Chapter 214: Unexpected Encounter!

After breakfast and a short rest, Aiden, Scarlett, and Roberta began changing clothes, preparing to go out.

While changing, Aiden reminded the androids that if they wanted to learn more about this world, they could use his computer. Since they basically all had network hacking abilities, their understanding speed would far exceed Aerith and the others.

Of course, he also specifically said, there are some things they shouldn't look at. But thinking of the androids' massive database, he felt maybe that warning was unnecessary.

Once dressed, the three of them left the house, took the elevator downstairs, and walked out of the neighborhood.

Although he had a driver's license, Aiden had never bought a car. Although the place they wanted to go wasn't very far, walking there would take a lot of time, so the three could only stand at the gate of the neighborhood and wait for a taxi.

The city Aiden lived in was in a southern inland province. By October, temperatures could still reach over thirty degrees Celsius. And now, it was only July or August, so even in the morning, it was extremely hot.

While waiting for the car, Scarlett took a pair of sunglasses from her women's handbag and put them on, then fanned the side of her face with her hand, complaining, "Speaking of which, darling, shouldn't we buy a few cars already? Not to mention there are so many people in the house now, in this kind of hot weather, going out is really inconvenient. Just waiting for a car is already a kind of torment."

As she spoke, she glanced at Roberta, who was standing on Aiden's other side. Even in such hot weather, the other party was still dressed in a tightly wrapped maid uniform, as if unable to feel heat at all.

But she still used Roberta as an excuse to continue speaking, "Look at Roberta, always wearing so much. I'm fine with it, but be careful she gets heatstroke!"

But unexpectedly, Roberta calmly replied, "I'm not hot."

Scarlett's expression instantly stiffened. Before she could continue speaking, she heard Roberta say again, "But we indeed need to buy a car, it would be more convenient for grocery shopping."

Now there were more than ten mouths to feed at home. The daily food consumption was already a big number. Not to mention snacks and drinks were also consumed in large quantities.

These days, it was Roberta and Fabiola who went grocery shopping every day. With only four hands between them, it was indeed overwhelming.

"Sounds like I'm stingy and won't buy one…"

Hearing the two women, Aiden shook his head with annoyance and said, "Buying is definitely necessary. Before, there were fewer people, and we usually didn't go out much, so what's the point of buying a car? But now there are more people, and we'll be moving to a more distant place later on, so a car is definitely necessary. But before buying a car, we should first find a place to live."

"Then it has to be a big villa!" Scarlett shouted excitedly.

"Of course. I think even a villa might be too small." Aiden did the math, based on the current number of people at home, a manor would be more fitting.

"Then buy a manor," Scarlett said again. "At least over a thousand square meters, anything smaller won't be enough. In the future, you'll definitely bring back more sisters."

Aiden smacked his lips and said, "Scarlett, you seem even more excited than I am."

"Sisters, right? A few more doesn't matter. As long as you don't forget us," Scarlett looked at him and then tightly hugged his arm. The voluptuous peaks made him shudder slightly.

"Don't mess around, we're still outside."

Although he said that, Aiden still calmly enjoyed it. He glanced at Roberta and had some bad thoughts, "Roberta, tonight… bring Scarlett with you?"

A dragon with two phoenixes, Aiden had experienced that. The taste of the twin sisters was beyond words.

But Roberta didn't speak immediately. She didn't act pitiful either, just silently looked at him. Very soon, Aiden surrendered and said, "Alright, Roberta, tonight, you're mine alone."

Only then did Roberta slowly shift her gaze away, allowing Aiden to breathe a sigh of relief. He could clearly feel the sourness had eased a lot.

While the three were talking, a taxi stopped in front of them. The driver rolled down the window and asked, "Where to?"

"Pedestrian Street in the city center," Aiden replied immediately.

Accompanying Scarlett and Roberta out wasn't just about finding a place to live, they also wanted to shop. After all, they were women and naturally liked buying fresh things.

"Get in." The driver smiled. The city center was fairly far, and it was still morning rush hour. A lot of people were going out, so this ride was worth it.

The three got into the car and headed toward the city center. But with the driver being an outsider, Scarlett restrained herself a lot and didn't say anything along the way.

However, the driver glanced at them several times. Scarlett, naturally, didn't need to be mentioned, a head of blonde hair would stand out anywhere.

And although Roberta had black hair, her appearance made it obvious at a glance that she wasn't a local. So after driving for a while, the driver asked, "Foreign students?"

"No, I… friends," Aiden thought for a while before answering. After all, in this country, if he said they were all his girlfriends, with a taxi driver's mouth, probably the whole city would know in a few days.

"Doesn't look like it," the driver shook his head. Doing this line of work, of course, he knew how to read people. But since Aiden didn't say more, he didn't press either. After that, he fell silent.

Although this City was just a third-tier city, the morning rush was still very congested. Especially today, it happened to be a weekend. By the time they reached the pedestrian street, nearly an hour had passed.

Naturally, the driver was very happy. Even if stuck in traffic, the taxi meter still ran. Sometimes, a long ride like this could earn as much as two regular ones.

After bidding farewell to the grinning taxi driver, the three entered the pedestrian street.

As mentioned earlier, today was the weekend, so even in the morning, the pedestrian street was quite crowded. Aiden and Roberta were fine, but Scarlett had already started excitedly browsing.

Honestly, there wasn't much worth buying in a pedestrian street of a third-tier city. Aiden had lived in a first-tier city before and knew that in a prosperous city, many luxury brand stores wouldn't open in public pedestrian streets. But in third-tier cities, it was different, besides here, they had nowhere else to go.

"Darling, I want to buy a few sets of clothes." After shopping for a while, Scarlett stopped at the entrance of a lingerie store, hugging Aiden's arm and whispering.

Aiden just glanced at it and found it was actually a shop specializing in sexy lingerie. How could he refuse? He immediately waved and said, "Buy! Buy several sets. Buy out the whole store if you want."

With so many women at home now, even if they bought the whole store, there'd be someone to wear them. So not only was Aiden generous now, he was even more expectant.

He definitely wouldn't admit he wanted to watch a fashion show at home like a Miss Universe pageant.

Although Roberta wasn't interested in any kind of sexy lingerie, Scarlett was different. She didn't mind wearing slightly cooler clothes at home, and forcibly dragged Roberta inside and bought a lot.

Originally, Roberta didn't want to go in, but one sentence from Scarlett made her compromise.

"You don't want to lose to those androids either, right? They're way more qualified than you, a maid."

Not having time to refute that last sentence, Roberta still went into the lingerie store, leaving only Aiden outside. After all, he was male, and usually this kind of lingerie store wouldn't allow him to go in.

Aiden also only decided not to go in after seeing that the shop was full of women. Otherwise, he would've just brought them inside directly, though Scarlett and the others minded it more than he did.

Aiden boredly waited at the entrance for a while, smoking cigarette after cigarette, using it to kill time.

After waiting a long time, Scarlett and Roberta still hadn't come out, but Aiden noticed that there was significantly less lingerie inside the store, knowing that it was probably all packed up by the two of them.

He waited again at the entrance for a while. In the end, he didn't wait for Scarlett and the others to come out, but instead unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

"... Aiden? Aiden?"

From within the corridor, a young man in his early twenties carefully looked over, then cautiously called Aiden's name. At his side, there was also a young woman holding his arm.

"Mr. Smith!" Hearing someone call him, Aiden followed the direction the voice came from and instantly recognized the person as his childhood friend and old classmate, Mr. Smith.

"I thought I was seeing things!" Mr. Smith smacked his lips, walked up to him and said, then smoothly handed him a cigarette.

Then he said, "Why didn't you come to the class reunion a few days ago? I heard from Steve that you were at home around those days and even asked him to order several bunk beds."

The "Steve" he spoke of was Aiden's old classmate who worked at the furniture market. Those few bunk beds back then were ordered through him.

"No time." Aiden shrugged. The so-called class reunion was basically just a dinner gathering with high school classmates. Most of them had only known each other for a few years, the relationship wasn't even a tenth as good as with this childhood friend standing before him.

"Lucky you didn't have time. That class reunion was totally boring, just people showing off." The old classmate clapped Aiden on the shoulder, looking relieved. "Remember Andrew? That day he kept talking about how he got rich starting a business. If we hadn't been in the same dorm back then, I would've cursed him out."

"Good thing I didn't go." Aiden also had a relieved look, but he didn't want to talk too much on this topic. He looked at the young woman holding Mr. Smith's arm and asked, "Your girlfriend?"

"Mm." Mr. Smith nodded and said, "Her name's Sofia. We've been together for several years now. It's just that you don't interact with us much, other classmates all know already. Oh right, Sofia and I are getting married next month. Make sure to come support us!"

"Definitely." Aiden had a pretty good impression of this childhood friend. They grew up playing together. Though he had many flaws, he was still really good to him.

Hearing Aiden's words, Mr. Smith smiled again and patted his shoulder, then asked, "You must have found a girlfriend by now too, right? I saw you waiting in front of this lingerie shop for so long, must be waiting for someone."

"Uh…" Aiden didn't know how to respond, so he could only vaguely say, "Yeah, something like that."

Mr. Smith could tell he didn't want to say much. Holding back his urge to peek into the store, he said again, "Speaking of which, among us childhood friends, you're the oldest. Yet up till now, you still haven't gotten married. Honestly, I heard someone back in the village gossiping about you when I went home a few days ago."

"Let them say whatever. That's their only form of entertainment anyway." Aiden looked indifferent. He didn't mind at all about becoming the local gossip topic at the village entrance. After all, his ancestors had a bit of fame back in the hometown, he had been used to it since childhood.

"You're the only one who can take it. Last time I went back, even bringing Sofia along, I didn't dare walk past them." Mr. Smith patted his chest, clearly traumatized by the experience.

Then he handed Aiden another cigarette. Aiden took it but only held it in his hand, not lighting it. Seeing Mr. Smith's hesitant look, he asked, "Just say what you want. I already know what you're going to say anyway."

"Heh heh." Mr. Smith scratched his head, then after a while said, "Introduce me to your sister-in-law later, yeah?"

Aiden sighed right away. He did want to introduce her, but more because he wanted to show off. After all, every woman around him was amazing. Even Fabiola, whose body hadn't fully matured yet, was undoubtedly a stunning beauty in the making.

It's just… he thought of his own mother. Right now, with him were Scarlett and Roberta. Roberta was fine, his mother knew her. But Scarlett… he probably wouldn't be able to explain well later. Call her a friend? His old classmate likely wouldn't believe it.

His head started to hurt. Yet just as he was stressing about how to open the topic, Scarlett's voice rang in his ear, "Darling, who are they?"

Then, a jade-sculpted arm hooked onto his arm.

This time, Aiden's head hurt even more. He turned his head to look, Scarlett and Roberta had both come out. Behind them, the lingerie store staff were packing up the lingerie they had picked. Judging by the scene, it seemed like they had bought quite a lot.

"This is… sister-in-law?" Mr. Smith looked at Scarlett, who was holding onto Aiden's arm. For a moment, he was stunned. He wasn't a single-player gamer, so naturally he didn't recognize Scarlett. But he was still shocked by this mature blonde beauty.

"Sort of… I guess." Aiden thought about it and still chose to say that.

Then, another arm hooked onto his arm, this time it was Roberta.

Clearly, she had figured out what was going on now, so she decisively made her move.

"Hiss…" Mr. Smith audibly sucked in a breath of cold air. Even if he were slow, he could see something was going on. He felt like this childhood friend and old classmate of his seemed to be hiding some serious stuff.

Unlike his surprised gaze, his girlfriend's expression turned a bit disdainful. She sized up Scarlett and Roberta from top to bottom. It wasn't full of disgust or anything extreme, just felt like Aiden seemed kind of scummy.

Luckily, Mr. Smith wasn't too slow. He tugged at his girlfriend and sensibly didn't continue this topic, instead saying, "Next month, remember to come."

Then he added, "Bring whoever you want."

And this one sentence earned Aiden a look of dissatisfaction… 'What kind of wording was that?'

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