Seeing this, Jiang Cheng didn't laugh at her.
Instead, with infinite patience, he guided her step one, two, three, four, making sure the Girl's first "store visit" felt absolutely perfect.
While that side was in full swing, next door Si Qing wasn't having such an easy time.
She had just finished her shower; towel-drying her hair, she glanced toward the door.
She'd heard Jiang Cheng come back long ago and knew exactly what the two of them were up to.
Thinking of this, Si Qing recalled how it had felt in the hotel last time.
She wondered if Si Nian was enjoying the same comfort she herself had felt then.
She quietly picked up her phone to check the time and began waiting for her own turn.
After a look she, like Si Nian, took the white bath towel from the chair and spread it on the bed.
Yet the moment she sat down she felt something odd.
Hmm?? Why did she suddenly feel hot??
Even her lips felt parched.
She took several deep breaths, grabbed the cup from the table, poured a glass of water and gulped it down.
The cold glass did nothing to quell the heat crawling from her neck toward her ears.
The dryness in her throat had barely eased when a restless surge rose in her chest again.
Her knuckles gripping the glass turned white; she stared blankly at the empty cup.
Why was it so strange??
She hadn't even had a drink—why was she burning up??
Just as Si Qing couldn't help loosening the collar of her robe, a thought flashed through her mind.
She had said before that she and Si Nian shared an inexplicable connection.
Many scientists had studied this kind of bond.
Especially since she and Si Nian were identical twins.
When they were kids, if Si Nian skinned her knee, Si Qing would feel a stab in her own leg even half a courtyard away.
And when Si Qing herself got exam nerves, Si Nian would break into a sweat sitting in her classroom.
So was this sudden feverish restlessness she felt for no reason… them right now??
But she'd heard that only a first time you'd never tried would make you feel… Si Qing suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for Si Nian.
She only had a faint psychic link and already felt sore and swollen.
Then Si Nian must be in even greater pain at this moment.
The thought made Si Qing's own sensations intensify.
No—if she felt like this, Si Nian must surely… She thumped the cup onto the table with a soft clink.
The flush on her face turned from heat to mortified crimson.
They could feel each other.
So last time when she and Jiang Cheng were kissing and cuddling, had Si Nian also suddenly felt something was off, just like she did now??
Had Si Nian guessed what she and Jiang Cheng were doing then??
At the time she'd been too flustered to remember their twin link.
But now that she thought back, apart from the final step Jiang Cheng had spelled everything out for her.
If she felt this strongly now, Si Nian must have felt it then.
Remembering how she'd lost her composure, Si Qing's face burned.
So today suggesting they lay down a towel had been her idea.
From experience, without the towel they'd definitely have to change the sheets.
That would be even more embarrassing.
When Si Nian went first she'd had no objections—she'd even approved.
But honestly, when it came to actually doing it she felt a little weird inside.
It wasn't jealousy, just a sort of tightness in her chest.
Yet thinking of how Si Nian had felt that "weird" sensation last time without asking her anything, she suddenly felt guilty toward her sister.
With that, the vague discomfort faded, leaving only acute embarrassment.
After several deep breaths Si Qing picked up her phone, slipped under the quilt and lay on the white towel.
On the other side Jiang Cheng and Si Nian were still proceeding through the sacred steps.
Jiang Cheng had been through these steps countless times, yet he was exceptionally patient.
He never indulged in selfish pleasure.
But to his surprise, after making Si Nian happy he had intended to complete the ritual, yet the Girl gave no sign of letting him lie back and rest.
Jiang Cheng didn't understand, but guessed the Girl might have been touched by his sincerity.
After all, he truly was devoted.
Si Nian even thought of fetching a fresh towel, but Jiang Cheng pulled her back.
When he finally lay down and saw Si Nian begin to imitate what he had just done, he felt a surge of heat.
A few days earlier, when Zhu Yan's favorability value broke 99, the system had rewarded a special "keel-over" card.
Jiang Cheng had meant to use it on Jiang Churan.
But now Si Nian took the initiative to lean in.
Though clearly inexperienced, she was utterly obedient—and, whether because of Si Qing or not, obviously trying hard to please him.
Jiang Cheng hadn't wanted to push her.
Mainly because the Girl had already had to rest for a dozen seconds due to throat discomfort.
But thinking of the unfinished Love Book, he felt he should hold out a little longer.
Even if things got urgent, he could endure.
It was, at worst, a billion-yuan deal.
The lithography machine draft for Kyoto had already been revised dozens of times.
Once finalized, ten billion wouldn't be enough to burn through.
So he couldn't let a moment's pleasure cost him those billions.
Ten billion dumped into the us stock market could yield another ten billion.
Jiang Cheng sighed inwardly and quietly cooperated with the Girl.
Given her raw technique, even half an hour with him would probably be a stretch.