Just as their faces were about to make contact at a negative distance, a large, cold hand first covered Silk's face and pressed her back down onto the bed.
As the golden light of the Mind Stone seeped through Ryan's palm and into Silk's features and then her brain, her physiological impulse finally vanished, and the fire of desire in her eyes calmed once more...
As for Ryan himself, the moment he sensed the anomaly, he had already used the Mind Stone and the Frost Giant's freezing ability to calm himself down both mentally and physically.
Although he never rejected his own fondness for intimacy, as it was a primal will etched into every living being's DNA and the only way for natural organisms to continue.
There was nothing wrong with intimacy; the functioning of the entire World could not do without it.
But... Ryan didn't like being forced into intimacy, even if the one forcing him was his own Spider-Sense and body!
His body could only be ruled by his own soul!
Spider-Sense? No way!
Ryan removed his hand from the now-calm Silk's face and offered a smile. "You wanted to see me, and I've come. So, Miss Cindy Moon, what do you want with me?"
Silk stared blankly at Ryan, who was finally face-to-face with her, appearing somewhat dazed for a moment...
Although she had calmed down due to the frost ability and the Mind Stone, she could still clearly feel that the person before her was definitely one of only two Spider-Men in all the Universes she could sense!
He was also the special Spider-Man with whom she felt a much stronger connection than with the Peter Parker from her own Universe who was bitten by the same Super Spider!
Seeing Silk just staring at him without speaking, Ryan couldn't help but touch his face and tease, "What's with the staring? Is it because I'm too handsome and you want to pursue me?"
To his surprise, at this joke, Silk nodded seriously. "Can I?"
Ryan:?
"Can you do what?"
Silk blinked. "Can I pursue you?"
Hearing this, Ryan's lips twitched violently. This was only the second time he had met a girl who was so direct with him upon their first meeting...
As for the first one before Silk, it goes without saying—it was Gwen...
When Ryan rescued Gwen back then, the first thing she asked while looking at him in his arms was whether he could be her boyfriend...
As you know, because of Gwen's age, she was heartlessly rejected by Ryan.
But the Silk in front of him now was well within the age limit, and besides her looks, her stats in various areas were higher than Gwen's...
However, even though all the indicators were met, it still put Ryan in a bit of a difficult position...
After all, he had just signed a tripartite contract. If he told the other two Gwens now that the contract needed to be modified because a fourth shareholder wanted to join them, he was afraid the other two shareholders would withdraw on the spot...
Between one shareholder and two, Ryan could clearly distinguish which was more important...
And as the chairman, even if this new shareholder had plenty of 'capital' to invest, he still had to evaluate her first, right?
Finally, after a brief hesitation, Ryan shook his head:
"Miss Cindy Moon, while I appreciate your honesty, I don't think we know each other well enough yet. Especially regarding me—you might not know that I already have a girlfriend, and more than one at that. So, if you don't want to fall for a playboy, it's best to be a bit more cautious..."
"As for now, since you're awake, you should first choose where you want to go..."
"I'll give you three choices. First, I can have someone send you back to your own Universe to return to your original life. Second, stay in the Spider-Alliance and become one of its members. Third..."
"I choose the third option!" Before Ryan could finish, Silk Cindy had already made her choice without hesitation.
This surprised Ryan a bit. "You don't want to go back to your own Universe?"
During this Inheritor incident, many Spider-Men from other Universes had come to his Universe, but without exception, they were only staying temporarily and always intended to return to their own Universes...
This included Short-haired Gwen as well...
After all, in those other Universes, there were loved ones that each of the Spider-Men cared about...
Silk offered an explanation, curling up on the bed with her legs pulled to her chest, her expression lonely:
"I have nothing left in my own Universe. My parents died in an accident before I gained my Spider Abilities. The only person in that World related to me has had nothing to do with me from the start. I don't want to stay in that lonely World anymore..."
"So... can I stay in this Universe with you?"
Looking at Silk, who was acting as pitiful as Sylvie, Ryan rubbed his brow and waved his hand:
"Alright, that's tragic enough. You can stay in this Universe and join my Spider Family. This will be your new home from now on."
Silk's eyes lit up, and she suddenly lunged into Ryan's arms. "Thank you!"
Feeling Cindy's superb figure under that thin layer of her Silk Suit, Ryan felt the fire he had just suppressed starting to rise again...
He now seemed to regret rejecting Silk while in Sage Mode. What should he do?
However, Silk Cindy didn't act impulsively this time; she just gave Ryan a hug and had no further plans...
Just then, the door to the medical room opened again, completely interrupting any potential further development between the two...
The ones who entered were, naturally, the two versions of Gwen—the long-haired and the short-haired one.
After waking up and hearing Black Widow emphasize that Ryan had gone alone to see a beautiful girl, the two of them rushed down as fast as they could.
They could accept sharing Ryan with another version of themselves, but they weren't ready to immediately accept another stranger sharing him.
The special connection between Silk and Ryan usually only attracted them to each other when they were alone, so as the other two Gwens entered, neither Silk nor Ryan felt any more special sensations.
After learning about Silk Cindy's background, the two Gwens also felt that the Cindy who had nothing was very pitiful.
Naturally, it didn't take long for the three of them to become best friends.
Instead, it was Ryan who was left out in the cold by the three of them.
Finally, the three of them went out shopping hand-in-hand. The two Gwens said they wanted to welcome Cindy and help her get familiar with this World.
So Ryan was left here all by himself.
Ryan's lips twitched. Short-haired Gwen and Cindy might not have done it on purpose, but he was certain that Long-Haired Gwen was definitely getting back at him intentionally.
After all, the Gwen of his Universe was somewhat mischievous and black-bellied...