Xiang Fei's fingers gently touched the back of Mu Le's hand.
Mu Le looked down.
There had always been faint dark grey marks on the back of the child's hand, as if the skin of a baby elephant had melted into the human skin. Although it didn't look that scary, it was more or less strange.
However, at this moment, the back of Xiao Xiangfei's hand was white.
Clean and beautiful, like the back of the hand of a tall and thin handsome boy.
Mu Le was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Xiang Fei leaning close to her ear and whispering, "Le Le... aren't you... a dragon?"
Mu Le smiled subconsciously and asked back: "What are you talking about?"
Xiang Fei looked at her nervously, then glanced at Gu Mingzhou beside her.
When Gu Mingzhou was introducing "Dragon's Treasure" just now, he placed his hand on the back of the chair behind Mu Le and didn't have time to take it back.
He raised his eyebrows, still keeping his hands behind Mu Le's back in a possessive gesture, and showed Xiang Fei his most skilled expression of disdain.
Mu Le: “…”
She felt as if something was happening secretly behind her.
Mu Le turned and looked at Gu Mingzhou.
… Gu Mingzhou didn’t have time to retract the disdain on his face.
Mu Le was amused by this little devil. She leaned close to him and whispered, "Why are you bullying my friends!?"
Gu Mingzhou: "He has his eyes on you."
Mu Le: “???”
Gu Mingzhou: "If you don't want to piss my brother off to death, stay away from him."
Mu Le: “…What nonsense are you talking about??”
The way she looked at Gu Mingzhou was as if she was looking at a stubborn and hopeless brat.
Gu Mingzhou was so angry at her that his teeth ached. He wanted to poke her temple with his finger to make her pay more attention.
Mu Le ignored him and turned to look at Fei.
Xiang Fei had just suspected that she was not a dragon. If she quarreled with Gu Mingzhou again and accidentally said something that exposed the truth, she would not be able to cover it up.
Xiang Fei took small sips of the juice in front of her.
Feeling Mu Le's gaze, Xiang Fei lowered his head and secretly sent a message to her using his light brain.
Feifei: [Sorry, I guessed it myself. It’s actually very obvious…]
Feifei: [Don't worry. I won't tell anyone.]
Mu Le: “…” He started to panic.
It's obvious? How is it obvious
She touched the dragon horn on her head, feeling a little confused.
The dinner ended in a lively manner.
Since it was public money, everyone had a great time.
Although some things happened in the middle, no one mentioned it later. Everyone was discussing the Star Board Competition seriously, and Mu Le soon shifted his attention to the competition.
After all, the next day is the day when the competition begins.
In order to be energetic for the next day's competition, the dinner ended early. Everyone went home and reminded each other to rest early.
Gu Mingzhou was responsible for sending Mu Le back.
He was well fed and everyone had been very friendly with him today, which made him relax completely, with his huge tail swaying leisurely behind him.
Although Mu Le was itching to touch him, when she thought about Gu Mingyuan who was left alone at home waiting for her, she always felt that her behavior was very scumbag, like leaving his wife at home while he was out socializing, and also touching the beautiful colleague.
Gu Mingzhou glanced at her and sneered, "Idiot."
Mu Le: "? Gu Mingzhou."
Gu Mingzhou: “Hmm?”
"Although I hate the theory of victim blaming." Mu Le looked at him sympathetically, "But with your attitude, it's really hard to have friends."
Gu Mingzhou: “…”
Mu Le said earnestly: "Sometimes you have to reflect on yourself."
Gu Mingzhou swung his dragon tail impatiently: "I don't need friends. How many times have you said that? And do your friends really regard you as a friend?"
Mu Le: "... You are so arrogant, like a drunkard."
Gu Mingzhou: “???”
The two kids were bickering when suddenly a car slowed down beside them and moved forward at the same speed as them.
Gu Mingzhou subconsciously protected Mu Le and tilted his head to take a look inside the car.
The car window opened and he saw a familiar figure sitting inside.
He also has dragon horns, but he is not his brother.
…It turned out to be Gu Tianyu.
Gu Tianyu sat in the driver's seat, stretched his head towards the sidewalk, and said expressionlessly: "Two kids. I'll take you back."
Gu Mingzhou gave a polite smile: "Thank you, brother. No thanks."
How polite—probably as polite as Xiaoyanzi was to the Queen Mother.
Mu Le was protected by him behind him, and half of his head stuck out: "?"
Gu Tianyu looked like he wanted to roll his eyes: "Your brother asked me to pick you up. Otherwise, do you think I have nothing to do?"
Gu Mingzhou opened his computer with doubt.
I didn’t expect to actually see Gu Mingyuan’s message.
"He had to go out for something today." Gu Tianyu put one hand on the steering wheel and snorted, "I was afraid that you two kids would go crazy playing, so I came to take you back."
Mu Le also opened his Little Genius watch.
They were chatting animatedly while eating, the private room was too noisy, and the communication equipment was temporarily turned off, so no one noticed the message in the computer.
Mu Le also received many messages from Gu Mingyuan.
… He was as worried as an old father who was afraid that his daughter would be taken advantage of by some bad boys outside.
Mu Le hung up the message with a smile and looked up at Gu Mingzhou.
She didn't know Gu Tianyu very well, so the decision had to be made by Gu Mingzhou.
Gu Mingzhou opened the back seat of the car expressionlessly and said to Gu Tianyu, "Then I'll trouble you, brother."
"Wow." Gu Tianyu said, "You are better at speaking polite words than your brother."
Mu Le: “…”
These two are real brothers.
Gu Tianyu first sent Mu Le back to the school district house bought by Gu Mingyuan, and then went to send Gu Mingzhou home.
When Mu Le got out of the car, Gu Mingzhou grabbed her wrist.
She turned her head in confusion, and Gu Mingzhou stared at her and said, "Text me when you get home."
Mu Le nodded: "Got it."
Only then did Gu Mingzhou feel relieved to let her leave.
After Mu Le returned home, he first reported his safety to Gu Mingyuan, and then he had time to send messages to several other classmates.
The next morning, Gu Mingyuan had not returned yet.
Mu Le got up, washed and dressed by himself, and operated the home ordering system unskillfully.
She found that even though Gu Mingyuan was no longer around, she was able to adapt to life in this era.
The only thing missing is the source of income.
Mu Le did some research on the optical computer and found that there were also entertainment websites for adults in the interstellar era, and there were more varieties than before.
However, most of these things are made by machines, and they always lack a bit of "authentic flavor" compared to the pure handmade designs of the past.
What the interstellar age lacks is not technology, but imagination!
As a professional painter with a huge imagination, Mu Le is eager to get into the work.
However, in this era, there are more comprehensive classification measures. In addition to entering identity information, optical computers can also scan the iris to confirm that it is completely consistent with the identity information, and can even determine whether the user is an adult.
Of course, Mu Le couldn't access that kind of website now. She could only read people's comments about the website in some marginal places.
She was at home eating snacks and drawing.
By noon, Gu Mingyuan had not returned yet.
Haven't even replied to her message yet.
At this time, Mu Le was already a little anxious.
She sent a message to Kong Yu'an and asked for Kong He'an's number - he was the orc she knew who was most likely to know Gu Mingyuan's whereabouts.
It took Kong Hean a long time to answer the call.
"LeLe." He didn't look well. "What's wrong?"
When Mu Le saw him, he forgot what he wanted to ask and asked him immediately: "Are you okay? What happened..."
In Kong Hean's heart, Mu Le is still a child. He has only heard that she has grown up recently, but has not seen her really grow up.
Now, when he suddenly saw the girl who looked to be around fifteen years old, he was a little stunned for a moment.
Kong Hean hesitated for a moment and said again: "Lele?"
Mu Le: “…It’s me.”
Kong Hean laughed: "You have grown up so much. You are a big girl now."
Mu Le: “…”
Kong Hean's lines really sound like a long-lost relative in the human world.
Mu Le even felt that she wouldn't find it strange if he said something like "I held you in my arms when you were a child."
"Sorry. You want to ask about Gu Mingyuan?" He scratched his head. "Something happened to me in the team. He went to help me sort it out. It might be a little troublesome..."
Mu Le: "Ah. That won't be dangerous, right?"
"That's not the case." Kong Hean said, "Are you afraid of being alone?"
Mu Le shook his head: "No. I just..."
I miss him a little.
Even though I haven't seen him for just half a day, I still miss him a little.
Kong Hean said with a smile: "I'll take Yu'an with me to accompany you."
Mu Le: “Huh?”
"It also saves him from being too nervous at home alone." Kong Hean said, "Isn't he going to the competition this afternoon?"
Before Mu Le could even refuse, Kong Hean had already hung up the phone.
Mu Le: “…”
She waited at home for a while, and Kong Hean came with his younger brother.
Kong Yu'an really looked nervous to death, holding his interstellar board and fiddling with it non-stop.
She tied her half-long hair behind her head, and she looked like a very cool girl today.
Kong Hean had long loose hair and pale skin, and looked like a sick beauty.
A sick ice beauty.
For the millionth time, Mu Le wanted to call out “Beautiful sister, I can.”
After he came, he sat on the sofa, sneezed sickly, rubbed his nose, and said to Mu Le: "You guys go play for a while, I'll rest here and take you to the competition venue in the afternoon."
Kong Yu'an held the skateboard and nodded to him nervously.
He followed Mu Le to the bedroom to play, but he was so flustered that he almost tripped over the little robot.
Mu Le: "... Are you so nervous?"
"You don't know." Kong Yu'an whispered to her, "Our opponent this time is very strong."
He gave Mu Le a brief introduction to the process of this competition.
The preliminary round is equivalent to an audition. There are many participating schools, and there are two to three competitions in one day.
Kong Yu'an will participate in three games this time.
There is a show from 2 to 3 pm, and after a short break, there is another show from 4 to 5 pm.
Then it's dinner time, and the last show of the day is between 7:30 and 8:30.
In the match from 4 to 5 o'clock, their opponent is someone who had made it to the preliminary round last year and had a brilliant performance in the semi-finals.
The opponent's main force in particular is a particularly agile leopard.
As an orc, Kong Yu'an is naturally inferior to his opponents in terms of physical fitness and athletic ability.
He has to be nervous.
Mu Le also knew the importance of talent. She sighed and comforted Kong Yu'an, "Kong He'an is also a peacock. He is the second in command in the army. He manages so many little tigers and leopards."
Kong Yu'an whispered, "How can they be the same? He is naturally better than other peacocks. Isn't it all about talent?"
Mu Le didn't know the situation, so he could only touch his nose awkwardly: "...Really?"
The two children were discussing here when they suddenly heard faint, suppressed, painful gasps coming from outside the door.
Mu Le widened his eyes and asked Kong Yu'an: "Did you hear it?"
Kong Yu'an nodded: "What sound?"
Mu Le: "Is it your brother—"
"Don't move." He whispered to Mu Le, "I'll go take a look first."
He locked Mu Le in the bedroom and walked towards the living room.
Although this house is not big, it has very good sound insulation as a school district house.
The sounds that could only be heard vaguely when the door was closed became very real after I came out of the room.
"ah!"
Kong Yu'an walked to the edge of the living room and was startled.
The interstellar board in his hand fell heavily to the ground.
When Mu Le heard the voice, she could no longer sit still. She was afraid that there might be some danger outside and that she would be a hindrance if she went out. She quickly locked the bedroom door and pressed the light computer to let the little robot go out and check for her.
She can see what the butler robot "sees" through the optical computer.
You don’t know until you see it. When you see it, Mu Le is also surprised. He covers his mouth and exclaims—
In the middle of the living room, there was a peacock lying.
… No, only part of the body is a peacock.
It’s Kong Hean.
He sat on the carpet in front of the sofa, his upper body lying on the sofa, his hands had turned into peacock wings, uncontrollably folded backwards, in a twisted posture. At the same time, a beautiful and dazzling tail exploded behind him.
Although other parts of his body still maintained a human appearance, one could clearly see feathers growing from his shoulders and neck, spreading upwards along his neck.
His beautiful eyes were like hooks that could hook people. When he looked at people, his eyes were almost seductive, and his breathing gradually became heavier.
The gorgeous tail wing kept opening and closing, with no way to stop it.
"Sorry, I'm sorry..." Kong Hean said with difficulty, "I thought everything would be fine..."
Kong Yu'an rolled and crawled to his side, and asked in panic: "Brother, brother. Are you okay? What happened to you? What should I do?"
"Don't worry about me." Kong Hean said, "You have to go to the game..."
Kong Yu'an cried, "What's the point of competing?"
Mu Le had already rushed out of the bedroom.
Although she still looked like a fifteen-year-old child, she was surprisingly calm at this moment. She gritted her teeth and walked to Kong Yu'an, whispering, "I asked the butler robot to contact an ambulance. It's in the emergency contact information, and it's Lan Mo's hospital. Is that okay?"
Kong Hean nodded.
At least Lan Mo would be someone who could be trusted more.
Mu Le was frighteningly calm. While contacting the hospital, she tried to comfort Kong Yu'an and at the same time observed Kong He'an's condition. To see if he could still answer a few questions, she leaned over and asked him in a low voice what he should do now.
She did it all in just a few minutes.
It was not until Kong Hean was put in the ambulance and Mu Le sent a message to Gu Mingyuan... that he realized his hands were shaking.
Kong Hean's condition was really scary. He was a soldier and should have been more patient than ordinary people.
But his breathing sounded extremely painful, as if he had suffered some great trauma inside his body.
Kong Yu'an was also quite frightened.
The medical staff surrounded Kong Hean. They couldn't get into the ambulance, so they had to take another car to the hospital.
In fact, according to Kong Hean's idea, he definitely hopes that Kong Yuan will participate in the competition.
But Kong Yu'an himself didn't want to.
He and Kong Hean actually have a very good relationship.
Mu Le patted the back of his hand, wanting to say something to comfort him.
But she didn't know what to say.
"LeLe..." Kong Yu'an's voice was filled with tears, "What happened to my brother? What happened just now?"
Mu Le didn't dare to recall the scene just now. She could only whisper: "It's okay, it will be okay."
The two went to the hospital together.
Kong Yu'an's condition was really bad, so Lan Mo called him away as soon as he arrived, saying that he would take him for a check-up.
The people around were in chaos, Mu Le didn't dare to cause trouble to anyone, and sat obediently in the corridor.
She looked at the orcs busying around somewhat helplessly, shrinking her hands and feet, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Suddenly, I began to feel like I had no connection with this world.
She sat here alone with her head down, surrounded by chaos, and nothing had anything to do with her.
…until a pair of leather boots came into her sight.
The tall man squatted in front of her, holding her in his strong arms almost gently and stroking her back gently.
"It's okay... Don't be afraid." Gu Mingyuan caressed the trembling girl in his arms, "I'm here."
Mu Le let out a long breath.
She seemed to finally relax the breath she had been holding, and the voice that had been telling herself "I am an adult, I must be strong" also disappeared.
Mu Le threw herself into Gu Mingyuan's arms, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Yuanyuan..." She choked and said, "What happened to Kong Hean? Will he be okay?"
"It's okay." Gu Mingyuan stroked her back gently, "I'm sorry, I'm late."
Mu Le shook his head vigorously and buried his head deeper.
The author has something to say: Woohoo! It’s here! This is an update that’s as fat as my afternoon (?)
If you don't have dinner, it's considered afternoon!!
I can finally go to dinner tt