Chapter 5.1

The Intelligence Test (1)

Gu Mingyuan’s breakfast was very sumptuous.

A cup of warm milk, two slices of bread, perfectly fried bacon and eggs.

Although the color of the bacon seemed different from what she had seen before…

Mu Le was very satisfied with this.

By the time Gu Mingyuan finally snapped out of it and approached her, she was already holding Gu Mingyuan’s cup and taking small sips of milk.

Moreover, her skill in spreading jam on the bread was surprisingly proficient.

Gu Mingyuan stood by, casually ruffled her head, and picked up the remaining slice of bread. “Didn’t you say you wanted to eat a hamburger?”

“Um…” Mu Le knew they couldn’t communicate with each other, so she became more daring in her speech. “Actually, I don’t think sliced bread tastes that good. I prefer Chinese-style breakfast! Soup dumplings, steamed dumplings, plain noodles—so delicious when they’re hot…”

Gu Mingyuan: “…”

This little one is quite talkative.

Mu Le’s small size now, eating a whole slice of bread already made her stuffed. Gu Mingyuan’s cup looked like a basin to her, so she naturally couldn’t finish all the milk in it.

She didn’t care about these things. When the house cat drank from the cup unnoticed, it never occurred to her whether humans still needed to use the cup.

After Mu Le had eaten and drunk her fill, she jumped off the chair.

Gu Mingyuan just stood by. He had only eaten one slice of bread, and his movements were much quicker than Mu Le’s.

When Mu Le was about to pat her backside and leave, Gu Mingyuan grabbed the back of her collar.

“Don’t run away,” Gu Mingyuan said, “I’m taking you to test your intelligence.”

Mu Le: “…?”

This was the solution that Gu Mingyuan came up with last night.

If humans were truly intelligent beings capable of communication and interaction, he couldn’t treat them as pets.

He had ordered a bunch of things online in the middle of the night.

The planetary logistics system was highly developed, and the goods could be delivered to his doorstep this morning.

Gu Mingyuan temporarily locked Mu Le near the dining table and sat down on a chair himself. Then he instructed the robotic butler to go and retrieve the delivery.

After receiving the package, Gu Mingyuan felt a bit surreal.

– If someone had told him two days ago that he would stay up late at night and shop online for a dress for a human infant, he would have let the person know that not all jokes are funny.

But now, he was holding that little dress in his hand.

Gu Mingyuan looked at Mu Le beside him with a complex expression.

…Mu Le also looked at him with a complex expression.

Gu Mingyuan held a pink dress in his hand.

It is well known that even a slight difference in shade can result in a significant deviation when it comes to the color pink. Some shades of pink are synonymous with the girlish spirit, while others are simply gaudy.

The one in Gu Mingyuan’s hand was clearly the latter.

That shade of pink was almost blinding to her eyes.

What’s even more terrifying is that the little dress is made of that mesh fabric.

Mu Le took two steps back, clearly showing resistance on her face.

Gu Mingyuan: “…?”

Mu Le recalled what the two orc children said in that children’s book when she picked the wrong answer –

“Not right,” she said to Gu Mingyuan.

Gu Mingyuan: “…”

It seemed that the human infant didn’t like the dress he blindly picked. Fortunately, he had bought more than one piece of clothing.

Gu Mingyuan then took out a gray hoodie.

To facilitate the wearing of the garment by animals, there were two holes on the hoodie’s hood, through which the horns could be extended.

Mu Le: “…” This one seems okay.

She reluctantly nodded.

“…” Gu Mingyuan felt that he might not need to take her for an intelligence test. At least subjectively, he considered this human to be an intelligent being.

But to be honest, there are many animals that exhibit intelligent behavior. The interstellar dogs in the military can also “communicate” with them and complete tasks.

…Although the interstellar dogs don’t say “toilet” or even “hamburger.”

Gu Mingyuan held the small piece of clothing in his hand and beckoned to Mu Le, “Come here, let me help you change.”

Mu Le happily ran over and reached out to take the clothing from Gu Mingyuan’s hand, while saying, “I, toilet!”

She meant that she wanted to go to the toilet to change by herself.

Gu Mingyuan understood her intention and was amazed by it. At the same time, he took out something else from the package…

Mu Le glanced at it and then said, “…”

It was a black cat ear headband.

Unexpectedly, in this world where cat girls actually exist, there are still props like this for cosplaying as a cat girl.

Mu Le snatched the package directly and held it in her hands.

Under Gu Mingyuan’s gaze, she didn’t go to the toilet at all. Instead, she found a nearby room to change clothes.

When she came out, she was fully equipped.

She had a pair of black cat ears on her head, a smoke-gray hoodie on her upper body, and a pair of casual pants on the bottom.

The only issue was that the shoes were too big and loose. It felt like they would fall off after taking a few steps.

When Mu Le came out, Gu Mingyuan stared at her, momentarily stunned for three or four seconds.

She immediately became mischievous, tilted her head at Gu Mingyuan, and said, “Meow?”

Gu Mingyuan silently turned his head away.

Mu Le was unaware that feline species in this world do not meow, especially ordinary domestic cats on Earth, which rarely make meowing sounds. In most cases, it is humans who imitate cat sounds when they see a cat.

…Mr. Gu, however, had no resistance to such meowing sounds.