Bai Xiao arranged for Liu Hong to sleep with her; they were both women, so there was no need to sleep separately.
In the afternoon, she took Liu Hong to the staff bathhouse for a bath. It was Liu Hong's first time in a staff bathhouse, and she had never seen so many people bathing together. Even at home, she only bathed once a month, usually just heating a tub of water, washing in the basin, then rinsing her hair with another pail of water; that was considered a bath.
She was absolutely embarrassed to be bathing naked with so many people.
If Bai Xiao hadn't insisted, Liu Hong might have run away.
However, once she stood under the showerhead, experiencing the miraculous scene of turning the switch and having hot water pour down continuously, showers felt so much more refreshing than washing in a tub, not to mention when familiar faces around offered to scrub each other's backs.
Gradually, she began to relax.
