Chapter 14.1

Summer Homework (1)

“Are humans a species that grows rapidly?”

While Mu Le took a nap at noon, Gu Mingyuan kept researching related information.

After all, the faster one grows, the faster one ages… and the sooner one leaves. Although the lifespan of pets is generally much shorter than that of their caretakers, there are very few pets that can accompany their caretakers throughout their lives. But there are exceptions, like turtles…

At the very least, he wanted to know a more accurate data point.

Official human records do not provide specific data, but there are similar records in some ancient books and manuscripts – the human lifespan is similar to that of beastmen.

This is quite remarkable.

After long periods of evolution, adult beastmen have largely overcome the limitations of their original species. While there are differences in size and growth rate, the height of a normal adult beastman ranges from 1.5 meters to 2 meters.

Very tall or short individuals are relatively rare.

Due to this kind of evolution, after becoming beastmen, the overall lifespan of animals that used to have significant differences in lifespan stabilized within a similar range.

If humans are also similar to beastmen…

Then Mu Le shouldn’t have grown so fast. In just a few days, she has grown more than 5 centimeters taller.

Gu Mingyuan made up his mind.

Before giving the little one a bath, he would take her to the hospital once again.

Unfortunately, there was no time in the afternoon.

He had asked Kong He’an to help take care of Mu Le earlier as he had some urgent matters to attend to. Today was the last day. Kong He’an’s previous generation of caretakers were often away from home, and recently he had been busy taking care of his cousin who hadn’t finished his homework before the start of school.

Today was the deadline.

Kong He’an felt uneasy leaving the little troublemaker without supervision. So he decided to personally bring his younger brother, Kong Yu’an, to Gu Mingyuan’s place and ask Gu Mingyuan to help him with his homework.

Gu Mingyuan had no objections to this arrangement.

When Kong He’an brought his cousin Kong Yu’an, Mu Le had just woken up from her nap.

She was wearing the white pajama set that Gu Mingyuan had recently bought for her. It had puffy sleeves and pumpkin pants.

Rubbing her eyes, she went out to see who had come to their house. Even though she had just woken up, she didn’t forget to put on her dragon horns.

Gu Mingyuan stood at the doorway, looking down at the boy who was a head shorter than him. He nodded silently as a form of greeting.

The boy carried a slung crossbody bag and his jacket and pants were adorned with various fabric strips and metal chains.

His face was beautifully handsome, a trait passed down in their family lineage. … He looked like a cool rebellious young lady.

Mu Le poked her head out from behind Gu Mingyuan and curiously looked at the boy in front of her.

Kong Yu’an and Gu Mingyuan didn’t have much to say to each other. Although he didn’t admit it, Kong Yu’an felt a bit intimidated by Mr. Dragon. Today was a day when he had to catch up on his homework, so coming to the other person’s house to do homework was both necessary and natural.

He had planned to stay silent and, under the pressure of Mr. Dragon, quickly finish all the homework he needed to do during the vacation.

… But what was this ferocious Mr. Dragon hiding behind his back?

The little one peeked at him, trying to catch a glimpse.

“Le Le,” Gu Mingyuan called her name formally for the first time. “This is Kong Yu’an, Kong He’an’s cousin. He’s here today to do homework at our house.”

Mu Le: “…”

It seemed like the first time she heard him say such a long sentence.

Kong Yu’an: “…”

Is he saying such a long sentence just to probe into my background?

The atmosphere suddenly turned into a stern parent and two curious children sneaking glances at each other.

But the stern parent didn’t say much.

He remained silent, but before Mu Le could run around in her pajamas, he grabbed a long and large outer robe and wrapped her in it.

…

Gu Mingyuan didn’t need to go out this afternoon and sat in his study working.

Kong Yu’an sat on the couch doing his homework, while Mu Le sat nearby reading a book.

The young boy impatiently used his light-sensitive pen to write and draw on the light screen in front of him.

Buke snuck a peek and came back to tell Mu Le, “He’s doing his interstellar language homework, but his writing is so ugly, even uglier than your drawings.”

Mu Le: “…”

She didn’t think her writing was ugly. Each stroke was round and cute, wasn’t it?

Gu Mingyuan watched from nearby, and Kong Yu’an felt the pressure was indeed quite intense. He was doing his homework 50% faster than he did at home.

Soon, he finished his interstellar language homework, leaving only one subject: mathematics.

Mathematics, which was harder to climb than a mountain.

Kong Yu’an felt bored and annoyed.

Gu Mingyuan finished handling some things and needed to make a video call.

Usually, he would make the call directly in his study.

But this time, there was a little troublemaker doing math problems in the study.

Gu Mingyuan pondered for a moment, then got up to leave.

Before he reached the doorway, he turned his head back and glanced at Kong Yu’an with a hint of warning.

Kong Yu’an lowered his head, pretending to be focused on his work: “…”

As soon as Gu Mingyuan closed the door, Kong Yu’an tilted his head and saw Mu Le approaching. Mu Le was frightened and quickly closed the screen.

“Little sister,” Kong Yu’an started a conversation with Mu Le, “what are you watching?”

Mu Le asked him back, “What are you watching?”

She decided to go along with his plan and leaned over to look at Kong Yu’an’s screen.

Kong Yu’an openly showed her, “Math homework. Can you understand it?”

Mu Le: “…”