Chapter 8.3

Math Test (3)

Unable to resist, he extended his empty left hand and gently stroked the little one’s head.

This time, he was more careful with his movements, and Mu Le didn’t get rubbed all over, finally managing to stay steady.

Gu Mingyuan rubbed Mu Le with one hand and checked the test paper with the other.

The little one’s answers looked a bit hesitant, but each problem was correct.

After he finished checking the test paper, he lightly poked Mu Le’s cheek with his index finger. “You did a great job.”

“Hehe,” Mu Le smoothed out her messed-up hair. “The reward?”

Gu Mingyuan thought for a moment, then lowered his head and asked her, “Is there something you want?”

Mu Le: …

Uh-oh.

She hadn’t learned such complicated sentences yet.

Now, the only thing Mu Le can say and actually wants is probably money.

…But is it a bit inappropriate to say it directly like that?

At this moment, she couldn’t ask the spirit for help in front of Gu Mingyuan…

Mu Le’s mood was very complicated, and she became more and more anxious as she thought about it.

Gu Mingyuan noticed her struggling to express something.

“Can you speak now? Show me what you want to say,” he said, his voice slowed down.

His voice was already low, and his face was not gentle. At this moment, with his expressionless face and lowered voice, he looked like he was angry.

Mu Le: …QAQ

I was just saying that I wanted to think about it. Why is he threatening me?

Mu Le was both anxious and aggrieved, and her eyes turned red.

Gu Mingyuan felt extremely sorry for her but didn’t know what to do.

He didn’t even know how much of what he said Mu Le could understand.

…

That evening.

Gu Mingyuan reached out to a familiar friend, arranged a new identity for Mu Le, and signed her up for the entrance examination of a nearby elementary school.

Whether to let Mu Le go to school or not had been a decision he had been hesitating about for the past two days.

That afternoon, when he realized that Mu Le wanted to talk to him but didn’t know how to express it.

When he wanted to comfort Mu Le but couldn’t find simple and understandable words…

Gu Mingyuan finally made a decision.

Mu Le was unaware of this. She only felt that the reward she had in her hands had flown away, as if she had missed out on a fortune.

Because of this, that night, she hid in the bathroom and pulled the spirit to learn many words.

Things like delicious food, fun activities, new clothes, robots, land and property… Ahem.

Although she didn’t really think Gu Mingyuan would give her a house, dreams were still important, right?

At the very least… in such a big house, giving her a separate room would be nice.

To please her ill-tempered “master” and to make up for the “missed” reward, Mu Le used the small device that Gu Mingyuan gave her to draw two little figures on the blank space of the test paper on the screen.

One was small, wearing a dress, with flowing long hair, and eyes drawn as stars.

The other was tall, with dragon horns on its head and holding a gift-shaped object in its hand.

Next to them were some crooked words in the interstellar language: “I like everything you give.”

…Ahem, ahem, ahem.

To reach the point of begging for a reward like this, it seems a bit shameless.

But she did put in some effort – that drawing.

After all, even on Earth, drawings of cute little characters like this were valuable, right?

Even mosquito legs are legs, after all.

Life is not easy, but Mu Le is talented in many ways.

…

Gu Mingyuan was particularly surprised when he saw that drawing.

Mu Le had placed it on his bedside table while he was taking a shower. By the time he finished showering and came out, Mu Le was already fast asleep.

Another night where the human cub slept soundly while her caretaker suffered from insomnia due to online shopping.

Mr. Caretaker immediately ordered a set of drawing tools overnight.

Author’s note:

Gu Mingyuan: This child is so well-behaved.

Mu Le: This dragon looks so fierce QAQ

Gu Mingyuan: …