Really? I'm fighting the Dark Emperor.

Chapter 196 "The Full Moon Resides in the Night Sky"

The box contained a string of prayer beads.

Rui Bu Si counted them; there were nine beads in total.

The beads have a transparent outer shell, and inside they are colorful, clearly representing various planets in the universe.

Touching the Quark Star, she was somewhat surprised: "Moonshadow Stone?"

"Well, I guess so..."

Even though he bought it himself, it seemed to glare at him now, making it impossible for him to look at it directly.

"I saw something suitable on the roadside and bought it on a whim. I was in a bit of a rush and didn't listen carefully to what the shopkeeper said."

"Hmm?" Are Moonshadow Stones so abundant on Quark Planet now?

"We've already seen it, now..."

"It's said that no matter what color moonstone is, it becomes transparent under moonlight and cannot be seen with the naked eye," she interrupted him with a grin. "The moon is about to rise now, Mya Star, would you like to go take a look together?"

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the words "Mi Yaxing" were deliberately emphasized.

"No, I suddenly remembered, it seems like Eric... sigh!" I was practically dragged along the whole way.

"President Eric doesn't have time for you today. He'd be drowned out by a bunch of girls if he even showed his face." Heading towards the attic with a clear goal in mind, she suddenly stopped and turned back. The close proximity startled Miya Xing, who was lost in thought.

"Hmm... I guess so." He subconsciously responded to what she had said earlier, even though he hadn't noticed what she had actually said.

"Miya Xing," a light but firm pressure came from his forehead. Perhaps because he had been walking for a long time, he felt his breathing and heartbeat were a little rapid. Then he heard her voice, "Did you lend your intelligence to other students who needed it when you went out?"

The bracelet swayed in front of him as she moved, and he felt a little nervous and regretful that when she asked for a gift, he hadn't just casually handed her the bracelet as he had planned.

Perhaps my intelligence was lent to someone else who needed it.

He looked at the bright smile in her eyes, then looked down and saw their hands clasped together.

The sky wasn't completely dark yet, but the moon had already appeared on the horizon. She went up to the attic and held up her bracelet by the window.

Contrary to expectations, the already transparent outer shell became completely invisible, leaving only the inner planet seemingly floating in mid-air. To the naked eye, it wasn't just the outermost shell that became transparent.

The planet-shaped beads inside are also made of moonstone.

She glanced at Miya Xing, who seemed to want to say something, but ultimately just awkwardly looked away.

Under the moonlight, as the sky darkened, the bracelet gradually became transparent, until only a string of numbers remained suspended in mid-air. She leaned closer and saw the numbers clearly:

“4、3、1、4、3、1、4、3、1。”

"143?"

The bracelet was placed between the two of them: "Zhizhixing, what does 143 mean?"

He put down the bracelet, met her question, and unconsciously took a step back. Under her pressure, he took it step by step... step by step... until his lower back touched the edge of the table.

With nowhere to retreat, his already chaotic thoughts scattered wildly, and he even began to lose sight of reality. His hands, without him realizing it, were now gripping the edge of the table. He took a deep breath, and when he met her close gaze, his courage inexplicably dissipated.

“143 means…” He closed his eyes briefly, “It means ‘I like you’.”

"The bracelet was also meant to be a gift for you," anyway... I already said it, "it wasn't just something I bought from a roadside stall."

His gaze darted around aimlessly, occasionally glancing at her without lingering. The haphazard rubbing of his hands on the table revealed his deep unease.

Should we say something more?

The pre-set words were randomly rearranged in his mind, and he opened his mouth but could not utter a word, like a mute.

I felt a gust of wind blow through my heart, and then my heart started beating incredibly fast, while time began to feel incredibly long.

Has a century already passed?

But the moon outside the window seems to be still in the same place, and the hands of the clock on the real playing cards may not have moved even two feet.

He thought of gravity, which had nothing to do with this, ... and of God's creation of the world.

Perhaps on the seventh day after the creation of the world, God should have given humans two hearts.

My heartbeat is really too loud.

Why...have you been so silent?

"Miya Star." The soft, ethereal voice touched his heartstrings. He saw the bracelet on her wrist, the numbers suspended in the moonlight, far more beautiful than when he took it out to look at it at night when he had nothing to do.

"I love so much."

"What do you like...?"

She smiled and replied, "I like bracelets."

She stood there, very close to him, looking completely different from usual. He couldn't quite put his finger on what was different, but...

She added, "I like you too."

only……

I like it too...

In his panic, the table made a loud noise as he pushed it. He hurriedly stood up straight, overwhelmed with surprise, so much so that he was at a loss for what to do and couldn't think of a good reply.

"Um...um! Me too."

"What is it?"

He listened to her rhetorical question, knowing the answer already, and this time, without letting time pass too quickly, he answered carefully, word by word:

"Yes, I like you."