It Was Actually a Dudou (Part Two)
Gu ShuBai’s position was a little awkward.
From where he was standing, he could only see a third of the bathtub. Through the rising steam, he could only see a pair of nimble feet that belonged to a young girl resting against the edge of the tub.
That pair of feet were like lotus flowers that blossomed after heavy rain. They were delicate and white, and the nails were like polished shells that were carefully inlaid to create the most beautiful form.
The ten small toes were like freshly-peeled lotus seeds. No, they were even nimbler and whiter than lotus seeds. No, they should be compared to fresh water lilies. They were so tender that water could be squeezed from them.
The young girl occasionally scooped water up from the tub to pour it onto herself. Having traveled for many days, she was exhausted. Upon entering the tub, she was like a fish that had been reintroduced to water. She absolutely did not want to go out.
“Clatter-”
She removed her hairpin and placed it to the side, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall. Taking a deep breath, she plunged into the water.
The pair of feet remained on the edge of the tub. With the change in position, even her calves were on the edge of the tub.
As a result, Gu ShuBai saw even more. Aside from that pair of feet that were like lotus flowers, there were a pair of calves crossed over each other. The skin was as white as snow.
He unconsciously averted his gaze, as all sorts of images flashed through his mind. Her slightly knitted brows and smile, her intelligence and understanding, her exhausted appearance from braving the rain and wind, the way that she smiled at the soldiers while sitting next to the soldiers that had been poisoned…
That had been the most beautiful smile that he had seen in this life.
The way a proper man should act clashed with his attraction to the girl that he loved the most. In the end, neither won out. Gu ShuBai turned his head and felt at a loss, not knowing whether he should advance or retreat.
“Hiss-”
Yu Fu quietly gasped. His line of sight instantly shifted, as he looked in her direction.
Looking up past the calves, he could only see her knees, and they were covered in bruises from when she fell. There were also some scrapes that were particularly eye-catching on her snow-white skin.
Her earlier gasp must have been a result of her accidentally bumping those wounds.
He could no longer hold back. Turning around, he tapped the screen twice, “Yu Fu, are you alright?”
This was… Gu ShuBai’s voice?
Inside the tub, Yu Fu froze. In the following instant, her face turned bright red, as she fully immersed her entire body in the water, “I… I’m fine.”
When had he come in, and why had he not made a single sound?
Yao Lan did not even warn her. Who knew if he saw anything…
Without even looking, Gu ShuBai knew what the sudden splashing sound was from.
He smiled, “Your journey must have been exhausting. You should take a good bath. I brought your dinner. Eat it after you finish taking your bath.”
Yu Fu thought that he would leave after he finished speaking and never expected to hear what came next, “There’s no rush. I’ll wait for you outside.”
Yu Fu: “…”
The tent was only so large. For someone like Gu ShuBai, whose hearing was sharper due to his training in martial arts, he was definitely able to hear every single one of her movements.
No matter how she thought about it, being heard bathing was an extremely embarrassing matter.
Yu Fu stammered: “Ah… In truth, I already finished bathing. I will be out immediately.”
Due to the screen, she could not see Gu ShuBai’s smile and delighted expression.
His Yu Fu had truly grown up. Last year in Changzhou, she had said with a straight face that she wanted to sleep in the same room as him, which was something that had infuriated Gu JiuGe, while Yu Fu herself did not feel that anything improper was happening.
Within a single year, she was now able to blush due to embarrassment.
This was good. This would keep her from being taken advantage of due to her young age and innocence.
Yu Fu sat up in the tub and looked around with a frantic expression.
Where were her clothes?
She had come in to take a bath, yet Yao Lan did not even prepare a change of clothes for her…
Yu Fu did not know what to do. After hesitating for a long while, it was Gu ShuBai who noticed that there was no sound coming from behind the screen and asked: “What’s wrong? Do you not have clothes prepared for after your bath?”
Yu Fu said: “I brought a change of clothes, but I don’t know where Yao Lan put them. Where is she?”
Gu ShuBai stood up, “She’s sleeping outside the tent. To not have woken up after such a long time, it seems that she really was exhausted. I’ll help you look for your clothes!”
A wave of irritation washed over Yu Fu. It turned out that Yao Lan had fallen asleep. It was no wonder there was no report when he came in.
He looked around the bed and table and very quickly found a bag. Opening it, he found Yu Fu’s clothes inside.
He did not know what Yu Fu wanted to wear and randomly picked an apricot-yellow set of clothes. Suddenly, he saw a red strap sticking out beneath some smaller garments.
“Gu Yi, that idiot, actually tugged on Yu Fu’s dudou!”
Gu Xiang’s words suddenly flashed through his mind. With a start, he immediately covered the red strap up with the smaller garments. After a brief pause, he lifted the smaller garments that had been used to cover the red strap.
He could not have Yu Fu come out wearing nothing but outer garments, right?
He hastily picked some other clothes from the garments inside and sent the stack of clothes through the screen. Behind the screen, a thin and white arm reached out as far as it possibly could.
“Thank you, eldest brother.”
Gu ShuBai stared at the bruise on her hand but did not say anything.
Yu Fu spread the clothes out on her own. He was very considerate. Knowing that Yu Fu would be busy in the coming days, he deliberately chose a set of clothes that was a bit more plain. The apricot-yellow was neither conspicuous nor flowery. It was very suitable for a “military doctor” to wear.
With so many soldiers dying, clothes that were vibrant colors could not be worn.
When she thought of this, she thought to herself that she would need to remind Yao Lan of this later on. When she suddenly saw the red piece of clothing, she truly wished to die on the spot.
It was actually a dudou, a bright-red dudou!
It Was Actually a Dudou (Part Two)
Gu ShuBai’s position was a little awkward.
From where he was standing, he could only see a third of the bathtub. Through the rising steam, he could only see a pair of nimble feet that belonged to a young girl resting against the edge of the tub.
That pair of feet were like lotus flowers that blossomed after heavy rain. They were delicate and white, and the nails were like polished shells that were carefully inlaid to create the most beautiful form.
The ten small toes were like freshly-peeled lotus seeds. No, they were even nimbler and whiter than lotus seeds. No, they should be compared to fresh water lilies. They were so tender that water could be squeezed from them.
The young girl occasionally scooped water up from the tub to pour it onto herself. Having traveled for many days, she was exhausted. Upon entering the tub, she was like a fish that had been reintroduced to water. She absolutely did not want to go out.
“Clatter-”
She removed her hairpin and placed it to the side, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall. Taking a deep breath, she plunged into the water.
The pair of feet remained on the edge of the tub. With the change in position, even her calves were on the edge of the tub.
As a result, Gu ShuBai saw even more. Aside from that pair of feet that were like lotus flowers, there were a pair of calves crossed over each other. The skin was as white as snow.
He unconsciously averted his gaze, as all sorts of images flashed through his mind. Her slightly knitted brows and smile, her intelligence and understanding, her exhausted appearance from braving the rain and wind, the way that she smiled at the soldiers while sitting next to the soldiers that had been poisoned…
That had been the most beautiful smile that he had seen in this life.
The way a proper man should act clashed with his attraction to the girl that he loved the most. In the end, neither won out. Gu ShuBai turned his head and felt at a loss, not knowing whether he should advance or retreat.
“Hiss-”
Yu Fu quietly gasped. His line of sight instantly shifted, as he looked in her direction.
Looking up past the calves, he could only see her knees, and they were covered in bruises from when she fell. There were also some scrapes that were particularly eye-catching on her snow-white skin.
Her earlier gasp must have been a result of her accidentally bumping those wounds.
He could no longer hold back. Turning around, he tapped the screen twice, “Yu Fu, are you alright?”
This was… Gu ShuBai’s voice?
Inside the tub, Yu Fu froze. In the following instant, her face turned bright red, as she fully immersed her entire body in the water, “I… I’m fine.”
When had he come in, and why had he not made a single sound?
Yao Lan did not even warn her. Who knew if he saw anything…
Without even looking, Gu ShuBai knew what the sudden splashing sound was from.
He smiled, “Your journey must have been exhausting. You should take a good bath. I brought your dinner. Eat it after you finish taking your bath.”
Yu Fu thought that he would leave after he finished speaking and never expected to hear what came next, “There’s no rush. I’ll wait for you outside.”
Yu Fu: “…”
The tent was only so large. For someone like Gu ShuBai, whose hearing was sharper due to his training in martial arts, he was definitely able to hear every single one of her movements.
No matter how she thought about it, being heard bathing was an extremely embarrassing matter.
Yu Fu stammered: “Ah… In truth, I already finished bathing. I will be out immediately.”
Due to the screen, she could not see Gu ShuBai’s smile and delighted expression.
His Yu Fu had truly grown up. Last year in Changzhou, she had said with a straight face that she wanted to sleep in the same room as him, which was something that had infuriated Gu JiuGe, while Yu Fu herself did not feel that anything improper was happening.
Within a single year, she was now able to blush due to embarrassment.
This was good. This would keep her from being taken advantage of due to her young age and innocence.
Yu Fu sat up in the tub and looked around with a frantic expression.
Where were her clothes?
She had come in to take a bath, yet Yao Lan did not even prepare a change of clothes for her…
Yu Fu did not know what to do. After hesitating for a long while, it was Gu ShuBai who noticed that there was no sound coming from behind the screen and asked: “What’s wrong? Do you not have clothes prepared for after your bath?”
Yu Fu said: “I brought a change of clothes, but I don’t know where Yao Lan put them. Where is she?”
Gu ShuBai stood up, “She’s sleeping outside the tent. To not have woken up after such a long time, it seems that she really was exhausted. I’ll help you look for your clothes!”
A wave of irritation washed over Yu Fu. It turned out that Yao Lan had fallen asleep. It was no wonder there was no report when he came in.
He looked around the bed and table and very quickly found a bag. Opening it, he found Yu Fu’s clothes inside.
He did not know what Yu Fu wanted to wear and randomly picked an apricot-yellow set of clothes. Suddenly, he saw a red strap sticking out beneath some smaller garments.
“Gu Yi, that idiot, actually tugged on Yu Fu’s dudou!”
Gu Xiang’s words suddenly flashed through his mind. With a start, he immediately covered the red strap up with the smaller garments. After a brief pause, he lifted the smaller garments that had been used to cover the red strap.
He could not have Yu Fu come out wearing nothing but outer garments, right?
He hastily picked some other clothes from the garments inside and sent the stack of clothes through the screen. Behind the screen, a thin and white arm reached out as far as it possibly could.
“Thank you, eldest brother.”
Gu ShuBai stared at the bruise on her hand but did not say anything.
Yu Fu spread the clothes out on her own. He was very considerate. Knowing that Yu Fu would be busy in the coming days, he deliberately chose a set of clothes that was a bit more plain. The apricot-yellow was neither conspicuous nor flowery. It was very suitable for a “military doctor” to wear.
With so many soldiers dying, clothes that were vibrant colors could not be worn.
When she thought of this, she thought to herself that she would need to remind Yao Lan of this later on. When she suddenly saw the red piece of clothing, she truly wished to die on the spot.
It was actually a dudou, a bright-red dudou!
