Even though he thought so, Xu Chi still felt uncomfortable sitting in the passenger seat. Gu Jingxuan watched Xu Chi constantly changing his sitting position next to him, finding it amusing but not saying anything.

When the two of them arrived, the crew's car hadn't arrived yet. Xu Chi followed Gu Jingxuan's footsteps closely, pondering on the likelihood of successfully running away on her own.

"Hurry up and keep up!" Gu Jingxuan could tell from Xu Chi's expression what he was thinking, so he called out to him to stay closer and not get lost.

"Oh, got it." Xu Chi reluctantly took big strides and followed along.

"It would be better if you really got lost."

The receptionist at the front desk was stunned when she saw two people walk in. Her eyes were fixed on Gu Jingxuan from the moment he opened the door and walked all the way to the service counter. She never took her eyes off him.

At a glance, Xu Chi could tell that she was a devoted fan of a veteran leading actor.

The front desk lady, in close proximity to Gu Jingxuan, couldn't articulate her words clearly, with a smile that couldn't conceal her lips curling towards the root of her ear.

Gu Jingxuan glanced back at Xu Chi to make sure he was still behind him, then lightly tapped his slender fingers on the marble counter.

"Jiang Dao's appointment, we arrived first," Gu Jingxuan said with a smile as he looked at the receptionist, his face full of gentleness and harmlessness.

Anyone who is stared at with such eyes will have their heart racing. The receptionist at the front desk, flustered, quickly found Jiang Yusen's reservation and informed them of the venue.

"...There is a private compartment behind that small bamboo forest. If you do not wish to be disturbed, you can soak in the hot springs over there. Wishing both of you a pleasant vacation."

Gu Jingxuan nodded and successfully swiped the card for the bathroom, then raised an eyebrow and looked at the receptionist: "Do you want to take a photo together?"

He saw that the front counter's cellphone had already been switched to camera mode. He guessed that the person wanted to take a photo for a long time. Instead of secretly taking snapshots of someone's profile or back, it would be better to take a group photo together.

The receptionist stood between Xu Chi and Gu Jingxuan, laughing happily to the point of almost fainting.

"Remember not to spread it around, this exclusive photo is the only copy." Gu Jingxuan handed his phone back to the receptionist and winked boldly, shamelessly flirting.

The front desk, surrounded by blessings, busily nodded their heads, indicating that they absolutely would not leak any information about the self-study examination.

Let's go to a private room," Gu Jingxuan knew that Xu Chi had a thin face, so it just happened that they took the position in the private room, making Xu Chi feel less uncomfortable.

"Ah? Oh... Alright." Xu Chi looked at his hand being held by Gu Jingxuan, and the warmth from the palm spread to his heart through his bloodstream.

With a flicker of thought, Xu Chi silently turned off the sound of his phone and stealthily took a picture of two hands intertwined. He set it as the wallpaper on his phone, unable to bear closing it as he continued to gaze at it.

"What are you staring at so intently?」Gu Jingxuan pulled Xu Chi to the changing room and noticed that Xu Chi was fixated on his phone, curiously leaning over to take a look."

Xu Chi heard Gu Jingxuan's voice and raised her head to see him approaching. She immediately turned off the screen of her phone.

"Um... it's nothing, just chatting with a friend." Xu Chi put his phone into the pocket of his pants, observing Gu Jingxuan's expression.

I should... not have been discovered, right?

Xu Chi's heart started to beat faster, so fast that he could feel a slight pain in his chest. Looking at Gu Jingxuan's flawless face that had no dead angles from every 360-degree angle, he couldn't help but salivate.

"Oh." Gu Jingxuan let go of Xu Chi's hand, opened the room in the lounge for changing clothes, and locked the door from the inside. "Let's go soak in the hot spring after we change clothes. We won't wait for Jiang Yusen since he hasn't arrived yet."

Not yet recovered from the anxious state just a moment ago, Xu Chi looked up and saw Gu Jingxuan taking off his clothes with his back facing him.

"Gu, Brother Gu?"

Hmm, what's wrong?" Gu Jingxuan had just finished taking off his knitted sweater and turned around, bare-chested, to look at Xu Chi.

Xu Chi had long turned his face away and refused to look at him. The corners of her eyes were blushing with embarrassment. "You, why... are you changing clothes here?"

Gu Jingxuan glanced at the door in confusion, then smiled and approached Xu Chi.

"Is this the dressing room? What's the matter, are you shy? You can't look at me?"

As Gu Jingxuan took a step closer, Xu Chi's heart would beat faster. He pointed towards a partition inside and said, "So... there's a partition here, it's not possible to change here, right?"

Gu Jingxuan was delighted to discover that Dou Xuchi was indeed here. He stopped in his tracks and shrugged nonchalantly: "There are only the two of us here, and no opposite sex. You're someone who has already seen me fully, so what's the point of going into a cubicle? Am I right?"

Xu Chi knew he couldn't compete with Gu Jingxuan's arguments. With the bathrobe given by the receptionist held tightly in his arms, he blushed and muttered "hooligan" before running into the cubicle.

"Eh? After looking at me, you even ran into the compartment. Wouldn't I be at a loss?" Gu Jingxuan shouted from outside the compartment door, his hands in constant motion.

"I won't show it to you, you old pervert!" Xu Chi pressed against the door of the compartment, her face turning as red as an apple.

He is truly quite shameless... But why is it that I still like you so much?

Xu Chi took off his clothes and looked at his clean and spotless body. When he compared himself to Gu Jingxuan, whom he had just seen, he realized that he was too pale.

In summer, take some time to go out for a run and get a little tan.

"Alright, no problem. You didn't fall asleep in there, did you?" Gu Jingxuan had already changed into his bathrobe outside and had refreshed his Weibo feed, but Xu Chi, whom he had yet to see, came out.

"Yeah yeah, it'll be done in a moment."

Xu Chi originally wanted to wear another pair of small underwear underneath, but he was afraid that Gu Jingxuan would find it strange. So he took off the underwear that had reached his knees and carefully folded it before putting it into the basket where he kept his clothes.

Although I already knew that Xu Chi had fair and tender skin, Gu Jingxuan still froze for a moment when he walked out of the compartment.

The length of the bathrobe was above the knees, and as Xu Chi moved, it hiked up quite a bit, revealing a pair of white and straight legs. The belt that Xu Chi had tied was a bit tight, fully outlining the curves of the waist and hips.

The white bathrobe on Xu Chi's body made his fair skin even more noticeable.

Gu Jingxuan coughed and turned around silently, opening the door without saying anything.

"Let's go and soak in the hot springs to drive away the chill."

After speaking, he sheepishly raised his hand and touched his nose. There was a smile lingering at the corner of his mouth, and his mind was filled with an image of Xu Chi's long and slender legs as he had just walked out.

Xu Chi is not as tall as Gu Jingxuan. The official height given is 178cm, but his body proportions are very good. Today, his legs look as though they are 180cm long.

With broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, Gu Jingxuan couldn't help but cough to cover up his laughter. That slender waist must feel really good to hold in one's arms.