In Jiang Qiuqiu’s small courtyard ho, five days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these five days, Mo Si acted like a proper butler, reminding Jiang Qiuqiu on schedule: it was ti for her Spiritual Combing, ti to drink her Spirit Nourishing Liquid, and ti to go to sleep.
A life without live streaming or going out should have been a little boring, but Jiang Qiuqiu loved teasing Mo Si and chatting with him.
She found his reactions in many situations to be just too amusing.
For example, Jiang Qiuqiu had recently seen a news story on the Star Network about a couple—one was 70, the other 21. She was musing about how long lifespans gave interstellar people more ti to wait for love.
She was just idly remarking on it when Mo Si, who was sitting beside her, suddenly leaned in.
He also glanced at the news story, then said, "I don’t have a good feeling about them."
Jiang Qiuqiu: ??
Mo Si wasn’t one to casually voice his opinion on such matters.
"Why?" Jiang Qiuqiu pointed at the news story. "Look at these photos and videos. They look great together."
"No..."
Mo Si shook his head. "He’s already 70. He went to college, graduated, started working, and even went to war—he passed through all the major stages of his life before this girl was even born."
"When he was old enough to be a grandfather, that girl was still in swaddling clothes."
"..."
"But they were both adults when they t."
"Mm," Mo Si nodded slightly. "They were."
Jiang Qiuqiu continued, "They’re two adults, attracted to each other’s qualities, who fell in love and got together—"
"But they can’t be together for the long haul."
Mo Si was very calm. "The average lifespan for interstellar people is 200 years. This man has 130 years left, at which point his life might end. But the girl is only 21."
"Maybe they can make it to the end." But ti is the cruelest thing.
It would take one of them away, and at that point, genuine affection and love would beco another kind of burden.
His perspective was a bit pessimistic, which left Jiang Qiuqiu at a loss for words. She was about to say sothing more positive, but Mo Si turned the topic to her.
"Qiuqiu, if you choose a partner in the future, you must choose carefully." Mo Si felt that Jiang Qiuqiu was still quite drawn to this kind of romance. "Don’t choose soone too much older than you."
After saying this, he drew a line in his mind. ’The age gap should be within ten years, at most.’
...Soone like him wouldn’t be suitable.
When he was on the front lines, Qiuqiu might have still been in her infancy.
This speculation suddenly filled Mo Si with a subtle sense of guilt.
He decided to stop thinking about it, and then he heard Jiang Qiuqiu’s firm reply, "Don’t worry, Black Hole. I definitely won’t choose soone who’s a lot older than as a boyfriend."
She looked at Mo Si. "I like guys around my age. Preferably five or six years older."
"That’s good," Mo Si said, and then gave no further reaction.
Jiang Qiuqiu: ??
She hesitated for a mont. ’Was my hint... not obvious enough?’
And besides, why did Mo Si suddenly seem so dejected?
It was as if he didn’t want to talk about this anymore.
Strange.
...
The closer they got, the more she sotis felt that while Black Hole didn’t show much on his face, his emotions were actually quite volatile from day to day.
Thinking about it that way, he, with his cool-guy face every day, suddenly seed even cuter.
She smiled as she finished her evening Spirit Nourishing Liquid, and another day passed.
Today, the Federation Live Broadcast Company had already announced the list of those who advanced from the first round of the annual PK competition.
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