"Hm? It looks like my chances are pretty good!"
Li Xin, who practiced illusion techniques and understood people's hearts, could tell from Ai Chen's eyes that his confession had a high chance of success.
But Ai Chen was like an innocent girl who had only just stepped out into the world. She did not know how to handle this sudden confession and could only run away.
He believed that once Ai Chen calmed down and thought it over, as long as she had feelings for him, she would naturally accept when they met a second time.
"I was going to wait until later to retrieve that treasure, but it looks like I'll have to move up my plans!"
Li Xin's current wealth amounted to only a few million Hunyuan Units, nowhere near enough to buy the Bright-Eyed Heavenly Light.
But since he had dared to say he would give Ai Chen the Bright-Eyed Heavenly Light, he was naturally confident he could do it!
In the Mengluo Wing Race's territory:
"Ugh, why couldn't I stop myself from running away?"
"What if he thinks I'm the kind of girl who only wants the Bright-Eyed Heavenly Light?"
"Will he dislike me because of that?"
After leaving the Virtual Universe, Ai Chen lay on her bed, hugging and relentlessly squeezing a huge pink pillow while muttering all sorts of anxious imaginings to herself.
"Should I clear things up with Li Xin now?"
"No, I only just said that. How can I take it back right away?"
"But what if he really gets the wrong idea?"
"Ugh, this is so frustrating. I'd better ask Grandmother. She has experience with this."
After rolling around on her bed more times than she could count, Ai Chen finally got up to look for a solution.
Her parents had