Chapter 36

By the Hudson River, the river surface sparkled, and white swans glided leisurely across the water.

In a quiet spot, a young man and woman sat at iron tables and chairs by the riverbank.

The girl was around seventeen, with a pretty and cute face, smooth, fair-to-yellowish skin, and features with a mixed-race beauty.

She wore a capable and simple jacket and long shirt, which felt much more conservative compared to the lightly dressed women passing by on the street.

The man's appearance was also very high; if it weren't for the beautiful girl beside him, ladies would probably have already come to chat him up. However, his posture looked a bit slouchy, as if there wasn't much that concerned him.

"So, dropping out is because of this?"

Ye Li sipped his juice, occasionally scattering some breadcrumbs into the river beside him, drawing a few swans to stretch their necks and peck twice.

"Darling, don't use that look of looking at a delinquent student."

Skye typed on the laptop keyboard in front of her, "I've learned everything I should learn; I don't want to waste time in school anymore."

"I know you're a genius."

Handing the juice to Skye, Ye Li asked, "So what do you plan to do now?"

Skye looked at the half-drunk juice handed to her, didn't mind, stuck out her pink little tongue, hooked the straw over, and took a sip, "En~ play in the club for a few days first, then pursue more extraordinary things! Or..."

Speaking of this.

Her bright, dark brown eyes looked at Ye Li, "Or be some guy's little lover?"

Perhaps this wasn't a question.

Ye Li reached his hand inside Skye's coat, hugging her tight waist, "You should know I..."

"Gwen and Jessica, right?" Skye pressed a few more keys on the keyboard, and after a loading progress bar appeared on the screen, she stopped caring about the computer, turned her waist, and her soft body pressed against Ye Li, "Maybe I'm a bad girl by nature~"

"You don't look like one."

Ye Li gently stroked her cheek, enjoying the silky feel, and said gently, "Did something happen?"

Although in America, being a lover isn't a big deal, Skye didn't have that kind of personality.

Skye looked at him affectionately, "Li, you really are as Jessica said, always understanding at the right time..."

No, actually I just received a system mission...

Ye Li was also a bit surprised.

According to his observations, Skye was still an ordinary person, so what would the reward be for completing the mission?

Just load a hacker template?... That's fine too, at least it's a good intelligence-gathering skill.

Ye Li didn't care too much.

If at first, he approached Skye with the idea of system rewards.

Then now his thought was—this girl is nice, I want her.

Overbearing.

"I learned something from Mom recently."

Skye began to briefly describe what had happened to her recently.

"Although she clearly still has many things hidden from me, I vaguely heard that there might be something different about my body."

"Until I went to a professional institution for testing, I found out..."

Found out you have superpowers? How come I can't tell—Ye Li thought habitually.

But Skye's words were different from what Ye Li thought.

Skye's eyes became watery, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and said sadly, "It seems I can't have children, Li... you won't dislike me, will you?"

Ah, this.

Is this the kind of worry a girl in her prime should have?