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Qiong smiled and said to Topa, hoping that her words of comfort would make her feel better. Topa, however, looked utterly dejected when she came to her senses.

"But the sensations are exactly the same, how can we pretend this never happened?"

Toppa recalled the scene of Emerald being kissed and touched by Qiong. She could only say that she was indeed her senior and was very composed. Physically speaking, she was not hurt, but she was mentally damaged.

"Pinocone, isn't that amazing?"

Qiong shrugged and said that this was also the first time Toppa had experienced a dream, and he felt that the only way for him to go was to seek compensation for emotional distress.

By the time Qiong and Toppa left the captain's cabin, Rosa had already brought out a portrait of Estádio with pink hair. Judging from her expression, she was probably going to hang it in the captain's cabin.

"Captain, the first mate's portrait is ready, and we've also prepared a billboard for you."

Rosa lowered her head and spoke to Sora. As her voice fell, ten billboards swayed out from behind her. They looked just like the billboards outside the shops, moving on the ground with two small legs. The images on them were portraits of Sora.

"They're quite cute, don't mistreat them."

Qiong looked at the bright, sparkling eyes on the billboard and couldn't help but laugh. These were creatures unique to her dreams, tamed and obedient by humans. Qiong reached out and patted the billboard's head before speaking to Rosa.

"Do your will."

Rosa nodded and quietly watched Qiong and Topa leave.

The two returned to Emerald's room. She had no interest in socializing and preferred to stay in her room to prepare for the upcoming acquisition of Pinocone's shares.

As soon as Qiong entered the room, she ran to Emerald's side, knelt down, hugged her long legs with both hands, and rubbed her cheeks against her.

"Sister Jade, I have a favor to ask!"

Qiong took full advantage of Emerald's bare legs, which horrified Topa. She grabbed Qiong's shoulders and tried to pull him back, but he was stuck to her like glue.

"You say it."

Emerald glanced at Qiong before continuing her work; the hardened woman remained unmoved.

“You know Yalilo No. 6, right? That’s my territory. When you have time, please be sure to open a branch of Ciyu Pawnshop.”

"You can find many unexpected treasures on planets you've never been to, but what is your purpose?"

Emerald nodded and said that it didn't matter where she opened a branch, since she wouldn't appear in any fixed place anyway. She was like a randomly refreshed wishing machine, which was very mysterious.

"I want you to bring Yelena with you. Then my people will notify me when I meet Yelena, and she will be willing to marry me."

Qiong sincerely stated his purpose, and Emerald listened with some interest, but did not ask any further questions, instead waiting for the information to come out on its own.

"When did I say I wanted to marry you?"

Topa immediately said that she had only mentioned giving Qiong the opportunity to place the boundary anchor, but it hadn't reached the point of discussing marriage.

"We've met three times in this vast universe, isn't that fate?"

"The last time was made by Ren Yueyi Er Yin Sanwu (Seven) Liushan Ren Er Zao!"

Toppa realized that Sora was cheating on him. This guy didn't intend to follow the rules properly at all, but instead begged Emerald. Thinking about it carefully, he could only call on Emerald when she was traveling.

"You only said you wanted to meet me, you didn't say it couldn't be done by force. Now that I have the opportunity to marry you, of course I'll do everything I can. What's the difference between just waiting here and giving up?"

Qiong said righteously, and Toppa thought about it and realized that it seemed to make sense. If Qiong did nothing and just waited, it would mean that he didn't value him. Anyway, he was right no matter what he said.

"Little Yelena, it seems you've been tricked by him again. He'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals. I taught you that when you first joined the company. How come you're still so oblivious when it comes to matters of the heart?"

Jade had heard the whole story, and being as clever as she was, how could she not figure out how Toppa and Qiong made the bet? She smiled and said.

"I've never been in a relationship before..."

Topa said reluctantly that she wasn't born knowing how to do business, and the same goes for dating; one has to be educated to become shrewd.

"Actually, you just don't want to apply what you learned at work to your relationships, don't you? You're such an innocent girl."

Emerald chuckled and said that in her opinion, relationships and business were similar, both of which involved deception and scheming to make a profit. Toppa was young, and it was normal for him to be innocent in love.

"But the man in front of you is different. He'll use anything to achieve his goals. How can you fight him?"

Emerald continued, Toppa thought that ever since she met Qiong, this guy had been taking advantage of her by any means necessary. If things had gone according to normal procedure, how could she have been led around by this guy Qiong?

"Oh dear, it's getting late. My robin wife is calling me. Bye-bye."

Qiong took out her phone and glanced at it. After seeing the message from Robin, she immediately released Emerald's leg, waved to the two women, and left the room without looking back.

"This guy, it's really a miracle he wasn't beaten to death by a woman!"

Topa said through gritted teeth, "One second he was saying he wanted to marry me, and the next second he was flirting with other women. Is this something a human being would do?"

"Don't be jealous. It's always better to put things out in the open than to keep them to yourself."

Jade offered a lukewarm consolation, saying that since nothing could stop Qiong's philandering anyway, this might help her to be more open-minded.

Why does Lady Jade always side with him?

Topa asked in confusion, feeling that Emerald didn't seem to have been won over by Qiong, so where did this strange trust come from?

“Because he is a rare commodity,” Jade replied.

Is it a rare commodity?

"Don't be fooled by our current wealth, status, and everything that ordinary people envy. When the war of the gods comes in the future, our fate will be no different from that of ordinary people. The aftershocks of the battle between the star gods will change the entire galaxy's landscape."

"Under these circumstances, investing in a promising stock is a good choice. He will definitely protect his wife before he dies; that is his promise."

Emerald told Toppa about Qiong's thoughts, something Toppa was unaware of, but Toppa only frowned slightly.

Chapter 153 A First Kiss

"But if that's the case, wouldn't it be like I'm only with him to survive?"

Topa felt that the future was uncertain. Could she really expect Qiong to protect her? Even if she could, it wouldn't be pure if feelings were involved.

"If you really hated him, you wouldn't have these thoughts. Don't get the order of importance wrong. First, you want to be with him, and only then do you have the possibility of surviving in the war of gods."

Emerald's words enlightened Topa. She thought about it and realized it was true. If she wasn't interested in Qiong, she wouldn't even consider why she was with him in the first place.

"Is he really that amazing?"

Have you ever seen a person being glanced at by three star gods?

Jade silenced Toppa with a rhetorical question. Even if a star core had become sentient, it wouldn't be anything worth paying attention to for the Star Gods. The size of a star core is what it is, and no matter how much it mutates, it won't be well received. So, what the Star Gods are really looking at is Qiong himself. Perhaps the Star Gods have seen the possibilities of the future in him.

"Is Qiong boy lucky or unlucky?"

At this moment, Topa could only mutter to himself, "I'm lucky because Qiong has a bright future, but I'm unlucky because everyone understands that to become someone who can face the Star Gods, one must inevitably experience painful experiences."

By this time, Sora had already found Robin. She had calmed down the storm surrounding the fireworks. As for Robin's attitude, she could only feel helpless. She wanted to be angry, but then she thought that the Masked Fool was just naturally cheeky. It wasn't directed at anyone in particular. Even after such a thing happened, everyone should thank the Masked Fool for not causing any deaths. Since Fireworks had already gone to such lengths, what else could she do but comply?

"The opening ceremony of the Harmonious Music Festival was successfully completed, and a worry has been put to rest."

Robin and Qiong stood at the berth of the Huichangshi. She looked at the night sky in the distance and spoke softly. A breeze blew her hair, her black hair rising and falling. Qiong also raised his hand and put his arm around her shoulder.

"A-Qiong, you'll leave Pinocchio after the Harmonious Music Ceremony ends, right?"

Robin looked at the dome beside her and said that she knew what was going on. The Star Dome Train came to Pinocchio to participate in the Harmony Ceremony, but some accidents happened and it stayed here.

"Well, I still have a lot to do. I need to go to the space station to find a cure for Liuying's illness. I don't know where the train's next destination is."

Qiong didn't lie to the robin; he really couldn't stay in one place for long. As he continued to expand, he had more and more things to deal with.

"what about me?"

The robin gently bit her lip, looking at Qiong with reluctance and asking, "If Qiong leaves, I won't even have anyone to confide in. I've been single for so long, and I've finally fallen for a man. Of course, I can't bear to part with him like this."

"I want to take you with me, would you like to?"

Qiong's heart broke when he saw the robin's aggrieved expression. He held the robin's hand and said affectionately, "Everything will be alright as long as you get on the bus."

"It's not a matter of whether I want to or not, I have to stay."

Robin couldn't answer Qiong's question. She also had responsibilities; she couldn't abandon everything to become an anonymous person. She was a child of harmony and had to strive to spread harmony.

"Then let's use a business trip as an excuse. I'll take you out for a walk. Staying in a dream world all the time isn't good for your health."

Before the robin could say anything more, Qiong immediately offered his solution. He didn't want his robin wife to be locked up in one place all the time, even though it was her own choice. All Qiong could do was occasionally break her cage and take her out for a walk.

"This is against the rules..."

Robin was still hesitant. Her identity was special, and she couldn't just go out whenever she wanted. It wasn't that she was imprisoned in one place, but rather that she didn't want to be a willful person. All she wanted to do was help others and not become a problem for them.

"Rules are meant to be broken!"

Qiong didn't like hearing what the robin said, so he took out his baseball bat and tapped the railing on the deck. The robin was speechless for a moment.

"You're my girlfriend now. You have to do whatever I ask because you're afraid I'll be hurt. You have no choice but to accept my demands. If anyone has any objections, let them all come to me. A bunch of little brats, do they think they can disobey me, the son of Tongxie? I'll smash them to death with this airship."

Qiong had an arrogant expression that showed she didn't recognize anyone, which made Robin laugh and cry at the same time. The great hero who fought alongside her back then was actually this kind of person behind the scenes. He didn't look like a lovable child at all.

"You're like a bully."

"Otherwise, how can you break the rules? If you speak softly to people, they'll just think you're easy to bully."

Qiong put away his baseball bat, raised his hand to stroke the robin's right cheek, and said something affectionately. He then placed his hand on the bird's wing behind its ear and began to preen its feathers.

"My little bird is only firm on matters of principle; otherwise, she's too easily swayed. You need a strong husband to protect you."

"Okay, A-Qiong, I'll listen to you."

Robin blushed slightly as Qiong touched her. She didn't tell him that wings were a sensitive area that only the closest people could touch. She and her brother hadn't touched each other's wings since they were old enough to understand. But the person in front of her was Qiong, the person she loved, so there was no need to explain. If nothing unexpected happened, Robin would only let him touch her wings in the future, and there would be no difference.

"Little bird, you are so beautiful."

Qiong looked at the robin's slightly flushed face. Her eyes and expression clearly showed that she was a girl who had fallen in love and was waiting for her sweetheart's kiss. Qiong lowered her head to kiss the robin, but stopped when she felt her breath.

"what happened?"

The robin was all ready to kiss him, but when he stopped, he thought that Qiong didn't want him anymore, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Um, I've been thinking about something. Does kissing in a dream count as a first kiss? Shouldn't we save it for real life for a more ceremonial feel?"

Qiong voiced his concerns, which stemmed from a lesson he had learned from Emerald earlier. He hadn't considered these issues before, and he had indeed neglected Liuying.

"Pfft, hehe, you still care about this kind of thing?"

Robin laughed when she heard Qiong's words. She had never thought about such a thing. Which one counts as the first kiss of the body or the soul is indeed a question that only lovers would care about.

The robin nestled in the sky's embrace, slightly raised its head, and whispered a sentence in his ear, its breath as fragrant as orchids.

"In the dream bubble, did you secretly kiss me a long time ago?"

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Chapter 154 Something's Wrong

"Wait, how did you know? Did Dr. Edward betray me?"

Qiong was so shocked by the robin's words that two strands of hair stood on end. He looked at his lovely girlfriend with a puzzled expression and asked, feeling that the little bird might have known about this before they started dating.

"I don't know how you bribed Dr. Edward, you scoundrel. Luckily, it was you who kissed me. If anyone else had done the same, your girlfriend would have been at a huge disadvantage."

Robin raised her hand and gently tapped Sora's shoulder, complaining. Of course, she knew that Sora's ability to experience such dream bubbles was definitely Dr. Edward's doing. If it were anyone else, she would definitely hold them accountable, but since it was Sora, she accepted it.

"No, no, it wouldn't dare. I'm the Nameless Guest, and the one who created the dream in the first place was also the Nameless Guest, so it gave me some face. But because I'm shameless enough, it no longer has any goodwill towards the Nameless Guest. I've completely blocked all the paths ahead."

Qiong, holding the robin, explained the whole story to her in detail. He was captivated by Pinocchio after arriving in Pinocchio, and when he met Dr. Edward, he naturally wanted to take advantage of her, since no third party would know about it anyway. Unfortunately, he was still exposed.

"Wow...you're amazing! I can only say you're truly exceptional."

Robin was helpless after hearing Sky's explanation. Could a normal person threaten Dr. Edward? Moreover, he single-handedly ruined the Nameless Guest's reputation. Dr. Edward would definitely not treat the Nameless Guest well in the future, which would also prevent anyone from taking advantage of the little bird.

“Listen to me, that dream was actually very short. It ended before I could even taste the saltiness or blandness of it. It definitely wasn’t as charming as the real person in front of me.”

Qiong hugged the robin's soft body and said happily, "Being able to turn fragments of my dream into reality is something I'd be laughing in my sleep. Until I actually catch the little bird, I can only dream about it."

"I'm not a dish."

The robin complained, but then felt a warm sensation on her cheek. Qiong's lips had touched her soft face and were gently rubbing against it.

"Let's just have a small sip for now, and then we'll savor it properly once we're back in reality."

Qiong gave the robin a thumbs-up, and the little bird had no objection to his decision, only smiling slightly.

The two held hands tenderly for a while, when they heard a passerby say that there were several new games in the arcade. The games were simple, but after playing them, you could get a gift called an origami bird doll. This kind of game mode was very attractive. Playing the game for the gift would certainly make you more enthusiastic.

The two quickly arrived at the arcade, found an empty machine, and glanced at the game rules. It was a match-3 puzzle game with a battle element, where players could use various skills to play, and the player with the higher score within a certain time limit would win.

Some people might find match-3 games boring, but with the addition of competition and gifts, the gameplay itself becomes less important. What matters is that it's easy to pick up and play, even for people who have never played games before, like amateur players like Robin.

Robin and Qiong sat together, their eyes glued to the screen, their hands constantly pressing the buttons on the control panel. Qiong offered her advice from the side. Although it was just a game, having someone with her made it feel less like playing alone. Robin quickly got into the fun of the game, a happy smile appearing on her face, and her voice became cheerful, no longer as low as before.

The robin laughed so happily for the first time since leaving on Sunday, which Qiong was naturally happy to see, finally allowing her to vent all her unhappiness.

"You guys had a lot of fun?"