Watching Luna's lips press firmly against Ren Suo's mouth, the first thought that came to Gu Yueyan's mind was surprisingly unrelated to herself.

Instead, she found herself thinking about Dong Chengling and Qiao Muyi.

They would never have imagined that Ren Suo would be kissed forcefully by a strange girl they didn't know... It was like when everyone was discussing whether to braise, steam, or white-cut Ren Suo, and suddenly someone passing by tossed in some chili powder and took a bite out of him.

Gu Yueyan bit her lower lip, watching Ren Suo nervously. She didn't have a very clear understanding of Ren Suo's views on romance, but by putting herself in his shoes, she felt he might be similar to her—they were like a blank piece of paper, easily stained by others' colors, and once marked, the stains were indelible, like tear tracks that could neither be erased nor bleached.

If Ren Suo's romance level was indeed so low that a kiss would brand him with Luna's seal, what should she do?

What if Ren Suo's romance level was high enough that he could handle Luna's kiss proficiently? What should she do then?

Gu Yueyan's mind was in turmoil, but she had no reason to separate them now. She could only wait helplessly for three seconds before the blue-haired girl, Luna, finally moved her lips away.

She noticed that Ren Suo's expression was very natural, as if he had just completed an insignificant little task. He turned his head towards her and said, "Don't be nervous. Luna must have her reasons for doing this."

As he spoke, Ren Suo handed the little orange cat to Gu Yueyan, lightly brushing her hand and quickly winking at her. Understanding his signal, Gu Yueyan discreetly used the Moonlight Garment to have a private chat with him.

At that moment, Luna nodded and said, "Yes, there are some reasons I can't mention, but I need his help."

Gu Yueyan opened her mouth, but in the end, she had to close it with a sense of grievance. Ren Suo had just told her through the Moonlight Garment that Luna's kiss was a Miracle. After kissing, as long as she stayed in contact with the person, it could quickly boost both their Cultivation.

This must be a support-type Miracle that needed to be performed with an opposite-sex partner, but since Luna seemed to have no male partner, she had found him to fill the role.

Knowing this information, Gu Yueyan had no choice but to watch as Luna linked arms with Ren Suo.

She and Ren Suo had already decided on their strategy for this trial: to disguise themselves as NPCs and slack off. There were many advantages to pretending to be NPCs, but also downsides—for instance, right now, Gu Yueyan couldn't jump up and smash Luna's blue dog head without revealing herself.

Luna would certainly not give up such a Miracle that allowed for rapid growth in strength. Ren Suo had saved her several times in The Dark Side of the Moon, making him appear as an innocent native with no vested interest in her eyes. It was natural for her to approach Ren Suo to use the Miracle.

Moreover, Ren Suo would benefit from this as well, and Gu Yueyan had no reason to stop them.

The only problem was that Ren Suo would have to endure some discomfort...

...Bullshit!

At that moment, Luna seemed to want another Miracle, pulling Ren Suo by the neck and puckering her lips for another kiss!

Gu Yueyan watched on helplessly as she raised her hands, uncertain whether to separate them, and said with a sense of grievance, "Okay, that's enough, isn't it!? Don't push your luck... Can you let him catch a breath?"

After a full ten seconds of kissing, Luna let Ren Suo catch his breath before kissing him again, her tongue nearly slipping in. Licking her lips as if realizing that repeated kisses were futile, she said, "That's enough for now, but from now on, I need to hold your hand and move together with you."

Gu Yueyan bit her lip as she watched Ren Suo, silently thinking, Mr. Suo, can't you refuse?

Ren Suo's thought, communicated via the Moonlight Garment, followed: I probably can't. I can feel my Cultivation slowly growing; physical contact must be a necessary step for the Miracle.

Gu Yueyan continued to fret, But what if she becomes clingy because of this? She's also an Apostle of the Moon God. The longer we're in contact with her, the more likely we are to be exposed.

In truth, what Gu Yueyan really wanted to ask was, Won't you become clingy to her? Now that he had kissed and hugged Luna, it seemed very likely that Luna could whisk him away...

Ren Suo thought for a moment, then turned his head to Luna and said, "15 Wealth Points."

Luna tilted her head and looked at Ren Suo with wide eyes. "Hmm?"

Ren Suo said in all seriousness, "5 points per time, 15 points total for three times. That's fair, right?"

Ren Suo's voice sounded in Gu Yueyan's ear, As long as we make it clear that this is a transactional relationship, there shouldn't be a problem. Luna is very cautious. Right now, she's taken advantage of me. If I don't ask for anything in return, it will only make her suspicious. But as long as I ask for money, we should be even...

Just as Gu Yueyan was silently praising Ren Suo's strange maneuver, Luna pecked him again and said indifferently, "Here, 20 points for you."

Gu Yueyan was instantly stunned. Before, it could still pass for a transactional relationship, but now it was clear Luna was teasing him!

Ren Suo was also surprised. He couldn't quite remember the detailed plot of this part of the game and hadn't expected that he had controlled Luna to make such a strange move.

At that moment, the earbud-style headphones around his neck quietly echoed Luna's slightly angry and aggrieved thoughts: You actually didn't give me food! You just want money! Fine, it's just money, I'll give it to you! I'm so tired and hungry right now, my body aches, and I'm scared of being discovered! Why don't you know to give me something delicious? I want to see what other excuses you have to ask me for money! Just now, I turned back into that weak form. I was so scared! You see me, but you don't give me anything to eat! I'm homeless now! I'm all alone in my home! AAAAH, I want to scratch you!

Ren Suo looked at the outwardly calm Luna and blinked his eyes.

Luna's echo was the most logically chaotic he had ever heard, but the key point was still easy to summarize: she was under great pressure.

Unlike Ren Suo, who played the game from beyond the screen, Luna was actually fighting against those Apostles of the Moon God. Although she achieved shining victories every time, they were mere harrowing adventures to her—and she was not the type to enjoy such risks. She too feared pain and death.

While Ren Suo could play without considering the feelings of the game characters, the psychological issues had to be resolved by Luna in reality, giving new meaning to her actions: she was relieving her own stress.

Actually, Ren Suo didn't mind those kisses; after all, they were the result of him pressing buttons on the controller. It just happened that Luna's target was him, which felt to him a bit like his upper lip touching his lower lip.

However, Luna's character made Ren Suo feel it was rather strange. Firstly, no matter how complex her inner voice was, she always seemed to maintain a disdainful calm on the surface. Secondly, Luna's mental age seemed a bit low; he wasn't sure what the Mini-World Game Console was thinking...

Another odd detail was that in her inner voice, the complaints about him wanting money and not providing food both occurred three times.

It was one thing to be accused of being greedy for money—he had, after all, consistently acted like a money-grubbing NPC merchant to dispel Luna's suspicions.

But why, in her eyes, had he become someone apparently expected to provide food at a moment's notice...?

Ren Suo gave it some thought and then smiled at Luna. "You're so serious, it's making me feel a bit embarrassed... How about this: as a token of gratitude, if you ever want something tasty, feel free to come to us."

Ren Suo turned to Gu Yueyan and asked, "What do you think?"

Ren Suo secretly shared with Gu Yueyan the pressure Luna was under, indicating that even verbal consolation would be good; he wanted to help Luna.

Luna now, and in the future, would still have to partake in many great battles.

And Luna's Destiny was a tapestry woven by Ren Suo himself.

The more fun he had playing the game, the more intense battles Luna had to fight.

Although he felt it might just be wishful thinking on his part, Ren Suo still hoped he could help Luna.

Gu Yueyan hesitated. Her inclination was to refuse, but she also remembered that the two Silver Moon Crystals she had were 'borrowed' from Luna, so she felt somewhat guilty toward Luna.

Moreover, Luna was marching into The Dark Side of the Moon alone, without any companion. If she wanted to use Miracles to improve her strength by seeking males, she could only turn to an NPC whom she had known for just two days...

Suddenly, Gu Yueyan felt she might be overthinking. Ren Suo believed Luna only approached him out of a desire to increase her power, and Luna didn't have the time or likelihood to develop special feelings for Ren Suo.

In fact, the meeting between Luna and Ren Suo was completely accidental. Their first encounter occurred when Ren Suo took her shopping, where they took Luna from the Brocade Guard, Gu Yuexuan. The second time was again when Ren Suo took her shopping and stumbled upon Lin Xianyu, only to find Luna seriously injured.

It was all coincidence!

She surely came for the Divine Enthronement. How could she still be entangled with them?

Most importantly, Luna had only known Ren Suo for a few days. Based on their few encounters, there wasn't a single sign of love at first sight from Luna. And having known each other for such a short time, they hadn't reached the stage where feelings grow over time.

Gu Yueyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still reluctantly said, "…Alright."

Luna asked curiously, "Where are you planning to go?"

"We'll continue having fun in the amusement park!" Gu Yueyan handed the little orange cat to Ren Suo, then took his other hand and said to Luna, who was on the other side, "If you don't want to come, you don't have to!"

Even though she couldn't imagine Luna posing any danger to her, Gu Yueyan's sixth sense always kept her on guard against this blue-haired girl with unknown origins.

"I want to play!" Luna said, her eyes wide open, brimming with excitement.

...

...

Inside the Drop Tower, Ren Suo looked at the pitch-black sky where a sliver of Waxing Crescent Moon appeared, and a silver-white column of light stretched from heaven to earth. Then he heard a crack next to him, and Luna blew up the safety device inside the Drop Tower and flew out on the Moonlight!

They were eight hundred meters up in the sky!

"Have a safe trip!"

Watching Luna's receding figure, Ren Suo wasn't sure if their last hour at the amusement park had eased Luna's stress. He hoped it had.

Because the safety device was destroyed, the Drop Tower slowly descended to its lowest point. Once on the ground, Gu Yueyan couldn't wait to pull Ren Suo home. "It's getting late! Let's go home, have dinner, take a bath, and sleep!"

She didn't want to go out anymore! Being outside was too dangerous; they had encountered Luna twice just by walking on the street!

She would rather have a pillow fight with Ren Suo back home—one where Ren Suo was the pillow!

On the way home, they heard strange halos continuously appearing in the distant sky, and the sound of the earth shattering. Gu Yueyan felt somewhat relieved: thankfully, they recognized the reality from the start and didn't attempt to fight for the Silver Moon Crystal; otherwise, they would have been dragged into that level of war.

When they got home, Gu Yueyan took out the key to unlock the door. Bored, Ren Suo leaned on the railing to look at the night view and suddenly saw a figure using the Moon Step, moving high up and down between the buildings.

It was Luna.

They had only parted for about fifteen minutes, Ren Suo thought. As expected, Luna was being chased and was flying around in disarray again.

Ren Suo was stunned for a moment, feeling the terrifying cyclone trailing behind Luna. He then waved at Luna, pointing towards the door of his house.

So Luna dived into the gap between the buildings. A few seconds later, a red-haired figure with a long spear crossed the sky. Ren Suo recognized her as a character from the game—the Flourishing Sakura Fourth-Tier Cultivator, the Red Witch, whom Luna had identified as having fake breasts!

Were they fake? Ren Suo wondered.

He used Insight into the Mortal World to observe closely. All he could tell was that the Red Witch's body proportions were somewhat exaggerated, but whether they were fake or not, he would have to feel them to know...

Once the Red Witch left, Luna immediately flew into Ren Suo's house. He quickly closed the door without turning on the lights. Gu Yueyan didn't know about the tacit understanding between Ren Suo and Luna, only that a stranger had burst into the house. This scared her so much she was about to scream, but Ren Suo immediately took her hand and covered her mouth, gently 'shushing' her.

After a while, when the noise outside seemed to have finally subsided, Ren Suo turned on the lights and laughed, "I've saved you once again."

It was then that Gu Yueyan realized Luna had come in. After briefly contemplating what had happened, she irritably set down the little orange cat and sat to one side. "I didn't expect to bump into you even when coming home early..."

If only they had stayed at the amusement park! she thought regretfully.

Luna blinked and looked at Ren Suo. "How much... how much money do you want?"

Ren Suo quickly waved his hands. "No need for money. But it's not convenient for you to go out now, right? Do you need to stay here for a while?"

Luna nodded and squatted down to make eye contact with the little orange cat. The little orange cat looked at her for a long time before slowly approaching her hand and licking her fingers.

Luna spent a full three hours playing with the cat, completely ignoring Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan. However, with Luna there, Gu Yueyan didn't dare do much but silently lament, Why hadn't I received a Miracle like 'kissing to increase strength'...?

Three hours later, as the Moon Phase shifted from the Waxing Crescent Moon to the Waxing Moon, Ren Suo called Luna over to eat with them. Under the enhancement of the Silver Moon Crystal, the curry chicken rice that Gu Yueyan made was so delicious it was as if it contained prohibited substances. Each bite filled them with strength, and both Luna and Ren Suo couldn't help but lick their plates clean after eating.

Although the strengthening effect wasn't as strong as the Kitchen Girl's, the taste could almost rival hers!

After eating and drinking their fill, Luna said her goodbyes and left.

Before she left, she saw Gu Yueyan preparing a small plate of cat food for the little orange cat. She watched thoughtfully for a while before leaving Ren Suo's house.

After Luna left, Gu Yueyan immediately said, "I'm a bit sleepy. Let's go to bed early today!"

"Okay."

Since there was no internet on The Dark Side of the Moon, Ren Suo naturally had little interest in staying up late.

Gu Yueyan, who swiftly entered the land of dreams, had already decided on her and Ren Suo's character tags for the third day.

She wouldn't let them be disturbed again!

Time to move! No more living on land; let's just vacation on a cruise ship!

She refused to believe Luna could still follow her there!

After arranging everything, Gu Yueyan began her wonderful journey of the third day with great anticipation...

WHOOSH!

As the bed shook, Gu Yueyan woke up to see a figure darting out onto the balcony, whipping up gusts of wind.

She looked blankly at Luna leaping out from the balcony, her mind in a state of chaos.

On the large bed that could easily sleep four people, Ren Suo lay on the other side, turned over, pulled the blanket over himself, and continued to sleep.

It took Gu Yueyan a full minute to understand the situation, her face a picture of helpless resignation.

Yes, Luna might not be able to chase down Gu Yueyan; Apostles of the Moon God couldn't affect each other.

But... Ren Suo wasn't an Apostle of the Moon God!

Ren Suo was just an ordinary person that Gu Yueyan had brought in. He didn't have the immunity of an Apostle of the Moon God!

Luna had directly bonded with Ren Suo. Just like Gu Yueyan had formed a special relationship with Ren Suo, Luna had also formed a special relationship with him!

That's why Luna ended up sleeping in the same bed with them!

Ren Suo was like a public Wi-Fi that anyone could connect to!

Gu Yueyan sighed, crawled over, and shook Ren Suo. It took about fifteen seconds for Ren Suo to lazily turn around. His eyes were bleary as he looked at Gu Yueyan and rubbed them, saying, "…Is it time for breakfast yet?"

Gu Yueyan looked at Ren Suo calmly and said, "Mr. Suo… just for this period, can I start to dislike you?"

Ren Suo blinked, pulled the blanket over his head, and mumbled sleepily, "Although I don't quite get it, based on the character tags... nope!"