Before meeting Gu Mingzhou, Mu Le had never seen such a purebred tsundere.
She couldn't help laughing secretly beside him, causing Gu Mingzhou's ears to turn redder and redder. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and turned to look at her: "What are you laughing at?"
Mu Le waved his hand: "Nothing, I just think you are cute."
Gu Mingzhou: “…”
He looked Mu Le up and down.
The little girl's height was just above his belly, she was short and small, with two curly little pigtails. Her little face looked soft and tender, as if her whole body was soft.
… She is like this, and she still says others are cute
Gu Mingzhou turned his head away with disdain and continued to walk out, saying, "We in the Ancient Research Society study ancient books and have a certain degree of understanding of human affairs. We are not so easy to fool. If you want to join, you'd better be mentally prepared in advance."
Mu Le: "... What kind of psychological preparation?"
"What else can we do? Be mentally prepared to be discovered." Gu Mingzhou said.
Mu Le scratched his head and suddenly thought of Wei Xingchen: "But if I don't join the Ancient Research Society, I will have to join the Ghost Story Society. Don't they have heard more human stories?"
She still couldn't figure out how Wei Xingchen discovered that she was a human.
Even Ort and Xiang Fei, who saw her dragon horn become crooked with their own eyes, did not think it was strange.
Fortunately, although Wei Xingchen discovered it, he never exposed her in public.
Mu Le just hoped that no one would mention this matter again, and in the end Wei Xingchen himself forgot about it.
Gu Mingzhou once again raised his disdainful voice: "Ghost Story Club? They are all a bunch of psychopaths. They study all kinds of human legends, such as humans flying to the moon, humans being immortal, humans emerging from peaches, humans turning into frogs and changing back by kissing, and humans creating hallucinations from ignited flames..."
Mu Le: “…”
Gu Mingzhou looked at her: "Can you?"
Mu Le: “…Oh.”
I won't.
But I suspect there are human spies among you.
Or the kind that comes from the earth.
Most of these stories are familiar to humans, and they cover a wide range of topics. From China's Chang'e flying to the moon, to Japan's Momotaro, to the Frog Prince in Grimm's fairy tales, to the Little Match Girl in Andersen's fairy tales...
Mu Le even doubted whether the orc society evolved from human society.
She simply traveled to a time thousands of years later, when humans of this era would grow dragon horns and ears.
…But her two friends who came over told her that this was not the case.
Xiang Fei is the most typical example.
When an orc is born, most of his body is in the original "beast" form. It is only during the growth process that he gradually controls and evolves his "human" part.
Erte and Xiang Fei paused when they saw Mu Le, and then Erte raised his hand happily and waved at Mu Le, saying, "Le Le! Where have you been? We have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Hey. Why don't you go play in your own club?" Mu Le walked towards them faster, "It's almost time for class."
Erte waved his hand generously: "Forget it. There are so many opportunities to go to the club to play, I don't care."
It's just like spending money when you get your salary at the beginning of the month.
When the child has heavy schoolwork and no time to play in the future, he will probably understand what it means to live paycheck to paycheck at the end of the month.
Xiang Fei tilted his little elephant head and said to Mu Le: "...Are you okay?"
He felt that Mu Le sometimes looked very mysterious, like the moon surrounded by clouds.
If Mu Le knew the metaphor in his heart, he would definitely sigh in a very unmysterious way that people who are good at Chinese are really awesome.
"What can happen to me?" Mu Le said, looking at Gu Mingzhou beside her, hoping that the other party would not expose her.
Although she did feel she was fine.
But just now, the young man was about to break down the office door to "save" her.
Gu Mingzhou didn't say anything. When he saw Mu Le gathering with his classmates, he just gave him a disdainful look and turned away.
He is committed to expressing disdain for all creatures and things around him that are not dragons at all times.
It was really hard for Mu Le to believe that he would do any research on ancient culture.
She waved goodbye to Gu Mingzhou's back to show her respect.
But Gu Mingzhou's words did make her a little scared.
Her knowledge of the world was limited to the books she had read. She spent the little time trying to learn the language, and she had not read many books.
Mu Le began to feel that he should read more books.
Let these orcs see how humans climb up the ladder of progress.
Booker: It's so moving.
…
That night, after Mu Le returned home.
Before she went to take a shower, Gu Mingyuan helped her take off the little bun and Mr. Rabbit and put them back into the small box.
There was really no suitable place for the small box in his room, so it was just thrown on his bedside table.
Mu Le took a shower by herself and came out wearing brand new pajamas.
This time it is a one-piece pajamas in the shape of a black cat. It is not thick, but looks furry, and there are two cat ears on the hat.
Mule tried it on and found the hat looked very cute with it on and without.
One-piece pajamas are a real killer for kids to be cute.
She looked in the mirror before sneaking off to do her homework. Halfway through her homework, she couldn't help but go to a bookshelf to steal some snacks.
Gu Mingyuan was working seriously and didn't keep staring at Mu Le.
In his occasionally distracted eyes, he only saw Mu Le running around the house happily in his pajamas.
Gu Mingyuan: “…”
He should have felt it was noisy, but he didn't feel anything like that at all.
It even feels cozy.
When Mu Le stood in front of the bookshelf and looked up at the snack boss who was standing high above him, Gu Mingyuan temporarily put down the work in his hands.
He looked at the child not far away and said, "Le Le."
Mu Le was shocked.
Gu Mingyuan was obviously looking at those complicated things carefully, so how come he had extra attention on her
She was like a child who had been caught doing something wrong. She put her hands behind her back and looked at Gu Mingyuan obediently and innocently: "What's wrong?"
"…What are you doing?" Gu Mingyuan asked.
Mu Le lowered his head, scratched the carpet with his feet in velvet socks, and whispered: "I want to have a little snack."
Gu Mingyuan: “…”
I was touched by the cuteness.
He walked to the bookshelf, raised his hand to take out the snacks hidden on the top, took out a small package and gave it to Mu Le, while reminding him: "Brush your teeth before going to bed."
Mu Le nodded frantically.
Before he discovered that she could take a bath by herself, Gu Mingyuan had no expectations for her hygiene habits.
After that, Gu Mingyuan was like a worried mother, reminding her of everything every day.
They returned to their desks.
Gu Mingyuan continued to work, and Mu Le sat next to him, munching on snacks.
She didn't forget to share her snacks when she was halfway through eating. She presented them to Gu Mingyuan like a treasure and asked him with a smile, "Do you want some?"
That proud little expression, as if he was very generous and worthy of praise for sharing the food.
Gu Mingyuan lowered his head and took the snack from her hand.
Mu Le: “…”
She shrank back, not knowing what had happened to her.
She actually felt aroused when the macho man ate a snack.
Gu Mingyuan started to frown after chewing two bites and called the housekeeper to bring a cup of hot water and some freshly cut fruit.
Mu Le was secretly feeling moved when she saw Gu Mingyuan's hand reaching out and snatching the snacks from her hand without saying a word.
Mu Le: “…???”
After Gu Mingyuan took the snacks away, the butler robot came over and quickly brought hot water.
He pushed the hot water in the direction of Mu Le, his expression serious and his voice calm: "Eat less snacks and drink more hot water."
Mu Le: “…”
She felt that she was still normal.
At least it’s not to the point where I’ll be tempted by “drink more hot water”.
Gu Mingyuan patted her head gently and turned back to work.
Mu Le: “…”
Although it hasn’t happened yet, it’s probably not far away.
…
The weekend arrived in the blink of an eye.
This is the first weekend since Mu Le started school, and as they are first graders, they only need to complete a small amount of homework.
After finishing his homework, Mu Le lazily lay on the sofa and watched videos.
In order to learn more about this society, she watches documentaries.
The high technology of the interstellar era has also been extended to film production. While telling the story, documentaries can use special effects to restore some scenes that cannot be filmed to the audience in their original form.
Yes, in front of her.
Although she was lying on the sofa now, through the device she was wearing, Mu Le felt like she was lying in a primeval forest.
This is a documentary about the history of the planet, starting from ancient times, to the extinction of dinosaurs, the evolution of animals, the emergence of orcs, and the beginning of the Stone Age...
It's simply a replica of the evolution of the earth.
Although the story plots are slightly different due to differences in environment and species, they are generally similar.
Looking at these things, I just feel more and more confused.
Gu Mingyuan went out for something that day and left a spare laptop to Mu Le.
Mu Le watched a documentary on her computer and was so bored that she almost fell asleep. She realized belatedly that she had never used a computer before.
It feels like watching TV series and studying materials for a long time on a mobile phone that cannot connect to the Internet.
After finally connecting to the internet, I was so confused that I ended up searching for something I had read before...
Mu Le: I'm so stupid, really.
She quickly found the chat software and logged into her account after a long time.
Soon, I saw messages one after another in the account.
Her classmates were much more enthusiastic than she thought, because they occasionally sent her some messages. For example, on the day she got her hair braided, several classmates sent her messages saying that her new hairstyle was cute.
Going back further, until the day she added everyone as a friend.
She performed very well on the day she was left behind to redo the experiment, because her groupmates were students who did not do well in class and did not quite understand the sequence of the experiment, so Mu Le led them to complete many steps.
The sika deer lady named Qiao Duo and the cool tortoise boy who was running at 0.5 times the speed both sent messages to apologize to her, feeling that they had implicated her and thanking her for leading everyone to complete the experiment.
There was another incident where the teacher kept students in the lab class after that.
There were a few other people who were left behind, including Miss Sika Deer.
She secretly sent a message to Mu Le, complaining about how chaotic the scene was without Mu Le, and that the tortoise was too slow, so they were delayed for another hour before returning home.
Mu Le quickly imagined the scene and couldn't help laughing out loud.
She quickly replied to Qiao Duo, saying that she had not been allowed to use the computer before and could only go online on weekends, and she had just seen the message.
Very coolly, I replied to the turtle cool guy with a "you're welcome".
Besides that.
She also received many messages from children in Ort.
This kid talks a lot at school every day, and he is still talkative when he gets home. He will take photos and videos of interesting things to share with his friends.
Mu Le even suspected that he sent the message in bulk.
Orte's typing speed must be something that all the online writers on Earth would envy.
Little Xiang Fei didn't send her many messages. In all these days, he only sent her two messages at the beginning, both of which were very short poems.
Perhaps seeing that she didn't reply, Xiang Fei stopped sending messages.
The vocabulary and grammar of the two poems were a bit complicated. Mu Le didn't quite understand them, but he just thought they were very literary.
Mu Le didn't know about this before, and the two kids could have asked her in person why she didn't reply to the message.
However, with the frequency of sending messages, Er Te probably didn't care whether anyone replied or not. And Xiang Fei was so introverted that he was definitely not the kind of person who would question someone in person if he didn't receive a reply.
Mu Le quickly sent a message to the two children to explain.
… at last.
This is the message from Wei Xingchen.
Mu Le was actually a little scared. Wei Xingchen's vigilance and attention to her made her very nervous.
With trembling hands, she clicked on the message from Wei Xingchen.
Unexpectedly, the message sent by Wei Xingchen was not a direct text, but a link to a story.
Mu Le vaguely thought it was a health article forwarded by an elder on WeChat Moments.
She clicked on the article in a trance.
— is the story of Dragon Quest.
Mu Le lowered his head and read the story curiously and seriously.
"A long, long time ago, there was an evil dragon on a planet.
The evil dragon's saliva is like magma, and its huge mouth can swallow mountains and seas.
In order to stop the evil dragon, the orcs searched in their kingdom for ten years and finally found a creature called "Princess".
This creature has no fangs or claws, nor ears or tail.
They have skin as white as cream, soft bodies and always kind hearts.
The dragon would collect all the treasures in the world, or a princess.
So the orcs pushed the princess out and offered her to the great dragon.
However, the dragon did not let the orcs go as agreed.
He flapped his wings to create a hurricane, burning every inch of the Orc kingdom with unquenchable flames and seizing countless treasures.
The world is on the verge of destruction.
At this moment, a brave man appeared among the orcs.
While the evil dragon was away, he crossed mountains and seas, came to the cave where the evil dragon lived, and rescued the princess.
It was not until this time that the brave man discovered that in addition to her soft and fragile body, the princess also possessed wisdom and strength that surpassed any orc.
The princess and the brave man worked together to create a trap, defeated the dragon, and finally lived happily together.
The princess and the hero are both human beings."
Mu Le read this and said: “…”
As a real human being, she felt that the logic of the story itself was flawed.
If the princess was really that smart, then why was she discovered by the orcs and sent to the dragon in the first place
Even if she really had foresight, she went there just to destroy the dragon...
But their saliva is like magma! No matter how clever the two humans are, they can't win, right
This kind of "weird talk" seems like a fairy tale.
Mu Le exited from the article page.
I immediately replied to Wei Xingchen.
Lele: [? ]
Unexpectedly, Wei Xingchen replied immediately.
Big Dog: [Have you finished reading?]
Lele: [… I’ve finished reading it.]
Big Dog: [Nothing to say?]
Lele: [… … The story is interesting? Humans are so strong?]
Big Dog: [Oh.]
Mu Le: ??? What’s wrong with this person
Wei Xingchen was "typing" for a long time, and finally a sentence popped up -
Big Dog: [You are a princess, right?]
Mule: […]
Things developed in a completely unpredictable direction.
She thought about it for a moment, and felt that if she watched a frog turn into a handsome man, then she would suspect that he was also a prince... It seemed to be somewhat true.
As a little human girl raised by a dragon.
Being treated as a princess by other orcs might, maybe, not be that weird
After all, "Dragon Quest" seems to be a story that everyone is familiar with in the world of orcs.
Mr. Long, the protagonist, has never been well received in the orc world.
They themselves are synonymous with powerful and terrifying.
Mu Le thought about it and replied to Wei Xingchen's message seriously.
[No, I am just an ordinary human.] She typed slowly, [Also, this story is not like this in human society. The dragon is a good dragon, and the princess is with him.]
An honest answer, mixed with a little personal emotion.