While he was still in a daze, a soft chime sounded inside the cabin.
Jiang Cheng pushed the door open first, Qiao Yinyin right behind him.
The flush of heat on her cheeks hadn't faded.
It glowed like a ripe apple.
Her eyes darted away, not daring to meet Bai Xiaoxiao's gaze.
The lingering tenderness in the cabin just now had turned into an unspeakable shyness.
Fortunately, An Xin had stayed in Annie's room the whole time.
Good—An Xin had been looking after Annie in the room.
When they came out, she hadn't noticed the awkwardness between the two girls.
"Where's Annie?"
An Xin said, "She's still asleep. She looked so peaceful I didn't wake her. I've already had someone waiting under the plane; they'll carry her down in a moment."
Jiang Cheng nodded. An Xin's car was also a top-spec rolls-royce.
Most importantly, the cabin was utterly quiet.
When it moved, even the engine was barely audible.
Even when the car rolled over the occasional speed bump, it only swayed gently.
For a child, it wasn't noisy enough to wake her.
Hearing that, Jiang Cheng said, "I'll carry her."
An Xin realized Jiang Cheng really knew how to slap and then hand out a sweet date.
Yet she simply couldn't refuse him.
Smiling, she nodded. "Then I'll trouble you."
After disembarking, several black rolls-royce Phantoms were already waiting on the VIP apron.
Two of them belonged to An Xin.
Two Bodyguards in black suits stood ramrod-straight beside the cars; seeing An Xin approach, they respectfully pulled open the doors.
A velvet pillow had been placed on the rolls-royce's rear seat.
Jiang Cheng gently set Annie down.
The soft velvet pillow cradled the back of her head without any jolt.
After he fastened her seat-belt, the female Bodyguard beside him immediately draped a little-star-pattern cashmere blanket over her.
Uncle Driver saw this in the rear-view mirror.
At once he dimmed the cabin lights, leaving only a faint warm-yellow glimmer.
An Xin turned to Jiang Cheng and the two girls.
"Thank you so much today," An Xin said, looking at Jiang Cheng and the two girls, her voice warm yet authoritative. "I should treat you to dinner, but Annie's tired. I'll take her back to rest first. Next time you're free, the meal's on me."
"All right." Jiang Cheng inclined his head.
After An Xin settled into the car, the rolls-royce glided away; another black car followed, its shadow swiftly shrinking into the distance.
Qiao Yinyin couldn't help sighing. "Being Sister Xin's kid must be bliss; she's the real tycoon."
"Exactly," Bai Xiaoxiao agreed, eyes tinged with emotion. "Next to her, those society girls I saw in Modu were like kids playing house."
An Xin truly carried herself like an heiress.
The natural nobility about her wasn't the deliberate sort cobbled together with designer labels.
It was the composure and confidence precipitationed from a lifetime of privilege.
If the two of them ever saw An Xin's private collection room in Modu—security on par with a museum—they'd understand why she could always remain so unshakable.
She possessed her own backing; no need to lean on anyone.
Even her turn of the body carried an unquestionable decisiveness.
Layers of pass-codes and fingerprint locks guarded not just treasures but also her inviolable bottom line.
Jiang Cheng turned, ruffled both girls' hair, and said with a smile, "Jealous? Later I'll have a Rolls customized for each of you?"
On the plane just now the two girls had already felt Jiang Cheng's consolation.
Qiao Yinyin said, "darling, don't worry. I won't feel bad because I can't match up to Sister Xin. She's amazing, but I know you prefer girls who are sensible and obedient…"
Bai Xiaoxiao instantly caught Qiao Yinyin's implication.
A woman like An Xin, with wealth and status, would find it hard to accept the man beside her doting on so many others.
Just like the casino tycoon's daughter in Casino City.
Even after marrying into a powerful family, she couldn't tolerate her husband's divided heart.
In the end she simply divorced—clean and decisive.
A woman with backing never needs to wrong herself.
Much less when they have money and leisure; if they're not hopelessly in love, why would they swallow insults?
Jiang Cheng wrapped an arm around each of them. "Relax, my heart for you two has always been the same. Back to the villa with me now?"
The moment the words left his mouth, Bai Xiaoxiao and Qiao Yinyin shook their heads in unison like startled fawns.
"No, Onii-chan," Bai Xiaoxiao rushed to say, voice tinged with urgency. "I've still got my stream tonight; the fans are waiting. If I wait any longer I won't have time to prep."
Qiao Yinyin quickly added, voice as small as a mosquito, cheeks flushing again. "I… I have to go too. I've got class early tomorrow, and my homework's not done."
The two sang the same tune, their refusal leaving no room for negotiation.
The shy resistance in their eyes seemed to spell out, "We don't dare be alone with you again."
These past few days, not only had the two of them drained Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng had also tormented them quite thoroughly.
One could even say their relationship had advanced so quickly partly because of Jiang Cheng.
Mainly because they'd discovered.
Even with each other present, the quality of what they enjoyed hadn't diminished.
On the contrary, with someone else drawing fire, their own waists didn't ache as much.
There wasn't even the usual soreness from prolonged friction.
Jiang Cheng found their sheepish looks amusing.
He didn't press them.
After all, under the boost of the Boundless-Feed skill just now,
the Duo-Chicken-Card had activated smoothly.
Without that Boundless-Feed card, the co-op coordination this time wouldn't have been so perfect.
Who'd willingly swap spit with each other otherwise?
Jiang Cheng knew the two girls were actually very unwilling.
They were only powerless to resist because of the system, right?
Since the first time was already done,
there was no need to rush right now.
Where there's a first, there's a second.
"All right, then I'll head back alone."
At those words Bai Xiaoxiao and Qiao Yinyin finally exchanged a glance.
In that single look both saw the other's relief.
Jiang Cheng told the driver to take Qiao Yinyin to her apartment near campus first, then drop Bai Xiaoxiao at her place.
Before the girls climbed into the car they instinctively clasped hands.
Then, one on each side, they planted red kisses on Jiang Cheng's cheeks.
The sudden move left Wang Sheng—who'd been standing behind Jiang Cheng—the airport reception manager and staff all green with envy.
Just as Jiang Cheng reached out to pull them in for a real kiss, the two girls naughtily slipped into the car.
They waved goodbye with bright smiles!
Had so many people not been standing behind him, Jiang Cheng would've bent them over the car for a spanking.
Watching the car melt into traffic, he finally turned and climbed into another rolls-royce.
His fingertips slid across the phone screen, tapping the system prompt he'd glimpsed earlier:
"Ding! Duo-Chicken-Card used successfully."
"System is evaluating the final result based on usage…"