Another silence fell.
When the response she hoped for never came, disappointment crept into Su Yutong's eyes, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
Just as she was about to find a topic to smooth things over, Lü Yongchang suddenly spoke.
"I hope I'll get a cake from you when I turn two hundred, too."
"And... and three hundred, four hundred..."
Lü Yongchang's voice grew quieter and quieter, until it was barely more than a whisper.
But to Su Yutong, it was the sweetest sound she had heard in decades!
Delighted surprise instantly lit up her eyes!
"Yes!"
Her cheeks flushed slightly, her eyes shimmering as she answered softly.
Faced with Su Yutong's intensely affectionate gaze, Lü Yongchang instinctively looked away.
Even though his brain had received continuous enhancements from the system, at that moment, he felt dizzy, almost as if he were drunk.
My hormone levels must be pretty high right now, huh?
A thought suddenly surfaced in Lü Yongchang's mind.
Then that thought began to wander.
Do hormones really have that much influence on the human body?
Does human consciousness affect hormones, or do hormones affect consciousness?
If only my consciousness remained, could I still feel this way?
*...*
"Professor? Professor?"
Seeing Lü Yongchang standing there in a daze, Su Yutong looked puzzled and waved a hand in front of his face. "What are you thinking about?"
Lü Yongchang abruptly snapped back to his senses.
Looking at Su Yutong, whose cheeks still held a faint blush, he panicked.
What should I do?
Surely I can't tell her I was thinking about the relationship between hormones and consciousness?!
That would kill me!
In every possible sense!
"Ahem!"
Lü Yongchang coughed hard, and his system-enhanced brain began racing.
"R-right."
Reaching out to grab the little cake in front of