"You can touch it," Zhongli Yi said to her, a hint of pride in his tone.
Xiao Yu Shu's pupils widened, and the next moment, she quickly reached out and touched it.
It was so cute!
She loved giant pandas!
"Can I also touch your little fox?" Xiao Yi asked her.
Xiao Yu Shu nodded enthusiastically, offering her little fox to him. "Mm-hmm!"
Compared to Xiao Yi Ge's giant panda mecha, Xiao Yu Shu actually preferred her little fox mecha more. This was because their mechas were custom-made by their mother. The little fox was designed specifically for her, a gift meant just for her.
Xiao Yi also really liked the little fox mecha that their mother had made for Shushu Meimei. It was very cute.
However, they didn't stay at the Zhongli residence for too long and left.
On the way back, Xiao Yu Shu couldn't stop touching her mecha space button. The thought of the little mecha gift from her mother inside made her exceptionally happy.
But this happiness froze the moment she returned home and saw her grandmother.
After taking her medicine, her grandmother's condition was controlled, but only slightly. Her grandmother's temper remained as bad as ever.
In the living room, her grandmother had a stern face and was giving her mother a hard time.
Xiao Yu Shu suddenly felt very sad and scared. She wasn't afraid of her grandmother, but she was afraid that her grandmother's attitude would make her mother sad.
Xiao Yu Shu instinctively wanted to protect her mother, but unexpectedly, her grandmother started scolding her too.
Her mother had been smiling, but upon seeing Xiao Yu Shu being scolded, her expression changed. Her mother pulled her behind her, shielding her.
Xiao Yu Shu was anxious and wanted to go out, but her mother held her back, preventing her.
Her father quickly told them to go upstairs. As long as they were upstairs, her grandmother wouldn't follow to scold them.
Xiao Yu Shu quickly pulled her mother upstairs.
Soon after, her father came up too.
Their family had already prepared a room for her mother, right next to Xiao Yu Shu's. Xiao Yu Shu loved this arrangement by her father because she loved her mother and wanted to be closer to her.
Xiao Yu Shu led her mother to the room and happily shared it with her. Although her father had suggested arranging her mother's room there, closer to her, Xiao Yu Shu had suggested many of the decorations and had brought many of her own small items to help her mother decorate the room.
She liked having her own traces in the place where her mother lived. Looking at the many small items of hers in her mother's room, Xiao Yu Shu felt very happy, as if she was always in her mother's world and her mother was always in her world.
Her mother clearly liked the room too, but soon, both she and her father were taken aback. While her mother liked the room they had decorated for her, she preferred being with Xiao Yu Shu even more.
Her mother said that since they were both girls, it was fine for them to share a room at night, unlike Lan Lan Ge Ge and Xiao Yi Ge Ge.
That day was the happiest day for Xiao Yu Shu, truly super happy. She had never imagined before that she could sleep with her mother, getting even closer to her mother than Lan Lan Ge Ge and Xiao Yi Ge Ge. This realization made her incredibly happy, and she suddenly rejoiced that she was a girl.
Because she was a girl, her mother could share a room with her, and her mother could sleep with her at night.
Her mother also loved the books in her room. Xiao Yu Shu saw her mother take books from her bookshelf and read them for a long time, completely engrossed.
Xiao Yu Shu watched her mother, and seeing that her mother also enjoyed reading, she became even happier, as she loved reading too.
So, in the small room, the tall mother and the small Xiao Yu Shu sat together, reading books.
When they were told that dinner was ready, their father came to call them downstairs to eat.
During dinner, they inevitably had to face her grandmother again, and Xiao Yu Shu became nervous.
After her mother arrived, she seemed to have become even more timid. She wasn't afraid of her grandmother scolding her, but she was afraid that her grandmother would scold her mother. She was afraid that her grandmother's bad temper would scare her mother. What if her mother didn't like their family and didn't like her anymore?
Her mother seemed to sense her fear and dotingly stroked the top of her head, saying gently, "Don't be afraid, let's go down for dinner."
Xiao Yu Shu looked into her mother's eyes and suddenly felt much less afraid. She nodded.
They went downstairs to eat together. As expected, her grandmother's attitude was not good. The whole family ate the meal nervously and uneasily.
Fortunately, after dinner, she and her mother quickly went back upstairs, avoiding facing her grandmother downstairs for too long.
Back in the room, Xiao Yu Shu quickly found a particularly good book from the bookshelf and handed it to her mother.
Seeing the book she had chosen, her mother dotingly stroked her head, then started chatting with her while reading.
Her mother seemed to know very little about the plants in their era, not recognizing many common ones and always appearing curious.
Xiao Yu Shu had grown up with her father and would often go to his workplace after school to watch him study plants. Therefore, compared to ordinary children, she knew more plants.
Now, she realized she could explain these things to her mother and suddenly felt very happy. She was useful, and perhaps she could make her mother happy with her own abilities, so her mother wouldn't be disliked by her grandmother.
However, while explaining the plants, her mother would occasionally tell her about things from the ancient Earth era.
For instance, some very large or extremely small things that were just ordinary mutated plants in their era were, according to her mother, different in ancient Earth times.
In the ancient Earth era, these large plants, as well as some plants that were much smaller and cuter than normal, typically only appeared in fairy tales.
Xiao Yu Shu was very curious. What was a fairy tale world? Did mutated plants already exist in the ancient Earth era?
Her mother shook her head and said no.
Later, her mother explained a lot to her, telling her many fairy tales from the ancient Earth era. She gradually began to understand that those mutated plants were like a wonderland in the eyes of humans in ancient Earth times, very beautiful.
Xiao Yu Shu suddenly thought of her mother's eyes lighting up as she saw the plants in their courtyard after entering the Academy of Sciences. She finally understood that radiant happiness.
So...
In her mother's eyes, their family's residential area at the Academy of Sciences was like the wonderland everyone in ancient Earth times had fantasized about, very beautiful.
"Does Mom like the Academy of Sciences?" Xiao Yu Shu couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, I like it!" Lu Wanqing replied without hesitation, loving it immensely.
Xiao Yu Shu was so happy. It turned out their home had merits in her mother's eyes. At least, the community where they lived was the most beautiful place in her mother's eyes!