Gu Mingyuan was originally quite relieved about his own younger brother.
During this period, every time Mu Le went to cram school, Gu Mingzhou followed her and protected her while giving her cram school.
He never expected that in the end, Gu Mingzhou's tutoring would become a side job.
Protecting Mule became the main priority.
Oh, besides protecting her, I also entertain her whenever I can.
Mu Le felt that in Gu Mingzhou's heart, she might have always been a junior high school girl, not very old, and still a human - he still had some prejudice against creatures of other races.
After all, it’s not easy to change the habits formed over the years.
He usually teases her intentionally or unintentionally, but in fact he just wants to bully her. It's very childish.
Mu Le's revenge was to do the questions, do them faster and better than him, and then sincerely ask him if he had finished.
This was a great insult to Gu Mingzhou.
Invisibly, his academic performance even improved by leaps and bounds.
After they finished discussing the midterm exam that day, Gu Mingzhou quickly calculated the scores and found that his grades had reached new highs.
In the end, Mu Le was still a little taller than him.
If he wanted to surpass Mu Le safely, or not be surpassed by her, he might have to get full marks.
It was raining outside when the get out of class was over.
The capital's climate has always been particularly good, with few windy or rainy days.
Traffic was affected to some extent, and the taxi they took would take three minutes to arrive.
Mu Le and Gu Mingzhou were standing on the roadside waiting for a bus.
Gu Mingzhou tilted his head to look at her and suddenly said, "I will definitely surpass you next time."
Mu Le: “… ?”
Perhaps feeling how embarrassing what he said was, Gu Mingzhou turned his head to the other direction after he finished speaking, his face feeling a little hot.
It is indeed a bit shameful to make such immature remarks at such an old age.
But Mu Le didn't hate it.
The attribute of being a middle school student is often accompanied by courage, straightforwardness and imagination.
Who hasn’t had a youthful and passionate time
Mu Le smiled tolerantly and answered gently: "Okay. I will also try my best not to be surpassed by you."
Gu Mingzhou looked at her again.
His eyes fell to the ground, he raised his hand and scratched his face with his index finger, then slowly spoke: "... Do you really think that dragons are no different from everyone else?"
In fact, he already had the answer to this question in his mind.
At the beginning, when Mu Le stood in Gu Tianyu's office and contradicted him in his not-so-fluent interstellar language—
He knew that this human being was actually different.
Perhaps, many orcs think differently from him.
He has participated in many group activities recently, and the orcs are willing to make friends with him and are very friendly to him. Even now in the cram school, after Mu Le got familiar with a few little goblins around him... these goblins also started to talk to him.
Gu Mingzhou did not forget that in everyone's eyes, Mu Le also had a pair of dragon horns.
Mu Le told him honestly: "Not really, there is still a little difference."
After several months of living on the planet, she has observed that it is unrealistic to say that everyone is the same.
There are indeed differences between different races. There is no need to pay too much attention to it. Just live a normal life.
"Even if they are of the same race, there are differences between different individuals." Mu Le said, "For example, you may look down on humans... but there are also humans who look down on others."
Gu Mingzhou fell silent.
It was not until the car stopped in front of them and he reached out to press the door switch that he slowly spoke: "... I don't look down on humans."
Mu Le: “… huh?”
He lowered his head, and his voice was not as confident or contemptuous as usual, a bit like a child who had made a mistake.
"In fact, the horns are the dragon's weakness. Attacking with the dragon's horns can cause great damage." Gu Mingzhou touched his own horns. "Instincts make us accustomed to looking down on others with our heads held high since childhood."
The place where they were waiting for the bus could shelter from the rain, but there was inevitably some space between the car and the waiting space. Gu Mingzhou was standing next to the car and would get a little wet.
Mu Le was behind him and gently pushed him: "You go in first."
Gu Mingzhou bent down and got into the car.
He didn't sit in the passenger seat this time. Mu Le thought that the kid was probably in a bad mood, so he just got in and sat next to him.
Gu Mingzhou never told anyone about his worries.
But this time, since I had already spoken, I might as well just continue.
"I have never had any friends since I was a child, and it's never because I look down on them. No one dares to talk to me..." Gu Mingzhou looked at Mu Le and smiled a little, "They are afraid of me on the surface, but they are talking about me behind my back."
Gu Mingzhou said: "I have always known that I am the one who is looked down upon."
Mu Le looked at his still young face and suddenly wondered - was Gu Mingyuan also like this when he was his age
He walks alone in this world, and has never had anyone his own age to be his friend.
No one talked to him, and everyone stayed away from him when they met him.
On the surface it is fear, but in reality most of it is exclusion.
Isn’t this school violence
Cold violence is also considered violence.
"You shouldn't think too much about it." Mu Le tried to comfort him, "If you are always number one in your grade in every exam, they won't dare to look down on you."
Gu Mingzhou: “… … …” Are you a devil
If the person in front of him was the young Gu Mingyuan, Mu Le would definitely go over to hug him and caress him and then comfort him out of pity, but the person in front of him was Gu Mingzhou, and Mu Le and him were at most a pair of bad friends.
We have been comparing with each other for a while, and it seems strange that I am suddenly comforting him at this time.
She touched the goose bumps on her arms and tried to think of words to comfort him: "At least I definitely think you are amazing. I'm willing to bow down to you."
Gu Mingzhou said expressionlessly: "Don't force yourself. I don't want you to comfort me."
"That's great." Mu Le felt relieved.
Gu Mingzhou: “…”
Mu Le took out a small snack from his pocket and threw it to him: "Be happy, you have a lot of friends now."
…I think so.
Gu Mingzhou picked up the snack, unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.
Just after chewing two bites, I suddenly heard Mu Le beside me ask: "I have a question to ask you."
What's the tone
It sounds like he is either a traitor or a thief.
Gu Mingzhou began to be on guard: "...Speak."
"… Exactly." Mu Le asked him, "Does touching the dragon's horns have any special meaning?"
Gu Mingzhou glanced at her sideways, and after a while, he sneered.
Mu Le: “???”
Gu Mingzhou: "When a dragon is courting a mate, it lowers its head to show its affection. The mate also lowers its head and touches its horns, which means it agrees to mate."
Mu Le: “…”
When the last word came out of Gu Mingzhou's mouth, Mu Le almost jumped up.
She moved slightly to the other side and covered her burning face.
Although she is just a mediocre painter, she and her sisters used to chat online and say all kinds of dirty words through the keyboard.
But in reality, when talking about this kind of topic face to face... Mu Le always finds it difficult to remain calm.
Gu Mingzhou's expression didn't change at all, like a teacher giving a serious physiology lesson.
"What are you ashamed of?" He seemed to have just remembered what he had done today. "Ah. The dragons I'm talking about are from ancient times, before they evolved into orcs. Ancient dragons looked like this."
Mu Le touched his face and thought, it is still a bit embarrassing to discuss monkey □□ with classmates of the opposite sex.
"Nowadays, people are free to fall in love. How can you mate by just touching horns?" Gu Mingzhou leaned back in his seat. "Only some old-fashioned dragons would still consider lowering their heads and touching horns as a courtship behavior."
Mu Le: “…”
She felt that what Gu Mingzhou said about "old-fashioned dragon" had a hidden meaning.
It seemed like he was hinting at his biological brother.
Gu Mingzhou looked at Mu Le expressionlessly: "I'm talking about him."
Mu Le: “…”
Now it has become explicit.
She thought about Gu Mingyuan's nervous look and laughed out loud: "You are right."
No wonder he never lets her touch him, but the prefect is as beautiful as jade.
Gu Mingzhou snorted unhappily.
When they arrived at the laboratory, Gu Mingzhou turned around and pulled Mu Le's collar before leaving.
Mu Le was pulled to a stop and turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"
The kid was obviously in a much more depressed mood today than usual, and Mu Le didn't mind chatting with him more.
But Gu Mingzhou let go of her hand and began with, "Nothing..."
Mu Le: “…”
"Just a little reminder." Gu Mingzhou glanced at the rain outside the window, "We are all in a bad mood on rainy days, so be careful and don't mess with my brother."
Mu Le nodded: "Oh, okay."
Everyone has those days. I promise to find ways to make him happy.
Gu Mingzhou didn't seem to mean that: "Keep your distance from him and don't talk to him unless necessary."
Mu Le nodded again without caring.
Gu Mingzhou has such a good temper, even if he is in a bad mood, at most he will say a few things from his heart like Gu Mingzhou did today.
Then she must hug him and kiss him, why would she keep a distance from him instead
Perhaps realizing that Mu Le didn't care, Gu Mingzhou reached out and pulled Mu Le's collar again.
"Don't take it personally." Gu Mingzhou frowned and began to get impatient. "You don't know my brother's temper."
Mu Le blinked: "Yuanyuan is obviously very gentle?"
Gu Mingzhou: "You haven't seen what he was like in the army. He..."
"Okay then." Mu Le didn't want to distance himself from him and explain how good Gu Mingyuan was. "I'll keep an eye on it."
She turned around and tried to leave, but Gu Mingzhou couldn't help himself and grabbed Mu Le by the back of the collar and refused to let go.
Mu Le had to turn his head and look at him: "... ?"
Gu Mingzhou said with a serious expression: "I'm not kidding you. Lele, you..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
Mu Le found that his gaze passed over her and fell behind her.
She followed Gu Mingzhou's gaze and looked behind her, and saw Gu Mingyuan standing at the laboratory door not far away.
There was no expression on his face, and he looked no different than usual. He said in a flat tone, "Why don't you come in?"
Gu Mingzhou let go of Mu Le's collar.
"He told me something." Mu Le patted his wrinkled collar and ran towards Gu Mingyuan. "Why did you come out? Have you finished your research today?"
"The last project just ended." Gu Mingyuan said, "I've been taking a break these two days, so I'm relatively free. I came out to take a breath."
"Oh." Mu Le took his hand naturally.
She turned sideways and waved to Gu Mingzhou, smiling and saying, "I understand what you said, don't worry. See you at school tomorrow."
Gu Mingzhou said "hmm".
He was obviously unhappy when he left. Gu Mingyuan touched Mu Le's head and asked her gently, "What happened?"
The author has something to say: Mu Le: You don’t understand.
Gu Mingzhou: He is my biological brother.
Mu Le: But you don’t understand the relationship between us.
Gu Mingzhou: … … (cannot refute)