Jiang Qiuqiu moved to open the door, but she suddenly remembered the pajamas she was wearing—

As she hesitated, the doorbell rang again.

She saw on the video feed that the man had turned slightly, raising his hand to open his terminal. ’Fine, I’ll just open it,’ she decided. ’Panda pajamas it is. It’s not like this one time will make a difference.’

So, she opened the door. Everything happened so suddenly that Mo Si, standing at the entrance, froze for a moment.

Of course, that stunned moment melted into flustered shock the instant he saw her wearing fluffy, black-and-white panda pajamas. "Y-y-you..."

"Why are you wearing panda clothes?"

"What’s wrong with them? Don’t they look good?" Jiang Qiuqiu stood in the doorway and blinked at Mo Si.

Mo Si looked at Jiang Qiuqiu and suddenly sensed the girl’s mischievous streak.

’She clearly knows I have panda Genes, yet she’s still wearing panda pajamas in front of me.’

Although Admiral Mo was a complete rookie when it came to romance and relationships, as an adult male, he had still managed to pick up on some... risqué knowledge from various sources over the years.

For example, interstellar people almost never wore animal-themed pajamas, unless it was the animal corresponding to their own Genes. No matter how cute another animal might be, you just didn’t wear it.

Because in the interstellar world, that style of pajamas was classified as a type of intimate apparel for couples.

’He guessed Qiuqiu didn’t know the meaning behind this outfit. That would explain why she’d wear it so naturally in front of him and even call it cute.’

Mo Si’s guess was spot on. Jiang Qiuqiu really had no idea that these pajamas, which covered her from head to toe, carried such a meaning!

"Why aren’t you saying anything? What brings you to Starry Sky Wander in this snowstorm, Black Hole?"

"Let’s go inside first, then we can talk."

Jiang Qiuqiu let out an "Oh," and stepped aside. Mo Si walked through the door. As wind and snow from outside began to drift in, he quickly shut the door behind him.

The room was filled with warmth. Jiang Qiuqiu went to pour Mo Si a cup of tea. As she walked ahead of him, Mo Si, having just closed the door, turned his head and caught a perfect view of her back.

’...These pajamas even have a tail.’

’A round, ball-shaped one. It bounced up and down as she walked.’

-

A cup of hot tea was placed on the coffee table in front of him.

Mo Si asked Jiang Qiuqiu if she knew about the special meaning behind the pajamas.

Jiang Qiuqiu: ?

"Special meaning? What special meaning?" she asked, looking utterly baffled.

’Just as I thought.’ Mo Si couldn’t bring himself to explain it. Instead, he simply pulled up his terminal’s holographic projection, searched the Star Network for the two words "animal pajamas," and a massive pile of search results instantly appeared.

At first, Jiang Qiuqiu only gave it a casual glance, but when she looked closer, a slew of strange comments caught her eye.

—Your girlfriend’s already sending signals like that, and you can still hold back, OP?

—Everyone in the galaxy knows this, duh. Wearing your animal is basically saying she wants to wear *you*.

—Whoa, things are getting steamy! It’s gotten to this point and nothing’s happened yet?

Then there was the Interstellar Encyclopedia entry, which directly classified the act of "wearing pajamas of your partner’s Gene animal" under "Intimate Couple Activities."

She nearly spat out the tea in her mouth.

"I didn’t know it meant all that!"

Jiang Qiuqiu was so embarrassed she wanted the floor to swallow her whole. "Black Hole, wait here for a second. I’m going to go change."

The heat was on in the room, so Jiang Qiuqiu didn’t change into anything too thick. She came back out a moment later.

She had changed into a casual outfit, her face still faintly flushed. "I only bought them because I thought they were cute. I didn’t mean anything else by it." ’Well, maybe I meant a *little* something else,’ she thought, ’but definitely not *that*.’

’She thinks it’s cute?’

Mo Si felt a faint itch at the base of his spine.