We moved to Golden Courtyard

Downstairs, Himeko and some security personnel responsible for maintaining the festival watched this magnificent and colorful scene.

"What a romantic little guy..."

"Um, Lieutenant Himeko, are we really going to go up and arrest those two?"

Himeko rolled her eyes.

"What do you know? Create some atmosphere for them, be a decent extra... But honestly, there's really no need to create anything more... It's so romantic, okay?"

"Lieutenant Himeko, my advice is, if you see something you like, just make your move!"

"roll!"

She spat out the wooden skewer she was holding in her mouth; it was from the oden she had just bought.

Clapping her hands, a smile playing on her lips, Himeko said, "But such a good man, I really don't want to let him go..."

164. A promise for two people to live a lifetime

Amidst a sky full of fireworks, when a cluster of pink fireworks exploded in the night sky, revealing a chibi-style portrait of Alicia, Alicia almost burst into tears.

"I was unable to take you to see the sea of ​​flowers that day, which only added to my regrets. At that time, I thought... I must give you a surprise to make up for your regrets."

Holding Ellie from behind, Xu Qi whispered, "How is it? This sea of ​​flowers made of fireworks must be beautiful, right?"

"Mmm...so beautiful...so beautiful..."

Ellie kept wiping away her tears, but no matter how she wiped, new tears kept welling up.

"But right now... I must look really bad, right?"

Xu Qi placed his hands on Ai Li's shoulders and slowly turned the girl around.

“She looks beautiful… Ellie always looks beautiful.”

"Really?"

With tears streaming down her face, like a little kitten with stained skin from crying, Ellie looked up at Xu Qi with a pitiful expression and said, "No matter when, I'm always beautiful?"

Xu Qi whispered as he kissed the corner of Ellie's eye.

"of course."

"If I were seventy or eighty years old, with a face full of wrinkles, would you still think I'm good-looking?"

"It was beautiful. Back then, it was already a blessing that you didn't dislike me."

Airi finally stopped crying and started laughing. She rolled her eyes like Mei did, but while Mei did it with a lot of charm, Airi just looked cute.

"No way... I like you, Xu Qi. No, wait..."

Ellie reached out and wrapped her arms around Xu Qi's waist.

"I love you, Xu Qi. Only with you, I can be certain, that this 'love' is special, a feeling I've never had with anyone else, only with you, Xu Qi..."

I want to be with you, I want to be with you forever! Xu Qi... I love you so much... I really love you so much!

Ellie suddenly took a deep breath.

Amidst the fireworks, she mustered all her strength and shouted loudly.

"Xu Qi! I love you! Alicia! I will always love Xu Qi!"

The heartfelt confession was also a lifelong promise between the two of them.

I, Xu Qi, also love you just as much. Xu Qi will always love Alicia.

Their lips drew closer, and with the sound of fireworks exploding, they kissed.

Their eyes slowly closed, devoid of any other thoughts. They embraced and kissed amidst the fireworks. All that remained was... boundless love for each other.

It was a simple kiss, nothing earth-shattering, nothing like a spark igniting a fire.

When their lips parted, their eyes were fixed on each other.

"Xu Qi..."

"Ok?"

“I…” Ellie lowered her head shyly, “Let’s be together…”

Xu Qi's mind went blank for a moment.

He was certainly not the kind of person who would be foolish enough to think that what Ellie meant by 'being together' was just a simple matter of being together.

But Xu Qi's first reaction was not excitement. Instead, he looked at Ai Li with his forehead and said softly.

"Ready?"

"Um... I want to... give myself to you."

"I think I've already said it, haven't I? Ellie, I like you, nothing else matters. Don't force yourself, it's okay..."

Nestled in Xu Qi's arms, Ai Li shook her head, then mustered her courage to look directly into Xu Qi's eyes.

"I want to give you everything I have. It's not just a simple matter of 'getting together,' it's my everything, the rest of my life, I've decided on you, I want to give you my all."

……

Xu Qi's expression suddenly became somewhat complicated.

Because... he couldn't say it, and he couldn't do it, to give his whole self to Alicia...

Seemingly sensing Xu Qi's unspeakable predicament, Ai Li reached out and touched Xu Qi's lips.

"Didn't I tell you? Xu Qi, I love you, regardless of anyone else. Do you love me?"

"like!"

"That's enough, Alicia...you're not greedy, are you?"

……

Xu Qi hugged Ai Li back into his arms. This time, he held her very tightly, so tightly that... it was as if he never wanted to let go.

Seemingly feeling that this slightly melancholic atmosphere wasn't quite right for her, Alicia wiped away the last tear from the corner of her eye and smiled.

"Shall we go back? Xu Qi."

"If you go back, I'll eat you up."

"Then just eat me up, since you've been looking forward to it for a while now, haven't you?"

Xu Qi gently rubbed Ai Li's little head.

"Alright, let's end this romance here."

At the door leading to the rooftop, Himeko suddenly rushed up with a dozen or so people, a playful smile on her face. She looked at the couple and teased them.

"Setting off so many fireworks in Guangcheng, you've got some nerve! Why don't you go back to the police station for a chat?"

Xu Qi and Ai Li were both taken aback, exchanged a glance, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you be a little more nervous? Otherwise, it's really disrespectful to me."

Ellie readily grabbed Xu Qi's hands and said pitifully, "Oh no! What should we do, Xu Qi? We're going to be taken to the police station."

"Pfft! Hahaha!"

Xu Qi laughed and pinched Ai Li's delicate little nose, then turned around and waved to Himeko.

"Please thank Theresa for me! And thank you too, Lieutenant Himeko."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qi suddenly grabbed Ai Li, jumped over the railing, and headed downstairs!

Himeko was startled, but the next instant! A white light pierced the long night, flying to the ground beneath Xu Qi as he jumped down with Ai Li in his arms, and unfolding its outer armor.

"This is?"

With the outer armor combined, the cramped fuselage space was just enough to accommodate Ai Li and Xu Qi, but they had to be pressed close together with little room to move.

"Let's go! V2V!"

From Himeko's perspective, just as Xu Qi and the other person jumped down, a black and white exoskeleton armor with wings on its back and white spiritual energy stripes all over its body slowly rose up in front of them.

"Wow, you're playing so cool..."

The person controlling the V2V waved to Himeko and the others.

"Let's go, Lieutenant Himeko. Have a good time tonight."

Himeko stretched out her hand and waved at V2V.

He's quite an interesting kid...

As the fireworks faded, the V2V armor climbed higher into the night sky, reaching a height that offered a panoramic view of the entire summer festival.

"Ellie, look down."

Ellie, clinging tightly to Xu Qi, glanced down curiously, and in just one look... she was so captivated by the beautiful scenery before her that she was speechless...

"Kiana, activate the Moonlight System."

"Roger that!"

Kiana?

Before Ellie could even ask a question, Xu Qi shouted.

"Light Wings! Deploy!"

The twin-wing floating cannons fully deployed and began firing air-clearing missiles into the airspace. These missiles, specially made by Velvet, exploded in mid-air, effectively neutralizing the chemical residue left after the fireworks exploded.

Ellie suddenly realized and laughed, "You've thought about quite a lot."

“Beautiful things shouldn’t bring regrets. I don’t want you to become sentimental again after you go back.”

"No way! You idiot."

"Haha! So... going home?"

"go home!"

165. Go keep your little wife, Ellie, company.

When V2V returned to the villa with Xu Qi and Ai Li, they found that almost everyone had already come back.

The moment the outer armor was lifted, Ellie couldn't wait to jump out.

This exoskeleton armor is designed for one person to wear. Even with enough extra space, Ai Li basically has to stick close to Xu Qi at all times inside.

It's simply... incredibly embarrassing...

"Huh? Airi?" Mei looked at Airi, who was walking back with a flushed face, with some surprise. "What's wrong? I thought you weren't coming back tonight. Did Xu Qi bully you?"

"No! No... tonight... he was very good..."

As he spoke, he glanced behind him, where Xu Qi was recovering V2V with the help of Virvi.

"Hmm~"

Mei's smile had a hint of amusement in it.

She leaned close to Ellie's ear and said, "Looks like you're still planning to come back and do it, right?"

"Ouch!" As if she had stepped on someone's tail, Ellie let out a cute exclamation and fled back to the villa as if she were running away. Without paying attention to the people who greeted her, she went straight into her room.

Xu Qi, who had finally finished recovering the V2V, followed behind. He looked at his little Mei with some confusion, scratched his head, and asked, "What did you say to Ai Li? Why did she seem so flustered just now?"

Mei didn't give Xu Qi a friendly look. She snorted and played with a tuft of hair, saying, "I don't know. Maybe some big bad wolf's intentions were too obvious, and the little white rabbit panicked?"

Xu Qi raised an eyebrow.

Is she jealous?

Still outside the villa, Xu Qi glanced inside. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he simply pressed himself against Mei and said, "Oh? Before I ate you... were you panicked?"

Her thoughts drifted back to the night she lost her virginity. Mei blushed and flicked her ponytail forward, giving Xu Qi a sharp slap.

"I...I was injured that day, otherwise I wouldn't have let you succeed!"

"Okay, okay, okay~~"

Stepping forward and putting his arm around Mei's waist, Xu Qi said with a gentle smile, "Thank you, Mei."