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A wooden pathway surrounds the small log cabin. Ning You put the clothes he had taken off on the railing of the pathway, and then stood barefoot on a concrete platform next to the pathway.
The floor of the platform has a drainage slope, and there are also drainage outlets in the corners. It seemed that this was the unfinished “shower room” that Li Mu mentioned.
Toiletries were placed on the ground next to the platform but it’s just a bottle of shampoo and a bar of soap.
Ning You picked up the soap and smelled it. It smelled like Chinese herbal medicine, which was exactly the same as Li Mu’s scent.
Scent is a person’s private property, and Ning You doesn’t want to have someone else’s scent on him, so he put the soap back on the ground.
At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew. It was so cold that Ning You was covered in goosebumps.
Between the cold and feeling dirty, Ning You would rather choose the cold. However, the experience of taking a shower outdoors for the first time was not as easy as he imagined. Every time the cold wind blew, his upper and lower rows of teeth would chatter uncontrollably, making a barely noticeable clatter.
Fortunately, the temperature of the hot water is high enough. After about a minute or two, Ning You gradually adapted to it and began to wash his body at the fastest speed in his life.
A dark shadow suddenly flashed over the nearby birch tree, which frightened Ning You. He quickly stopped what he was doing and stared in fear at the direction of the sound.
It is said that there are wild beasts roaming in this forest, they wouldn’t happen to appear while he is taking a shower, would they?
If he was attacked by wild beasts while naked… then he might as well be trampled to death by a dark horse.
The sky hadn’t completely darkened, plus there was light coming through the kitchen window. Ning You looked carefully for a while and found that the shadow jumping up and down in the birch tree was a squirrel.
He doesn’t know what breed it is, but the squirrel’s body is black, with a white circle on the abdomen, and the miscellaneous hair on the ears is high and erect. The fluffy big tail is faintly visible behind.
It hid behind the birch tree, stretched out its small head, and blinked its big eyes at Ning You.
Ning You felt very uncomfortable all of a sudden, Li Mu also said who would watch him take a shower. Isn’t there a tiny audience?
The experience of learning equestrianism made Ning You indifferent to small animals, and he didn’t know how to deal with them. He was originally showering with his back to the small log cabin, facing the direction of the birch forest, and now there was suddenly an extra pair of eyes coming from the birch forest. He had to turn his body 90 degrees and continue washing with his side facing the cabin.
This is not enough.
Although the little squirrel’s eyes were pure and innocent, Ning You always felt like he was being peeped on. He chose to crouch down and cover the key parts, and at that moment, the little squirrel whooshed out of sight, and the sound of Martin boots stomping on the wooden pathway was heard from the other side.
“Don’t you want a bath towel?”
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Ning You’s height is less than 1.75 meters, and with his small frame, he appears even more petite when curled up. His body proportions are good and after crouching, his knees passed his shoulders. The combination of straight thigh lines and arched back lines makes Li Mu inexplicably think of… a white swan.
The white swan still looked dumbfounded, Li Mu looked at it twice more, then put the towel on the railing, turned around and returned to the small log cabin.
After the footsteps completely disappeared, Ning You’s emotions surged, thinking how could this savage be so rude, not even saying hello?
He certainly considered the issue of wiping his body after taking a shower. He always carries a cotton handkerchief on his person to wipe his sweat and deal with unexpected situations.
Now is the typical unexpected situation. He had already thought of drying his body with a handkerchief, and never thought of using Li Mu’s towel.
The reason for not using it is very simple——
He has mysophobia, and he doesn’t like to use other people’s towels.
Although using a towel can greatly shorten the time cleaning up, Ning You still took out a small square handkerchief from his coat and endured the cold to wipe away the water droplets on his body.
Back in the small log cabin, the sky had completely darkened.
Seeing two sets of tableware on the dining table, Ning You put his emotions aside for the time being.
No matter how rude Li Mu was, he was still Ning You’s savior, preparing a towel and dinner for him. At this point, Ning You was still grateful to Li Mu.
“Can I use your body lotion?” Ning You asked.
Li Mu took a small bottle from the windowsill where the mouthwash cups were placed and threw it into Ning You’s arms.
“Dabao?” Ning You had never used this domestic brand before, and after carefully examining the bottle for a while, he asked Li Mu, “How much does this cost?”
Li Mu said, “It’s not expensive.”
Ning You really had no idea, and asked, “How much is not expensive?”
Actually, Li Mu didn’t remember the exact price, so he guessed, “Twenty.”
Ning You was dumbfounded.
For Ning You, who often uses lamer facial cream as body lotion, this price is ridiculously low, and even makes him doubt whether this skin care product is effective.
But the weather in Xinjiang was really dry, and Ning You didn’t dare not to moisturize, so he finally opened the festive big red bottle cap.
The scent is quite mild and the texture is easy to spread.
Ning You only wore the innermost short sleeves when he entered the house. He carefully smeared Dabao on his neck and arms, and then he reached into his clothes and smeared his chest and back as well.
After that, Ning You put the Dabao lotion back on the windowsill, then looked at Li Mu who was sitting at the dining table and asked, “Can I use your facial cream just this one time?”
Li Mu didn’t answer, quietly chewed his pilaf and raised his chin to gesture at the thing that had just returned to its place.
Ning You followed Li Mu’s eyes and asked in disbelief, “You apply body lotion on your face?”
Li Mu unhurriedly swallowed what was in his mouth, took another sip of the freshly brewed milk tea, looked at Ning You and asked, “What’s the problem?”
Ning You didn’t expect Li Mu to understand these things, he just silently labeled Li Mu another rough man in his heart.
After barely finishing his skincare, Ning You sat down opposite Li Mu. The heater combined with warm tea makes one particularly comfortable on this cold autumn night.
The milk tea was salty, which Ning You was slightly unaccustomed to, but the taste of the pilaf was much better than he expected, and it seemed to have been adjusted specifically for mainland taste.
“Do you live here alone?” Ning You couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Li Mu gave a casual “hmm”, he obviously had no desire to continue the conversation.
Ning You obediently shut up, and the two of them ate their dinner without disturbing each other. The only sound left in the room was the sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks.
Since Ning You’s skin care took a little time, Li Mu left the table before him. He swallowed the last grain of rice in his bowl unhurriedly, then wiped his mouth with a tissue and said politely, “I’m done eating.”
I have eaten well – a polite phrase, like “thank you for your hospitality” in Japanese, is just a formality and does not require an answer.
However, as soon as Ning You finished speaking, Li Mu from the living room said, “Wash the dishes after eating.”
Ning You subconsciously looked over to the kitchen and found that there was no dishwasher installed, so he asked Li Mu with uncertainty, “I have to wash it?”
Li Mu asked rhetorically, “Otherwise?”
There’s that line again.
Every time Li Mu said this, Ning You felt like he was asking nonsense.
Thinking about it, living under someone else’s roof is certainly not as good as being a young master at home, with servants waiting on you.
Ning You also realized that he should wash the dishes for the sake of reason and he sighed resignedly. Just as he was about to stand up and tidy up the dishes, Li Mu’s phone suddenly rang.
In this quiet small log cabin, Ning You could hear the person on the other end of the phone speaking in an impatient tone, and even Li Mu’s expression also became heavy.
After a while, Li Mu hung up the phone and walked quickly to the entrance while saying to Ning You: “There is a fire over the mountain, stay here and don’t go anywhere.”
“Fire?” The slogan that could be seen everywhere in the forest immediately came to Ning You’s mind – set the mountain on fire, and you’ll go to jail. It can be seen that forest fires are a very serious matter, and it was no wonder that Li Mu was in such a hurry.
“Will the fire reach here?” Ning You asked worriedly.
“Not for the time being.” Li Mu put on his coat, completely unaware that his words were not at all reassuring.
Not for the time being, it means that after a long time, it may burn here. Ning You didn’t know anything about the forest, but he at least had basic common sense. The weather in Xinjiang was extremely dry, and the wind was strong tonight, making it even more difficult to put out a fire.
It was pitch dark outside the house at this time, and Ning You had been in despair in the birch forest all afternoon, and he really didn’t want to be trapped in an isolated and helpless situation again. Subconsciously, he wanted Li Mu to stay by his side, but he didn’t know how to begin, so he asked incoherently: “Do lumberjacks also have to go and put out fires?”
“Lumberjack?” Li Mu paused while tying his shoelaces. “Who told you I’m a lumberjack?”
Uh… This is Ning You’s guess.
When he saw the appearance of Li Mu only wearing a sleeveless shirt, his mind somehow thought of a lumberjack with a big ax.
Strong and powerful, chopping the trunk of the trees one by one, and the sweat of labor glistened on his strong arms.
Dismissing the strange images in his mind, Ning You said, “I thought you were a lumberjack.”
“I’m not.” Li Mu stood up and pushed open the heavy wooden door, “I’m a Forest Ranger.”
In an instant, a cold wind poured in from the crack in the door, drowning Li Mu’s words, but could not dispel the blush on Ning You’s face due to shame.
He doesn’t seem to… have the right to dislike others.
A handsome forest ranger… dang I’m so dizzy just thinking about it 🤩🥰
Pfft, Ning You would faint if be knew how much soap I use costs
My soap barely cost one yuan in there country 😂😂
My boy your so expensive~ XD 😍 Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
la mer oml 😭 he so delicate and cute LOL
A man with stubble and ripped body, wearing a white vest and carrying an axe inevitably reminded me of Wolverine..
Ahh.. what a hot forest ranger !!!
Next time don’t be so blind in ur richness that u don’t know the way of the world once u leave ur rich setting keep tabs on ur cheap ppl research 😂😂😂😂😂😂
“ate dinner without well-water that does not mix with river water” what does this even mean?