Although they had spent the entire morning discussing a major life decision and still had some disagreements, they were just as happy eating lunch together.

In fact—

The Little Panda, whose marriage proposal had been rejected, could still say with a perfectly straight face, "Since we aren’t going out this afternoon and have nothing else to do, let’s just do some Spiritual Training here."

Jiang Qiuqiu, who had fully expected him to be in a bad mood, was left speechless. ’Well then...’

’He can still think about Spiritual Training. Looks like he wasn’t discouraged at all.’

’This is good, too,’ Jiang Qiuqiu’s thoughts shifted. She said, "Sure. It’ll be a good chance to see if I’ve made any progress recently."

This time, Jiang Qiuqiu once again challenged the A+ Level difficulty. Her endurance was quite high now, so once she started Spiritual Training, it meant a long, drawn-out session.

Her continuous output of spiritual power made the Mental Training Device light up.

Setting the difficulty to A+ was a simple task for Mo Si, so he split his focus. Part of him watched Qiuqiu, her eyes shut tight as she struggled to mobilize her spiritual power, while the other part of him mulled over what he was going to say to her later.

’I have something I’ve been hiding from you, and I want to tell you what it is now!’

’Too formulaic.’

’’Qiuqiu, I have something to tell you. I hope you won’t be angry.’’

’That’s guaranteed to make her angry.’

Mo Si sank into deep thought.

As his thoughts drifted, his spiritual power began to diffuse as well. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Jiang Qiuqiu, still contending with Mo Si’s spiritual power, suddenly felt the pressure within her Spirit Sea intensify. The change was so swift and powerful that she nearly buckled.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly, channeling more of her spiritual power in the nick of time.

The situation stabilized for the moment, but for some reason, today’s A+ challenge felt far stronger than usual. She had to use every ounce of her strength just to hold on.

Every minute, every second, became an ordeal. Sweat dripped down her forehead. Half an hour, maybe an hour—Jiang Qiuqiu had no idea how long she’d been holding on.

The exhaustion was making her thirsty—

But you couldn’t drink or speak during training.

By the end of the session, even her breathing had slowed, until finally, she reached her breaking point!

Her Sea of Spirit Power was nearly empty. Jiang Qiuqiu opened her eyes and switched off the Mental Training Device. At that exact moment, Mo Si opened his eyes too.

Their eyes met.

’Okay,’ Mo Si told himself. ’This is the moment.’

Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Qiuqiu pulled off her helmet and, as if all the life had been drained out of her, collapsed onto the sofa.

A deep wave of exhaustion washed over her. Jiang Qiuqiu felt it was a struggle just to lift her eyelids, but—

"Black Hole, I need some water."

She asked in a faint voice, "Could you go get me a glass of water?"

"Of course, I’ll go right now." He immediately stood up, but only remembered after he got to the kitchen that he hadn’t grabbed a cup.

After returning to the living room to grab a small cup, he poured her a glass of water in the kitchen.

But the water was too hot to drink right away. Mo Si added an ice cube, and only when he felt the temperature was just right did he carry it back to the living room.

He called out Qiuqiu’s name, but she had already fallen asleep on the sofa, her head tilted to one side and her face flushed.

"Qiuqiu?"

He called again softly but found she was sleeping soundly.

He set the cup on the coffee table, then went to Jiang Qiuqiu’s room, brought out a blanket, and draped it over her.

’Even though the heat was on, it was still better to have a cover when sleeping.’

After covering her with the blanket, Mo Si sat down beside her, deciding to wait there.

’A day where he’d managed to build up his courage and prepare himself was too rare to waste.’

’Besides, this feeling of hiding something from her was just awful.’

’He wanted to be completely honest with Qiuqiu.’