After leaving his divine realm, Zeng Shen looked at the two tempting, snow-white bodies beside him. His spirits perked up again, and he muttered to himself.
"I don't think I've farmed today's divine-rank experience yet."
An hour and a half later.
[Despite repeated counterattacks, the host failed against Xiao Di's superb skills and was defeated once again, laying down his weapon in surrender. Divine-rank experience +5.]
"Huh? Why is it one point less?"
"Could it be because I lasted half an hour less?"
"Or is the amount of divine-rank experience random?"
After that burst of pleasure, Zeng Shen got up with Xiao Ai and Xiao Di's help, washed, and dressed. Then he sat on the sofa and waited for them to finish making breakfast.
Before long.
A simple but generous breakfast made with eggs, scallions, radishes, pork belly, mushrooms, sausages, and onions appeared before him.
Zeng Shen picked up a piece of scrambled egg with scallions and put it into his mouth. It was tender and delicious.
"Delicious. It's easily as good as a hotel chef's cooking, if not better."
Zeng Shen praised them.
"If there's anything you'd like to eat, Master, I can buy fresh ingredients and make it for you every day," Xiao Ai said with a smile.
"Haha, great. But I wouldn't dare have you two cook here for me every day."
"You're worried about Mistress discovering us before the catastrophe arrives, aren't you, Master?" Xiao Ai asked gently.
"That's right."
"Master, although we both have living flesh and skin just like normal people, and feel no different from humans to you, our heads contain mechanical cores.
"If Mistress discovers us, you can have us open our skulls and show her our mechanical hearts. Then tell her we're out-of-production synthetic maid dolls you paid a fortune for online."
Xiao Di spoke dispassionately, as though she wasn't talking about herself at all.
Instead, she sounded as though she were discussing two products.
Hearing Xiao Di's remarks, Zeng Shen nearly choked.
Every time that girl did it with him, she would inexplicably suggest spicing things up, asking whether he wanted to hire a few pretty maids or order some synthetic maid dolls online.
She had even actually placed orders.
But he had canceled them all in the end.
Well, there's no need to buy any this time. I've already got them.
Besides.
Were they realistic?
Of course they were.
After all, apart from their mechanical brain cores, they were no different from normal people.
"It's not really that I'm worried about her finding out you exist. It's just that revealing you to my girlfriend before the catastrophe arrives would mean explaining too many things."
Zeng Shen paused, then explained his plans.
"So I'm planning to find some time over the next few days to buy a plot of land in the suburbs. Then you can help me turn it into a shelter where my family can live after the catastrophe. After that, you'll take on new identities and join her before I get my license plate and head off to explore other cities. You'll protect her."
"Master, you can leave all of that to us. There's no need for you to take time out to deal with such trivial matters," Xiao Ai said.
Zeng Shen slapped his forehead. "Why didn't I think of that? But what about your identification documents?"
Xiao Di looked up. "Master, as long as you give us money, we can find people ourselves and easily resolve those issues."
"All right." Zeng Shen took out the premium card he had obtained at the Industrial and Commercial Bank during recruitment and placed it on the table. "There are four hundred million in this account. I'll leave it with you. The PIN is 123456."
After breakfast, Zeng Shen opened a gate to his divine realm in the bedroom, setting its destination to the Divine Palace.
"I'm going to shoot videos for your mistress. Xiao Di, I'll leave the mining over in the Lingnan District to you. Xiao Ai, you'll look after the species in the divine realm. The two ant colonies in Emerald Valley and the cats in Bast Town will become intelligent races in the future, so pay them extra attention."
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Di and Xiao Ai both nodded.
Zeng Shen left the gate open. Just as he turned to leave, his phone received a text from the vehicle administration office, notifying him to come draw a license plate number in three days.
Finally. Just three more days, and I can replace the RV with a divine-powered war vehicle and head to other cities for first-time rewards.
Zeng Shen sighed, then suddenly remembered something and returned to the bedroom.
Immediately afterward.
He took out his two divine-powered war vehicle cards and focused his mind.
In an instant, two enormous vehicles the size of RVs, resembling the mobile construction vehicles from Red Alert, appeared outside the Divine Palace's entrance.
"These two will be your transportation within the divine realm. Buy yourselves two vehicles on Blue Planet as well. Once you get their plates, I'll give each of you another divine-powered war vehicle to use on Blue Planet."
"Thank you, Master."
Xiao Di and Xiao Ai thanked him.
Zeng Shen nodded. Looking at their maid outfits, he thought for a moment and said, "When you go out today, buy some clothes while you're at it."
"Yes, Master. We'll choose clothes and stockings according to your tastes," Xiao Ai said with a hint of mischief.
"Uh..." Zeng Shen hadn't expected her to see through his little ulterior motive. He added, "Things you like are fine too."
With that.
He turned and left, driving out of the Good Fortune residential complex.
[The host boldly relied on his skills, in the presence of a tier-three curse-type deity... Survival points +10.]
Listening to the familiar notification, Zeng Shen drove out of the Good Fortune residential complex and arrived at the entrance to Like Family Studio.
"It's only seven. I wonder if those two are up this early."
Zeng Shen checked his phone, then pressed his hand against the smart door lock.
Creak.
The door hadn't been locked from inside and opened straight away.
Zeng Shen walked in, only to suddenly hear faint, breathless cries of "Daddy" and "Honey" coming from behind Li Yuqing's tightly shut bedroom door.
"It's so early. Could that girl be...?"
His eyes widened as though he'd discovered a new continent. He tiptoed toward Li Yuqing's closed door, intending to open it and surprise her, only to find it locked from within.
Another loud cry came from inside. "Ah! Ah, I'm coming!"
"She's being so loud. Isn't she worried Tongtong next door will hear?"
Zeng Shen muttered, glancing at the closed door to Liu Tongtong's room next door, then prepared to knock and join in.
But the next second.
Liu Tongtong's voice actually came from inside, crying, "Daddy," and, "Honey, don't!"
Instantly.
Zeng Shen's hand froze before he could knock, and his eyes went wide.
"Huh? What's going on in there?"
"Why is Liu Tongtong in there too?"
Could Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong be doing it? Or could they be lesbians?
If that was the case, then whenever Li Yuqing suggested hiring some pretty maids while we were doing it, could she actually have meant it?
Was she attracted to both men and women? Did she really have that in mind, liking pretty women as well as me?
Good grief. If that's true, wouldn't introducing Xiao Ai and Xiao Di to her leave them at her mercy? And then they'd...
At that thought.
Zeng Shen's expression grew strange. If Li Yuqing really had that inclination, should he push the door open, ask her about it, and then join in, and then...
As his imagination ran on.
Zeng Shen grew inexplicably excited, even itching to act. But just then, the battle between the two inside seemed to end, and their voices stopped.
"Oh no, they're finished."
"Until I know whether Li Yuqing really has that inclination or whether this is just something beyond friendship she's developed with Liu Tongtong, I'd better make myself scarce. I'll wait until I'm sure."
With that thought, Zeng Shen hurried toward the front door like a thief, quietly closed it behind him, and went downstairs.
After sitting in the RV for nearly a minute, he composed himself a little before sending Li Yuqing a message on WeChat.
"Baby, I'm downstairs. Are you awake?"
A WeChat video call from Li Yuqing came immediately.
Zeng Shen took a deep breath and answered.
Li Yuqing sat beside the bathtub, a white towel wrapped around her beautiful, alluring figure and delicate, creamy-white skin. Her voice sounded just as it always did.
"Honey, Tongtong and I are washing up in the bathroom."
"Then I'll call you again in a bit."
"Haha, there's no need, honey. We can keep chatting like this. Tongtong doesn't mind, so why should I?"
"Get lost."
From somewhere outside Zeng Shen's view, Liu Tongtong's soft voice faintly sounded.