From the other side of the bamboo fence came a series of sounds, and Sakura quickly recognized that it was Ino's voice.
As for what those sounds were, as a married woman, Sakura was naturally not unfamiliar.
'Those two idiots, doing such things in the hot spring...'
Sakura thought with a blush in her heart, she originally wanted to turn around and leave immediately.
But the sounds made her involuntarily press her face against the bamboo fence to hear more clearly from the other side.
"Yoichi, Sakura is still nearby..."
'Ino you idiot, knowing I'm here but not being discreet...'
Sakura thought, her cheeks flushed.
Just hearing these sounds made Sakura hold her breath.
Suddenly, the dreams she had in recent days flashed through her mind, and as she listened to Ino's voice, she couldn't help but imagine herself as the person lying under that strong body on the other side...
Sakura knew she loved Uchiha Sasuke, but she couldn't help it.
'This is...'
While recalling those images in her mind, Sakura suddenly noticed a hole in the bamboo fence not far in front of her. Instinctively she went over and found that through this hole, she could clearly see the situation in the mixed bathing pool.
'Who... who did this? So... so shameless....'
Sakura's first thought was that someone was using this hole to peep at the women's pool, but she quickly realized that from this position, it was impossible to see the women's pool, yet she could clearly see the mixed bathing situation.
"Ino... How could Ino..."
With the suggestive sounds continuously entering her ears, Sakura felt like the surroundings were getting hotter, possibly due to the steam rising from the hot spring, or perhaps because of her own reasons. She forced herself not to look through the hole in the bamboo fence at Yamanaka Ino and Uchiha Yoichi, but in the end, still couldn't help but bring her expectant eyes closer to the hole.
"Ino, she...."
After seeing the situation in the bath opposite, Sakura felt her breath almost stop.
After watching for a while, the blush on Sakura's cheeks grew deeper. When she felt breathless and overheated to the point of almost fainting, she quickly pulled back her head and shook it intensely to warn herself,
'No, stop it, can't look any more... have to focus on the hot spring...'
Sakura's face reddened as she quickly returned to the hot spring, submerging her whole body, leaving only the part above her nose exposed.
But even without looking, Sakura could still hear the sounds coming from next door.
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Meanwhile, in the mixed bath opposite, Uchiha Yoichi's ears twitched slightly as he heard a faint sound coming from the other side.
'It's happening now...'
After this thought flashed through his mind, a slight smile appeared on Uchiha Yoichi's face.
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"Don't continue, you belong to Ino....."
Sakura suddenly woke up, realizing she was still in the hot spring bath and not in her room; she realized she had fallen asleep again.
Then Sakura hesitantly reached out to stroke her forehead, which had become hot and red, and said with some discomfort, "Was it a dream? It seems I've soaked too long, I can't tell dream from reality anymore...."
"But how long have I been soaking? Why do I feel so uncomfortable...."
Sakura struggled to get out of the bath, feeling she'd been soaking too long today and had inadvertently fallen asleep.
The night sky was so dark that the stars were no longer visible, and it was very quiet around. There was no sound from next door, and except for the sound of the hot spring water flowing, Sakura could hear nothing more.
"I should go back to rest; I was planning to chat a while with Ino... She's probably asleep by now."
After putting on a bathrobe, Sakura rubbed her somewhat dizzy forehead and walked outside.
The inn was completely dark, with only a few dim lights in the corridor. Sakura followed her memory towards the room they had booked. Still, after soaking in the hot spring for too long, her mind was somewhat muddled, and the dim lights couldn't clearly guide her....
Although she found the place she thought they were staying, Sakura's vision was already a bit blurry.
"Is it here..."
Sakura opened the door, seeing a person sleeping in the dark room. She immediately thought of Ino, whom she wanted to find at night, but there was only one bed...
"Ino, you idiot, why didn't you make my bed..."
Sakura mumbled a complaint, but her head and body were feeling uncomfortable now, besides, she didn't remember where the inn's bedsheets were stored in which cabinet. After a thought flickered in her mind, she went ahead with her decision.
"Ino, let me squeeze in...."
After saying this, Sakura directly slipped into the bed in the middle of the room.
After pulling half the quilt, she smelled a pleasant scent and felt even sleepier. She closed her eyes to sleep; after all, today's hot spring soak was indeed quite long.
Not long after lying down, Sakura began to feel the drowsiness.
But at this moment, a hand reached over, slipped around her waist, and then reached inside her bathrobe.
"Ino, stop fooling... no, this doesn't feel like Ino's hand... Sasuke?"
"Mm~ no, Sasuke, I'm so tired today~"
In the darkness, the two people under the quilt were intertwined, and the clothes on Sakura's body became less and less.
"Sasuke? Or Mr. Yoichi? Is this another dream.... mm, mm...."
The sounds previously heard in the mixed bath echoed in the room, except this time it was Sakura who was calling out.