Chapter 5.2

The Intelligence Test (2)

He made an effort to pretend that nothing had happened and lowered his head to put away the leftovers. After a moment of contemplation, he decided to stick to the original plan and took Mu Le out with him.

He went to the hospital at Lan Mo’s house.

As a true feline humanoid, Lan Mo had a nocturnal lifestyle just like a cat, and he happened to be on the night shift at the home hospital today.

After Gu Mingyuan brought Mu Le there, Lan Mo spontaneously came over to lead the way and took them to the psychology department for an intelligence test.

It was the first time someone had requested a test for a pet, and not just any pet, but the one he was eyeing to put on the dining table.

Lan Mo found it extremely novel.

“Hey,” he said to Gu Mingyuan, “Has your pet ever taken a spiritual reaction test?”

Gu Mingyuan frowned. “There’s no need for that.”

“It’s not necessarily unnecessary. I’ve heard that there have been cases of interstellar dogs in the team being able to perceive spiritual entities. The legends say…” Lan Mo said, extending a finger toward Mu Le with a playful attitude toward pets, “Which one is smarter, humans or interstellar dogs?”

Mu Le felt a natural affinity for him, especially considering that the young cat boy had a fluffy and soft large cat tail behind him.

Long-haired cat tails are truly amazing!

Mu Le also extended her index finger toward him, and the fingertips of the little human and the cat boy came together.

“Oh!” Lan Mo smiled. “You’re quite clever.”

Gu Mingyuan sneered, “You can also take the test with us. It’s not necessarily higher than that of an interstellar dog.”

Lan Mo: “…”

Why is he being aggressive?

What did he do to provoke him?

The large cat tail drooped unhappily, and Lan Mo touched his nose before pointing to the door of the room ahead. “We’ve arrived.”

Gu Mingyuan nodded.

Mu Le was pushed into the room without understanding why. Her leash had been removed, and she was wearing common clothing for orc children. She even had a pair of realistic-looking fake cat ears on her head, making her hardly distinguishable from a normal orc infant at first glance.

Before they left, Gu Mingyuan also sprayed some perfume on her.

Now her body was filled with a scent that resembled Gu Mingyuan’s, refreshing and pleasant, but with a somewhat fierce aura. It’s unclear how he managed to make a perfume have an aggressive and oppressive feel.

In any case, beneath all these trappings…

The doctors who were unaware of the true situation remained oblivious to her true identity.

The examination took a full hour.

At first, they started with filling out forms, but then the doctors realized she couldn’t read. Later on, they discovered she couldn’t even understand spoken language. Eventually, the process gradually transitioned to various gestures and games.

There were also many simple arithmetic questions.

After completing the test, Mu Le looked at Gu Mingyuan with confusion.

Gu Mingyuan held her small hand and asked the zebra doctor in a deep voice, “How did it go?”

“Well… it’s not very optimistic,” the zebra doctor wagged his tail and replied, “She seems to have problems with listening, speaking, reading, and writing… Based on preliminary assessment, her intelligence is probably around that of a three-year-old.”

Luckily, Mu Le couldn’t understand what he was saying, or else she would truly have been angered.

What’s even more infuriating is that Lan Mo suddenly burst into laughter and followed up with, “Our interstellar patrol dog has the intelligence of a six-year-old pup, hahaha—”

Gu Mingyuan stared at him without saying a word.

Lan Mo: “…”

He realized he had done something to upset him.

Mocking his little pet right in front of him did seem a bit too audacious.

“But, but!” The zebra doctor hurriedly interjected, “She performed very well in the intellectual games. Don’t rush it, just let her attend the pre-kindergarten class at the juvenile animal nursery. There shouldn’t be any problems.”

Gu Mingyuan: “…Are you saying we can send her to school?”

“Ah,” the doctor pondered for a moment on how to express it, “I don’t know the actual age of this little miss. If she’s too old, it might not be suitable to send her to the juvenile animal nursery. If that’s the case, you can also hire a private tutor…”

The zebra doctor didn’t realize that she was a human. When he mentioned that it might not be good for her to go to the juvenile animal nursery, he was thinking that if she was indeed older, she might be excluded by the other young children.

Gu Mingyuan contemplated for a moment.

Today, Mu Le was wearing cat ears. The age of a feline species is difficult to determine, but their body size is usually small. The feline children at the juvenile animal nursery would be even smaller than Mu Le.

But if he were to put dragon horns on her…

Hmm, considering her size, it would be more appropriate.

While he was deep in thought, Mu Le was innocently looking around, hand in hand with him.

She had no idea that the “caretaker” beside her was earnestly considering whether or not to send her to attend classes with a group of three to four-year-old children.

If she knew, she might have voiced her objections right then and there.

—Not to mention her actual age, even just judging by her physical appearance, she would be around eight years old! What’s the logic behind going to pre-kindergarten?

Author’s Note:

Gu Mingyuan: I heard you’re only three and a half years old.

Mu Le: Meow meow meow?