes becoming almost transparent, and she was frightened into immediately turning around and squatting down.

This sudden squat in the water made her stance unstable.

Ye Yiheng quickly grasped her slender wrist, pulled her up, then encircled her slender waist, pressing her body against his.

Their eyes met...

The atmosphere suddenly became still.

In the sky, the snowflakes fell slower and slower.

He slowly lowered his head, approaching...

Leng Yu Yan’s heart pounded like a drum. Was he going to kiss her?

Fear and anxiety rushed in...