"Miss Srui, you're back." Butler Mu quickly saw Mu Srui return and hurried over, bowing slightly and greeting her with a smile.
Mu Srui nodded slightly, "Mm."
Mu Srui responded, then looked at Lu Wanqing, her gaze finally landing on the many items Lu Wanqing had bought. She was shocked, "Did you buy all these things?"
Mu Srui glanced at a few of the packages. After seeing what they were, she was inwardly stunned. These toys were all the latest models, very expensive. Any single one was almost equivalent to her monthly allowance.
Even for Mu Lan, she would be reluctant to buy such expensive things, only occasionally buying one for the child on Mu Lan's birthday or other holidays.
How did Lu Wanqing have so much money? To buy so many of the latest toys for Mu Lan all at once!
"Mm," Lu Wanqing looked at Mu Srui and nodded with a smile.
"Are you back from school? Why don't you come in and rest for a while?" Lu Wanqing said with a smile.
Mu Srui looked at Lu Wanqing, gave an awkward smile, and then nodded, "Okay."
Mu Srui turned and quickly pulled Lu Yuanyuan into the house.
Lu Wanqing could feel Mu Srui's unease, but she felt it was normal. After all, she had just arrived at this family, and it was natural for people not to be used to it.
Besides, Mu Srui was theoretically not related to her. Her purpose in coming to the Mu family was simply to take good care of little Mu Lan.
As Lu Wanqing thought, her mood quickly improved. She watched the maids carry the clothes and toys she had bought inside, then turned to little Mu Lan and said, "Let's go, we're going in."
"Mm!" Little Mu Lan nodded again. He looked up at Lu Wanqing, his eyes shining, clearly pleased.
Lu Yuanyuan noticed this scene from inside the house. She clenched the strap of her backpack tighter, trying to suppress the discomfort and unease in her heart.
Lu Wanqing, however, was unaware of Mu Srui and Lu Yuanyuan's current feelings. She brought little Mu Lan inside and sent the child to his room first. As the little one entered, a round-headed, round-bellied robot walked towards him. It bowed slightly to little Mu Lan and said in a respectful voice, "Mr. Mu Lan, welcome home."
As the robot spoke, it extended a pair of mechanical arms. Little Mu Lan skillfully took off his schoolbag and handed it to the robot.
The robot took the schoolbag, then turned and went to the cabinet to hang it up neatly.
Lu Wanqing remembered what Mu Sijie had said that morning and couldn't help but ask, "Is this the nanny robot that takes care of you?"
Little Mu Lan was also stunned by the question, surprised that someone wouldn't know about a nanny robot.
However, his mother was different from others. His mother was from ancient Earth and was not familiar with interstellar things. Little Mu Lan quickly understood and nodded, "Mm, its name is Yuanyuan. It's a nanny robot and takes care of me every day."
"Takes care of you?" Lu Wanqing was curious. She couldn't help but walk over and follow Yuanyuan, eager to see how robots in the interstellar era took care of people.
Little Mu Lan saw his mother following Yuanyuan and was puzzled, but soon understood. His mother was probably curious about Yuanyuan's operating principles?
Little Mu Lan quickly became happy. He immediately explained, "Yes, Yuanyuan takes good care of me. Its program was written by Dad~"
In the last sentence, little Mu Lan was clearly a little proud. He really liked it because Yuanyuan's program was written by his Dad.
As he spoke, little Mu Lan happily began to introduce Yuanyuan's work to Lu Wanqing, such as cleaning the room, helping little Mu Lan with his schoolbag, taking out his schoolbag, reminding little Mu Lan when it was time to study and when it was time to rest. Also, when little Mu Lan took a bath, it would go to the bathroom and prepare warm bathwater for him in advance.
It would also hold his clothes and wait for little Mu Lan. After little Mu Lan finished bathing, the nanny robot would hand the clothes to little Mu Lan and watch him put them on himself. If little Mu Lan didn't put them on properly, Yuanyuan would come up and personally help little Mu Lan adjust his clothes, and so on.
Little Mu Lan's eyes sparkled as he explained, clearly more excited and lively than usual. He was very happy to be able to explain these things to his mother.
Lu Wanqing listened to little Mu Lan's explanation and watched Yuanyuan being directed by little Mu Lan, doing whatever it was asked to do, extremely intelligent.
After explaining the nanny robot's functions, little Mu Lan took the initiative to lead Lu Wanqing to the adjacent mecha laboratory.
"Mommy, this is my mecha laboratory. Every afternoon after school, I come to the laboratory to study. I want to learn how to build mechas!" Little Mu Lan became immediately happy as he led Lu Wanqing into the laboratory.
"Build mechas?" Lu Wanqing looked around the laboratory. Several half-finished mechas and many mecha parts were placed inside. She was shocked, but even more shocked that little Mu Lan was only four years old? At such a young age, he was already learning this?
Lu Wanqing thought, then squatted down to look at little Mu Lan, and said incredulously, "You're so young, and you're already learning how to build mechas?"
Little Mu Lan looked at his mother and nodded seriously, "Mm."
Little Mu Lan walked to the workbench, looked up at Lu Wanqing, and said seriously, "Children of the Mu family have to start learning from a young age. There are exams and competitions every year. The family rules stipulate that only the smartest, the one who can build the most powerful mecha, has the right to be the heir of the Mu family and inherit the Mu family's businesses when they grow up."
"Competitions?" Lu Wanqing keenly caught the keyword. She looked at little Mu Lan and asked curiously, "Who do you compete with?"
"It's the children of the Mu family!" Little Mu Lan said in a childish but very serious tone.
Lu Wanqing was silent for a moment, then looked into little Mu Lan's eyes and asked seriously, "Are there other children in the Mu family besides you?"
Mu Srui brought Lu Yuanyuan over, wanting to observe Lu Wanqing secretly. Hearing Lu Wanqing's words, Mu Srui immediately replied, "Of course there are. The Mu family is very large. Besides our family, there are several uncles' and aunts' families, many older cousins, younger cousins, and they also have children. All children who are on the Mu family's household registration and share the Mu family name are eligible to participate in the competitions."
Lu Wanqing turned around and saw Mu Srui and her friend standing at the laboratory door.
Mu Srui brought Lu Yuanyuan into the laboratory. Lu Yuanyuan curiously looked around the laboratory, her gaze finally landing on Lu Wanqing.
Mu Srui had grown up in the Mu family and was very familiar with this laboratory. She didn't look at the things in the laboratory when she entered; her eyes were fixed on Lu Wanqing.
"Mu Lan is four years old this year. In a few months, on his fifth birthday, he will participate in the first competition of his life," Mu Srui said slowly, looking at Lu Wanqing.