great-warnovel Chapter 189 It's unbearably hot! The lady unbuttons her clothes in public, and the fourth broth
Chapter 189 It's unbearably hot! The lady unbuttons her clothes in public, and the fourth broth
At this moment, the Qin family's greenhouse is a veritable paradise of wine, meat, and savagery.
The massive double-layered tempered glass wall acts like an insurmountable barrier, completely shutting out the wind, snow, and bitter cold.
The underground hot spring water pipe network operates at full capacity, keeping the indoor temperature constant at a comfortable 26 degrees Celsius.
There is no cold winter here, only the height of summer.
"Ugh, it's so hot..."
A delicate, complaining voice broke the tranquility of the "tropical rainforest zone" in the center of the greenhouse.
The county magistrate's wife, Madam Liu, was seen lounging lazily in a rattan rocking chair.
She was no longer the disheveled woman she had been a few days ago in the back courtyard of the county government office, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded coat and shivering while clutching a hand warmer.
At this moment, she was only wearing an extremely thin silk slip dress, with a semi-transparent gauze cardigan loosely draped over it.
Because of the heat, her well-maintained face was flushed, and her forehead was covered with a fine layer of fragrant sweat.
She wasn't holding a hand warmer.
Instead, he was holding a cream popsicle that had just been taken out of the freezer and was steaming...
"Madam Qian, do you think the Qin family's underground heating system is burning too brightly?"
Liu stuck out the tip of her tongue, licked the melting popsicle, and complained with a dazed look in her eyes:
"I've only been sitting for a short while, and my back is already soaked with sweat."
"Ugh, this sweat sticking to my skin is so uncomfortable."
Sitting opposite her was Qian, the wife of the wealthy Qian, who was even more outrageous.
She took a sandalwood fan and frantically fanned the open neckline of her silk nightgown, revealing glimpses of her snow-white skin beneath.
"you do not say!"
While fanning herself, Mrs. Qian grabbed the plate of freshly cut, still-drenched, chilled watermelon from the table and took a huge bite without any regard for her image.
"I deliberately wore less clothing because I was meeting guests today."
I still felt unwell from the heat.
"If I had known, I should have followed Mrs. Qin's example and just worn that... bikini."
The two were complaining about Versailles.
The greenhouse's automatic sensor glass door slid open with a "beep".
A biting gust of wind, mixed with snowflakes, tried to rush in, but was firmly blocked by the powerful warm air curtain at the doorway.
A group of women, bundled up like brown bears, squeezed in, shivering.
That was a "high-society ladies' inspection tour" from the county town.
The clerk's wife, and several wealthy merchants' wives.
They wore heavy mink coats, fur hats to shield their heads from the wind, and heavy deerskin boots, making them look as bulky as balls.
Even so, their exposed noses were still red from the cold, their eyebrows were covered in frost, and you could even vaguely see a snotty bit of snot under their noses.
"Oh, the ladies have arrived?"
Liu did not get up to greet him.
She lazily lifted her eyelids, shifted to a more comfortable position, and let her smooth feet, clad in wooden clogs, dangle in the air.
"Come in quickly, come in quickly."
"I know it's cold outside, so I specially saved seats for you."
This group of ladies, bundled up like bears, looked as if they'd been hit over the head with a club the moment they entered the greenhouse.
Heat wave.
A wave of heat, carrying the scents of flowers, fruits, and earth, instantly enveloped them.
Next came the visual assault.
What did they see?
Everywhere you look, there are green trees and red flowers, vying for attention.
And... that Mrs. Liu who was only wearing a sundress and eating an ice pop!
"Sister Liu...?"
The county magistrate's wife swallowed hard, feeling as if her eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.
She looked down at the sable coat she was so proud of, which she had bought for a thousand taels of silver.
At this moment, in this warm, spring-like greenhouse, this coat seems like a huge joke.
It's more like a portable sauna.
"What? Don't you recognize me?"
Liu chuckled and crushed the ice shards in her mouth:
"Or... are the sisters trying to get heat rash all over themselves under those mink coats?"
"It's hot...so hot..."
The clerk's wife was the first to lose her temper.
The temperature inside the greenhouse was too high, and they were dressed too thickly. Their inner garments were already soaked with sweat after standing for only a few minutes.
That damp, sticky feeling was even more torturous than the freezing cold outside.
"Then why aren't you taking them off?"
Mrs. Qian pointed gleefully to the clothes rack beside her:
"There's a rule about the Qin family's greenhouse."
"That is—to be completely honest with each other."
"How can one feel the warmth of spring while wrapped in such a thick disguise?"
Amidst the rustling sounds of clothes being undressed.
These normally dignified and composed ladies completely disregarded their image.
Mink coat? Throw it away!
A cotton-padded coat? Take it off!
Even the inner jacket was unbuttoned!
When they finally slumped in the wicker chairs, wearing only thin undergarments and covered in sweat, a piece of cool, sweet watermelon was shoved into their hands.
The defenses have collapsed.
"Waaaaah..."
The county magistrate's wife took a bite of watermelon and suddenly burst into tears:
"This is the kind of life a human being should live!"
"What kind of life did we live in the county town? Even with a charcoal brazier burning in the house, it was still cold; we didn't dare stretch our legs out to sleep! We had to melt ice before we could even drink a sip of tea!"
"Sister Liu, you're so unfair!"
"Why did it take you so long to tell us about this heavenly place?"
Liu slowly finished the last bite of her popsicle, casually tossed the stick into the trash can, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you."
"It's because the Qin family has high standards."
"You think this summer came for nothing?"
She pointed to the huge glass dome above her head, then to the temperature-controlled floor beneath her feet:
"Every degree of heat here burns through silver."
"However..."
Liu changed the subject, her gaze sweeping over the group of women who had completely fallen for her:
People are like migratory birds.
"When it gets cold, we have to fly to warmer places."
"We've worked hard all our lives, serving our master and our children."
"At the very end, are we really going to have to freeze in that ice hole?"
"I've figured it out."
"I'll stay here in Qin Family Cloud Nest Garden this winter."
"Even if it means emptying my husband's savings, I'd rather not go back to that ice cellar to suffer!"
"I live there too!"
"I want to stay here too!"
"No matter the cost! Even if I have to sell my dowry, I need a bed!"
The ladies have gone mad.
With such extreme temperature contrast, rationality would have long since evaporated along with that body of sweat.
……
at the same time.
On the private viewing platform on the second floor of the greenhouse.
A beaded curtain blocked out the noise below, but it allowed the vibrant scene to be seen in its entirety.
Su Wan was sitting on a soft couch covered with a snow-white fox fur, holding a cup of honey grapefruit tea with ice that Qin Yue had just prepared for her.
"Fourth Brother..."
She was somewhat taken aback as she looked at the group of wealthy women below who had almost come to blows over a single "Yunqiyuan accommodation card":
"Are we setting our rent too high?"
"Fifty taels a month, not including food...that's enough to buy a small courtyard in the county town."
"high?"
Qin Yue was lying on his side next to her.
Today he wore an extremely loose, dark purple silk robe with the collar open, revealing a large expanse of his strong, muscular chest.
He waved the folding fan in his hand idly, but the breeze he created didn't blow towards him; instead, it all went to Su Wan's neck.
"Sister-in-law."
"Listen to those sounds below."
Qin Yue didn't look down; his narrow, fox-like eyes remained fixed on Su Wan's slightly pouting red lips, which were pursed from holding a straw.
"Are they complaining that it's too expensive?"
"What they were shouting was—help."
He stretched out his long, slender fingers and gently fiddled with the straw in Su Wan's cup, his fingertips lightly brushing against her lower lip.
"For someone who is about to freeze to death, these fifty taels are not for buying a house."
"It's fate."
"and……"
Qin Yue suddenly stood up, placed one hand on Su Wan's side, and encircled her between himself and the fox fur coat.
As he approached, a masculine aura, carrying a faint scent of sandalwood and warmth, instantly dispelled the surrounding air.
"These women are just the first batch of migratory birds."
"Once they settle in, they will be like swallows building their nests, gradually moving the best things from their homes here."
"Their husbands and children have to obediently come along, just for that bit of warmth."
"At that time..."
Qin Yue lowered his head, his nose touching Su Wan's cheek, his voice low and hoarse, carrying a chilling sense of calculation and greed:
"This Langya Town is the only warm nest in the entire county."
"And that lifeless county town..."
"It will become a ghost town."
Su Wan's heart raced at his words, but she was even more taken aback by the burning look in his eyes.
The desire in Qin Yue's eyes was even more scorching than the heatwave in the greenhouse.
"Then...is our room big enough?" Su Wan subconsciously shrank back, her back sinking into the soft fox fur.
"not enough."
Qin Yue answered decisively.
But instead of feeling anxious, he laughed even more like a demon who had come to life.
"We don't have enough beds..."
"Then we'll sleep on the floor."
"There aren't even any makeshift beds left..."
His hand slipped inside Su Wan's sleeve, gently caressing the smooth, jade-like inside of her arm, the calluses on his fingertips sending shivers down his spine.
"That depends on them..."
"What more valuable thing can you offer in exchange?"
"for example……"
"The land deeds, mines, shops..." held by their husbands.
"Even..."
Qin Yue suddenly leaned down and took a deep sip from the rim of the honey grapefruit tea cup, right where Su Wan had just drunk from.
The icy liquid went down his throat, but it couldn't extinguish the fire in his eyes.
"Even that so-called... official power."
"Fourth Brother!"
Su Wan's face turned as red as a ripe shrimp. This man, when it comes to business, why are his hands getting more and more restless?
Qin Yue's fingers had already slid down her arm to her shoulder, hooking onto the thin silk bra strap.
"Sister-in-law."
"Look at those women down there, they're all so hot they've taken off their clothes."
"It seems even hotter on this observation deck..."
"Sister-in-law is wearing so much..."
"Aren't you bored?"
Su Wan wasn't wearing much today, just a thin, modified cheongsam, but under Qin Yue's gaze, which seemed to penetrate the fabric, she felt as if she wasn't wearing anything at all.
"I'm not hot... there's a breeze here..."
"Is it windy?"
Qin Yue chuckled softly, and suddenly stopped folding his fan.
He casually tossed the priceless fan aside.
"Since my sister-in-law isn't hot..."
"That means I'm hot."
"Sister-in-law..."
He grabbed Su Wan's hand and pressed it against his open chest.
There, muscles were taut, sweat streamed down the creases, and skin was frighteningly hot.
"Touch."
"Inside me..."
"It's like a fire burning."
"When I saw my sister-in-law with that straw in her mouth just now..."
"The fire just won't go away."
Qin Yue leaned close to her ear, opened his mouth and took her small, delicate earlobe into his mouth, his tongue rolling fiercely over the sensitive flesh:
"My sister-in-law helped these migratory birds build their nests..."
"Shouldn't we help Fourth Brother too...?"
"Calm down?"
"or……"
"Fourth Brother is just like those women down there..."
"Take off these clothes..."
"To liven things up for your sister-in-law?"
Before Su Wan could refuse, Qin Yue had already grabbed her hand and forcibly pulled it to the belt around his waist.
"Untie it."
His voice was incredibly hoarse, carrying both an undeniable command and a humble plea:
"My sister-in-law is puzzled..."
"I'll just pull back all the curtains on this floor."
"Let those women down there see..."
"The unattainable Master Qin in their eyes..."
"In my sister-in-law's arms..."
"What a dissolute person she is."
……
Below the greenhouse.
The ladies' scramble continues.
"I want the one that faces south!"
"I want the one with the big bathtub!"
"Just let me move in! I'll go back and steal the deed to my master's shop right now!"