Chapter 11.2

Thinking Of You (2)

Gu Mingyuan thought for a moment with the snacks in his hand, then walked to the bookshelf and stuffed the snacks at the very top. He took out the smallest package, opened it, and handed it to Mu Le, telling her, “You can eat it if you behave.”

Mu Le: “…”

The current Gu Mingyuan resembled her roommate who would put cat treats and canned food at the top of the bookshelf.

Mu Le took the small snack from Gu Mingyuan’s hand, appearing innocent and candid, “How is it? Have I behaved well?”

Gu Mingyuan: “You’ve been obedient.”

Mu Le: “…”

Was it because of her?

She always felt like this man was flirting no matter what he said.

Mu Le hadn’t even finished a small bag of snacks.

In the end, Gu Mingyuan took them away, claiming they were about to have dinner. It gave Mu Le a vague feeling of being back in her hometown, eating snacks before a proper meal, and being scolded by her own mother.

After dinner, Mu Le nestled on the sofa in the study, playing with her e-reader.

Gu Mingyuan was also in the study, sitting at his desk working. Every now and then, he would look up at Mu Le to make sure she was still sitting on the sofa.

Mu Le had nothing else to do the whole afternoon.

With the help of the Yao Spirit, her proficiency in interstellar language had improved by leaps and bounds.

By evening, she had even started reading long interstellar web novels.

The sentences in these novels were not complicated, and the plots were popular and easy to understand. Mu Le could guess the storyline by skimming through them.

Too simple.

She felt that the people on this planet had an imagination that didn’t match their technological level.

On the surface, Mu Le appeared to be reading children’s literature.

In reality, she was searching the entire internet for dog-blood romance novels that suited her taste.

When Gu Mingyuan finished his work and got up to come over and check on her, she quickly switched the interface back to children’s books.

Most of the e-books in the study were like traditional printed books, each little device representing a book. They were not connected to the internet and wouldn’t display any other content. It took her a long time to find this internet-enabled e-book.

She couldn’t let Gu Mingyuan confiscate it.

When Gu Mingyuan saw Mu Le engrossed in her studies, his expression grew even more benevolent. He patted her head and asked, “Do you want to go to school?”

In her heart, Mu Le thought, “You signed the contract first before asking me, is there a hint of ‘act first, report later’?”

“Not interested,” she deliberately said, “I’m happy at home.”

Gu Mingyuan fell silent for a moment before asking, “Do you know what schools are like?”

“……” Mu Le’s brain quickly worked, and she came up with a solution. “Yes, I know. It’s in the books.”

Indeed, there were some comic books for children that showed school scenes.

She continued, “The little kids cry at the entrance.”

“Some don’t cry,” Gu Mingyuan said. “Want to give it a try? If you don’t like it, you can come back.”

…His tone made it sound like if she insisted on not going, he would actually keep her at home and take care of her for a lifetime.

Mu Le quickly nodded, “Okay.”

She was being obedient.

…

On this planet, elementary school starts the earliest, followed by preschool, then middle school, and finally university.

Although Gu Mingyuan had applied for a continuing education program at the capital university, his school start date was a whole month later than Mu Le’s.

He chose a highly recommended elementary school that was relatively close to the capital university.

Originally, he planned to personally take Mu Le there, but he received a last-minute notice that there seemed to be an issue within the exploration army that required his immediate attention.

Gu Mingyuan didn’t even have a proper rest and left in the early morning.

Mu Le only found out about this after waking up in the morning when the spirit told her.

Before signing the contract with Mu Le, only specific people could see the spirit But at the same time, the spirit couldn’t see them. Those who couldn’t see him also couldn’t hear his voice.

Now, even if the spirit is away from Mu Le, he still can’t hear anything. He can only sneak a peek at the messages Gu Mingyuan sends to others and gather information through the text.

Of course, military secrets wouldn’t be sent through messages, and the spirit doesn’t know the details.

Mu Le thought she would spend the next two days feeling lonely. Enjoying the convenience of this luxurious mansion, surrounded only by the solitude of the wealthy.

But she was wrong.

The housekeeping robot came to deliver food to her, three meals a day, without fail.

It watched her wake up in the morning and watched her sleep at night. It would even use its mechanical voice to read aloud the messages Gu Mingyuan sent: “Go to bed early.”

When she obediently read books in the study for most of the day, the little robot would extend its long mechanical arm and hand her some snacks.

…It was as if the robot had the intelligence of Gu Mingyuan himself at home.

Suddenly, Mu Le could understand those people who installed cameras in their homes after going out, wanting to see what their pets were doing when they were away.

The only change she experienced was that because she didn’t know if Gu Mingyuan could monitor her through the robot, she was a bit hesitant to have conversations with Buke.

Other than that, nothing much changed. The robot wouldn’t come over to check what she was reading when she was engrossed in something. She could still chat with Buke through writing and drawing. She simply lounged on the sofa, “seriously studying.” Occasionally, when she got tired of the sofa, she would climb onto the chair where Gu Mingyuan usually sat, pretending to miss her own master.

However, Mu Le only lived such a life for one day.

On the second day at noon, someone arrived at Gu Mingyuan’s house.

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