"Your Highness... as you command!"
"Ooh... you!"
She pummeled Lin Chen's chest with her little fists.
Overwhelmed with embarrassment, Asta's beautiful eyes were filled with conflicting emotions.
Looking at the beautiful girl with twin ponytails before him, Lin Chen found himself reminded of March 7th.
Girls in love really did act unlike their usual selves.
Lin Chen had truly never imagined that one day,
Asta, the acting lead researcher of Herta Space Station and a fabulously wealthy young lady,
would show him such a sweet, adorable expression.
"Asta, did you spend a long time preparing that confession?"
"Yes... naturally, I had to prepare plenty in advance to improve my chances."
"Just in case anything went wrong..."
"Actually, Lin Chen, even right up until a moment ago, I wasn't very confident."
"I kept feeling that you'd find the most sensible way to turn me down."
Asta answered Lin Chen slowly.
Her delicate brows drew together slightly, and conflicting emotions surfaced on her lovely face.
"Why did you think that?"
"I don't know. Maybe it was just intuition..."
"Um... let's not talk about that anymore."
Her gaze grew a little evasive in her lake-blue eyes.
Asta seemed unwilling to continue the subject.
Everything had already been settled. Perhaps there was no reason to bring up anything that might spoil the moment.
Even though a somewhat familiar figure had appeared in Asta's mind.
"It's getting late, Princess Asta. Time to head back and rest."
He raised his hand and checked his wristwatch.
With his emotions still unsettled, Lin Chen spoke slowly.
Tonight's events had come rather suddenly.
Lin Chen felt he should calm down a little and give several things some serious thought.
His relationship with Asta, for instance, and the matter of March 7th.
Besides, that system had remained silent all this