Stinky Bandit, I’m Pregnant! - Chapter 26:

Chapter 26: Call Me Gu Chunliang

That night, they stayed at an inn.

The empress had a room to herself. After a whole day of travel, her body was covered in sweat and dust. She felt sticky and itchy all over, like ants crawling on her skin.

Normally, she was always attended by maids during her baths. Even at Gu Fei’s home, Da Ya and Er Ya had served her. She had never bathed alone before.

The thought of being surrounded by a group of men made her very uneasy, but she had no choice—she had to bathe.

So, she knocked on Gu Fei’s door. When Gu Fei saw it was her, he was overjoyed and immediately tried to pull her inside. But Xiao Lingshuang had already anticipated this, dodging him just as his hand reached out.

Gu Fei frowned, “Wife, didn’t you come over to sleep with me?”

“I absolutely did not! What are you thinking!” Xiao Lingshuang’s pretty face turned red again and again. Knocking on a man’s door in the middle of the night would indeed cause misunderstandings.

“Then why did you knock?” Gu Fei asked in a low voice. If Zhang Biao and the others saw this, they’d definitely start speculating again.

“I… I want to take a bath, but I’m scared!”

Hearing that, Gu Fei’s eyes lit up. “Ah… perfect! Wife, do you know I have a nickname?”

“I don’t…” Xiao Lingshuang looked at him with wide, innocent eyes.

“Hah, good! My nickname is ‘Little Prince of the Bathhouse.’ I’m a professional when it comes to scrubbing backs, massaging feet, and giving full-body treatments. I’m also skilled in singing, playing instruments, everything you can think of! You’ve come to the right person for a bath!” Gu Fei looked excitedly at Xiao Lingshuang, thinking, so this prim and proper lady also enjoys full-body care?

Listening to this nonsense, Xiao Lingshuang wanted to bite him. Why in the world did she come to him of all people?

“Get lost… I want you to guard the door for me!” After saying that, she turned and went back to her room, knowing Gu Fei wouldn’t ignore her.

After spending the past couple of days together, she had gradually come to understand his personality. He talked dirty, but his actions were generally decent. If it were another man, after having already been physically intimate with her, how could he possibly resist sneaking into her room at night?

In fact, she had stayed up most of the night last night, worried he’d sneak in while she was asleep. But nothing had happened.

Now she didn’t know whether she should criticize him… or harshly criticize him.

Inside her room, the flickering lantern light danced across the walls. Steam rose from the wooden tub. Xiao Lingshuang shyly undressed and slid into the bath, slowly caressing every inch of her skin.

But when she felt the greasy texture on her skin, she suddenly remembered the thing from Gu Fei’s home—soap.

That slippery, foamy stuff had given her the most comfortable bath she’d ever had.

Damn it… how could she forget to bring it?

Xiao Lingshuang regretted not taking the wonderfully useful soap with her.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Her heart skipped a beat. Why didn’t that damned bandit close the door for her?

She sank deeper into the bath and asked softly, “Who is it?”

Gu Fei’s voice came from outside, “I brought you the soap.”

Hearing his voice, she was both angry and amused. This damned bandit—if he had the soap, why didn’t he bring it earlier?

“I… don’t need it!” The words were about to leave her mouth, but she stopped herself in time.

Ever since she used that soap, she felt that if she didn’t use it, her bath wouldn’t be complete. She wouldn’t feel clean at all.

After some hesitation, she put on her robe, stepped out of the tub, and carefully unlatched the door, hiding behind it as she reached out her hand.

“Damned bandit, hurry up and give it to me!”

Gu Fei saw her fair, delicate hand, still damp with water, and smiled inwardly. No woman could resist the charm of soap.

Without a word, he handed it over.

Just as Xiao Lingshuang grabbed the soap and was about to shut the door, she slipped, fell backward, and landed hard on the floor.

Hearing the loud thud, Gu Fei immediately pushed the door open and rushed in, only to see Xiao Lingshuang lying on the ground in a sprawled-out position.

The robe she had thrown on had come undone, and the soap had rolled off somewhere.

Gu Fei didn’t even have time to admire the scene before rushing to pick her up.

“Why were you so careless!”

Xiao Lingshuang, dazed from the fall, didn’t react until Gu Fei lifted her into his arms. Just as she was about to scream, Gu Fei quickly covered her mouth.

And what covered her mouth—was Gu Fei’s own mouth.

Her mind went blank.

When had she ever been kissed while fully conscious?

The last two times Gu Fei had kissed her, she had been barely conscious.

But this time was different.

Worse yet, the scoundrel’s tongue wasn’t behaving.

Xiao Lingshuang pushed him away with all her strength.

Gu Fei quickly covered her mouth with his hand again and warned her, “Do you want everyone in this inn to know you fell down?”

“You bastard!” Xiao Lingshuang didn’t even know how to deal with Gu Fei anymore.

What was the point of screaming now? Her body had already been taken advantage of by him.

At that moment, Gu Fei said, “Let me be clear… I didn’t come in on purpose, and I didn’t kiss you on purpose either. I just saw you fall and was about to call out, so I reacted like that.”

“You know how kind and pure-hearted I am! That’s why everyone calls me Gu Chunliang!”

After saying that, he pulled her robe together and dashed out of the room.

Leaving Xiao Lingshuang frozen in place, dazed in the warm steam.

She took a long time to calm her breathing before taking off her robe again and returning to the tub.

She still couldn’t understand it. In her eighteen years of life, no other man had ever touched her.

And yet in just three short days, this man had touched her almost every single day… even done things far more intimate.

Could it be that this man was her nemesis from a past life?

Thinking that, Xiao Lingshuang furiously splashed the water in the tub with both hands.

Meanwhile, outside the room, Gu Fei smiled smugly as he listened to the angry sounds coming from inside.

Such a calm, collected woman—she was already his.

Whether it was Ye Anlan or Zhang Yao, if either of them had been in this situation, Gu Fei would’ve been completely flustered.

And that was exactly why he had never dared get too close to Ye Anlan or Zhang Yao.