Simply Trading

"Hmmph! Tossing me aside now, when you have something tastier, to feed your appetite, huh? Is that how you are going to treat me? And all the other sisters?"

Qin Feng growled as he deliberately turned away from Lingxi, and started to change his robe. She was just being nonsensical! And choosing the wrong time to do so! It was obvious that continuing to talk to Lingxi was just a waste of time.

Besides, he still had to wash up and get himself ready to go meet Elder Ming. "You can call it what you wish, but I am going to take a bath now! You can stay and watch if you want to!" he roared at her, as he started to reach for his trousers.

A high-pitched, feminine squeal from the door of his hut then told him that he had another visitor. But he was already so annoyed with Lingxi that he didn't bother to look at the newcomer, and simply continued to yank off his pants.

"Pervert! You pervert! Didn't you see me standing here?"

Qin Feng froze as soon as he heard her. He knew that voice! He was going to be in deeper trouble than he had ever thought possible!

But why was Xuan Mei coming over at such a time?

And didn't she hear him shouting at Lingxi already?

Nevertheless, he simply jumped into the small tub of water that he had in front of him. Or rather, he tried to. That was supposed to store the water for his cooking and cleaning, and not a proper bathtub. He didn't have anything big enough to serve that function. But it would have to do, if he wanted to keep from showing off ... his manly bits.

The little barrel was far too small, of course, since it was only about the half his height. And he could only manage to squat in the same, with the remaining water that he had inside it only coming up to his hipbones. He had been away for three days, and he hadn't refilled it from the well-pond yet.

But it was sufficient to keep his ... private parts from being on display. Barely. In his opinion, that was the most important, at the moment.

Only then did he turn his head to the doorway, where a red-faced Xuan Mei was standing. A short distance from her was a stunned Lingxi, who still had not recovered, and had her mouth hanging open. Not to mention her wide eyes, which were staring right at him.

No doubt, she had not missed anything at all, when he tore his clothes off.

"Pervert!" scolded Xuan Mei once again, as she pointed a finger at him. "What are you doing?! Why did you take off your clothes?!"

That was enough to jolt him out of his stupor, and he jerked his own hand away from his groin, and pointed back at her; she could see anything after all, with him mostly hidden inside the water barrel.

"Who are you calling a pervert? I had already said that I had to get ready to meet Elder Ming, and that I had to prepare. What did you think that meant? Don't I have to change and clean up? And why are you coming here, and unannounced? Do you think I can see what is going on outside the house?

"Clearly you are the one barging in on me as I bathe! So who is the pervert here?"

Xuan Mei was obviously too stunned by the turnaround, and his accusation, to say a word. And simply stood there with an expression on her face that was somewhere between outrage and embarrassment. He could even see the veins on her temples bulge out, despite the bright crimson flush on her skin.

Which was enough of a victory to make Qin Feng turn to Lingxi instead. Since he had already started scolding Xuan Mei, it would be a little unfair, if he left her out.

"And what about you? I have already warned you that I am in a rush, and you are still standing there, as if you wish to eat me up? If that is the case, are you going to be staring at me, as I clean myself up and get ready? I have already said that I have to go to the Elders' building, and that I don't have much time to get there! Are you so determined to get me in trouble?

"If you are so eager to devour me, you will have to wait until Elder Ming is done telling me what he wants of me!"

Then he turned his back on the two young women and began to concentrate on washing himself up. He wasn't sure that it would work, but from the changes on Lingxi's face that he had seen while he was shouting at her, it didn't look like she was going to taking any action against him.

Besides, she looked as if she had already been seriously embarrassed, and was already moving towards the doorway where Xuan Mei was standing, even as he finished shouting at her. Qin Feng hid a sigh of relief as soon as he saw that, as he turned away.

Perhaps he would get lucky? And not be torn to pieces by these two women?

He focused his attention on what he was doing, even though he heard noises at the door. But it soon closed, plunging the interior of his hovel into a dim state. And he heard a few quiet cries outside, which got softer and softer, as though the pair was moving further away.

Only then did he relax, and quickly clambered out of the little basin of water. He finished off the rough washing-up that he had initiated, and rapidly threw on a new set of robes again. He couldn't tell if the pair of angry young women were still outside his house, but he certainly didn't wish to face them again without being properly dressed.

Just how much had they seen anyway?

But neither of them were outside, when he finally gathered his courage, and popped his head outside the door.

So he sighed to himself, and quickly hurried off towards where he was supposed to meet Elder Ming. And prayed that he would not be too late getting there.

He would just have to deal with Xuan Mei and Lingxi at another time.

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