Chapter 1,098 Bathing
Qin seemed not to notice Bai Qiyun's strange behavior and continued to smile.
"Together?"
"ah?"
Hearing this, Bai Qiyun came to his senses, but failed to understand what Qin meant.
"Together? No...this is not good."
As soon as these words came out, a blush flashed across Qin's cheeks, and her words could not help but be mixed with a little bit of embarrassment.
"I'm talking about going to the bathhouse together. Of course there are separate bathhouses for men and women."
"Oh, that's good, that's good."
Bai Qiyun slapped his forehead.
Why did he think that Gunnhild's house was like his own? A place like this should have a bath for men and women.
A dormitory with only one bathroom for bathing like Tingyu Pavilion is not suitable for these famous nobles at all.
Thinking of this, Bai Qiyun came up with the idea of expanding Tingyu Pavilion.
After all, with more and more people in Tingyu Pavilion in the future, only one bathroom is obviously not enough.
But now the Tingyu Pavilion has been built for many years. If you want to expand the bathroom, you have to either expand it upwards or put the new bathroom in the backyard.
But the former requires Qingqing's approval, and the latter is also very inconvenient when the weather is cold.
Either way it looks troublesome.
"What are you thinking about?"
Seeing that Bai Qiyun didn't speak for a long time, Qin put her hair back a little.
She thought it was something wrong with her makeup that made the man in front of her notice it, but in fact Bai Qiyun was just distracted.
"Nothing, let's go take a shower first. Where is Barbara?"
"She, Yula and the others will come soon."
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the servant came to notify Qin while Barbara and others were cleaning up the room, and also mentioned that Bai Qiyun was doing nothing in the corridor.
The meaning was obvious, it was a hint to Qin to take the initiative to invite Bai Qiyun.
Although Qin is not very keen on human relations and sophistication, she is the eldest lady who grew up in an aristocratic family after all, so how can she not understand it at all.
It only took her a moment to hear the hidden meaning in the servant's words.
However, she didn't have much intention of resisting. Anyway, we would have to contact each other in the future, so it was good to plan ahead now.
The two of them walked forward side by side, not meeting any servants along the way, but there were still figures running back and forth in the corridor just now.
Could it be that these guys withdrew on purpose?
Qin Ban drooped her eyelids and felt a little dumbfounded by the behavior of the whole family trying to help her.
She and Bai Qiyun haven't even gotten close to each other yet, how could they get to this point?
unless...
Qin's heart moved as she thought of the ins and outs of this duel.
Could it be that this man had already had an affair with her mother? Only in this way can we explain that as soon as this duel ended, all the servants acted as if they had been ordered.
Thinking of this, Qin quietly glanced at the man beside her and found that he still looked calm and composed.
This guy...
The Gunnhild family's bathhouse is on the first floor. It was probably designed and built with the convenience of water in mind.
By the time the two of them arrived in front of the bathhouse, there was already thick water vapor filling the place.
"see you later."
Naturally, Qin didn't have the guts to get into a bath with Bai Qiyun directly, so she walked towards the women's bath without looking back.
Looking at her leaving figure, Bai Qiyun could sense a little embarrassment for some reason.
It seems that such an intimate communication with the opposite sex is the first time for the acting leader of the Knights.
After Qin's figure completely disappeared from the entrance of the women's bath, Bai Qiyun walked into the men's bath on his side.
A piece of cloth indicating gender is hung at the entrance of the bathhouse to prevent some people from going wrong.
Entering it, Bai Qiyun was instantly blinded by the steaming water vapor.
"Ahem...Isn't the temperature a little too high?"
He waved his hand to disperse the moisture from his eyes.
Of course, no one can answer him here.
After all, he is the only man who can use Gunnhild's bathhouse.
The servants are all maids, and even the housekeeper is a woman.
This may be Frederica's deliberate move. As a female head of the house, if she uses male servants, she will easily be gossiped about by outsiders.
It's not that Bai Qiyun can't understand this, but he doesn't have this worry anymore.
In the Bai family, not to mention male servants, all the people he hired were women, and he was not afraid of anyone gossiping.
After all, he has been following that purpose from the beginning, so just say whatever you like, they can only be jealous anyway.
"Um..."
Bai Qiyun soaked his body in the bathtub, and the slightly hot water temperature made him frown subconsciously.
As expected, the water here was a bit hot.
I don’t know if it’s Mondstadt’s custom, but he would never use such a high temperature for bathing in Liyue.
It's not like taking a bath, but slow cooking at a low temperature.
Especially the lower body soaking in the pool was unbearably hot.
There was no other way, Bai Qiyun could only stand up, open the window of the bathtub, and let in the night breeze to cool down.
He is a man who is not afraid of being exposed. Whoever wants to see them can see them. Anyway, there are women here, so he cannot suffer any loss.
"call..."
Taking this opportunity, Bai Qiyun looked at the inside of the bathroom.
The interior of the bathroom is very large, so large that it is larger than an entire house in an average family.
In his opinion, it was about 200 square meters, and most of it was a bathing pool.
For such a large bathhouse, a lot of water must be wasted in one use, and the manpower consumed behind it is countless.
And don't forget that there is another such bath next door.
In the future, if anyone says that Gunnhild is diligent and frugal, he will be the first to disagree.
If this can still be called diligent and thrifty, then Tingyuge is simply poor.
If you are loyal to Mondstadt, then you can still praise Gunnhild.
The interior of the bathroom seemed a bit empty with such a huge area, but Bai Qiyun noticed that the bathroom's thermal insulation environment was better than that of other rooms.
Under the blessing of the wind god, the temperature in Mondstadt will not be too low in all seasons.
Even though the blessings of the gods have slightly diminished due to the development of Mondstadt in recent years, the lowest temperature every winter is only about minus five degrees Celsius, which is just enough for snow.
Therefore, it is natural that the insulation of the entire manor does not need to be as strict as that of Liyue Port.
But the window in this bathroom is double-layered, which is very different from the single-layered windows in other rooms.
"I really enjoy it...but it's a bit too hot."
Bai Qiyun felt like a duck in water, whose feathers were plucked and forced into the water.
Fortunately, his body evolved from the power of the stars and can adjust his temperature perception to a certain extent.
Chapter completed!