Reason Still Remains

“Alright then…”

Gan Tang wilted, her little head drooping.
She looked at Lu Qiancha, who was swinging her feet, and couldn’t help but ask again, “Senior brother, after experiencing the joy of being a girl, do you really not have any thoughts at all?”

“No.”

Lu Qiancha pouted.
Although it was indeed very comfortable… she wasn’t a disciple of the Joyful Union Sect.
How could she indulge in such meaningless things?

“Eh?”

Gan Tang’s eyes widened.
She scanned Lu Qiancha’s face back and forth, unwilling to give up, her voice tinged with a coaxing tone, “Senior brother… really, not even a single thought?”

“…”

‘What on earth is this silly junior sister rambling about?’

Lu Qiancha pursed her lips and looked at Gan Tang’s pink eyes, which were filled with a reckless, undying ambition…

Her paw pressed down on Gan Tang’s head, and she said speechlessly, “No thoughts.”

“Senior brother, just try it.
Maybe you’ll like it.”

Gan Tang’s little eyes glanced unwillingly at Lu Qiancha’s large tail, which was lying limply on the edge of the bathtub.
Her restless heart began to stir again.

She tentatively reached out her hand and stealthily moved it over.
Under the cover of the towel, she gently stroked the fluffy, large tail, which was still wet but felt extremely good to the touch.
“Maybe you just didn’t experience it deeply enough before? Didn’t feel it enough?”

Her eyes sparkled, “How about… we strike while the iron is hot.
And… and study it more deeply?!”

Feeling the heart-scratching, lung-scratching, and damnably familiar sensation from her tail, Lu Qiancha took a deep breath! Her voice suddenly became extremely calm:

“Gan Tang.”

“…In my current state, I can’t stop you from doing whatever you want.”

“But…” Lu Qiancha’s gaze was sharp, looking directly into Gan Tang’s eyes: “…after this, there’s an eighty percent chance that I’ll distance myself from you and hate you.”

“Ah? What about the other twenty percent?”

Gan Tang was stunned and blurted out subconsciously.

“Is that the point?”

Lu Qiancha couldn’t hold it in.
Her soft but angry little foot kicked Gan Tang’s nearby calf with a “smack!”.

‘Soft, the force was like pouting.’

Gan Tang commented on this.

However, hearing Lu Qiancha’s warning, her heated brain finally cooled down, and she gradually gave up the dangerous thought in her mind.

“…Alright, I won’t mention this again in the future…”

Gan Tang pouted aggrievedly, lowered her head in resignation, and continued to obediently and seriously wipe Lu Qiancha’s body.

The washing was complete.

Gan Tang helped Lu Qiancha rinse off the bubbles, and she also took a bath herself.

Then, she carefully supported her still somewhat weak-legged senior brother towards the bathtub.

Lu Qiancha lay tiredly on the wooden edge of the large bathtub, her soaked, deep blue, long hair sticking to her cheeks in a disheveled manner.

The long, thick, and fluffy tail behind her, which had absorbed a lot of water, was now as heavy as a wet blanket, hanging limply in the bathtub, swaying slightly with the waves.

Even the little wolf ears on top of her head were drooping pitifully, lying on her slightly curled wet hair, as if they had lost the energy to stand up.

Lu Qiancha looked at the clear bathwater, which was still steaming, and was just about to soak for a while…

“Splash!”

Gan Tang squeezed in without a word, bringing with her a cloud of wet steam, and sat down right next to Lu Qiancha.

The already cramped space in the bathtub was instantly filled to the brim by the two of them, and a lot of water overflowed from the bathtub.

“Hey!” Lu Qiancha rolled her eyes in annoyance and tried to push away Gan Tang’s arm, which was pressed tightly against her.
“This bathtub is so small, can’t you wait until I’m done soaking before you come in?! It’s so crowded!”

She was a little speechless at the moment.
Gan Tang, and Shangguan Yunzhu too, why did this group of people all like to squeeze into the bath together?

“Oh, senior brother~” Gan Tang chuckled.
Not only did she not back away, but she also took it a step further and opened her arms, scooping Lu Qiancha and her heavy tail into her arms in a solid hug.

Her chin rested affectionately on top of Lu Qiancha’s wet hair: “Didn’t you always teach me to pursue maximum efficiency in everything I do?”

She said righteously, “Two people soaking together is naturally the most efficient and saves the most water and fire spirit stones!”

“What I originally said was that you should pursue efficiency when doing tasks.
Don’t take things out of context, okay?”

Lu Qiancha struggled for a moment, to no avail.
She could only give up her resistance in resignation and lean softly against Gan Tang.

However, her gaze couldn’t help but slide over the soft but slightly immature curve of Gan Tang’s arm, which was wrapped around her chest.

‘Pillowing on it isn’t as comfortable as with Mother.
It’s too small.’

Lu Qiancha commented on this.

“…Hm?”

Gan Tang keenly caught where Lu Qiancha’s gaze had landed.

She narrowed her eyes, and with a hint of suspicion, she moved closer to Lu Qiancha’s side face, the warm breath brushing past the tip of her wolf ear: “Sen—ior—bro—ther—” The drawn-out tone carried a hint of danger, “…where were your eyes wandering just now?”

Gan Tang’s hand quietly pinched the tip of her tail.

“Nowhere.” Lu Qiancha’s expression remained unchanged, her heart not beating any faster.
She quickly retracted her gaze, looking at her nose, her nose looking at her heart.

At the same time, her paw had already reached for the clean towel draped nearby, and she began to slowly and methodically wipe the remaining water droplets from her body.

Feeling a little of her strength return, Lu Qiancha struggled to push away Gan Tang’s arms, which were wrapped around her, and with difficulty, she supported herself on the smooth edge of the bathtub and climbed out.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, the feeling of weightlessness finally faded a lot.

Step by step, she supported herself on the wall and walked with difficulty to the storage wardrobe placed against the wall.

She pulled open the wardrobe door, and her gaze was fixed on the cute little white cotton-padded jacket, which was neatly folded at the very top of the wardrobe.

“…”

Lu Qiancha tilted her little head up and looked at the high top of the wardrobe.
Then she looked down at her own worrying height.
And the smooth, climbable-free wardrobe next to her.

Lu Qiancha asked helplessly, “Why did you put my clothes so high?”

“Oh, I just put them there casually.
Senior brother, wait for me to dry myself, and I’ll come and get them for you.”

Gan Tang chuckled as she watched her senior brother gnashing his teeth at the high wardrobe.

She deftly stepped out of the bathtub, and with a slight shake of her spiritual energy, a fine white mist rose from her body, and the attached water droplets instantly evaporated and disappeared.

“Da-da-da!”

With a few light steps, she reached the wardrobe.
Gan Tang stood on her tiptoes lightly, stretched out her arms, and easily took down the small jacket and clothes that were placed high up.

“I can wear them myself.”

Lu Qiancha took the clothes and deftly put on the soft, close-fitting underwear; wrapped herself in the thick and warm white rabbit-fur jacket; and put on the equally fluffy and warm, just-right-length thick tights.
Although her movements were slow, they were methodical.

A quarter of an hour later.

Ta-da!

A blue-furred, fluffy, fully-dressed, as if carefully packaged, vanilla-blueberry-flavored little wolf cub—brand new from the factory!

Gan Tang had long since dressed and was waiting by the side.
Seeing that her senior brother was ready, she very naturally took Lu Qiancha’s slightly warm little paw.

The two of them walked out of the misty side room.