Chapter 11.1

Thinking Of You (1)

Gu Mingyuan returned home in the evening.

As soon as he arrived home, without even having the chance to put away the things he bought, he went straight to the study. There was no expression on his face, but his steps were quick.

At the moment when he opened the door to the study,

Mu Le quickly put down her raised legs and hurriedly closed the long novel she was reading, switching the e-book interface to something clearly intended for children’s literature.

After doing all this, she finally looked up and watched as Gu Mingyuan stepped into the room. The utensils from the meal in the study had already been tidied up by the robot, and there was no trace of how much Mu Le had eaten.

All Gu Mingyuan saw was the little girl sitting on the sofa, so small that she had to tilt her head up to look at him. There was still his collar around her slender neck.

That’s right. Mu Le’s ankle bracelet had been taken off a long time ago, but the collar remained around her neck.

Firstly, it was because the collar, in terms of design and material, was quite special. It was waterproof, fireproof, and skin-friendly, and when worn, it didn’t feel like a foreign object. It outwardly appeared more like a decorative collar.

Secondly, it was because Gu Mingyuan’s information was registered on that collar, allowing him to track Mu Le’s location at any time. If Mu Le ever got lost, he would be able to find her. Even if he couldn’t reach her immediately, anyone who found Mu Le would be able to know her owner through that information.

In short,

This collar wasn’t just fashionable, it also served as proof of a certain relationship.

Gu Mingyuan crouched down in front of Mu Le, gently and lightly caressing her cheek.

His palm was particularly large compared to Mu Le, enveloping half of her head with just one hand. Even though he used very little force, Mu Le could feel the broadness of his palm and its powerful strength.

“Good girl,” Gu Mingyuan said, “Are you afraid of being alone at home?”

Mu Le remained silent.

Not out of fear, and definitely not out of guilt.

It was because she remembered her former roommate, who would do the same thing, rubbing their own cat when they came back from work. They would even hold the cat in their arms and give it a kiss, maybe even saying, “Poor little thing, do you miss mommy?”

Her roommate clearly knew that the “poor little thing” would run around the house, other than eating, sleeping, and using the litter box, it would patrol its own territory. When in a good or bad mood, it would also destroy a few pieces of furniture or push things off the table.

Where would there be time for fear and “missing mommy”?

Mu Le’s silence made Gu Mingyuan feel a bit helpless. He withdrew his hand, lowered his voice, and asked again, “What’s wrong?”

“…Nothing,” Mu Le said, “I’ve been thinking about you.”

If this answer could bring some comfort to the litter box attendant, she didn’t mind being that understanding master.

Mu Le didn’t know if it was because of her own filter as the litter box attendant, but she felt that Gu Mingyuan seemed a bit surprised.

The specific expression was…he seemed to have a faint smile. It was like a live performance of “Thank you, you made me smile.”

Mu Le noticed the things in his hand and quickly changed the topic, “What did you buy?”

Gu Mingyuan calmly opened the box to show her.

By the way, there are no plastic bags on this planet. They use special material boxes for packaging, which are disposable and collected on fixed dates. Some of them have handles, while others don’t.

The delivery box that Gu Mingyuan received earlier was also one of these boxes.

Mu Le curiously leaned forward and saw a bunch of things inside the box, with the top item being…

A set of bath products for ladies.

No, wait.

It’s a set of bath products for children, the girl’s version.

Mu Le: “…”

So, does this mean the bathing issue cannot be avoided?

She understood it now.

Of course, Gu Mingyuan didn’t want to take a bath with her. Even scarier, he wanted to bathe her.

As Mu Le thought about how she used to hold the cat’s body and bathe the cats at home…

Her face felt hot.

And she felt that Gu Mingyuan was even more audacious.

The bathroom is often used in fan fiction and the bubbles can be used as mosaic.

But it’s very dangerous in reality.

What if you slip and fall accidentally?

…Of course, that’s not the point.

Mu Le still wanted to live a carefree life in elementary school, so she couldn’t confess that she was actually in her twenties and would feel shy bathing with a man.

She raised her head, innocent face looking at Gu Mingyuan, and blinked, “We promised not to take a bath.”

“Not today,” Gu Mingyuan said as he took the box back.

He called the little robot over, handed it the bath products, and some miscellaneous small items that Mu Le couldn’t make out.

Then, at the bottom of the box.

There were many snacks that were clearly meant for children.

Snack packaging always had vibrant colors, and even in this era, it hadn’t changed much.

Mu Le could now read the large characters on the packaging.