"Heart of the Ocean."
Sie covered Ren Yu's large hand with her small one, her eyes smiling.
"This is my 'heart,' and also my most precious possession—one of the origins of the Sea of Quantum. And now, I'm giving it to you. Um... let it be a token of our love."
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Ren Yu's stunned, utterly shocked expression, Sie somehow found herself in a much better mood. She deliberately leaned forward, bringing her face close to his, her hands clasped behind her back as she murmured softly, "Could it be that you don't want this 'Heart of the Ocean'? No way... I've gone this far, and you're still going to reject me?"
"..."
It wasn't that Ren Yu didn't want to answer, nor had he never considered rejecting her.
There was just too much information in his head for him to process it all at once!
But Sie had no intention of giving him time to think. Her expression suddenly became deeply sorrowful as she sighed. "Ah, so that's how it is... No helping it, then. I'll just have to share what happened between you, that little girl named Rita, and that woman named Lis with my other self..."
Ren Yu: "..."
At those words, he jolted violently and immediately snapped awake, no longer caring about thinking things through.
Share what had happened between him, Rita, and Rita's mother with her other self?
Wait!
Why did 'Sie' know about that?
And her other self?
'Sie's' other self?!
—Wasn't that Inner Sie?!
If that girl found out, how could Sie possibly remain unaware?
Cold sweat instantly broke out across Ren Yu's body.
But he still hadn't figured out how to tell Sie about all of this!
Seeing his frightened and guilty appearance, 'Sie' covered her mouth and chuckled, clearly