Pretending to Cultivate in Kindergarten-Chapter 273: Hot Spring Wine

After Lin Zhengran left, in the silence, Han Wenwen noticed a cabinet nearby. Curious, she opened it to take a peek.

Inside, she found a thick manual detailing the hot springs, along with a small, movable red plastic button.

Han Wenwen held it in her hand and asked, "What's this?"

Jiang Xueli and He Qing swam over to her side to take a look together.

Little He Qing grabbed the button from her hand and said, "Never seen it before. Looks like one of those missile launchers or bomb remote controls you see on TV?"

Jiang Xueli let out an "uh" sound and laughed, "Come on, there's no way a hot spring resort would have something that scary, right?"

Han Wenwen flipped through the manual.

After seeing something, her pupils shrank and she covered her mouth, her voice trembling in surprise:

"Maybe Little Qingqing is right. The manual says this place used to be a battlefield centuries ago, and it only later got developed into a tourist spot. So there might still be landmines or bombs buried in the mountains."

Jiang Xueli was half skeptical: "Huh? Are you serious?! Even if this place really was a battlefield, why would a bomb remote be in a cabinet next to the hot spring?"

Han Wenwen just reached out and pressed the button: "Won't we know if we press it? If it's a bomb, something's definitely gonna blow up."

He Qing panicked and covered her head: "Ah! Wenwen, what are you doing?!"

Jiang Xueli was also stunned and flared up: "Don't press it so rashly! What if it's really a bomb?! That's a crime! You should at least tell Zhengran first before messing with something so dangerous!"

In less than half a minute, there was a knock on the door.

The two girls jumped and stared at the door, only to see a staff member outside with a small cart, asking, "Excuse me, did you order hot spring wine? Please come to the door to pick it up."

He Qing and Jiang Xueli, still in shock, turned to look at Han Wenwen.

Han Wenwen covered her mouth and laughed wildly, putting down the hot spring manual: "I was messing with you two. The manual says the button is for ordering wine. Press it once, and someone will bring it over."

The little fox got up from the hot spring pool, grabbed a blanket from the side, wrapped herself up, and opened the door.

The staff was promoting the hotel's specialty wine.

"This is our resort's specialty hot spring wine. It's low in alcohol and very smooth. How many bottles would you like?"

Han Wenwen looked at the relatively small wine bottles and said, "I'll take two."

"Sure, here you go."

Han Wenwen carried the two bottles of wine and some glasses back into the hot spring room on a tray.

Smiling brightly at the other two:

"Ta-da! Hot spring wine."

He Qing and Jiang Xueli both let out a sigh. They were completely defeated by this little fox.

He Qing said, "Wenwen, you really scared me to death."

Settling back into the hot spring, Han Wenwen opened a bottle of wine and filled three glasses.

She handed them to Jiang Xueli and He Qing.

"Want a taste? They say it's pretty special."

He Qing accepted and said thanks, while Jiang Xueli took hers but said, "I'll just sip a little. I'm not good at drinking."

He Qing chuckled: "I'm not really good at drinking either, but back in high school, sometimes Wenwen and I would sneak a bit of beer in the dorms on Saturday nights to help us sleep."

Jiang Xueli was surprised: she hadn't known about that. "You two were sneaking drinks back in high school?"

Han Wenwen said, "Just a little bit, don't worry, Lili. This wine's pretty low in alcohol too, about the same as beer. If you don't like it after a sip, just forget it."

The three of them lifted their glasses and took a sip.

Interestingly, the wine was warmed up, and when they drank it, it actually tasted more like juice than alcohol.

Even Jiang Xueli, who usually didn’t drink, was surprised after tasting it: "Hey, it's not bad at all. Tastes pretty good!"

He Qing added, "It’s got a fruity flavor!"

Han Wenwen covered her face with one hand: "Sipping wine while soaking in the hot spring feels so good!"

The three of them took another big gulp. Soaking in the hot spring really did make you thirsty.

Han Wenwen poured another round for He Qing and Jiang Xueli.

After one glass, Han Wenwen's cheeks were flushed, and the other two girls were the same — whether from the wine or the hot spring, it was hard to tell.

"Once we start university, everyone will probably be super busy, right?" The little fox suddenly asked.

Jiang Xueli took another sip and spun the glass in her hand: "Yeah, the music company has lined up a lot of work for me. After a competition in the second half of the year, there are a few more shows to join. I probably won't have much time at school."

He Qing nodded, holding her cup with both hands: "I'm alright. I just haven't been practicing taekwondo much because of the college entrance exams. Once university starts, I'll pick it up again. I even want to enter the provincial competition."

Han Wenwen stared at the wine in her glass: "I haven't been posting much gaming content this past year. Once I start university, I need to officially start livestreaming. I’ve also got a competition to attend. Gotta start making some real money."

Jiang Xueli suddenly thought of something and laughed: "Sounds like Zhengran is going to be the busiest one. I bet all three of us will need him to tag along to our events!"

Nobody disagreed.

He Qing raised her glass and said, "Hope we all get better and better once we hit university. But wow, time really flies. I'm already eighteen and graduated from high school."

Jiang Xueli took another sip and leaned against the edge of the hot spring, looking up at the ceiling:

"Yeah, it went by fast. I met Zhengran when I was just a little kid. Before we knew it, all these years passed, like a dream."

"Sometimes I feel like I haven't grown up at all. I’m still doing the same things I did when I was little," Little He Qing said as she gulped down the rest of her wine.

Jiang Xueli smiled and said, "Same here. There aren't really that many obvious changes. But talking like this really makes me miss our childhood. I used to get so jealous when Zhengran called you on the phone all the time."

He Qing blushed as she remembered: "Me too. Even though I had moved back to my hometown, I knew Lin Zhengran was hanging out with some girl, and I got so jealous, always scared someone would steal him away."

She turned to Jiang Xueli: "Lili, that night a few days ago you..."

"Huh?" Seeing He Qing's look, Jiang Xueli remembered and waved it off awkwardly: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it. We're sisters, but a little jealousy is natural."

Little He Qing chuckled: "Lili, you’re such a good girl."

"And you and Han Wenwen are too. Honestly, even without Zhengran, I think we still would've become close friends once we met in middle school, right, Han Wenwen?"

She turned to look — but Han Wenwen was already gone.

Jiang Xueli was surprised: "Where’s Han Wenwen?"

He Qing, slightly tipsy, said, "No idea. Wasn’t she just talking with us? Maybe she went to the bathroom?"

"Maybe. Speaking of Wenwen, now she's officially Zhengran's girlfriend. It happened so suddenly, but somehow it doesn’t feel strange at all — like she was always meant to be with him."

"And Wenwen’s super forward with Lin Zhengran. Just now when they were scrubbing each other, I could tell she's massaged him more than once already."

"Well, they’ve been together for a while. We just didn’t know."

The two girls soaked in the hot spring, drinking. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Then they suddenly looked at each other, realizing the same thing.

In unison:

"She’s not sneaking off to find Zhengran, is she?"

"She’s not sneaking off to find Lin Zhengran?!"

In the private lounge, Lin Zhengran was sitting on the sofa, and Han Wenwen was clinging to his neck,

straddling his lap,

kissing him intimately.

The little fox, feeling jealous, asked, "Zhengran-ge, shouldn’t you explain about that woman to Wenwen?"