Ren Suo spent over ten minutes explaining that children couldn't be born on The Dark Side of the Moon. Afterwards, Luna looked utterly dejected. "And here I thought that as long as you weren't sterilized, we could have cubs..."

Why would you have this strange impression that I've been sterilized? Ren Suo wondered.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "And besides, we don't call it 'having cubs'; we call it 'having children'... or 'conceiving the crystal of love'..."

Just then, the lights in the living room suddenly switched on. Gu Yueyan, who should have been asleep, walked out of her bedroom. Looking at them, she asked curiously, "What are you two doing in the living room with the lights off?"

"Conceiving the 'crystal of love'!" Luna immediately put her newly learned phrase to use, then said dejectedly, "But it seems we can't have children here, and it'll be even more impossible when we return to reality..."

Gu Yueyan was slightly taken aback but didn't get jealous. After all, Luna was currently grabbing Ren Suo's collar and pinning him against the wall. It looked more like a robbery than anything intimate—at most, a robbery where the 'goods' involved were worth hundreds of millions.

But this was The Dark Side of the Moon; Luna couldn't actually rob anything here!

"Why would you..." Gu Yueyan began, then stopped and asked directly, "Do you want to have children with him?"

Ren Suo also looked at Luna, not particularly shy, but his face was full of surprise and curiosity. Could it be that the game character has fallen in love with me?

Wow, I suddenly feel such a sense of accomplishment.

And this is a game character who's unaware of her true identity, falling in love with me through our interactions!

It's just like a daughter I've personally raised...

Wait, no, that's too weird. It should be like a little girl I've watched grow up...

Wait, that's not quite right either. It should be...

Ren Suo couldn't think of any other way to put it. Although he was genuinely pleased and happy, Luna saying she wanted to have children with him felt like Little Jiu saying she wanted to marry her big brother in the future.

Heh, you just humor kids when they say things like that. My sister used to say she wanted to be with me until we were old and gray! When I was a kid, I even said I'd marry several wives and bring them home just to spite Mom!

"Yes!" Luna nodded emphatically.

"Why, though?" Gu Yueyan continued to ask. "Do you like him that much, enough to want to have children with him?"

"Yes!" Luna nodded again.

Gu Yueyan noticed the corners of Ren Suo's mouth involuntarily curving into a pleased smile. She pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "If, after having children with Mr. Suo, you could never eat ice cream again, would you still have them?"

"No kids!" Luna immediately let go, flinging Ren Suo onto the sofa. She said passionately, "If I can't eat ice cream, what's the point of living!"

"So, I still can't compare to ice cream..." Ren Suo chuckled as he sat up. He and Gu Yueyan exchanged a look; they both clearly understood Luna's mindset.

They had both realized early on that Luna had the psychological age of a young child. Otherwise, even if Ren Suo knew Luna was harmless, Gu Yueyan wouldn't have dared to live with her day and night. But because Luna was so easy to manage, and Gu Yueyan genuinely liked her personality, Gu Yueyan had resignedly accepted Luna becoming part of their formidable trio.

Gu Yueyan had even secretly discussed Luna's psychological age with Ren Suo. She found it incredible that an Apostle of the Moon God could be so naive and childlike, as if truly an innocent youth.

But Ren Suo had already calmly accepted this fact. Game characters were mostly conjured out of thin air by the Mini-World Game Console; it was perfectly normal for any kind of personality to emerge.

Take the Adventurer, for example. His personality was so arrogant that he'd definitely get beaten up half a dozen times just for walking down the street. Compared to him, Luna was actually quite normal.

Although Gu Yueyan knew Luna was just being impulsive, she couldn't help but consider a possibility. What if Luna, on a whim, assigns Ren Suo the 'father of her child' character tag? That would be... amusing. More importantly, if Ren Suo becomes the 'father of her child,' what character tag would I get? The ex-wife? Or the other woman?

Gu Yueyan pulled Luna down to sit beside her. "Why did you suddenly want to do this with him?"

Luna tilted her head and said, "Because you need a male and a female to make babies, right?"

Gu Yueyan glanced at Ren Suo, who spread his hands. I'm the male, is it my fault? Ren Suo seemed to imply.

"Then why did you suddenly want to do this kind of thing?" Gu Yueyan asked.

"Because I want to," Luna said. "I've never tried having children before."

Luna looked down, touching her chest and rear, and added, "By human standards, I should be the type with big breasts and a big butt. I'm definitely very fertile and can have lots and lots of children!"

"Just because you want to?" Gu Yueyan queried. "If it weren't him, would you still be willing?"

Luna blinked, looked at Ren Suo sitting opposite her, then suddenly jumped into his arms. The impact made Ren Suo gag. She nestled in his embrace, sniffing him all over, and finally said, "No, it has to be him. I don't know the others. Among the humans I know, only he makes me feel like I want to have children a little."

Ren Suo steadied Luna by the waist and gently pushed her away. He couldn't help but chuckle at her words. Noticing Gu Yueyan's expression, he quickly suppressed his smile and said to Luna, "But Luna, having children isn't that simple."

"Isn't it very simple?" Luna blinked. "Isn't it just a matter of a shiver?"

"Of course, it's more than just a shiver; it takes quite a while, at least... Hey, that's not what I meant," Ren Suo said, seeing Gu Yueyan's face darken. He forcibly suppressed his lewd joke and said seriously, "Didn't I just say? Another way to say 'having children' is 'conceiving a crystal of love.' So, you need love to have children."

"Mhm, mhm, that's it!" Luna exclaimed, her face lighting up with sudden understanding as she nodded repeatedly. "Get me one of those too!"

Ren Suo's mouth twitched. However, seeing the longing written all over Luna's face and recalling that her personality might indeed have been casually concocted by the Mini-World Game Console, he understood why she lacked common sense about many things.

Ren Suo's expression softened. He gazed at Luna and said gently, "Then, first, you need to find someone you don't dislike, someone you're willing to spend time with consistently."

Gu Yueyan asked curiously, "Shouldn't it be finding someone you like?"

"It's not that easy to truly like someone. If you've only had superficial interactions, at most you might like their appearance or the good qualities they show. Can that really be called 'liking,' rather than just being attracted to their looks?" Ren Suo smiled. "Of course, there's also the kind of liking that develops naturally after spending a lot of time together, once you know each other's strengths and weaknesses..."

"So, you find someone you don't dislike and try to spend time with them. After a while, if you think they're pretty good, you can start dating. For example, go to an amusement park, travel, watch movies, or go out for meals together..."

Luna listened, nodding repeatedly. "And then?"

Ren Suo continued, "Then, when you feel you understand each other well enough and are willing to live your lives together, you can get married. You wear a wedding dress, enter the sanctuary of marriage, and forge a contract of eternal love."

Gu Yueyan looked at Ren Suo curiously. So he actually knows the normal steps of dating, she thought.

"A contract of eternal love?" Luna asked, puzzled.

"It means that no matter what happens in the future, or who you meet, the two of you must support and care for each other, and never separate," Ren Suo explained. "Although the contract itself offers no guarantees, and people's hearts can change, at least at the moment of making the contract... both individuals should be sincere."

"And after that, comes having children. Only children born to a married couple can receive everyone's blessings and be born amidst everyone's anticipation. They'll have the care of their biological parents and the love of relatives from both sides. After the child is born, the couple must continue to care for the child until they reach adulthood..."

"So, you see, having a child is a complicated affair. There are many steps before, and it takes many, many years of care after. It's very troublesome."

Gu Yueyan interjected coolly, "So, does that mean you don't like children?"

"How could that be?" Ren Suo smiled. "I have a folder on my computer, all prepared for my child!"

Gu Yueyan was taken aback, her face flushing slightly.

Then Ren Suo continued, "These are all the classic games I've collected over the years! I'm just waiting to play through them all with my child! Boy or girl, they'll definitely have fun!"

Gu Yueyan breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought for a moment that Ren Suo's folder was the same type as Lin Xianyu's tens of gigabytes of "study materials."

"And I'm prepared too. I don't need to sleep now, and I'm very free during the day. I can't help with the childbirth part, but I can take care of the child around the clock. I guarantee that when they grow up, they'll obediently play games with me..." Ren Suo rambled on. "All that's missing is a... Oh, wait. But I already have Little Jiu..."

Ren Suo suddenly realized he'd missed something. It seems I've skipped many stages and directly acquired a 'dream child from another family' that I couldn't even have dreamed of!

But Little Jiu was corrupted by Lin Xianyu right from the start, spending Krypton Gold on Honor of Kings. I couldn't even get her interested in any of the classic games in my folder...

Ren Suo shook the pointless thoughts from his head and looked at Luna. "So, do you still want to have children now?"

Luna pondered for a moment, then said, "It sounds so complicated and troublesome..."

"Right? So, let's go to sleep. Sleeping is the least troublesome thing," Ren Suo laughed. "But someday, you might meet someone for whom you won't mind the complexity or trouble, someone you'll want to have children for... When that time comes, you can create some love for yourself."

Having instilled a more complete understanding of love in Luna, taking over the Mini-World Game Console's role, Ren Suo considered his job done and went back to his room to sleep.

Gu Yueyan and Luna exchanged glances, then each returned to their own room to rest.

It wasn't just Luna; Gu Yueyan also found new thoughts stirring in her heart after hearing Ren Suo's views on love.

Hugging her teddy bear pillow, Gu Yueyan thought to herself: He's even made preparations for having children; he must desire love too... But he's just lazy. Too lazy to break out of his comfort zone, too lazy to disrupt his current life, too lazy... to become a lover who won't hinder someone else.

Lying curled up in bed, Luna, without a tail to wag, still wasn't used to sleeping this way. She closed her eyes and thought, Having children is so troublesome for humans. For us, it's just a shiver and it's done.

Gu Yueyan: But even if he's such a lazy and cautious person, I still like him. It's strange. My past self definitely couldn't have imagined I'd have such thoughts now. My past self just wanted to drive him away.

Luna: But even though having children sounds so troublesome and complicated, I still want to have them with Pet Leash. It's so strange. My past self definitely couldn't have imagined I'd have such thoughts now. My past self just wanted to scratch his face.

Gu Yueyan: The way he described it was quite moving. His children would surely grow up very happily.

Luna: And this pet will also take care of the children, so it doesn't seem like too much trouble after all.

Gu Yueyan: If I can continue on this path with him...

Luna: If I return to reality as this human with big breasts and a big butt...

Gu Yueyan: For now, I should continue following the steps. We've been to the amusement park, on a cruise, and lived together for a few days. It's about time...

Luna: We went to the amusement park a few days ago, traveled, ate together many times, and just watched a movie. So, all that's left is...

Remembering Teacher Dong and Sister Qiao, Gu Yueyan felt an irrepressible joy, like she was cheating and getting a head start. Luna probably understands how troublesome having children is now and won't pursue Ren Suo anymore. Tomorrow, she'll most likely just continue being friends with him and won't interfere with us. In that case, I'll try... a wedding in a dream.

Luna recalled the bride in the wedding dress who had suppressed her the day before; that dress had left an extremely deep impression on her. A wedding and a wedding dress! I want to get a whole set for myself too!