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"For some special reason, I find it difficult to trust people other than myself; for me, any error in the data in a rigorous study will cause problems; I hate problems that are out of control."

"So, you would choose to turn an uncontrolled problem into a controlled problem?"

Yu Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at the cakes on the plate: "Just use these, your favorite cakes?"

"Maybe sometimes!" Ruan Mei nodded, not thinking of hiding anything from Yu Qi: "For safety reasons, I sometimes add 'truth-repellent' to pastries. It is a drug that is harmless to the human body, but it will prevent the consumer from expressing their true thoughts when answering questions related to me."

"Of course, I also use it as a layer of protection to protect my research and the personal safety of those who assist me in my research. Once those problems are resolved, I will give them the antidote."

"You're... a little too extreme!" Yu Qi smacked his lips speechlessly. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but say, "Although...some things may be irreversible, I still hope you can give others a little trust!"

"Apart from the cold data and science...sometimes, feelings will not let you down either!"

"..." Her eyes tightened instantly, and Ruan Mei suddenly looked up and stared at Yu Qi. The indifference in her heart was instantly shattered, and uncontrollable emotions kept surging in her heart.

Doubt, shock, anger, suspicion... even murderous intent! The overly complicated emotions made Ruan Mei's originally calm expression somewhat collapsed. This rare situation in a thousand years made Heita, who was leisurely and even couldn't help but doze off, instantly become energetic.

Yu Qi and Ruan Mei looked at each other with blinking eyes. In secret, countless cameras started working, perfectly capturing every change in their expressions, every glance, and every subtle movement.

"Hehe, it's really rare, Ruan Mei's defense is broken, I'll sort it out later and show it to Screw Gum and Stephen. Their expressions will definitely be very interesting when they see it!"

Not paying attention to Heita's little move, Yu Qi and Ruan Mei just stared at each other quietly. The atmosphere gradually became depressing, and it seemed that a fight might break out at any time.

Just as Heita was secretly praying that the two "dogs and bitches" who were showing off their affection in front of her would fight quickly, Ruan Mei suddenly withdrew her gaze and sighed faintly: "Dear... Can you imagine a world without life?"

With a look of reminiscence on her face, Ruan Mei did not wait for Yu Qi's answer and continued, "From there, you can see the stars at the end of the horizon at a glance; huge blue-green stars are moving along the star track, and under the brilliant light, there is only a vast expanse of white sky and earth."

"My mother and I sailed on the calm glacier, looking for traces of life in the world and encountering all kinds of strange phenomena; it was like looking for the only correct piece in a pile of puzzles. The process was strange and difficult, but also touching and fascinating."

"To me at that time, 'life' was the most precious miracle. Later, starting from our hometown, a world blessed by 'abundance', we boarded the scientific research airship and traveled to more worlds!"

"Before leaving my hometown, my father, mother and grandmother agreed that we would definitely return to our hometown to reunite in the future. I also made a promise to my grandmother and my parents that I would definitely protect their lives!"

"But..." Raising her eyes and looking deeply at Yu Qi, Ruan Mei's expression was calm, but it revealed a deep sadness that made Yu Qi feel suffocated.

He knew what happened later, and that was the reason why Ruan Mei became so cold: "It was a betrayal! They failed to keep their promise to grandma; I also failed to fulfill my promise to protect my parents, and I also failed them. From then on, I understood that only science... will not let you down!"

"You want me to give more trust to others..." She gently spread her palm in front of Yu Qi, and the emotion in Ruan Mei's eyes became more and more inexplicable: "Then, dear, are you willing to make the same promise? Are you willing to give me the same trust!"

"Promise that you will never betray the little trust I have left in my heart again; trust that I will never betray my promise to you again?!"

Looking at Ruan Mei in silence, although it was the same "dear" address, Yu Qi could tell that this time she was not addressing him in a perfunctory and calculating manner like before.

But the most essential, as the word literally means...

Feeling somewhat inexplicably complicated, Yu Qi looked into Ruan Mei's eyes and seemed to be able to read a hint of hope, a hint of timidity, and a hint of fear from them...

He couldn't imagine what would happen to this girl if he rejected her right here and right now, trampling on the last bit of trust she had shown in others.

Is it the same indifference as before, or... completely abandoning the only remaining "humanity"!

Without any hesitation, nor any so-called firm belief in his eyes, Yu Qi just gently raised his hand, placed it on Ruan Mei's soft hand, and slowly held it.

"Ok!"

With her ten fingers clasped together, Ruan Mei's palms were a little cold, just like her heart, but as the warmth of Yu Qi's palms was transmitted to her, her fingertips slowly turned a little bloody and were no longer as cold as jade.

"...Tsk!" He let out a sound that was not sure whether it was a sigh or disgust. Heita looked at the two people looking at each other affectionately and couldn't help but rolling his eyes.

"That's enough. You two, if you keep going on like this, are you planning to just borrow this place from me and hold your wedding right away? Should I pay you some money in advance as a gift?"

"Haha, if you like Black Tower, that's fine too!"

Not paying attention to Heita's teasing, Ruan Mei slowly loosened her palm, feeling the lingering warmth on her fingertips, and her smile seemed to become warmer.

"You made a promise to me, so I will follow the agreement and give others a little trust as you said!"

"But, sorry, there is one thing I may need to explain in advance!" Ruan Mei bowed her head slightly and apologized: "The trust I can give is not too much. The most I can do is to stop using drugs to force them not to reveal my affairs!"

"I will give them a chance to make their promise, but if they break their promise and betray my trust..."

"That's enough!" With a slight smile, Yu Qi lowered his eyes and said, "A treacherous person is not worth caring about, isn't he!"

"Yeah..." Her fingertips curled slightly and Ruan Mei lowered her eyebrows.

As long as you don't let me down, that's enough!

Chapter 236 Three Points of Favorability

Ruan Mei left without any lingering feelings and without doing anything extra.

It was as if her visit to the Black Tower Space Station this time was really as she had said before, just to see and touch Yu Qi.

The ship with the "DNA structure" engraved on it traveled far away in the sea of ​​stars. After a flash of light and shadow, it completely disappeared. Yu Qi looked away in a daze, playing with the dark green mobile phone with a plum blossom pattern engraved on the back cover in his hand, and asked in doubt: "She, just left like that?"

This was something Ruan Mei gave to Yu Qi before she left. It was her own cell phone. Perhaps she wanted to use it as a means of communication between them; or perhaps she simply knew that Yu Qi did not have his own means of communication.

In short, as a return gift, Yu Qi also gave her a portion of his own specialty - the fish body of the 'lobster fish' that they had left over from yesterday.

Although it was only a one-star ingredient, for Ruan Mei, it might be a rare and wonderful gift; at least, judging from her delighted look when she left, she must have been very satisfied with the gift!

"Well, what else!" Glancing at Yu Qi with a strange look, Heita rolled his eyes: "Do you really want her to do something to you? No way, I didn't realize that you have a habit of liking to be 'exploited' by others before!"

"What are you talking about~" Looking at the black tower with a helpless look, Yu Qi murmured: "I just think that her original purpose of coming here is not just that simple, but why afterwards..."

"It's very simple. It's probably because she got something else here, something better than what she wanted to get at the beginning..." With his hands on his hips, Heita glanced at someone who was unaware of it: "For example, someone's promise!"

"..."

"Be thankful. Maybe it was your existence, or maybe it was your words and deeds. Anyway, something about you touched her and made her give up her original goal!" As he spoke, Heita smacked his lips, looking a little gloating. "Otherwise... unless you can accept the sudden appearance of many 'lives' with your bloodline in the world."

"What do you mean?!" His palm trembled slightly, and Yu Qi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "Ruan Mei's purpose of coming here... is for my genes?!"

"What do you think?" Heita nodded as a matter of course, and turned his head to look at the starry sky outside the window: "Based on my understanding of Ruan Mei, it is impossible for her to run all the way from the uninhabited land for such a simple reason as 'seeing you'."

"If I'm not mistaken, she must have discovered some special information that I didn't notice from the simulated universe test data I sent her before, so she came here eagerly, hoping to take advantage of you."

Heita's expression seemed a little indignant. It was unclear whether she was dissatisfied with Ruan Mei for not sharing the information she discovered with him, or she was angry at Ruan Mei for doing things that were almost like robbery, snatching meat from her mouth.

"Of course, this was just the initial reason. She was only planning to study your life form and didn't plan to do anything excessive!"

"But later, after she touched you, she must have discovered some other characteristics in you that I hadn't noticed at all. I watched very carefully, and the way she looked at you was so greedy, as if she wanted to swallow you whole!"

"I'm sure that at that moment, she definitely collected your genetic information and planned to use it to create a life with the same characteristics as you... or even give birth to a child for you!"

"Puff~cough cough cough..." Hearing Heita's words, Yu Qi was almost choked to death by his saliva. He put his hand over his burning throat and looked at Heita in disbelief: "No way? Would she really do that?"

"What else?" With his arms folded, Heita glanced at him and said, "Do you think she was joking when she said 'I want a child'?"

"Isn't it?" With eyes wide open, Yu Qi and Heita looked at each other. After a long while, he looked away and twitched his mouth: "So, I almost became the father of the child? No, I am still a virgin... cough cough!"

"What I mean is..." Facing the playful gaze of Heita looking him up and down, Yu Qi asked a question that even he himself found funny: "Ruan Mei is a girl after all, right? She should be more or less reserved about this kind of thing, right?"

"It should be, I don't know that it's so extreme...right?"

"Hehe..." With a sneer, Heita didn't say anything, but gave Yu Qi a look to let him understand it himself.

Girlish modesty? You must be joking.

For Ruan Mei, who had created countless species of life and overturned the evolution of countless planets and civilizations... reserved? What the hell was that!

Can you help me complete the experiment? Can you help me solve the problem? Can you help me create the life I want?

"Okay~" Recalling the indifference he felt before, Yu Qi sighed faintly: "Then should I thank myself? If it weren't for my last words, I'm afraid Ruan Mei wouldn't change her mind, right?!"

"Of course!" Nodding nonchalantly, Heita didn't care about such emotional matters, even if it involved another genius equal to himself.

"I don't know how you know what Ruan Mei experienced in the past, and I don't know why she suddenly changed her mind because of your few words."

Looking at Yu Qi seriously, Heita's voice was very calm, but also solemn: "The only thing I can warn you is to never fail this promise!"

"Otherwise, when Ruan Mei completely abandons the shackles of 'emotions' and focuses only on studying the 'essence of life', even I can't imagine what kind of extreme things she will do to you!"

"I understand!" Yu Qi nodded solemnly, and looked at the phone in his hand again, muttering to himself: "I once made a covenant with the other two that I would not deceive or abandon them, and the same is true now."

"Okay, I have something else to do, you go first!" His expression became indifferent again, Heita waved his hand, and controlled the puppet to walk back to the corner and stand: "Next time the simulated universe is repaired, remember to come and test it again!"

After saying this, without waiting for Yu Qi to paint, Heita's eyes suddenly became empty, and his consciousness left the puppet and went to other places.

"Okay!" Nodding slightly, Yu Qi did not leave, but continued to stand on the platform, quietly looking at the sky blue planet rotating quietly under his feet, with a thousand thoughts in his mind.

He had some doubts in his heart, about Ruan Mei and about himself!

The development of their relationship was a little too strange, or rather, too fast.

The relationship between Yu Qi and Yan Fei progressed even faster than at the beginning!

If it is said that Yan Fei was attracted to Yu Qi's aura because of her own fairy beast blood, after a brief time of getting along with him, the girl, who was straightforward by nature and not indecisive in matters of the heart, easily determined her feelings and expressed them boldly.

So...Ruan Mei, why?

Love at first sight? For a genius scientist who is used to seeing life and death and even created countless lives, this emotion, which is merely regulated by hormones and dopamine secreted by the nervous system, will not have any impact on her thoughts at all.

and so……

"Why is that?" With that thought in mind, he opened the card drawing interface. Ruan Mei's avatar was clearly visible, and a prismatic icon that looked like Yae Shen Zi and Yan Fei was quietly shining brilliantly below her avatar.

"The third one!" Ruan Mei's favorability was unlocked when Yu Qi put his hand on her palm. It was very abrupt. Even Yu Qi was a little confused at the time, and almost thought that he was wrong!

However, no matter how many times he closed and opened the favorability panel, Ruan Mei's beautiful face never disappeared. Her quiet eyes seemed to have turned into a real person, gazing at Yu Qi tenderly.

This is exactly what puzzles Yu Qi the most.

He was very clear that the quantification standard of favorability for this golden finger of his was extremely strict. It was not like the setting in the original Fate/Grand Order game, where friendship, family affection, even loyalty and recognition were enough to be transformed into favorability.

Yu Qi's golden finger only takes the emotion of "love" as the main subject and reveals them.

Others, whether it is friendship and recognition between friends, such as Zhongli, Venti, Xiao, Keqing, and Liuyunjiefeng Zhenjun;

Or the bond between family members, such as Nashida;

Or it could be one-sided "desire" or "dependence", such as Hu Zhai Gong, Gan Yu, and Qi Qi;

Even though she had some ambiguous feelings towards Yu Qi, she was never able to determine her feelings and never turned this feeling into real 'love', for example, Xiangling;

Such emotions will not be expressed as favorability.

In other words, at this moment, Ruan Mei's feelings for Yu Qi truly belong to the category of "love"!

This is also the most incomprehensible thing for Yu Qi!

"..." After staring at Ruan Mei's portrait on the panel in silence for a long, long time, Yu Qi finally let out a long breath.

"Forget it. Anyway, I have already made a promise with her. Now..."

It's just one more layer of entanglement!

In the future, if the feelings Ruan Mei gave him were sincere, then... he would naturally not choose to escape.

"Huh~ I got Alicia from the previous entanglement, and the Star Track special ticket brought me to this world. I don't know what it will be this time."

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Yu Qi quickly received the information on the panel, and then his expression gradually became strange.

"Hey, this time we finally fixed the bug where the favorability reward has nothing to do with food?"

Looking at Ruan Mei's favorability reward, Yu Qi actually felt tears welling up in his eyes. It was rare that he finally remembered that this panel of his was a 'food card pool'!

However, as Yu Qi carefully checked the information in his mind, his happy expression gradually turned into a dull expression: "Tsk, so even though it's considered 'food', it's still not for humans to eat, or even for 'living things' to eat?!"

"What the hell, what you're saying is no different from pointing at motor oil and saying 'how come the food for the car isn't food?' Just because this thing has a barely food-like appearance compared to gasoline?"

While complaining casually, Yu Qi turned his wrist, and a not-so-cold aroma of pastry wafted into his nose. His eyes fell on his hand, which was a piece of light pink plum blossom pastry, exuding the scent of kidney beans, and dotted with a touch of panic deer flowers.

Smelling the fragrance, Yu Qi seemed to see Ruan Mei's appearance in front of him.

I accidentally walked in and looked up slightly to find a black-haired woman standing in front of me; she was sucking the remaining cake paste on her index finger, and I could smell the fragrance lingering on her lips and teeth.

"Nguyen Mei's Special Dessert: A special creation from the master of the creation field, Nguyen Mei. It is a dessert and also a seed of life. After feeding it to any machine as food, a corresponding data life will be born in it.

"In the organization of life, my parents are equal, so I was named after both of them."

Looking at this dessert that revealed Ruan Mei's style from beginning to end, Yu Qi was silent for a moment, then reached into his pocket and took out the mobile phone that Ruan Mei had given him.

Looking at the plum blossom logo on the back of the phone that looked just like a cake, Yu Qi smiled slightly: "What a coincidence, using Ruan Mei's favorability reward on the things Ruan Mei gave me is also appropriate."

Carefully, he placed 'Ruan Mei's Special Dessert' on the back of his phone, and the refreshing aroma of the pastry wafted into his nose.

Accompanied by waves of melodious piano music, plum petals fell and danced in front of Yu Qi's eyes, and a soft light like water bloomed on the mobile phone in his hand.

"Beep~" The light converged, the petals dispersed, and the sound of the piano stopped. Yu Qi only felt the phone tremble slightly, and then a familiar voice came from the phone: "Hello~ dear, or master, first meeting!"