Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady-Chapter 376 - 183. Winter Camping (5)

The campsite was deserted, with not a soul in sight.

A few girls who didn’t like off-roading found other activities to enjoy. Only a very few, unlucky enough to have suddenly fallen ill, were still around at this time.

Kiyono Lin returned to her room, grabbed a towel, bath towel, and yukata, and prepared for a bath.

Each cabin had a small bathroom supplied with hot spring water, but with few people around now, she decided to walk a bit further to the open-air hot spring, perhaps to enjoy it all to herself.

The changing room was quite spacious, empty, but there was a basket already filled with clothes, indicating someone was inside.

She was a bit disappointed.

She tied her hair in a bun at the back of her head, stripped off her clothes layer by layer, and walked barefoot into the bath area with her bath towel.

The open-air hot spring was much bigger than she had imagined, almost as large as a regular swimming pool, and swimming in it would have posed no problem.

To emphasize its natural features, the bath area was entirely made of stone, with shrubs and rustic ground lights between the stones.

The water was the distinctive milky color of natural hot springs, clearly different from ordinary clear hot water, easily distinguishable at a glance.

It was surrounded by tall bamboo fences.

Though this obscured the view and sacrificed the sense of openness, it was a necessary sacrifice compared to being exposed to onlookers.

She scooped some hot water with a ladle and gently poured it over her body before dipping her feet into the bath.

The water temperature was just right.

She chose a secluded spot by the edge, leaned against the natural rock, and slowly sat down.

Her slender legs, gracefully curved abdomen, and snow-white skin all sank into the hot spring water.

Comfortably sighing, she looked at the large rock in the center of the bath, which seemed genuinely imposing.

She wondered if Dubian Che could move it.

Behind the rock, through the mist, she could faintly see the person who had arrived earlier.

Just as Kiyono Lin was about to close her eyes and peacefully enjoy the hot spring, that figure raised a hand, waving at her.

Who?

The overly familiar Yuzao Haomei? Or Ichiki Kui? Or maybe one of the girls from her class?

Just as she was about to pretend she hadn’t seen her, the figure swam through the water towards her.

"Kiyono, may I sit here?"

Her gaze slid over Xiaoquan Aonai’s plump chest, and Kiyono Lin nodded, saying, "Please, be my guest."

Xiaoquan Aonai took a seat two spaces away, also resting her head on the natural rock.

Together, they gazed at the distant mountains, silently enjoying the hot spring.

Kiyono Lin had a reasonably good impression of Xiaoquan Aonai. Although, like everyone, she often lied; it was for the better education of the students, earnestly doing her job.

Plus, she was Dubian Che’s favorite teacher.

Wait.

Kiyono Lin remembered something.

Dubian Che’s particular favoritism towards Xiaoquan Aonai was something both classes one and four knew—she was their English teacher. However, with a guy like him, he definitely must have deceived her a lot.

She remembered when she was recently knocked over by a giant snowball, and he burst out laughing.

"Mr. Xiaoquan, how come you’re here?" Kiyono Lin initiated conversation.

The distracted Xiaoquan Aonai instinctively "Hmm?" before she responded:

"Two girls in the class are on their period, feeling uncomfortable, so I stayed back to look after them. Kiyono, didn’t you go out?"

"Dubian mistreated me."

"Mistreated?" Xiaoquan Aonai glanced at Kiyono Lin’s profile.

"Yeah. He purposefully hit me seven times with a football-sized snowball." She paused briefly before continuing, "He’s not as nice as you think, Miss. Behind the scenes, he’s completely different, but overall, he’s indeed excellent."

"I see." Xiaoquan Aonai’s gaze returned to the mountains.

Her tone was tinged with mocking laughter, not taking Kiyono Lin’s words to heart.

Kiyono Lin couldn’t help but turn her head.

"Aren’t you curious about his bad side, teacher?"

"That’s something you don’t need to discuss with me, you two... It’s quite normal for boys to tease girls they like, it’s not really bad."

"The girls they like..."

Kiyono Lin scooped up some hot spring water with one hand and poured it over her collarbone.

"Teacher, do you think he really likes me?"

"Isn’t that obvious?" Xiaoquan Aonai looked at her, somewhat surprised.

She couldn’t understand why these two, who had even played ’Night Attack’ with each other, still had such doubts.

Kiyono Lin rested her chin on her finger, pondering, "So it was already that obvious."

Xiaoquan Aonai recalled Dubian Che’s request to keep their secret relationship hidden from Jiutiao Meijie.

"No, actually, it’s not obvious at all." She quickly said.

"Hmm?" Kiyono Lin looked at her, puzzled.

"This... how should I say... Actually, I have a lot of experience, so I could tell right away!"

A lie.

"I see." Kiyono Lin lost the desire to continue chatting.

Xiaoquan Aonai felt uneasy: having blurted out something like ’a lot of experience,’ had she kept it hidden at all?

From beyond the tall bamboo fence came the sound of water splashing, as if someone was pouring water over themselves.

Then, the sound of someone moving in the pool grew nearer.

"R-san, are you there? It’s Dubian." The voice was faint, as if speaking in code.

Xiaoquan Aonai looked at Kiyono Lin with a strange expression, then quickly turned her head as if she hadn’t heard anything.

Mistreated, it turns out it was a secret date.

The young people nowadays really know how to have fun.

Wait, what if Dubian comes directly over to the women’s bath in a while?

Just as Xiaoquan Aonai hesitated whether to give a heads-up, to tell Dubian Che that she was still there, not to do anything excessive.

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