"Of course, I'm just asking if you have this expectation in your heart, not some empty pleasantries." Ning Moqing smiled brightly as she gazed at her.
She was eager to hear An Xiaowei's answer, though she already knew what was in Xiaowei's heart.
"I hope so." An Xiaowei tightened her grip on the candy in her hand.
She didn’t know what it felt like to have her heart flutter, but her impression of Ning Moqing was genuinely good.
Mainly because, in all her years, this was the first time such a beautiful girl had treated her so well.
"Really? You’re not lying to me?" Ning Moqing narrowed her eyes and placed her hand atop An Xiaowei’s head.
She ruffled it lightly twice.
"My hair’s messed up now." An Xiaowei lightly swatted Ning Moqing’s hand away.
This woman—didn’t she know you shouldn’t touch a man’s head?
Plus, she was already short. Any more of this, and she’d disappear entirely from view.
"No, I never lie. I do like you." An Xiaowei finally told Ning Moqing the truth.
"Then, do you want to kiss me?" The other woman leaned down and asked.
An Xiaowei: "..."
They were too close. She could even see the tiny pores on Ning Moqing’s face. But her skin was so fair and smooth that An Xiaowei couldn’t resist reaching out to gently caress Ning Moqing’s cheek.
"Moqing-jie."
She spoke from the heart.
Technically, the term wasn’t wrong—she was originally a little younger than Ning Moqing anyway.
"What did you call me?" Ning Moqing was momentarily stunned by the address.
Xiaowei never called her that.
Except that one night… when she’d said it over and over.
Things like, Jie, let me go, or Jie, please, I’m begging you.
Just thinking about it now made Ning Moqing’s ears flush pink. She blinked rapidly, forcing those memories out of her mind.
"Pretend I didn’t say it." An Xiaowei turned her face away.
It really was too awkward. If not for… Lin Zixuan’s coaching, she would never have called Ning Moqing jie.
"I heard it." Ning Moqing chuckled.
An Xiaowei: ╮(─▽─)╭
Was she doing this on purpose?
An Xiaowei strongly suspected she was being teased.
"Next, let’s go somewhere nice." Ning Moqing took An Xiaowei’s hand and led her into the underground parking lot, giving her a mysterious smile.
"Where?" An Xiaowei was curious, but Ning Moqing kept her lips sealed, refusing to say a word.
"You’ll know when we get there."
That was all she said.
An Xiaowei had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat and scroll through her phone while Ning Moqing watched her with a tender gaze.
A faint golden light flickered in her eyes.
Before long, Ning Moqing brought An Xiaowei to their destination.
It was Ning Moqing’s villa outside the city.
"Why did you bring me to your house?" An Xiaowei had never been to this villa before. She’d assumed Ning Moqing only had the one home.
"To give you some figurines." Ning Moqing pushed the door open.
An Xiaowei looked up and immediately spotted the palm-sized figurine on the coffee table—a lifelike one, no less, wearing the exact outfit she’d had on when she first met Ning Moqing.
"A real-life Xiaowei figurine. Do you like it?"
Ning Moqing picked up the figurine box and handed it to An Xiaowei.
"Of course I like it. It’s the first time I’ve ever gotten a gift like this." An Xiaowei’s lips curled into a bright smile.
"Then, we should get going."
Ning Moqing suddenly grabbed her small hand.
Huh?
What did that mean?
Just as An Xiaowei was about to speak, Ning Moqing leaned down, forcing her to lie back on the sofa.
"You—you—"
"Before we leave, I want to kiss you. That’s not too much to ask, is it?"
She lowered her head and gently bit An Xiaowei’s lip.
Their breaths mingled, and in An Xiaowei’s daze, she heard a message from the system.
"Host, the main mission is complete. I’ll teleport you back immediately."
An Xiaowei’s consciousness plunged into an endless abyss, while Ning Moqing, who had just been kissing her, straightened up. Blue screens materialized around her, and golden light flickered across her body before she vanished from this world along with the screens.
At the same time, in a milky-white space, Si watched as a glowing golden sphere appeared before her.
It was Ning Moqing—or rather, a fragment of her own soul.
Only in worlds where she had left behind a piece of her soul could she control that fragment, which took the form of Ning Moqing.
She wouldn’t just choose anyone as her host. This was her final mission before retirement, and with the company’s approval, she had finally gotten the chance to enter the real world to find the reincarnation of Gu Wei.
Then, she would bind herself to that person, ensuring her eventual revival.
Si absorbed the golden light into herself, lowering her head as complex emotions swirled within her. After a long moment of hesitation, she extracted the part containing Ning Moqing’s emotions and sealed it away in a safe.
Acting with personal feelings would only jeopardize the success of Gu Wei’s resurrection.
When Si refocused, she saw Gu Xiaowei had returned to the system space.
Through the veil of white mist, she wanted to ask—what did Xiaowei think? Now that she had left that world, would she still miss Ning Moqing?
"Did we come back because of Li Jiaojiao?" Xiaowei asked.
After a moment’s thought, that was the only explanation. After all, Yan Chen had been rendered useless—he’d never have the chance to marry a woman again.
But he could still choose a man.
"Correct. According to protocol, you may rest in the system space for four hours. Also, here’s your reward for this mission."
As she spoke, a silver-glowing box emerged from the mist.
Xiaowei quickly caught it and opened it, watching as several strands of blue light merged into her soul. It was warm, comforting.
"This is part of An Xiaowei’s soul energy, along with some item rewards."
Xiaowei looked down again and spotted a silver key.
Special Item: [World Teleportation Key]
Description: [Allows the host to teleport to any location within the current novel world. Usable three times per world.]
"Si, are you sure this counts as some?"
Before she finished speaking, the system panel popped up.
Novel Title: After Rebirth: The Super Beautiful Celebrity Wife Chases Me
Mission Completion: 100% (Perfect)
Rewards: 30% of An Xiaowei’s soul energy, World Teleportation Key, 100 points.
"Host, would you like to spend 10 points to unlock the system store?"
"Si." Xiaowei suddenly called out.
"What is it?" Si paused.
"Can I sleep for a while?"
Exhaustion flickered across Xiaowei’s face—though, given that she was currently just a wisp of white mist, it was more of a conceptual exhaustion.
Laughable. She doesn’t even have eyebrows right now.
Si remained silent for a long time.
"Alright."
Xiaowei didn’t bother with formalities. She simply lay down on the ground—it was warm enough here anyway.
She slept for over three hours before slowly stirring awake.
"Unlock the store."
Yawning, Xiaowei lazily addressed Si.
She didn’t know that, due to the system space’s nature, 90% of her emotional attachment to the people from the previous world had been stripped away.
This was for the host’s own good. Otherwise, after traveling through so many worlds, the host would inevitably go insane from personality fragmentation.
The first world was mainly about falling in love, so the romance wasn’t too heavy. The next world would be much sweeter.
New World Preview: A Time-Traveling Historical Romance Novel About Saving the Beautiful Master Who Sacrificed Himself for the Heroine.
Xiao Wei's Identity: Disciple
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