Chapter 10.2

Close to you for a long time (2)

“It’s me,” his face darkened, his gaze cold and sharp, “What’s the matter?”

The pet doctor trembled, “Th-that, that human… is a girl?”

“Yes.”

The doctor stammered, “Y-yes, that’s right. I have consulted many ancient texts, and there are indications that… humans, as a species, also have gender-specific usage…”

“Usage of what?” Gu Mingyuan asked.

The doctor trembled again at his question.

Gu Mingyuan pursed his lips, looking even more unhappy.

The pet doctor choked back a sob and continued, “It’s… bath, bath gel…”

“Bath gel and shampoo…” the pet doctor became more fluent as he spoke, “Human skin is highly similar to our orc skin, no matter from which perspective we look at it, bathing should be the same for us…”

Gu Mingyuan furrowed his brow, deep in thought.

He felt that the doctor was right.

This cub was fragile and petite, despite the fact that she was currently riding on his neck. She should indeed use those things that little girls use.

After bathing, she would be even more smooth and fragrant.

…And even cuter.

“Understood,” Gu Mingyuan said, “Thank you.”

The pet doctor: “…”

Was he saying thank you?

Why did he say it with a furrowed brow? Was he being sarcastic, mocking him for meddling?

The lop-eared rabbit doctor wrinkled his nose, “It’s… it’s okay. Your pet’s health is the most important. If you have the time… you can… you can…”

You can come for a comprehensive examination…

This statement was really difficult to say.

Who would easily invite such a large and fierce ancient dragon into their house?

He was born for the battlefield.

“…You can take her out for a walk,” the lop-eared rabbit struggled to say a compromising sentence.

It was said that humans were full of curiosity and a desire for exploration.

This statement wasn’t entirely wrong either.

Gu Mingyuan nodded, said “thank you” again, and then ended the call.

Mu Le leaned on his head and gloated, “We can’t bathe together.”

Gu Mingyuan: “…”

“I’m a girl,” Mu Le said, “We need to separate.”

Gu Mingyuan: “… Come down first, I’ll go out and buy it for you.”

He crouched down, allowing Mu Le to climb down from his neck.

Mu Le held onto one of his dragon horns and refused to let go. “Promise. No bathing.”

Gu Mingyuan pursed his lips and decided to take a step back. “No bathing today.”

Mu Le happily slid down from his neck. She believed that Gu Mingyuan was a man of his word, which was evident in their daily interactions.

…And it was also evident that Gu Mingyuan was a man of action.

Being his wife must be both happy and challenging.

After coming down, Mu Le clapped her hands and looked at Gu Mingyuan with a complex expression.

Gu Mingyuan: “…”

Why did he feel that this cub’s gaze was filled with a kind of maturity that made people not want to delve deeper?

Gu Mingyuan gave her a deep look. “Mischievous. Mind your own business.”

Mu Le: “……………”

After saying that, Gu Mingyuan walked out on his own and locked the study door behind him.

Mu Le stared at the study door, feeling a bit aggrieved for only a second.

Gu Mingyuan had just been covered in sweat, and she had been causing trouble for him for a while. She felt like she could smell Gu Mingyuan’s scent all over herself.

…What exactly did it smell like? It was hard to say.

If she had to describe it, maybe it was the scent of a dragon.

There was a bathroom in Gu Mingyuan’s study.

There was also a set of sofas, which was like several beds for someone of Mu Le’s size.

Gu Mingyuan never used it.

The life of the wealthy was so simple and plain, and also boring.

You could bathe anywhere, and you could sleep anywhere.

Mu Le went to take a bath on her own.

Gu Mingyuan’s bath products had a light scent that wasn’t obvious but smelled very nice.

There might be a hint of that scent in the “scent of a dragon.”

So that was probably the “scent of a washed dragon.”

While bathing, Mu Le also washed her clothes, hanging them under the bathroom’s built-in drying device. By the time she finished bathing, they were already dry.

She embraced her fragrant clothes and exclaimed once again, “I love the interstellar era.”

Every lazy person loved the interstellar era.

…

Originally, Gu Mingyuan had locked her up as a punishment, but soon it was lunchtime.

With the child not around, he didn’t have the mood to eat lunch either.

After showering, Gu Mingyuan sat on the sofa and opened a popular interstellar shopping app.

He spent a long time selecting bath products.

Nowadays, online shopping could be done in holographic mode, allowing one to enjoy the feeling of shopping without leaving the house.

As long as the home equipment was complete, one could even touch the things they wanted to buy, and even smell their scents.

But Gu Mingyuan had never been addicted to online shopping before, and he didn’t have such equipment at home.

He needed to smell the scent to determine what bath products to buy for the child.

Gu Mingyuan got up, changed his clothes, and left the house.

He planned to drive to the largest mall in the empire, which was only a ten-minute drive from his home.

The car was on autopilot.

Gu Mingyuan sat in the driver’s seat, holding his light brain, hesitating for a long time.

Finally, he opened the butler robot app.

He ordered a set of mild-flavored but nutritionally balanced children’s meals for Mu Le and had the robot deliver them to the study.

He didn’t order any junk food that children liked—those spicy dishes that could kill.

This could be considered a form of punishment, right?

Hmm.

Definitely.

Author’s Note:

Gu Mingyuan: Mind your own business, this is punishment.

Mu Le, lying on the sofa in the study, eating a post-meal fruit while watching animated versions of children’s books: The life of being a pet is so simple and plain…

And boring.