Faced with Ye Chen's confusion, Oko giggled and said:
"Ah, this is the kind of question that's hard to explain clearly in just a few words."
"How about we turn it around and make a hypothetical?"
"If it were me in that situation, and I suddenly turned into an ugly freak one day, how would you treat me?"
Hearing this, Ye Chen thought for a moment before answering calmly:
"That would depend on the specific circumstances."
Oko froze at his answer, then flew into a rage.
"Huh?"
"Didn't I just show you such an absolutely resolute attitude?"
"But once our positions are switched, you're fobbing me off with such an ambiguous answer!?"
With that, Oko pounced on Ye Chen, pinching and biting at his face until the entire Ferris wheel cabin swayed back and forth in midair.
"Hmph! You scumbag! I'll definitely drain you dry later!"
In the face of Oko's flirtatious protest, Ye Chen merely smiled. He reached out and held her tightly in his arms, using the gentlest means possible to make her settle down.
"Stop messing around. We're in the cabin. If you break the Ferris wheel, we'll have to pay a huge sum."
Seeing this, Oko immediately became docile in Ye Chen's arms, like a bristling kitten that had been soothed.
"Hmph, those are completely different things."
Even so, while she said that aloud, her heart was blooming with joy.
After that, the two cuddled together in the moving cabin, quietly admiring how the nightscape beyond the windows became ever more spectacular as they rose higher.
Once the cabin finally reached the very top of the Ferris wheel, Oko, lying in Ye Chen's arms, suddenly spoke softly.
"I'll catch up to you soon."
Ye Chen looked at Oko in confusion.
"Hm? Catch up to me? What