149: Girl's thoughts

"It wasn't much." Wang Chen started the car. "As long as you two are happy."

"So where are we going now?"

"To eat? Or..."

"A movie!" An Jinxi blurted out. "I haven't seen a movie in ages!"

Su Xiaoxiao also nodded: "I want to go too."

"Alright, let's see a movie."

He drove to a nearby cinema; upon entering the lobby, they found quite a crowd.

An Jinxi volunteered to pick the film. When she returned, she held three tickets in her hand: "I picked a romance movie that's been very popular lately. I heard it's really good!"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the tickets, then stole a glance at Wang Chen, her face turning slightly red.

Wang Chen didn't mind: "Anything is fine."

An Jinxi bought three buckets of popcorn and three cups of milk tea, and the three of them entered the screening room carrying their snacks.

The movie was a typical youth romance film about a college couple in love.

Wang Chen sat in the middle, with An Jinxi on his left and Su Xiaoxiao on his right.

Not long after the movie started, An Jinxi began feeding Wang Chen popcorn.

"Brother Chen, open up."

Wang Chen subconsciously opened his mouth, and a piece of popcorn was stuffed inside.

After a while, Su Xiaoxiao also picked up a piece and said softly, "Brother Chen, this caramel flavor is delicious."

Wang Chen turned his head to take it, but in the dark, he didn't see clearly and accidentally took her finger into his mouth.

Su Xiaoxiao retracted her hand as if she'd been electrocuted, her face instantly flushing deep red.

Wang Chen was also a bit embarrassed and pretended to focus intently on the movie.

Halfway through the movie, after eating so much popcorn fed to him by the two girls, Wang Chen felt a bit thirsty and reached for the milk tea beside him.

Just as he reached out, another cup of milk tea was handed to his lips.

It was Su Xiaoxiao.

She handed over her own cup that she had already been drinking from, her eyes fixed on the screen, pretending to be natural.

Wang Chen paused, thinking to himself: 'Xiao Xiao is so thoughtful, she even remembered to put the straw in for me!'

He then took a sip from her hand.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed that Wang Chen hadn't realized what she'd done and breathed a soft sigh of relief, though the hand holding the milk tea was still trembling slightly from nervousness.

An Jinxi, who was sitting on the other side, saw it and giggled secretly without saying anything.

For the remainder of the movie, the atmosphere was a bit subtle.

An Jinxi would feed Wang Chen popcorn from time to time, while Su Xiaoxiao would occasionally offer her milk tea.

Wang Chen was being served like an emperor, but he felt a bit uneasy in his heart.

These two girls... are they being a bit too proactive?

The movie finally ended, and the lights came on.

Wang Chen stood up and looked at the cup of milk tea beside him, which was still sealed and untouched.

He was stunned.

So he had been drinking Su Xiaoxiao's milk tea the whole time?

Su Xiaoxiao saw it too. Her face, which had finally returned to normal, instantly turned red again as she whispered shyly, "I... I thought you wanted to drink mine..."

An Jinxi was already laughing uncontrollably on the side: "Brother Chen, was Xiao Xiao's milk tea tasty?"

Wang Chen: "..."

He looked at the untouched cup of milk tea in his hand, then at Su Xiaoxiao's blushing face, and a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

These two girls really seem to have grown up.

They were no longer the little girls who used to follow him around calling him "Brother Chen."

“Let's go.” He shook his head, tossing aside the messy thoughts. “I'll take you back to school.”

“Oh...” An Jinxi was a bit disappointed. “Going back already?”

“Otherwise? Don't you have classes tomorrow?”

“Classes aren't as important as being with Brother Chen...”

“Cut it out.” Wang Chen flicked her forehead. “Study hard and make progress every day.”

An Jinxi covered her forehead and made a face at Wang Chen.

“Bleh bleh bleh~”

On the way back to school, An Jinxi and Su Xiaoxiao both suddenly became very quiet.

The three of them maintained this "eerie" atmosphere all the way!

Arriving at the school gate, Wang Chen stopped the car.

“We're here.”

An Jinxi unbuckled her seatbelt, suddenly leaned over, and kissed Wang Chen on the cheek: “Thanks, Brother Chen! I had a great time today!”

Then she quickly opened the door, got out, popped the trunk, grabbed her things, and ran!

Su Xiaoxiao also blushed and gave Wang Chen a kiss, “Goodbye, Brother Chen...”

Then she also got out of the car and ran off.

Wang Chen touched his kissed cheek and watched the two girls' silhouettes as they ran into the school gate, giving a bitter laugh.

Debts of gratitude and love are the hardest to repay!

He restarted the car and slowly drove away.

In the rearview mirror, under the streetlights at the school gate, the two girls were still standing there, waving at him.

Wang Chen sighed.

What is meant to come will eventually come.

He just hadn't figured out how to face it yet.

Inside an upscale apartment in Hangzhou City.

Xiao Yu sat on the living room sofa; he was a full size larger than he had been in Southeast Asia, mostly due to swelling.

Heavy dark circles hung under his eyes, looking as if he hadn't slept for half a month.

Suddenly!

The doorbell rang.

He jumped up like a startled rabbit and scrambled to open the door.

Standing outside was Chen Long.

“C-Captain Chen...” Xiao Yu hurriedly bowed and scraped in greeting, his head almost touching his thighs.

Chen Long walked in expressionlessly, scanning the messy living room.

Takeout boxes were piled on the coffee table, empty wine bottles were strewn on the floor, and a sour smell permeated the air.

“The boss sent me to get the agreement,” Chen Long said.

“It's ready! It's all ready!” Xiao Yu scrambled into the bedroom, brought out a document bag, and presented it with both hands. “The equity transfer agreement, power of attorney, and notarized documents. It's... it's all here!”

Chen Long took it and checked everything carefully.

It was indeed the transfer documents for the 18% of Xiao Group shares under Xiao Yu's name, lacking only the signatures and seals of both parties.

“The boss said,” Chen Long put away the documents, “that once the agreement is signed, you'll be free.”

Xiao Yu fell to his knees with a thud.

“Captain Chen! Please put in a word for me with President Wang... No, no, no, let me speak to President Wang personally!” He hugged Chen Long's leg. “From now on, I, Xiao Yu, am President Wang's dog! His most loyal dog! I'll bite whoever he tells me to, and I'll never go west if he tells me to go east!”

Chen Long frowned and tried to pull his leg away.

But Xiao Yu held on tight.

“Didn't President Wang want me to return to the country to help him with things? I'm on standby! At his beck and call!” Xiao Yu looked up, tears and snot flowing together. “I know I wasn't a good person before, I wasn't human! But I understand now, only by following President Wang is there a way to live! Those people in the Xiao Family... they all look down on me now, treating me like a stray dog...”

He sobbed uncontrollably: “My father kicked me out of the house, and My Older Brother won't help me either... I have nothing now, President Wang is my only lifeline!”

Chen Long was silent for a moment.

He remembered back in Southeast Asia, this playboy was still an arrogant and overbearing scion.

Less than a month had passed, and he had turned into this miserable state.

All he could say was... he brought it on himself!