What?
"He's from Yanjing? What's someone like him doing in Jiangdong?" asked Chen Nan. She was slightly surprised to hear this.
Shen Fei explained in a deep voice, "It's perfectly normal. Mount Yunyang's hot springs are deemed a precious resource. They rake in billions every hot spring festival. Since there is such high profit, many powers eye it. After years of fighting, Mount Yunyang's hot springs landed in the hands of Yanjing's elite.”
Chen Nan nodded thoughtfully as she listened to Shen Fei.
"Everyone works for profit. It's all about profit," sighed Chen Nan.
Shen Fei replied, "That goes without saying."
Only Ye Fan silently drank tea while they lamented over greed.
Xu Chang-Qing continued to speak, "Alright then, let's get to the main attraction! Allow me to introduce the hot springs. There are a total of 36 hot springs on the mountain. 20 of them are located halfway up the mountain. 10 more are located on the top half of the mountain. 6 are located at the peak. Each one of them can accommodate three people. Now I will make a random allocation."
Xu Chang-Qing spoke before reading each hot spring name along with their users.
"Ma Ming-Bo, Su Qian, and Qiu Mu-Cheng will use the central hot spring at the peak.”
Everyone would be in swimming costumes, so the hot springs weren't segregated by gender.
Su Qian excitedly jumped when she heard her name called first.
"Mu-Cheng, did you hear that? We got a hot spring on the peak. My research says that Mount Yunyang's peak is rich in energy and boasts the best view. The main hot spring is also the largest hot spring with the clearest water. We are so lucky!"
Su Qian was thrilled and Qiu Mu-Cheng smiled too.
But Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't think it was luck.
Xu Chang-Qing probably gave them the hot spring on account of Ma Ming-Bo.
"Heavens! Ma Ming-Bo is so lucky! I can't believe he got the biggest and best hot spring,” said Shen Fei as he gritted his teeth in envy.
Chen Nan shook her head. She spotted the lofty smile on Ma Ming-Bo's face from afar and said softly, "Luck? It probably isn't that simple."
The hot spring allocation continued.
As the names were called out, Shen Fei's face only grew darker.
Although Xu Chang-Qing claimed that all 36 hot springs were the same, any fool could tell that the higher the hot spring was, the better the scenery and water quality was as well.
So the hot springs with the worst water quality were those located halfway up the mountain.
All the hot springs on the peak and halfway up the mountain had already been allocated, but their names still weren't called, so Shen Fei couldn't help feeling anxious.
Finally, they were down to the 20 worst hot springs after the 16th hot spring was assigned.
"Damn, why are we so unlucky? We are getting a hot spring halfway up the mountain," cursed Shen Fei glumly.
He thought that even if Xu Chang-Qing was unacquainted with Ye Fan, he must know who Chen Nan was.
She was the daughter of Chen Ao, the King of Jiangdong. Why didn't Xu Chang-Qing give her a better hot spring?
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