Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress

 Chapter 14
Just a Little Heated…

“I haven’t bathed in days, and I want to clean up…”

Luo Ruying said, shyly nodding her head. Then, with a hint of eagerness, she asked, “Where is this good place?”

“Wife, there’s a hot spring on a cliff about two or three li southwest of the back mountain,” Ning Yechen replied with a smile, holding Luo Hongye.

“A hot spring…?!”

Luo Ruying’s eyes lit up at the mention of a hot spring, and an expression of anticipation involuntarily appeared on her face.

She had initially thought that a simple hot bath would suffice, considering this wasn’t comparable to the divine palaces of the Heavenly Realm.

But she hadn’t expected there to be a hot spring to soak in within this mountain forest!

Ning Yechen nodded in confirmation.

He had specifically created that hot spring.

The purpose of living in seclusion here was to enjoy life, so naturally, all necessities had to be available.

As the former Demon Lord, he wouldn’t wrong himself.

“Ye Ye, let’s go. Mommy will take you to bathe.”

Luo Ruying joyfully took Luo Hongye from Ning Yechen’s arms.

“Wife, can I join you?”

Ning Yechen asked with a serious and earnest expression.

He had never desired anything so much before!

However, to his great disappointment, Luo Ruying immediately and resolutely refused him…

“No!”

Blushing, Luo Ruying walked out of the house with Luo Hongye in her arms and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Leaving Ning Yechen alone in the house…

Ning Yechen shook his head in disappointment, wondering if he should follow them…?

But if he followed them to peek, wouldn’t that be perverted?!

Then again, a husband peeking at his wife bathing shouldn’t be considered perverted, right…?

…

In the forest, Luo Ruying excitedly flew through the trees with Luo Hongye in her arms.

Luo Hongye, nestled in her embrace, looked up at her with big eyes and asked in confusion:

“Mommy, why won’t you let Daddy bathe with us?”

“Daddy is all alone at home, so pitiful…”

“Uh… well…”

Luo Ruying was speechless at Luo Hongye’s words, unsure how to explain.

Although she had accepted Ning Yechen as her husband, it didn’t mean she was ready to be completely intimate with him…

The thought of the two of them naked in a bath together made Luo Ruying blush and shake her head.

Even when she was the Heavenly Empress, she never allowed any maidservants to attend her while bathing, let alone bathe together with a man…!

Under Luo Hongye’s questioning gaze, Luo Ruying had no choice but to force a smile and explain:

“Because your daddy hurt his foot, it’s not convenient for him…”

“But Mommy can carry Daddy like you carry Ye Ye!”

Luo Hongye innocently persisted.

Luo Ruying: “…”

Unable to refute that, Luo Ruying had to come up with another explanation:

“Tonight, Mommy wants to focus on bathing Ye Ye, so I can’t bring Daddy along~”

“Is that so…?”

Luo Hongye said with disappointment.

Seeing that Luo Hongye seemed to accept this reason, Luo Ruying quickly nodded.

“Yes, yes!”

“Mommy wants to wash Ye Ye nice and clean, it will take a long time!”

Luo Hongye pondered with a thoughtful expression. After a moment of silence, she looked up and said to Luo Ruying with determination:

“Mommy, then Ye Ye won’t bathe!”

“Let Mommy and Daddy bathe together!”

“Cough, cough…!”

Luo Ruying almost stumbled and fell from the sky at Luo Hongye’s words.

This child…

“Next time!”

“Next time, Mommy will bathe with Daddy… okay…?”

“Tonight, Mommy will wash Ye Ye first~”

Unable to persuade Luo Hongye, Luo Ruying could only helplessly agree for now.

“Hmm… okay…”

“Then next time, Ye Ye wants to bathe with Mommy and Daddy, okay?”

Luo Hongye asked, looking at Luo Ruying with anticipation.

“Okay…”

What else could Luo Ruying do? She could only agree with a wry smile.

Hopefully, the child would forget about it in a few days.

As they were talking, Luo Ruying leaped onto a cliff.

The cliff was covered with dense trees, with a small path leading through them.

Following the path deeper into the forest, they soon came across a steaming hot spring, several zhang wide!

There really was a hot spring!

Luo Ruying’s face lit up with surprise. She first helped Luo Hongye take off her clothes and then placed her in the hot spring.

“Mommy, the water is so warm~ Come in quickly.”

Luo Hongye splashed around happily in the hot spring, waving to Luo Ruying on the shore.

Luo Ruying smiled gently and gracefully removed her heavenly robe and undergarments…

Her exquisite and graceful body, with her black hair cascading down, was bathed in the moonlight, standing amidst the rising steam, a hazy and alluring sight…

A certain someone hiding in the trees couldn’t help but stare, completely mesmerized…

After much deliberation, Ning Yechen had decided to secretly follow them after all.

But don’t misunderstand, he wasn’t here to peek!

He was here to secretly protect Luo Ruying and their daughter!

Just in case something happened, he could intervene in time, right?

As Luo Ruying was about to step into the hot spring, she suddenly turned her head and looked back, her beautiful eyes scanning the surroundings.

She couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching her…

She had set up a barrier within a fifty-li radius, so neither demonic beasts nor other people should be able to enter.

Could it be that guy…?

Luo Ruying’s first thought was of Ning Yechen, but she quickly dismissed the idea.

She had flown here with Luo Hongye at high speed, and they had only just arrived. How could Ning Yechen, with his injured foot, possibly keep up…?

It couldn’t be him!

It must be her imagination…

Luo Ruying didn’t dwell on it further and immersed herself in the warm hot spring, a look of comfort and contentment spreading across her face.

She felt as if she had come back to life…

Luo Hongye obediently swam to Luo Ruying’s embrace, sitting in front of her and letting her mother wash her body and hair, a joyful expression on her face.

Ning Yechen sat on a tree branch, resting his chin in his hand, silently watching the mother and daughter bathe in the hot spring, a happy smile on his face.

There were no impure thoughts in his mind.

However, when Luo Ruying stood up from the hot spring, Ning Yechen couldn’t help but have a nosebleed…

After hundreds of years, no one had made him bleed, yet he was ‘injured’ again in this way…

…

Nearly half an hour later, a satisfied Luo Ruying returned to the wooden house with Luo Hongye after their bath.

Freshly bathed, Luo Ruying’s wet, black hair cascaded down her shoulders, shimmering under the moonlight. Her face had a healthy, rosy glow.

Seeing this, Ning Yechen couldn’t help but recall the unintentionally glimpsed scene from earlier, and his nose started bleeding again…

“You, why are you having a nosebleed?”

Luo Ruying asked, approaching Ning Yechen with a worried expression.

She was afraid he might be hiding other injuries from her.

Ning Yechen, embarrassed for the first time, turned his head away and explained:

“I’m fine, wife. Don’t worry…”

“Just a little heated…”