"Here, let me help you put it on."


    Leda gently slid the bracelet onto Roseanne''s slender wrist, making her fair skin look even more radiant.


    "I knew it! This style and color match you perfectly!"


    Roseanne looked down, admiring the bracelet more with each nce.


    Leda grinned, "You didn''t think that was all, did you?"


    "Hmm?" Roseanne looked up, puzzled. Was there more?


    Leda just smiled knowingly and nodded slightly to the waiter. The next moment, the restaurant filled with the uplifting strains of Beethoven''s "Ode to Joy."


    Amid the soft music, Owen Reynolds appeared, pushing a cake towards them. It was topped with a charming fondant figure—a cartoon version of Roseanne with big, bright eyes and a spirited expression, surrounded by pink sugar pearls.


    Simple, yet beautiful.


    "Professor?" Roseanne couldn''t hide her surprise.


    Owen Reynolds met her gaze with a slight smile.


    Maybe it was the crescendo of the music, the warmth of the restaurant, or perhaps the brilliance of his smile and the intensity of his gaze, but in the flickering candlelight, Roseanne found herself momentarily mesmerized.


    Until


    "Happy Birthday." He stopped in front of her, offering a blue iris.


    Roseanne snapped back to reality, "Th-thank you, Professor. The flowers and cake are lovely..."


    The blue iris symbolized elegance and hope, dreams and admiration, and... affection.


    Leda, with a teasing glint, nudged her, "Anne, take a closer look. Is it just flowers and cake?"


    Roseanne blinked, looking down at the iris.


    Her eyes widened-


    There was a small silver and pink box nestled within the bouquet.


    Under Leda''s encouraging gaze and Owen Reynolds'' hopeful eyes, she opened the box to reveal a ne.


    "Is this...?"


    Leda chimed in, "It''s my brother''s birthday gift to you."


    The ne featured a smooth


    circr design, resembling the


    ofs, with nine diamondit like celestial


    ced


    On closer inspection, the diamonds'' colors...


    "Colored diamonds?!"


    Not just any color, but a single diamond disying a spectrum of hues under the light!


    Roseanne gasped.


    "Is this... even possible naturally?"


    Owen Reynolds, seemingly anticipating her question, shook his head gently. "In nature, mixed-color diamonds don''t exist."


    "Then what is this?"


    Leda quickly interjected, "My brother synthesized it himself!"


    Roseanne couldn''t contain her curiosity and took the ne out of the box, holding it up to the light.


    It truly was multicolored!


    "How did you do it?" She turned to Owen Reynolds, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.


    Owen Reynolds exined, "There


    In


    are two methods for creating synthetic diamonds-High-Pressure High-Temperature (HPHT) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). In a ceramic container, pressure is applied using hydraulic systems while electricity generates high temperatures, causing carbon to form crystals around a seed crystal made from natural diamond. Usually..."


    Leda stood by, listening in disbelief.


    Pel


    Wasn''t this supposed to be a moment for him to ce the ne on the birthday girl himself? How did it turn into a lecture on synthetic diamond creation?


    The two werepletely engrossed-one exining in detail, the other listening intently.


    Leda: "??"


    Seriously, are they just messing with me?