The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 490 - 0492: Soaking in a Sulfur Bath

Chapter 490: Chapter 0492: Soaking in a Sulfur Bath

Perhaps it was the beauty of the night scene, or maybe it was the surrounding silence, but people always tend to grow melancholic and sentimental.

Chu Ge propped up the back of his head with both hands, as he silently gazed into the sky, lost in thoughts about his childhood days.

Back then, he was naive, lively, mischievous, and quite a handful.

But now, after the passage of time, he was no longer the child he used to be.

While Chu Ge was lost in his thoughts, Huo Tianqian, too, couldn’t sleep and came out from his room.

Chu Ge’s hearing was very sharp; he heard the noise, recognizing the footsteps as those of Huo Tianqian.

"What’s the matter, you can’t sleep either?"

Huo Tianqian was standing in the open space, ready to practice some Boxing when suddenly a familiar voice descended from above, giving him a start.

Looking toward the source of the voice, he saw Chu Ge leisurely sitting on the roof. Huo Tianqian couldn’t make out Chu Ge’s expression but could vaguely see a silhouette and knew it was Chu Ge.

Huo Tianqian asked, "Mr. Chu, you can’t sleep either?"

Chu Ge hummed in response and then continued to lie down, looking up at the night sky.

Huo Tianqian sighed, "I used to stay up late all the time and even if I didn’t, I would only go to bed at around eleven or twelve. But now, the sky has barely darkened and it’s already time for sleep, I’m really not used to it."

This point in time must be around eight or nine o’clock, right?

This was the time when his nightlife just began—how could he possibly fall asleep so early?

Chu Ge wasn’t awake because of the timing; his mind was just a bit heavy. Instead of tossing and turning in bed, he might as well come out and enjoy the night view here.

It’s been a long time since he felt this sensation, this feeling of being away from the bustle of the city.

The night breeze brought a touch of coolness that felt just right on the skin, very comfortable.

Huo Tianqian climbed up in turn, lying on the rooftop, comfortably tapping his crossed legs.

"A life like Master Guangde’s isn’t too bad either, carefree every day, without so many worries and troubles."

Huo Tianqian suddenly remarked.

Chu Ge glanced at him sideways, the corners of his lips lifting into a faint smile, "When Master Guangde was your age, he didn’t think like that."

"Oh?" Huo Tianqian expressed surprise, curiously asking, "By the time he was my age, he must have already made a name for himself around the world, right?"

Chu Ge nodded slightly, "That’s about right. The battle that made him famous happened when he was about your age. What exactly happened afterward that made Master Guangde fond of a quiet life is unknown, but at your age, he was at his most dedicated."

Huo Tianqian was startled, then remembering his own past, he shook his head somewhat ashamedly, "Ever since I started studying Ancient Martial Arts, I feel like life has meaning. Before... heh, it felt like I was living for nothing."

That night, Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian chatted a lot, not knowing how long they talked until they both felt sleepy and came down from the rooftop to go straight to bed inside the house.

The next day, the morning sun rose slowly, casting its golden glow over the entire city and also illuminating their secluded paradise.

Chu Ge was sleeping soundly but felt an itch on his nose. He waved his hand, trying to shoo it away, but after a while, it returned.

The sleepiness gradually dissipated, and Chu Ge slowly opened his eyes to see a child’s face, enlarged and very close by.

Chu Ge was startled, then sat up in bed, "Child, what brings you here so early?"

The attendant looked at him with utter disdain, "Rest at sunset, work at sunrise, don’t you even understand this common sense? Hurry up and get up to prepare."

The preparation the attendant was referring to was the medicinal bath. Yet, Chu Ge felt somewhat depressed because ever since he lost his martial arts abilities, the moment he fell asleep, he would feel incredibly drowsy.

He was still very groggy now.

"Today you will be soaking in a Sulfur Bath for twelve hours. You need to hurry up and get up, first take a medicinal bath!"

Chu Ge was shocked, his dark pupils flickering with an inexplicable light, "How much did you say? Twelve hours?"

This was a pace that seemed to soak him to the core.

The attendant nodded, "Both today and tomorrow are twelve-hour soaks, not a minute less, so now you have three minutes to get up."

Chu Ge took a deep breath, "Do you know how long these three minutes are, child?"

The attendant shook the clock in his hand. "Of course, I’m here keeping time for you all."

"..."

Chu Ge couldn’t believe he forgot that even though there were no signals here to contact the outside world, they still needed to keep track of the time, having forgotten about the existence of clocks.

Chu Ge had no choice but to drag his exhausted body up. After a simple wash, Huo Tianqian was already standing next to the wooden barrel, struggling mightily.

Huo Tianqian saw Chu Ge approaching and looked at him mournfully, "Why do I feel that today’s medicinal scent is even stronger?"

Chu Ge also smelled it and looked at the attendant, puzzled, "Where is Master Guangde?"

The attendant shook his head lightly, "Master goes to meditate in the cave every morning and does not allow anyone to disturb him."

"Hurry up and get in. I’m going to prepare breakfast for you. You’ll need to eat something while in the medicinal bath. Master said that today’s pain will be three times that of yesterday, so prepare your minds."

The attendant said it with schadenfreude before turning around and scurrying off.

Indeed, just as the attendant had said, the potency of today’s medicinal bath was not just three times stronger than yesterday’s. In just an hour, Chu Ge felt as if the bones in his body were going to be crushed.

Chu Ge gripped the edge of the wooden barrel, fingers tensing, lips pressed tightly into a straight line, desperately enduring.

Huo Tianqian leaned in the same pose, his hands clenched into fists, continuously resting on the side of the barrel as if this could help alleviate the agony he felt.

Yet such methods were utterly useless. Huo Tianqian could hardly bear it and let out a low moan of pain.

Several times, he nearly couldn’t resist escaping from the medicinal bath.

They had not anticipated that a mere medicinal bath would have such a strong reaction, as if their entire bodies were to be chiseled and remolded.

Finally, after alternating torment of body and soul, the time had come.

Two hours later, Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian, dragging their heavy bodies, slowly climbed out of the barrels.

Both men lay on the ground like they were drained, panting heavily, the pain still present in their bodies, and it could even be said they were already numb with pain.

The attendant squatted at the doorway, looking at the two grown men lying there without any cover, utterly disregarding their image, truly an unsightly sight.

He looked at Chu Ge with contempt, "Have you no shame?"

After saying this, the attendant got up, "Alright! The meal is ready. Eat up and then go take your Sulfur Bath. Be more self-disciplined, don’t always make me supervise you, I’m very busy too!"