Honkai Impact, please stop imagining it.

himeko: "Is Mei your white moonlight?"

Whether it was to change the subject or a sudden thought, himeko asked the question.

"No, we were just childhood friends. My white moonlight isn't someone I played with for years but ended up not even becoming friends with. Well, Mei didn't tell anyone I was her friend until she was sixteen. By then, I didn't care about that anymore."

Lin Yu: "But if she likes me, I can like her too. I love whoever loves me."

My ideal woman is Mei, the Raiden Mei who can cook, do housework, and even be a power bank.

himeko: "Whoever loves you, you love them too. That sounds pretty good."

After all, based on what Himeko knew over the years, Lin Yu spent most of his time in the hospital and had almost no friends between the ages of ten and sixteen, so the crushes and pursuits he had in his youth were simply impossible.

It's normal for someone whose parents are no longer around and have passed away, who has no friends, and whose childhood sweetheart has also broken up with them, to have thoughts about who loves them and who loves whom.

Taking the initiative to love someone requires a lot of courage.

Lin Yu looked down at Himeko, whose eyes were still open, and couldn't help but ask, "When are you planning to go to sleep?"

himeko held up two fingers, her eyes darting around, and said somewhat shyly, "I want to stay on the pillow for two hours."

Lin Yu: "......."

himeko: "Two hours is a short time. I fell asleep quickly. Will you cover me with a blanket after I fall asleep?"

Lin Yu: "It's not really a good idea to sleep on the sofa."

"I suddenly feel like sleeping on the sofa."

himeko closed his eyes, his face calm, even his breathing became steady, as if he planned to sleep on the sofa tonight.

Chapter 73 You're right, I'm a tough guy.

"Good morning."

Early in the morning, a gentle breeze blew into the living room through the open window. Lin Yu rubbed his eyes on the sofa and greeted Himeko, who had been lying on his lap all night.

himeko: "...Didn't you go back to sleep?"

Lin Yu: "Didn't you say you'd go back after you fell asleep? But unfortunately, I might fall asleep first."

himeko sat up and stretched, while Lin Yu hugged his thighs and curled up on the sofa.

I rubbed my thigh for a long time before I could feel it again. It was numb, really numb.

To be honest, with my physical strength, I shouldn't feel numb after using a lap pillow all night. Does that mean that using a lap pillow depends on one's physical condition?

If it's about physical constitution, Lin Yu roughly knows why he's so fragile.

himeko went to the kitchen to bake bread for breakfast. Well, not really, she just toasted some bread, spread some sauce on it, grilled some sausages, and made two hot dogs.

Himeko would deal with Lin Yu like this when he didn't buy breakfast or cook anything delicious.

Sometimes they don't even eat breakfast.

Lin Yu: "So don't you feel even a little bit apologetic, Himeko-nee?"

"The word 'apology' has never been in my vocabulary."

Lin Yu remained noncommittal, pursing his lips. He wondered who felt guilty last night, because this morning they were like this again. When drunk, they would whine and moan, and when sober, they would just hum and haw.

"My legs are numb, I can't walk."

Lin Yu lay on the sofa, using the pillow that Himeko had been hugging the night before, and said this.

himeko: "Don't joke around. You can solo kill a Warlord-level Honkai Beast. I believe you when you say you have a lot of physical ailments, but you're saying you're numb and can't stand up after I put my knee on your head? Are you kidding me?"

himeko stood with his hands on his hips, looking perfectly justified.

Lin Yu: "People's physical constitutions are different. Although I can kill a Warlord-level Honkai Beast in one go, I can also be in so much pain that I can't breathe because my toes hit the table. My physical constitution is different from others."

Lin Yu gestured the number eight with his hand, "I can only give you an eight out of ten for your performance as an arrogant woman in a TV drama. The other ninety-two points go to Mei."

"Goodness, your childhood sweetheart arrived and immediately left me behind. You're something else."

himeko walked over and leaned against the back of the sofa, looking at Lin Yu lying below. "Next time you meet a beautiful girl, will you forget about Mei?"

Lin Yu: "I'll never forget you, Himeko-nee. I'm afraid you'll send a large army to suppress me."

"How could I do such a thing?"

"Tell your soldiers to see if they believe you."

"Stop joking. What are your plans for today? Like, going shopping with Mei, doing research with Möbius, relaxing with Klein and listening to her complain, or maybe playing pranks with Rabbit?"

Himeko decisively changed the subject. Ah, in that sense, Himeko was indeed in the wrong; her image in front of the soldiers was rather simple and straightforward.

"Why isn't there an option to accompany you to work?"

himeko: "Because I have no intention of bringing you to work. It's too boring. If you want to keep me company, I'll probably kick you out in less than two hours and then secretly play games."

Lin Yu: "I plan to go see Hua, accompany her to buy some clothes, and buy her some snacks. I'm not sure if she will spend the money I transferred to her last time. I think she will most likely save it, like a little hamster, even keeping the interest."

Hua would definitely do that; that's just her personality. Besides, there's not much to spend money on in the military area, and she doesn't like buying too much stuff when she goes on missions to other places.

"If she's a little hamster, then you're just a spendthrift playboy. Do you even remember how much money you've spent in the last few months?"

himeko rolled her eyes, went to the kitchen to make hot dogs for Lin Yu, and brought out the boiled milk.

Lin Yu shrugged. "How would I know about that kind of thing? Do you even remember how much bread you've ever eaten?"

Two billion Australian dollars.

himeko handed the hot dog to Lin Yu and held up two fingers, saying, "A full two billion Australian dollars, and the remaining money is ready to be transferred."

Lin Yu: "That was the money you allocated."

"That was because you told me to dial it."

himeko didn't understand why Lin Yu was so obsessed with spending money on things like knife handles, investing in space warships, talking about the Moon Throne Project, and talking to Rabbit about mechanical ascension. He also poured money into armor. As long as it was a project involving targeted, high-damage weapons, he would have Rabbit keep an eye out for it and invest money if it was sure it might succeed.

At first, some audacious individuals tried to scam subsidies, but now even those audacious ones have backed down.

himeko: "I have this feeling that you're about to start a world war and become the final boss. Look at the people around you, the branch manager who is independent of the Firemoth headquarters, that is, me."

"The First Research Institute of the Firemoth Headquarters, the woman with blood on her hands known as the devil, Professor Mebius, and her cold-hearted assistant Klein."

"Cangxuan and Danzhu, who were considered to be absolutely rational and without any emotions, developed a rabbit that only knew how to cause trouble, and it was even uncertain how much trouble her next mischief would cause."

"Your parents are physicists, yet they researched the Chimera Project, which combines Honkai Beasts with humans. And you, my friend, after you made money, you invested it all in weapons technology, sparing no expense."

himeko: "If you weren't right in front of me with no defenses, I would have suspected that you were the ultimate villainous boss who wanted to rule the world."

Lin Yu: "You forgot about Hua."

himeko slapped his forehead. "Oh right, you still have Hua by your side. Does that mean Hua is your true love?"

Lin Yu: "Is it possible that my white moonlight hasn't been born yet?"

Lin Yu's lips twitched, and he was speechless for a moment when he saw Himeko's suddenly enlightened expression.

himeko: "......Oh, sorry, sorry. I was just trying to figure you out from the perspective of the final villain boss, and I almost made a fuss."

himeko awkwardly took a bite of the hot dog. "So, isn't Hua your white moonlight?"

Lin Yu said defiantly, "You are my true love. Think about it, you raised me until I was three years old. Even if my memories are fragmented, you have always existed in my subconscious. Every time I see you, I feel very at ease. You are my true love."

himeko: "!!!"

himeko: "You're treating me like your mother, aren't you?"

"I'm a scumbag."

As Lin Yu ate his hot dog, he described himself in this way, nodding in complete agreement, "I fall in love with every woman I meet, and I also love women I've never met before. I'm a total jerk."

himeko: "A scumbag would never call himself a scumbag, only Chu Nan would call himself a scumbag."

himeko uttered a profound statement: despite never having been in a relationship, she understands people's hearts so well, especially men's hearts.

himeko: "From the moment you said you were a scumbag."

himeko narrowed his eyes and smiled, "That proves your identity, Chu Nan. Can you refute that?"

Lin Yu was speechless for a moment. "Although what you said is true, I do love every woman I meet and even women I've never met before."

himeko: "Your mouth is soft, why are you pretending to be tough?"

himeko wiped the ketchup off Lin Yu's mouth with a tissue, which had gotten from eating a hot dog, and said this.

She's all talk and no action, yet she pretends to be tough. Who would believe that?

Lin Yu wanted to turn dark, but because of his weak constitution, his face was pale from staying indoors all year round and he couldn't turn dark.

Even though I got tanned from a month of fighting Honkai Beasts outside, I turned fair again after just a few days of not being in the sun for long periods.

"Young man, a soft person cannot pretend to be tough, just as a weak person can never pretend to be strong."

himeko crossed her legs. She hadn't drunk any alcohol that morning because she had to go to work, and she held the milk, waiting for it to become warm.

"It's like you, who seems very soft, but after just a few words, I immediately realize that you are actually a tough guy. Do you agree?"

Lin Yu opened his mouth, but the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat after Himeko's words. He opened his mouth several times but could not say anything in response.

In the end, he could only shut his mouth and lower his head, saying, "You're right, I'm a tough guy."

emmmmmm.

himeko's lips curled slightly upward; this was the art of language.

In Himeko's words about being a tough guy, Lin Yu gradually lost himself, and didn't refute the fact that he was soft, nor did he refute Himeko's claim that he was stubborn.

Just as Lin Yu was about to ask Himeko to praise him again, his phone rang.

Lin Yu picked up his phone and glanced at it; it was a call from Kevin.

When the call connected, Kevin's words came through the phone.

"Hey."

Lin Yu: "What's wrong, Kevin?"

Kevin: "Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to see if you were up yet, so I could wake you up if you weren't."

Lin Yu checked the time: 7:20.

Lin Yu: "......."