Show Off Your Body

While they were chatting, Ren Linxi walked over. She had put on a loose gray shirt and swapped her earlier skirt for a pair of jeans.

“Oh, right, by the way, Jiali, we haven’t called Winnie yet,” Su Yang said, looking at Jiali.

“Right! I almost forgot. She’s probably asleep too. I’ll go get her,” Jiali replied, jogging toward Winnie’s room.

Right then, Han Suyan walked over with her friend.

Su Yang turned to look. The girl was a few centimeters shorter than Han Suyan, about the same height as Jiali, with a round face, round-rimmed glasses, and short hair.

Honestly, the girl wasn’t bad-looking, but standing next to Han Suyan, she came across as somewhat ordinary.

In terms of looks alone, she’d probably score around 75 out of 100, which is above average.

Su Yang waved at them and called out, “Suyan, come over!”

Han Suyan brought the girl over to where Su Yang and the others were, and they exchanged greetings. They hadn’t talked much earlier when they first arrived, so this was their first real introduction.

Once Winnie and Jiali had joined them, Su Yang took on the role of energizing the group and had everyone introduce themselves.

When it was Han Suyan’s friend’s turn, Su Yang noticed she seemed a bit shy, so he took the initiative to ask, “Miss, what’s your name?”

“Hi everyone, I’m Jin Xiangmei. I’m 20 years old.”

Jin Xiangmei waved at them with a shy little smile.

Su Yang continued, “Are you and Suyan both studying in Magic City too?”

“Yes, we go to the same university.”

“OK, well, now that we all know each other, we’re friends. Let’s go, folks, time to eat. I’ll introduce you to some more friends later.”

They chatted as they walked out of the courtyard.

On the way, Su Yang looked at Jiali and asked, “Did you notify Betty and Muxi?”

“I did.”

“Good.”

Following the same path they came from, they reached the hotel lobby after four or five minutes.

A new group of guests had just arrived and were checking in. The hotel must have been doing good business, because people were checking in at all hours.

Meng Wenzhou, Liu Bo, and three married couples from the States were sitting in the lounge area, drinking tea and chatting.

Su Yang led his group of beautiful women toward them.

Seeing Su Yang approach, Liu Bo squinted and said, “Brother Meng, look at the people around Brother Yang. Holy crap! All gorgeous women!”

Meng Wenzhou took a sip of his tea, tilted his head, and chuckled, “You’re still not used to it? Wherever he goes, he’s always surrounded by beauties.”

“Sometimes I wonder if he’s cheating in the game of life.”

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As Su Yang got closer, he looked at them and smiled, “You two whispering about me? Saying something bad?”

“No, no, we’re complimenting you,” Liu Bo grinned.

Su Yang ignored Liu Bo, turned to the three couples sitting across from them, and greeted them, “Hello, guys. Nice to see you again.”

“Haha, yeah, come sit down! By the way, mister, what’s your name?” asked one of the men, who had a thick beard.

“My name is Su Yang.”

“I’m Brian.”

Su Yang sat down, shook Brian’s hand, and smiled, “Nice to meet you.”

The other two men and three women also shook hands with Su Yang and introduced themselves.

“You all seem pretty young, right?” Brian took the initiative to ask.

“Yeah, we’re in our twenties. I’m almost 25.”

“Then all six of us are older than you—we’re all over 30, haha.”

“Really? I wouldn’t have guessed. I thought you were in your twenties too.”

“Haha, I wish I was still in my twenties.”

Su Yang quickly hit it off with the three couples. After a few more minutes of waiting, the others gradually assembled in the lobby.

Once everyone was there, a staff member led them toward the restaurant.

Su Yang went up to the staff member and asked, “Excuse me, miss, what time does the hotel restaurant usually close?”

The girl gave a polite nod and smile. “Our restaurant is open 24 hours. Guests can come dine anytime.”

“Really? That’s great. I thought there might be time restrictions.”

“No, there aren’t.”

“Alright. One more question: Is your restaurant buffet-style?”

“We have buffet options, as well as Chinese, Thai, European cuisine, and more.”

“That much variety?”

“Yes, sir. Would you like some recommendations, or would you prefer to look around yourselves?”

“We’ll do it ourselves.”

“Alright.”

Led by the hotel staff, everyone soon arrived at the restaurant area.

The restaurant was even bigger than Su Yang had imagined. Roughly a third of the main lobby building was dedicated to the restaurant, covering cuisines from various countries and buffets.

“Damn, it’s huge,” Liu Bo said, standing at the entrance and looking inside, stunned.

“Everyone, this is the restaurant. Enjoy your meal,” the staff member said.

“Miss, is all the food here free?” Liu Bo turned to ask.

“Sorry?” The girl didn’t understand what Liu Bo meant.

Meng Wenzhou quickly explained, “My friend is asking whether the restaurant is free or pay-per-use.”

“Oh, of course it’s free.”

“Completely free?” Hearing this, Su Qingci wasn’t too sure and asked again.

Mainly because the restaurant didn’t seem like the typical hotel restaurant, so everyone was a little uncertain.

“Yes. For hotel guests, everything except the bar is free. But there are limits on dining: three meals per day, one hot spring session, and one massage session. Other entertainment facilities have no restrictions.”

Actually, the front desk had already explained all this at check-in, but Liu Bo had handled that part. Su Yang had been helping him translate at the time, but since the introductions were left to the end, he hadn’t paid close attention.

“Oh, not bad—this hotel even includes free massage. Fatty, how much per night?” Meng Wenzhou asked Liu Bo.

“Converted to our money?”

“Obviously.”

“Uh... let me think. I remember now. I booked rooms at 15,000 a day.”

“No wonder.”

“I think the value here is way better than those two hotels we stayed at in Dongjing, and the setting is nice too,” Meng Qianyu said.

“True. Alright, everyone, what do you feel like eating? Let’s pick a cuisine and eat together.”

“Let’s check out what they have first.”

“Alright.”

The group walked into the massive restaurant and started browsing. At that moment, plenty of diners were already eating—tourists from all over the world with different skin colors.

Inside, the restaurant was divided into a buffet section and a non-buffet section. The buffet area offered standard seafood buffets, grilled meats, and Western-style fast food.

The non-buffet section featured various national cuisines, each taking up its own corner: Chinese, Thai, French, British, American, and so on.

After looking around the non-buffet area, everyone finally settled on an Italian restaurant.

There weren’t many people in this area at the moment, but Su Yang and his group were a bit large in number.

They found the widest spot available, but it still couldn’t fit everyone. The tables here were bolted to the floor, so they couldn’t be moved together. The three couples ended up sitting next to the main group.

After placing their orders, everyone started chatting casually. As time went on, they gradually became less reserved with one another.

When all the dishes arrived, everyone raised their bottles of beer for a toast across the table.

The restaurant offered free beer, but that was all. If anyone wanted something else to drink, they’d have to go to the bar next door.

The pleasant and harmonious dinner soon came to an end. Although the food wasn’t particularly tasty, it was edible, and since it was free, no one had high expectations.

After dinner, the three couples said their goodbyes and left first to get massages, while the rest chose to soak in the hot springs.

“Let’s go soak in the hot springs. It’s cold outside right now, so it’ll feel amazing.”

“Alright, let’s go!”

The group walked out of the restaurant and followed the corridor toward the back of the lobby.

By now, the outdoor area of the hotel was lit up with ambient lighting. Small winding paths had glowing string lights draped along the trees on both sides. Walking outside at night felt quite atmospheric.

Chatting along the way, they followed the signs and soon found the hot spring area.

The hot spring area was large, divided into men’s baths, women’s baths, and mixed-gender pools. Of course, for the mixed-gender pools, everyone had to wrap themselves in a towel or wear swimsuits—nothing too wild, just relaxing.

After some discussion, they decided to use the mixed-gender pool together so they could chat more easily.

Entering the hot spring gate, they followed the signs to the hall of the mixed-gender pool.

Inside the hall, a small shop sold swimsuits. Soaking in the hot springs was free, but buying anything still cost money.

Originally, they planned to soak while wrapped in towels, but the towels were thick and uncomfortable to wear in the water. So, everyone headed to the swimsuit shop to pick out something suitable.

Besides, the hotel also had a swimming pool. Apart from soaking in the hot springs, they could swim during the day in their swimsuits.

Men’s swimsuits were simple—basically just board shorts in various colors and patterns. There were also brief-style options, but hardly anyone bought those.

Calling them “swimsuits” for men was more accurate as “swim trunks.”

Women’s swimsuits, on the other hand, had much more variety. There were one-piece styles, two-piece sets, and the sexiest of all—bikinis.

Bikinis, in particular, came in many types, like the classic three-piece, bandeau, high-waisted, and so on.

In short, the options for women were far more extensive.

Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and Liu Bo, the three guys, quickly picked out their swim trunks and went to the checkout to pay.

The women were still choosing their swimsuits.

Jia Li and the other four girls huddled together and whispered, “How about we go for bikinis?”

“Wouldn’t it feel a bit odd wearing bikinis in a hot spring?” Mu Xi said.

“What’s odd about it? We can wear them to swim, too. And I totally want to go swimming tomorrow.”

“True enough. Let’s buy bikinis and show off our figures in front of Su Yang.”

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