The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Xu Yanze pushed Nova's wheelchair out of the hall and followed Nova's instructions to the small attic on the top floor of the castle. There were some miscellaneous items piled here and there was a glazed floor-to-ceiling window on the wall.

Nova pointed to the small window covered with dust.

"Please help me open it and carry me out through the window," Nova said.

Xu Yanze was silent for a few breaths, opened the window, and then picked up Nova as she said.

Because of being bedridden for many years, Nova's legs had long since shrunk and her body was extremely thin. When Xu Yanze picked her up, she felt as if she were nothing in his arms.

Nova's layers of skirt fell down, swaying as Xu Yanze walked.

At a distance of only three meters, Nova snuggled in Xu Yanze's arms, quietly looking at Xu Yanze's jaw, feeling the warmth in Xu Yanze's arms.

Xu Yanze carried Nova out of the window, and what came into view was an uncovered platform.

"What should I do next?" Xu Yanze asked.

"I want to sit there, please put me there." Nova said, pointing to the edge of the roof.

Xu Yanze did not move, and Nova saw his concerns.

"I won't jump. I really cherish the opportunity to watch the stars with you today." Nova said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Yanze looked up and realized that the whole place was filled with stars, stretching out for thousands of miles, dotted in the night sky, flickering leisurely.

Xu Yanze naturally did not put Nova in such a dangerous place as she wished. Instead, he put her against the wall and then sat next to her. Nova did not get annoyed by such an insignificant matter.

The night breeze was cool, causing the strings under Nova's delicate lace headscarf to sway slightly.

Nova's beating heart slowly calmed down with the caress of the evening breeze. Then she relaxed and leaned against the wall, looking up at the twinkling stars.

"The stars are so beautiful tonight," said Nova.

"Yeah." Xu Yanze responded.

"Your reaction is so unromantic. You should reply to me. You are beautiful too."

"After all, I spent three hours getting dressed to see you, and I even tied this damn corset that made my bones ache." Nova teased.

"You are very beautiful too." Xu Yanze replied according to Nova's wishes.

Nova was amused by Xu Yanze's dull reaction, her eyebrows curved.

"What did Emma tell you about me?" Nova asked.

While Xu Yanze was still thinking about the wording, Nova started talking on her own.

"She must have exaggerated my admiration for you. She always likes to exaggerate. When she was a child, I helped her pull out her loose front teeth. She cried and looked for her parents, saying that I broke all her teeth."

Nova was silent for a few breaths after she finished speaking, and then she explained to herself.

"I want to say that I don't love you, I just admire you."

"I just can't help but keep staring at you because of your excellence." Nova said.

"Thank you for your admiration." Xu Yanze replied gently.

"How ungentlemanly! I thought you should at least send me a nice guy card and praise me or something like that. I saw the term 'nice guy card' on the Internet, and that's how it's used," Nova said with a smile.

After hearing this, Xu Yanze thought about how to praise others. Nova saw that he seemed to be troubled and laughed so hard that she trembled.

The laughter faded away, and Nova's heart slowly settled down. She looked up at the sky, sadness in her eyes flowing freely in the darkness, and the starlight was reflected in her clear blue pupils.

"When I was a kid, Emma and I often came here secretly because we could see the scenery outside the manor and the endless starry sky."

"Afterwards, I got sick, but I still wanted to come here all the time, and I kept imagining that I could jump from here."

"Falling from a tall building and then falling into a bed full of stars, isn't that romantic?" Nova said with a smile.

Xu Yanze obviously didn't know how to answer, so Nova considerately changed the subject.

"Maybe you don't even remember who I am. You only know that I'm a crazy person who likes you, and then you agreed to meet me tonight out of charity." Nova said.

"I remember you. We have met in many competitions. You are very good." Xu Yanze replied.

There were waves in Nova's eyes and ripples in her heart.

"You are the one who always gets first place, but you hypocritically praise me, the second place, for my excellence. You are such an arrogant and rude man, huh." Nova said with a blushing face and a proud pout.

Xu Yanze was a little helpless. Even Xu Yanze didn't know how to talk to a girl appropriately at this moment.

Nova sighed when she saw Xu Yanze was still silent.

"I just realized that you are completely different from what I imagined, but you are surprisingly cute now."

"You were so dazzling at that time. You stood on the first place podium again and again, holding the golden trophy indifferently. It seemed that you didn't take anyone seriously. Your eyes were so arrogant, as if the first place belonged to you." Nova said.

Xu Yanze was stunned when he heard this and thought about it.

"I'm nearsighted." Xu Yanze said.

"What?" Nova didn't quite understand why Xu Yanze suddenly said that.

"I am nearsighted, severely nearsighted. You just said that I had a cold and arrogant look in my eyes when I received the trophy. It might be because I couldn't see clearly, the light was very bright, and I have severe astigmatism, so my expression might be..."

Xu Yanze was interrupted by Nova before he could finish his words.

"Stop destroying the perfect image I have of you. Your cold and indifferent personality is actually caused by myopia. Your words have disillusioned me."

"If it weren't for God's sake, and the need to maintain my ladylike image in front of you, I would have been ready to start swearing." Nova held her forehead with her hand.

"Sorry." Xu Yanze replied.

Nova felt helpless and amused at the same time.

"Because I was praised as a genius since I was a child, I was always an extremely arrogant person, until I met you."

"I prepared carefully for that match, and I thought the championship would be easy for me, but in the end, I watched with my own eyes an Asian who I had never heard of walk onto the podium of first place."

"Especially the Asian guy who looked so superior and looked down on everyone. He was extremely arrogant."

"I was paranoid and thought you were manipulating something behind the scenes, so I went to ask about your upcoming competition schedule out of spite."

"Then I began to childishly chase after you, and made it my goal to snatch the first place from you. Obviously, I never did it once."

"I lost completely. Every time I was just in second place and looking up at you. It made me feel frustrated, but excited at the same time."

"It wasn't until I made a mistake and only got third place that you unexpectedly handed me a handkerchief. Only then did I realize that you are a gentle person. It was this time that made me start to fall in love with you." Nova said.

"That handkerchief is actually..."

Xu Yanze was interrupted by Nova before he could finish his words.

"Don't say it! My sixth sense just told me that you might say something to disillusion me again."

"You'd better not tell me. Let me keep some beautiful fantasies about you." Nova said tiredly.

"Okay, I won't tell you." Xu Yanze replied.