Life and Death Insurance – CH 009

Chapter 9

However, Yang Yiqing gave Ling Zhengzhong no chance to resist. Without saying a word, he pushed the unlucky boy to the edge of the bathtub.

“No, no, I went through so much trouble to prepare this for you; you have to soak in it!!”

“Boss, do you think soaking in these rotten leaves will help solve the problem at all?”

“I’m a professional lawyer, not a professional sorcerer, so I can’t answer that. But besides warding off evil, mulberry leaves also relieve fatigue and whiten and beautify the skin. Just consider it a beauty treatment; you can’t let all my efforts go to waste.”

After speaking eloquently, Yang Yiqing left the bathroom. He picked up his briefcase and said, “I have to go now. Take a bath right away! Remember, you have to soak for half an hour to see any effect. I’ll contact you again tonight. Bye-bye…”

The culprit just left, leaving the whole mess to the unlucky Ling Zhengzhong.

Unable to persuade his stubborn friend, Ling Zhengzhong stared blankly at the pot of steaming, withered leaves for a long time.

“Fine, I won’t argue with that idiot. It’s a good way to ward off evil and improve my appearance; I can’t waste it, right? I’ll take it!”

Ling Zhengzhong took off his clothes, closed his eyes, and jumped into the tub of boiling water.

“Oh…”

Steam continuously dissipated, and in the blink of an eye, the entire bathroom was filled with a misty haze. Ling Zhengzhong leaned against the side of the bathtub with his eyes closed, enjoying the warm feeling.

Aside from the dirty color of the mulberry leaves, their inherent herbal scent was quite refreshing. A unique fragrance quickly and gently filled the entire bathroom space with the rising steam, finally giving Ling Zhengzhong, who had been exhausted for a day and a night, a feeling of complete physical and mental relaxation.

“I’ve jumped over the fire pit, soaked in mulberry leaf water, and even had a beauty and relaxation treatment… I should be fine now…”

Ling Zhengzhong thought to himself, quite naturally.

“Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong…”

Just as Ling Zhengzhong was drifting off to sleep in the comfortably warm bath, he faintly heard the doorbell ringing.

Yang Yiqing had a key, didn’t he? That idiot, knowing he’s taking a bath, still came to disturb him. He wondered if he had even been soaking for thirty minutes…

Ling Zhengzhong could only sigh repeatedly at his clueless best friend.

After grumbling for a while, he reluctantly climbed out of the tub and called out, “Coming.”

Without time to put on clothes, Ling Zhengzhong hastily wrapped a towel around his waist, grabbed another hand towel, and pulled it over his head. Still dripping wet, he rushed out of the bathroom and ran to the outer room to open the door.

Luckily, the apartment had 24-hour heating, making the whole place warm and cozy; otherwise, he would have definitely caught a cold in his near-naked state.

Ling Zhengzhong, barefoot, entered the hall. Before he even reached the door, it was cautiously pushed open, and a person walked in.

“Little hamster!…”

Unexpectedly, he was greeted by a handsome face. Ling Zhengzhong was happier than if he had won the lottery; it seemed the exorcism was quite effective.

His ecstatic shout startled Xiang Tian, ​​who was completely unprepared.

What was going on? The man before him was almost naked, except for a small towel barely covering his waist. His hair was soaking wet, topped with a steaming square towel. Water droplets dripped from his hair, down his neck, chest, and abdomen, lingering suggestively in the towel. His broad chest heaved with excitement, and his bare feet left a puddle on the floor…

Given Ling Zhengzhong’s well-built physique, this could barely be considered a picture of a handsome man emerging from a bath.

But did he realize it was the dead of winter, and anyone with a normal heart would find it difficult to dress like that?

Looking at Ling Zhengzhong’s surprised yet overjoyed smile and his eyes fixed on him with a burning hunger, Xiang Tian felt immense regret for his third visit.

He had initially thought the other party’s flippant conversation last time was just drunken ramblings. After being thoroughly lectured by Manager Hong, Xiang Tian, ​​after much deliberation, finally steeled himself and decided to go back to his previous methods.

Thus, this third visit came about.

However, it seemed the situation was even worse than the previous two times.

Unable to understand why Ling Zhengzhong seemed so delighted to see him, Xiang Tian subconsciously took a step back.

“Mr. Ling, I’m sorry, I rang the doorbell for a long time, but no one answered, and the door was ajar, so I came in without permission…”

“It’s alright, come in, come in!”

He had no time to dwell on Yang Yiqing’s silly little mistake. At this moment, Ling Zhengzhong’s biggest concern was ensuring Xiang Tian didn’t disappear from his sight again.

He didn’t give Xiang Tian a chance to back down. He reached out and pulled Xiang Tian into the hall, then ran over and closed the door, locking it behind him.

That should be fine now.

It seemed even rodents like hamsters ran very fast; he couldn’t let him escape again. His innocence depended entirely on this person.