Lu Wanqing realized something and quickly asked, "Little sister, can I ask you something? If we get hurt on the star net, will we get hurt in reality too?"
The little girl looked at her speechlessly. "Of course not. Everything on the star net is fake!"
Lu Wanqing: "..."
The little girl only said two sentences before leaving. Lu Wanqing remained in place, staring blankly in the direction the girl had walked. Her mouth twitched, and she felt somewhat speechless.
However, Lu Wanqing soon smiled again. She couldn't help but lift her hand and touch it. It felt very real, not at all like a fake.
For the next few hours, Lu Wanqing wandered around the cities on the star net, seeing many interesting things. Sometimes, because she seemed so ignorant, she would be stared at strangely by the people around her. But she quickly recovered, pretended nothing was wrong, and brushed it off.
It wasn't until a blue reminder alarm suddenly popped up in front of her that she realized it was getting late. Little Mu Lan's kindergarten was about to let out, and she needed to pick up the child.
Lu Wanqing opened the blue screen, found the logout button, and clicked it. Her vision went black. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the real world, lying in the star net pod.
She opened the lid of the star net pod, carefully got out of her brand-new star net pod, and then closed the lid, putting the star net pod away with great care.
After doing all this, Lu Wanqing quickly changed her clothes, applied a beautiful light makeup, and then, carrying her bag, hurried out the door.
There were many hovercars at the Mu family's residence. When Lu Wanqing reached the downstairs, Butler Mu had already arranged one for her. Lu Wanqing was momentarily stunned, then thanked Butler Mu and got into the hovercar.
"To the kindergarten," Lu Wanqing said to the driver.
"Yes, Ms. Lu," the driver replied respectfully.
The hovercar started quickly. Lu Wanqing sat inside and, like in the past few days, couldn't help but look out the window at the pedestrians passing by.
Although she now knew that most people in this world were deformed, and only a very small number were like normal people, she still felt a bit uncomfortable looking at people who inexplicably had extra appendages.
They arrived at the kindergarten. Lu Wanqing's mood brightened. Many people were already waiting at the kindergarten entrance, all parents of other children.
They had all arrived right on time. After waiting at the entrance for a while, it was time for dismissal, and the children came out of the kindergarten in a neat line.
All the parents peered inside curiously, and the children's faces were excited as they looked out, happy. They had been at school all day and missed their moms and dads, wanting to go home!
"Lu Wanqing." Just then, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Lu Wanqing.
Lu Wanqing jumped in surprise and turned around. She saw Mu Sijie and was stunned, then surprised. "Mr. Mu? What are you doing here?"
Mu Sijie glanced inside the kindergarten, then looked at Lu Wanqing and said with a smile, "I used to pick up Mu Lan from school every day."
Lu Wanqing's mind jolted, and she instantly woke up. That's right, Mu Sijie was Mu Lan's father, and she hadn't been around for the past four years. This little guy should have been taken care of by Mu Sijie, so every day it was... Mu Sijie picking up the child from school?
"The other day when I came, you had already picked up Mu Lan," Mu Sijie explained. He was very busy with work and often had to pick up Mu Lan a bit late due to work. But he hadn't expected that just because he was a little late, once or twice, Mu Lan had already been picked up by Lu Wanqing.
Having learned from the previous two days' lessons, Mu Sijie had set an alarm for himself today and arrived early, so he was able to get here before kindergarten let out and see Lu Wanqing picking up the child.
Lu Wanqing realized what had happened. She suddenly remembered that she hadn't greeted Mr. Mu first the past few days and had simply picked up little Mu Lan. She felt a bit awkward. "Uh, well... I apologize for the past few days. I forgot to tell you."
It was just that she had suddenly woken up in the interstellar era, and there was so much new information bombarding her daily with the advanced technology of the interstellar age. She had forgotten basic etiquette. She should have notified Mu Sijie in advance before picking up Mu Lan, especially since he had been taking care of the child before.
Mu Sijie smiled and said gently, "It's alright."
"Mom!"
"Dad!"
Just then, little Mu Lan's cheerful voice suddenly sounded in front of them.
Lu Wanqing came back to her senses and realized little Mu Lan had already come out. She smiled and raised her hand to rub the little one's head.
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Let's go home."
They got into the same hovercar and went home together. The other hovercar that had brought Mu Sijie was sent back by the driver on Mu Sijie's orders.
Lu Wanqing stared at the hovercar and couldn't help but want to buy one. She wasn't a member of the Mu family, so she couldn't use the Mu family's hovercars every day; it felt improper.
However, parking the hovercar was also a problem, as was driving it. She didn't seem to know how to drive an interstellar era hovercar and wondered if she needed to get a license.
As Lu Wanqing thought about it, she couldn't help but consult Mu Sijie. Mu Sijie laughed instantly after hearing her words.
"It's fine. Hovercars have an automatic driving function, so it doesn't matter if you don't know how to drive."
Mu Sijie smiled. "But if you want to learn, you can also learn to drive manually. Although automatic driving is very good, in extremely rare cases, the system can fail. That's why our hovercars have dedicated drivers accompanying them."
"Mm-hmm," Lu Wanqing nodded quickly.
They chatted as they talked, and before they knew it, they had returned to the Mu family's residence. Butler Mu, as usual, came out to greet them respectfully upon seeing them return.
Not only Butler Mu, but Lu Wanqing soon noticed that Mu Sirui and her friend, whom she had brought home yesterday, had also arrived. They were standing at the entrance, watching them return.
The hovercar quickly stopped. Mu Sijie said to Lu Wanqing, "Let's get out."
Lu Wanqing smiled and nodded. "Okay."
Little Mu Lan was four years old and quickly ran happily out of the hovercar. Once outside, he stopped and looked back at the hovercar expectantly.
"Mommy, come down quickly!" Little Mu Lan shouted joyfully, eager for Lu Wanqing to get out of the hovercar. He was very happy.
Lu Wanqing smiled and followed him out of the hovercar. Almost as soon as she got out, little Mu Lan ran over and affectionately took her hand.
Mu Sijie was the last to get out of the hovercar. As he emerged, his gaze remained on Lu Wanqing and little Mu Lan, his eyes very gentle. Then, he turned his head to look at Butler Mu, Mu Sirui, and Lu Yuanyuan.
Lu Yuanyuan's expression became extremely ugly again. She had thought that coming here today, she would definitely see the Mu family being wary of Lu Wanqing, and that Sijie and Mu Lan wouldn't be close to Lu Wanqing. But why was it like this?