"It's just a title, it shouldn't matter?" Mu Sijie asked.
Lu Wanqing gave a dry laugh.
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Wanqing, think about it, we are both Mu Lan's parents. If we go out, and you address me so formally as Mr. Mu, what would people think?"
Seeing Lu Wanqing's silence, Mu Sijie couldn't help but add, "It's just a title, why do you care so much?"
"Mommy..." Little Mu Lan tugged at her mother's arm from the side, shaking it and pleading, "Will you agree to Daddy?"
Lu Wanqing looked at her child and, in the end, couldn't refuse.
"Alright..." she agreed.
"It's just a name, we can be friends later, and as for other things..." Lu Wanqing found herself unable to finish the sentence.
A fleeting sense of disappointment flashed in Mu Sijie's eyes, but he quickly suppressed that genuine emotion and smiled, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid I'll fall in love with you?"
Lu Wanqing froze at his words and looked up into Mu Sijie's eyes. She couldn't help but wonder if she had been overthinking things. Perhaps Mu Sijie didn't have that kind of intention towards her, and she was just imagining it?
As Lu Wanqing pondered this, she inexplicably felt that it might be true. She vaguely recalled their first meeting, and it seemed Mu Sijie had always been this gentle type?
Ah, it was because he was too gentle that she had misunderstood.
Once Lu Wanqing figured it out, she immediately smiled again and said happily, "That's fine, I was overthinking things. Then I'll call you Sijie from now on."
"Good." Mu Sijie agreed instantly, the corners of his lips curling into a gentle smile.
He understood now; his feelings for her needed to be approached slowly, not rushed, or she might be scared away.
"For the subsequent content, if you wish to learn, you might need to undergo a psionic power test first," Mu Sijie suddenly said.
"Ah?" Lu Wanqing was stunned, looking at Mu Sijie blankly.
Mu Sijie looked at her and smiled, "Weren't you just asking about the follow-up information for mech manufacturing? I mean, if you want to learn the later materials, it's best to have a psionic power level test first."
So he was talking about mechs. Lu Wanqing snapped back to attention and quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, okay, okay."
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Come to my laboratory."
The Mu family was vast, and even within their homes, each person had a custom-built laboratory, allowing them to act on inspiration whenever it struck and easily record it.
Lu Wanqing followed Mu Sijie to his laboratory. Little Mu Lan didn't leave either, staying with them until Mu Sijie produced a crystal ball.
Mu Sijie handed the crystal ball to Lu Wanqing and said gently, "Hold this, and concentrate on thinking about something."
"Anything is fine?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
Mu Sijie thought for a moment, then said, "It's best if it's something memorable. In short, the more easily you can focus your attention on it, the more you should think about it. This will help measure your potential to the fullest extent."
"Okay," Lu Wanqing agreed with a smile.
Lu Wanqing held the crystal ball and closed her eyes, concentrating intently.
She found herself quickly thinking of the ancient Earth era, of her parents, and her brothers. As she thought, tears began to fall.
"Mommy..." Little Mu Lan, seeing his mother suddenly cry, became anxious.
"Shhh!"
Mu Sijie covered the little one's mouth, preventing him from disturbing Lu Wanqing's psionic power test.
A minute later, the crystal ball suddenly emitted a deep purple glow. Mu Sijie stared at the purple light, his pupils widening in disbelief!
Purple!
And an ominous deep purple!
Just like his own!
"Daddy, it's 3S!" Little Mu Lan exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Wanqing opened her eyes. She was still somewhat overwhelmed, lost in past memories, with tear tracks still visible on her face.
"Mommy, 3S, you have 3S psionic power, just like Daddy, you're super amazing!!!" Little Mu Lan immediately stepped forward, grabbing Lu Wanqing's hand and shouting excitedly.
3S?
Lu Wanqing was somewhat bewildered. She didn't quite understand psionic power in the interstellar era and looked at Mu Sijie questioningly.
Mu Sijie finally reacted. He looked at Lu Wanqing, his eyes still filled with shock, then an unconcealable joy spread across his face. "Wanqing, you have 3S psionic power, just like me. It's amazing!"
"Like yours?" Lu Wanqing sounded incredibly shocked, as if hearing something unbelievable.
Mu Sijie smiled and nodded, "Yes, just like mine."
Mu Sijie suddenly reached out and took Lu Wanqing's hand, saying, "Come, I'll show you something."
Lu Wanqing's mind was blank; she couldn't react and was directly pulled by Mu Sijie to the top floor.
The top floor was locked by a huge, heavy door. Only after Mu Sijie's biological identification did the door open. He pulled Lu Wanqing inside.
Lu Wanqing's heart pounded. She had a hunch that what was inside was not simple.
"Wanqing, this is the highest-level classified information of our Mu family. If you wish to learn, you can come up here and study whenever you have time!" Mu Sijie pulled Lu Wanqing inside, then turned back to say to her.
Lu Wanqing instinctively looked around and saw countless books, just like a library. She turned back to Mu Sijie, a little nervous, "This... this is top-secret classified information, can I look at it?"
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Go ahead, as long as you don't leak it to outsiders."
Lu Wanqing felt inexplicably uneasy. Mu Sijie trusted her too much.
"The information in here represents the culmination of our Mu family's research on mech manufacturing over hundreds of years and several generations. Legend has it..."
As Mu Sijie spoke, he glanced at Lu Wanqing, then walked to the innermost area and retrieved a very thick book, handing it to Lu Wanqing. "Legend says someone in the Mu family back then almost successfully researched a 3S mech. It's a pity that just as the mech was about to be completed, that ancestor had an accident..."
Mu Sijie's voice suddenly turned melancholic. "We've always wanted to research a 3S mech. Unfortunately, since then, apart from me, no one else in the Mu family has achieved a 3S psionic power level. We are simply incapable of creating what is recorded in this book."
Lu Wanqing carefully took the book and opened it. She hesitated, "You want me to study this?"
Mu Sijie looked at her expectantly, a little tentatively, "Are you willing?"
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but glance through the book. To be honest... she didn't quite understand it.
"What if I can't learn it either?" Lu Wanqing felt a little uneasy. This matter sounded very important, and even Mu Sijie took it very seriously.
"We can learn it together. You can ask me anything you don't understand. Perhaps by studying together, we can research the 3S mech!" Mu Sijie stared at her, his eyes shining.