S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 119

Bonus Chapter – April Fool's Day Extra – April Fool's Day Bathhouse Incident

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April 1st, Saturday, breezy and sunny

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were going to take advantage of the Sunday to take Luo Yang along to an amusement park, and had just left the house when Bai Yutang received a phone call.

"Have you been under too much stress lately and do you need a hot spring bath to relieve your fatigue?"

"Huh?" Bai Yutang lowered his phone and looked at the number, and found that it was an unfamiliar number that he had never seen before, so he suspiciously continued to listen.

The caller rambled on, "Please bring your family and friends and come together to Tangjie Hot Spring Bathhouse at the top of the mountain." After saying that, he hung up.

Bai Yutang frowned and pondered for a moment, thinking the voice was unfamiliar, he had never heard it before. Was it a prank or an advertisement?

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao, who was beside him, asked curiously.

"Well..." Before Bai Yutang could say anything, Zhan Zhao's phone also rang.

Picking up the phone, Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment after hearing the first sentence, then looked at Bai Yutang and pressed the hands-free button on his phone.

They heard the person on the other end of the phone say: "Please come to Tangjie Hot Spring Bathhouse at the top of the mountain..."

Bai Yutang heard the same voice as the one that had just called him - ominous!

Zhan Zhao looked at the surprised expression on Bai Yutang's face and asked, "Is that the same call you received just now?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Exactly the same!"

The two were puzzled, such a coincidence?

Behind them, Luo Yang padded up, "Tangjie Hot Spring Bathhouse, it's fun there!"

"Fun?" Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were surprised and asked in unison, "You've been there?"

"En!" Luo Yang nodded, "Dad took me there before, it was so comfortable, let's go there again!"

"Tangjie Hot Spring Bathhouse..." Zhan Zhao whispered twice and turned his face to look at Bai Yutang, "Xiao Bai, it sounds a bit familiar."

"I've heard of it too, it's right at the top of the mountain." Bai Yutang turned his face to look at Zhan Zhao, "Cat, what do you think?"

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Hot springs ah... haven't been to one in a long time."

"Then let's go." Bai Yutang turned the car around, his heart happy, it was such a coincidence that the sales call came to his and that cat's phone, God's will cannot be disobeyed! Hot springs, hot springs, what an erotic place, the thought of the cat's steamy pink skin made his blood boil and he picked up speed as he headed for Tangjie Hot Spring Bathhouse at the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain was some distance from the city and it took nearly half an hour to drive there. As soon as they stopped the car, they saw two other cars, which were pulling into the empty spaces next to them.

When they got out of the car, everyone looked at each other and were dumbfounded.

Getting out of the black Mercedes were Bai Jintang and Gongsun, and getting out of the big Jeep were Zhao Zhen and Bai Chi, along with Lisbon.

The crowd looked at each other for a moment and froze for a few seconds before simultaneously asking, "What are you doing here?"

Bai Yutang frowned slightly and asked, "Did you guys get a call about coming here too?" The others looked at each other and nodded.

Now, everyone felt strange, how could it be such a coincidence?

As they hesitated, they heard a shout from the distance, "Welcome!"

As the crowd followed the sound, they saw a little girl in an apron standing at the entrance of the bathhouse, waving to the crowd and shouting.

They could immediately identify – it was this voice that had just called.

Walking up to the little girl, Zhao Zhen asked, "Did you make the phone call just now?"

The little girl nodded, "Yes, I'm the owner of this bathhouse!"

"How did you get our phone numbers?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"Oh, from a couple of guests who came in yesterday." The little girl greeted the few people enthusiastically as they entered.

"What kind of guests?" Gongsun asked.

"A pair of twins!" The little girl replied with a smile.

Bai Jintang's eyebrows twitched and he mentally said that he would go back and kill them both!

"Two hundred per person, half price for children..." the little girl surveyed Lisbon, "It costs double!"

Zhao Zhen and Bai Yutang did not move to pay, rather they both turned to look at Bai Jintang.

Bai Jintang was furious, but the twins were his subordinates, so he had to pull out his gold card to pay.

The little girl cheerfully collected the money and led the crowd inside, "This way please, this way!"

Walking through the gate, there was a beautiful courtyard inside and a gorgeous building at the back of the courtyard, but... the crowd finally knew the origin of this 'Tangjie' hot spring bathhouse, as they saw a Tom and Jerry on the sign...

"Haha, sorry, I've loved watching Tom and Jerry since I was a kid!" the little proprietress covered her mouth and laughed as she pointed ahead and said, "Inside is the hot spring, feel free to enjoy it, no one else has been here yet today."

They nodded and walked towards the door.

When the little girl saw the crowd walking away, she ran back to the front lobby, placed a closed sign at the door, took out her phone, dialled a number and whispered, "Hey, they're here!.... En, mhmm... Okay! I know!"

Bai Yutang and the others walked into the bathhouse and the first thing that caught their eyes was a row of cubicles for changing. The changing rooms all had locks and clean bath towels were placed inside.

Everyone went into the changing rooms to change. Bai Yutang, Bai Jintang and Zhao Zhen all finished changing in a flash and came running out with their bath towels around them, staring intently.

Not long after, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun and Bai Chi all came out with their bath towels around them as well.

Taking in a breath of cold air, Bai Yutang, Bai Jintang and Zhao Zhen watched intently.

At that moment, Xiao Luo Yang also came out with a loose bath towel around him. Zhan Zhao laughed and knelt down to re-wrap the towel around him and tie it in a knot before standing up again, and saw Bai Yutang rubbing his nose.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"Nothing!" Bai Yutang answered firmly. When that cat crouched down just now, it was partially hidden yet partially visible... Aiya, his nose was itching.

Walking through the changing room, they found a topographical map posted at the entrance, and when the crowd took a serious look, they were amazed. What kind of bathhouse is this? It is simply a maze!

There were three entrances in front of them to choose from; one entrance was a bubble pool where you could take a bubble bath, another was a small fish hot spring, and the third was a sauna.

The group looked at it and decided to split up to avoid seeing anything disturbing.

Bai Chi and Zhao Zhen had wanted to go into the small fish spa, but Lisbon ran into the entrance to the bubble bath, so the two had to follow him.

Gongsun was forcibly dragged into the sauna by Bai Jintang.

Zhan Zhao pulled Luo Yang and went into the small fish spa with Bai Yutang.

In the bubble pool, Lisbon looked at the pool of bubbles and seemed a little hesitant, crouching far away next to the pool and watching. Bai Chi carefully got into the pool, which had a controlled flow of water. Not only were there bubbles above, but there were also many bubbles under the water.

Bai Chi submerged himself in the pool and felt the water massaging his body, exhaling a breath of comfort.

The water splashed around him a few times and Zhao Zhen got in as well.

"Wow, it's so comfortable." Zhao Zhen exhaled beautifully and moved to Bai Chi's side, smiling, "Chi Chi, do you want a back rub?"

Bai Chi was surprised and asked with a smile, "You fake foreign devil do you know how to rub someone's back?"

Zhao Zhen saw Bai Chi's face flushed with steam, which made him look so cute that it tickled his heart. At that moment, he felt Bai Chi touch his leg underwater.

Zhao Zhen's eyes widened as he looked at Bai Chi, but he saw that he was relaxed and turned his face to smile at him.

Zhao Zhen was a bit unsure, Bai Chi was not this kind of person, could it be the magic of the hot spring?

As he was thinking about it, he felt Bai Chi touch his leg again, with a somewhat bold action...

"Chi Chi..." Zhao Zhen leaned in and kissed Bai Chi.

Bai Chi froze and looked at Zhao Zhen with some confusion.

Zhao Zhen pounced on Bai Chi and hugged him and kissed him… then...

"Yah~~~" Bai Chi cried out, "Why are you touching me?!"

Zhao Zhen was stunned, he had only kissed him, where did he touch?

"Yah!" Bai Chi was startled again and stood up violently, lifting his foot and stomping on the dumbfounded Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen hurriedly dodged it, and Bai Chi stomped on the empty space, standing unsteadily and falling headlong into Zhao Zhen's arms.

"Why are you so fierce?" Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "You touched me just now and I didn't say anything!"

"Who has touched you?!" Bai Chi raged.

Zhao Zhen froze, just now… as he was thinking, he saw Bai Chi raise his hand and throw a punch.

"Aiya..." Zhao Zhen was unprepared and fell headfirst into the pool.

Bai Chi angrily climbed out, took a bottle of shampoo and washed Lisbon's fur, muttering as he took a brush and glared hard at Zhao Zhen, who had just emerged from the water.

Zhao Zhen, however, stroked his chin in thought; in the moment he had sunk to the bottom of the water, he seemed to see...

The sauna was steamy, and Gongsun sat as far away from Bai Jintang as possible, trying to remain calm. However, Bai Jintang's eyes were fixed on him, looking him up and down, over and over again. Gongsun's whole body got goosebumps from his gaze, and even in the steam room, he felt a chill down his back. He had to admire Bai Jintang for being an uncompromising hooligan!

After staring at each other for a while, Bai Jintang suddenly laughed and asked, "What are you doing sitting so far away? Come here!"

Gongsun calmly shook his head, "It's cooler here!"

Bai Jintang couldn't help but laugh and nodded, "It just so happens that I feel hot!" As he said that, he walked over to Gongsun's side.

Gongsun was about to run, but he was grabbed by Bai Jintang, "What are you running for, I didn't say what I was going to do!"

Gongsun said in his heart that it would be strange if you didn't do anything, but he still tried to keep his body as stiff as possible and keep his distance from this beast.

However, Bai Jintang moved in with a smile and slowly kissed Gongsun on the neck.

There was only one phrase in Gongsun's head – sure enough.

Originally, Bai Jintang had only wanted to kiss Gongsun, but to his surprise, Gongsun put his hand on his waist and even stroked it twice in a slightly ambiguous manner.

If he could endure this, Bai Jintang wouldn't be worthy of being a hooligan. He reached out and wrapped his arms around Gongsun, smiling, "Baby, why are you so active today?"

Gongsun was baffled by him and before he could react, he was pressed into his seat by Bai Jintang and kissed again and again. It was only when Gongsun cried out "dizzy" in a daze that Bai Jintang remembered that they were in a sauna, and hurriedly carried Gongsun, who was dizzy due to lack of oxygen, to the cold water room to cool down.

Lying Gongsun on the bench, Bai Jintang fanned him and wondered in his heart, both of Gongsun's hands were on his chest just now, so whose hands were touching his waist?

In the small fish hot spring, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao took Luo Yang to rinse off first, and then went into the hot spring which was full of small fish.

Luo Yang saw small fish pecking at his body and tickling him, so he giggled.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao leaned against the edge, enjoying the attentive service of the little fish.

The pool was very deep, so Zhan Zhao got excited and swam.

Bai Yutang laughed, "Cat, you're so good at that, be careful of drowning."

"What drowning?" Zhan Zhao laughed, "The deepest water here is just up to my chest."

Bai Yutang also swam over, and the small fish around him followed and surrounded the two.

The two of them were laughing and whispering, feeling a rare sense of relaxation, and at that moment...

"Cat, what is this?" Bai Yutang reached out and plucked something from the water.

When Zhan Zhao looked, he saw that it was a pair of glasses... and they were waterproof...

The two of them looked at each other and felt something strange. At that moment, Bai Yutang felt the water flowing beneath them, and there was something unusual about it. In the distance, Luo Yang suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at the fake rocks behind them. There were quite a few fake rocks in the small fish spa, all of which were mineral-laden reefs that were supplying the small fish with nutrients.

Bai Yutang remained calm, pretending to joke with Zhan Zhao, and moved closer to the direction of the reef, where he saw a group of small fish gathered. Just as the two were approaching the reef, they suddenly saw a hand sticking out from behind the reef...

Bai Yutang fiercely grabbed the hand and dragged it outwards, flinging it into the air.

"Yah~~~" After a miserable scream, a blonde haired, tall foreigner flew out and landed heavily on the bath floor, sliding along the slippery floor tiles all the way to the outer room.

Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao and Luo Yang all got out of the water and chased after him. They saw that the man was still lying on the floor, one hand covering his nose; it was not clear whether the nosebleed was from the fall just now, or whether it had been flowing for a long time.

At the same time, the curtains on either side of the door were lifted, and Bai Jintang, supporting the dazed Gongsun, a furious Bai Chi and a depressed Zhao Zhen all came out. Once they saw the man on the ground, they froze and soon understood.

Zhao Zhen, furious, stepped forward and pulled him up, "Was that you just now?!"

The foreigner was crying, jabbering in English and looking flustered.

"Ah! Really caught him!" Just then, the curtain at the door was lifted and the little proprietress rushed in.

The older men were a little embarrassed, as the little girl gave the crowd of beautiful men a look and wiped her saliva. Then, she pointed at the foreigner and said, "A while ago, I had a pervert in this bathhouse and he scared all my customers away. I tried so hard to catch him, but it's good now!"

Later, when they asked, they learned that the foreigner was originally a diver. The hot spring pools here are all connected. He originally liked to come here just because he could dive and swim around, but then he found another benefit... He would often lurk in the pools and pinch and touch beautiful men when he saw them...

Bai Jintang and Zhao Zhen turned blue when they heard this, and without saying a word, they gave the man a heavy beating.

The battered and bruised pervert was put in the police car and the little proprietress gave them three VIP private sauna rooms for free as a thank you for their help, and they all had a great night.

That night, in Zhao Zhen's room, Luo Yang, who had been playing with Lisbon all night, lay on Lisbon's fluffy, fragrant fur and fell asleep, while Lisbon lay dutifully, rubbing his head against Luo Yang, before cuddling up to him and falling asleep together.

As he dreamed, Luo Yang wondered why Uncle Bao wanted him to find a way to bring Uncle Zhan and the others to the hot spring bathhouse.

Zhao Zhen looked at Bai Chi who was sleeping on his stomach. The two brothers, Bai Jintang and Bai Yutang, must be very cosy now, so why did he have to be beaten up by this little thing for even touching him? This little guy is so naïve, when is he going to get used to it?!

In Bai Jintang and Gongsun's room, as usual, spring was in full bloom.

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Before Zhan Zhao fell asleep, he suddenly asked Bai Yutang, "Xiao Bai, does that little proprietress look familiar?"

Bia Yutang thought about it and suddenly said "Ah! There's a picture frame in Bao Sir's office."

"It's a picture of him and his niece!" Zhan Zhao eventually remembered.

The two of them immediately understood – they had fallen for the old fox's trick!

Downstairs in the lobby, the little proprietress, who had welcomed customers again because she had caught the pervert, was tallying her accounts, looking at the books with glee as she picked up the phone, "Hey, Third Uncle, it's so refreshing, sure enough, they caught the pervert as soon as they arrived!"

On the other end of the phone, Bao Zheng was smiling smugly.

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Translator Notes

Translated: February 15, 2023 by Angel

Edited: March 11, 2023 by Angel