Xu Qiansu led her three cubs, opened the curtain, and came to the dressing room.
The place was very spacious and clean, and since it was dark at night, there was naturally no one around. Xu Qiansu had reserved the place with her little cubs.
He took off his clothes, squatted down and took off the pendants of Kirulian and the small marsupial, and took off the small pouch of Vulpix. After thinking about it, he dug into the small pocket of the small marsupial and took some of them out. He took out elf food, white seeds, flower petals and other small items and put them into the basket, then wrapped himself in a bath towel and held an oval-shaped object with a silk scarf, left the dressing room and walked into the hot spring.
The interior of the hot spring is very spacious and completely wooden, but for the sake of beauty, it is decorated with stones and small lanterns everywhere.
The hot spring water is very clean and clear, exuding curls of white air, and hazy heat and moisture fill the air. I don't know who is taking care of it every day.
It is worth mentioning that there is a large skylight above the hot spring. At this moment, the skylight is open, and the stars are shining brightly. A little bit of cold air mixed with the snow on the roof floats down, and then dissolves in the hot spring water. The beauty is also a little unreal.
On the side of the hot spring, a bamboo fence is used to separate it from the women's hot spring.
Miss Mary, naked and graceful, was taking a bath opposite.
But the fence is very high, and no one can climb it unless they are of Cai Dou’s level...
Xu Qiansu withdrew her gaze and stretched out her hand to feel the water temperature before stepping into the water and resting comfortably against a stone near the fence.
Seeing this, Kirulian and the small marsupial also stepped into the hot spring.
Kirulian narrowed her eyes comfortably, and the little marsupial sank directly, revealing a chubby little tail that was constantly struggling on the water.
The water splashed everywhere.
Xu Qiansu picked her up, and she gasped for air for the rest of her life.
She is a ground-type Pokémon. She is not used to water and cannot swim. She is also small, only 0.4 meters.
After panting, she was not afraid. Instead, she waved her little paws enthusiastically and learned to swim in the hot spring. Her chubby tail was like a submarine's lookout mirror, standing straight on the water.
Immediately, the two cubs saw Vulpix standing at the edge of the hot spring, unwilling to come down, and dragged her into the water.
Vulpix struggled in the hot spring for a while and found that the water was not that scary. He narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the comfort of soaking in the warm water with Xu Qiansu.
"Can't you just keep an eye on them?" Ma Li's voice sounded from the side of the fence.
Xu Qiansu looked at the fence and found a few drops of water on the bamboo fence. He stretched out his finger and wiped it casually, saying:
"How does Miss Mary know what we are doing?"
"You must have just soaked in the bath and let them play by themselves without paying attention...the splashing sound of the struggling water reached me." Miss Ma Li's voice was still so calm and sweet.
"Give the cubs the space to explore new things freely, which is my way of training."
"Training family skills? It's hard to pronounce and the meaning is unclear."
Xu Qiansu smiled, and there was a strange sound in his ears. Within a moment, the pickpocket cat appeared directly above the fence. She looked down at Xu Qiansu from above, and then lay down to take a nap.
"Miss Mary sent a pickpocket cat to guard against me?"
Ma Li tied her shoulder-length black hair into a ball shape, revealing her slender snow-white neck, and the girl's beautiful youthful figure sank into the hot spring water.
The extremely white skin gradually gained a healthy rosiness in the warm spring water.
Hearing this, she glanced at the pickpocket cat, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she said: "That's right."
"No," Xu Qiansu said with a smile, "I guess it's because the pickpocket cat hates bathing. Even if it doesn't go into the hot spring, it's still full of moisture, so it simply climbed to the top of the relatively dry fence."
Hearing this, Ma Li couldn't help but be slightly startled, and was speechless for a moment.
As a woman, when facing Xu Qiansu, no matter how good the relationship is, she should be on guard.
But Xu Qiansu did not suspect that Ma Li was guarding against him. Instead, she directly guessed the real reason... Such a small, insignificant, unnecessary mention made Ma Li feel light for some reason.
Ma Li raised her face, looked at the starry sky outside the sky window, and thought a lot.
Pickpocket Cat is Ma Li's Pokémon, but Xu Qiansu knows Pickpocket Cat very well... This actually means that Xu Qiansu understands her very well.
Within a month, the two participated in a doubles match, watched the baby marsupial being born in the green snow, skied together, had snowball fights, rode an ice boat together, and even rode a snowmobile. Riding in the snowy night filled with auroras, dancing around the campfire...
Thousands of pictures came to mind, and thousands of words came to mind. In the end, Ma Li just whispered one sentence.
"There are many 'months' ahead..."
"Huh? What month?" Xu Qiansu's voice came from the bamboo fence.
Ma Li gently scooped up some water and sprinkled it on her arm above the water. "If you dare to peek, I will let the pickpocket cat scratch Hua Xian's face."
"You can see it just by scratching the painted face..."
"Xu Qiansu."
"……yes."
"Take a good bath and talk less."
"……yes."
Ma Li could already imagine Xu Qiansu's helpless and smiling expression on the other side of the bamboo fence.
She leaned against the stone on the edge of the hot spring, tilted her head slightly against the bamboo railing, and slowly closed her eyes.
This warm and peaceful atmosphere made her want to fall asleep.
Falling asleep in a hot spring is actually very dangerous.
But Ma Li, who was always cautious and thoughtful, failed to notice this, because Xu Qiansu was also here on the other side of the fence.
Behind the bamboo fence, Xu Qiansu no longer heard Miss Ma Li's voice and stopped talking.
He soaked the elf egg wrapped in a silk scarf in the hot spring water, then leaned against the rock and the bamboo fence, looking at the stars and listening to the gentle breathing of Miss Ma Li behind the bamboo fence.
…
"Miss Mali! Miss Mali!"
I don't know how much time passed, but in a daze, Ma Li suddenly heard Xu Qiansu's urgent cry.
She opened her eyes, listened to Xu Qiansu's anxious voice behind the bamboo fence, and sat up. Some of her smooth skin that had been soaked in water for too long came into contact with the air, which gave her a slight chill.
Ma Li rubbed her eyebrows and asked, "How long have I slept?"
"It's less than ten minutes...but..." Xu Qiansu's voice was still urgent as he said, "The little guy...may be about to break out of his shell!"
Ma Li put down the hand that was rubbing her brow, turned her head and looked at the bamboo fence, her voice trembled slightly, "What?"
Behind the bamboo fence, Xu Qiansu looked at the elf egg floating on the water. Circles of water were centered on the elf egg and spread out to the surroundings.
He reached out his hand and stroked the trembling elf egg, feeling the increasingly obvious heartbeat inside, and pursed his lips.
As the owner of a small marsupial and a Vulpix, he was no stranger to the hatching of Pokémon... He knew that if this situation continued, the little one inside might break out of its shell in less than ten minutes.
"Why did you bring the elf egg?" Miss Ma Li's voice came from outside the bamboo fence, calm and calm with a slight tremor that Xu Qiansu could detect.
"The hatching of elf eggs requires a warm and comfortable environment... I thought the hot springs would be good, and it would be okay to bring them with me..." Xu Qiansu whispered.
He really thought so, but he didn't expect that the elf egg would actually hatch at this moment.
But if the hatching of the elf egg has nothing to do with the hot spring, then it's a good thing that Xu Qiansu brought it. Otherwise, if the little guy was born alone in a dark room... then Xu Qiansu would be derelict in his duty.
Behind the bamboo fence, Ma Li stopped talking. In order to retaliate against Xu Qiansu for seeing her underwear, she didn't even look at Xu Qiansu, so she didn't notice that Xu Qiansu actually brought the elf egg over.
After a moment, she said: "Come here."
"ah?"
"Come here." Miss Ma Li's voice sounded a bit gritted.
Xu Qiansu quickly stood up and picked up the trembling elf egg.
"Kirulian, use telekinesis to make us fly... No, no, no, teleport over, teleport over."
Xu Qiansu, who had always been eloquent, couldn't even speak clearly at this moment.
"Lian." Kirulian nodded slightly. He first used his mental power to sense the terrain behind some bamboo fences, and then used teleportation to teleport them all into the ladies' hot spring.
The feeling of dizziness only lasted for a moment, and his vision returned to normal.
Xu Qiansu appeared inside the hot spring. When he looked, Ma Li was kneeling on the wooden floor at the edge of the hot spring. She was simply covered with a bathrobe, barely covering her extremely attractive youthful figure.
The soft hair was tied into a bun, and there were still drops of water on the neck and some delicate collarbones. The snow-white skin was rosy and extremely smooth, as if water would ooze out with a gentle pinch.
Her perky buttocks sat on her shapely calves, and her bathrobe was outlined with an extremely attractive fold by her extremely elastic buttocks.
Although Qingli's cute little face still maintained a calm expression, the reddish cheeks, fluttering eyelashes, and lightly pursed lips still allowed Xu Qiansu to see that Ma Li was very nervous at the moment, or... shy?
"What are you looking at?" Ma Li glared at Xu Qiansu fiercely.
Xu Qiansu quickly looked away, stepped out of the hot spring, walked to Miss Ma Li, who was sitting motionless on her knees, and handed out the elf egg.
Ma Li then withdrew her almond-shaped eyes and stared at Xu Qiansu.
She took the elf egg, caressed the eggshell with brown patterns like flowing clouds, and felt the heartbeat coming from inside.
Xu Qiansu sat next to her and looked at the elf egg.
The cubs also gathered around, looking curiously at the little guy who was about to be born.
Even pickpocket cats, who hate moisture, are no exception.
There were obviously two people and four Pokémon in the field, but at this moment, it seemed that even the sound of breathing had been lost.
A quiet and tense atmosphere spread.
After an unknown amount of time, a small snowflake hanging from the skylight reflected the warm light of the lantern and slowly fell on the elf egg.
Click————
A crisp and soft sound sounded from the elf egg.
Ma Li tightened her grip on the hem of her bathrobe and subconsciously moved a little closer to Xu Qiansu, as if this could give her a sense of security.
Click click click————
In front of everyone's sight, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the elf egg, and then gradually spread.
Click————
With the last soft sound, a little guy held the eggshell on his little head and slowly poked his face out of the elf egg. With pure dark brown and even dark red eyes, he looked curiously and quietly. Its Ma Li and Xu Qiansu.
The snow on the wooden house was blown by the evening breeze, passed through the skylight, and slowly floated on the eggshell above the little guy's head. It soon melted into water droplets and gradually slid down. A few drops landed on the little guy's nose, and a few dropped. On the ground, smaller water droplets splashed.
Ma Li gently stretched out her fingertips to wipe away the small drops of water that fell on the tip of the little guy's nose.
"Buy?"
The little guy stretched out his front paw curiously, and was immediately held gently by Xu Qiansu.
It looked at the two humans in front of it and couldn't help but laugh.
Vibrant, lovely, pure smile.
(End of chapter)
