"Mm," Xiao Mu Lan nodded, looking at Mu Sijie with Lu Wan Qing expectantly.
Mu Sijie was also nervous. He hesitated for a moment, projected the light screen in front of him, and then carefully read the story to the little one word by word.
He had never told a story to a child before, and the process was a bit stiff. However, Lu Wan Qing didn't interrupt. She and Xiao Mu Lan quietly listened until the story ended.
"Okay, I'm done reading," Mu Sijie said quickly after finishing the story, his tone inexplicably relieved.
Lu Wan Qing smiled, raised her hand to rub Xiao Mu Lan's head, and then lowered her head to gently kiss the child's forehead goodnight. "Then it's time to sleep. Goodnight, my baby."
Was he Mommy's baby? Xiao Mu Lan's expression didn't change, but the beating of his heart in his chest quickened slightly. He was happy.
"Mmm, goodnight, Mommy," Xiao Mu Lan said in a very obedient voice.
Lu Wan Qing smiled, tucked the little one in, then stood up and turned to Mu Sijie, "Let's go."
Mu Sijie looked at Lu Wan Qing. Life seemed to have changed a little since she arrived. Besides work, there seemed to be something more…
"Mm," Mu Sijie nodded.
They walked out of Xiao Mu Lan's room together. Before leaving, Lu Wan Qing thoughtfully turned off the lights in the room and then carefully closed the door.
They walked along the corridor. When they reached Mu Sijie's door, Lu Wan Qing stopped and turned to him, "Goodnight, Mr. Mu."
Mu Sijie was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled. He nodded, "Goodnight to you too. Sleep well tonight."
"Thank you," Lu Wan Qing said with a smile, then said goodbye to Mu Sijie and walked downstairs.
Lu Wan Qing returned to the guest room, still in a good mood. Thinking about the things she had bought during the day, she opened the wardrobe and found that the clothes were indeed neatly stored inside.
It was good to be rich. So many things, and someone had helped organize them.
Lu Wan Qing rummaged through the clothes and finally took out a set of pajamas, then turned and went to the bathroom.
She took a bath and washed her hair. The bathroom's drying equipment was excellent, and it dried her hair automatically in no time. She came out of the bathroom in a good mood and got into bed.
Lu Wan Qing wasn't sleepy yet. Thinking about using Mu Sijie's star net pod to access the star net earlier, she couldn't help but feel excited, recalling the experience with lingering pleasure. Should she go out tomorrow and buy a star net pod?
No, she had to. In the interstellar era, a star net pod was too important. It was like the internet in the 21st century. How could she live without it?
Lu Wan Qing thought about it, and finally lay on the bed, falling asleep with excitement.
*
Upstairs, Mu Si Rui waited for a long time, and finally saw Lu Wan Qing come downstairs. The thought of the zombie movie she had watched with Yuan Yuan earlier made her tremble with fear. She cautiously kept looking at the entrance of the corridor, over and over again, afraid that Lu Wan Qing would suddenly jump down from the stairs or even from the roof, like the zombies from ancient Earth, which would be terrifying.
Mu Si Rui observed for a while before mustering up the courage to rush to her elder brother's room and knock on the door.
When Mu Si Rui knocked, her eyes couldn't help but dart towards the staircase. She was really afraid that Lu Wan Qing would suddenly appear.
"Knock, knock, knock…"
In the dark night, the sound of knocking was crisp and loud in the silent corridor.
In the room, Mu Sijie, who had just finished bathing, heard the knock and was slightly puzzled. Who would knock on his door so late? Could it be Lu Wan Qing?
Mu Sijie thought about it and went to the door. He opened it and saw his sister, Mu Si Rui. He was slightly stunned and surprised.
Mu Si Rui looked up at her brother. To be honest, she was a little scared. Her brother was a genius, and she had been a little afraid of him since she was young.
But thinking that Lu Wan Qing was a zombie, she mustered up her courage, quickly entered her elder brother's room, and quickly closed the door.
Mu Sijie became even more confused. He turned around and looked at Mu Si Rui strangely, "Si Rui?"
Mu Si Rui saw that the door was closed, sighed in relief, and then looked up at Lu Wan Qing.
"What's wrong?" Mu Sijie asked, curious. Si Rui was acting strangely tonight, something was wrong.
Mu Si Rui hesitated for a moment, then quickly opened her light screen and found the movie that Lu Yuan Yuan had shown her. She said, "Brother, Lu Wan Qing is a zombie, a very terrifying zombie. We have to be careful. Especially you and Mu Lan, you must not get too close to her."
As Mu Si Rui spoke, she opened the movie.
Mu Sijie became even more bewildered, "What do you mean?"
Mu Si Rui finished setting it up, and as the movie began to play, she turned and explained, "Brother, look at this movie. This is a movie from ancient Earth. It turns out that in ancient Earth, the dead could come back to life, just like Lu Wan Qing. However, those who revived like this were not normal people. People in ancient Earth called these revived people zombies, and they were very terrifying. They…"
Mu Si Rui felt she couldn't explain it clearly. She quickly said, "Brother, I won't talk about it anymore. You watch the movie. Movies from ancient Earth are filmed very clearly. Anyway, Lu Wan Qing is a zombie, so we must be careful of her. Don't let her bite you!"
Mu Sijie listened to his sister's rapid speech, his brow furrowed. He didn't understand, but the quality and background of what his sister was playing did indeed look like they were from ancient Earth. He could tell, which made him a little curious. He turned and watched attentively.
At first, Mu Sijie showed no emotion, but after watching for a while, even Mu Sijie couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Were there such things in ancient Earth? Corpses suddenly standing up, running, jumping, and moving, and they were called zombies, and they could bite people? Were they poisonous?
Watching the zombies in ancient Earth movies, wearing strange clothes in dim light, with dark circles under their eyes, suddenly jumping out from around the corner, scaring the protagonist into fleeing everywhere, Mu Sijie was also startled, his face turning slightly pale, and he instinctively flinched back.
It was… quite frightening.
Mu Si Rui was watching it for the second time. She really didn't want to watch it, but the movie was playing, and she couldn't control her eyes. She kept staring, and as she watched, she trembled with fear. Especially when she thought that their family now had a moving zombie – Lu Wan Qing – she became even more terrified.
The movie played for a full two hours. Fortunately, by the end of the movie, the zombie in the story had been killed by the protagonist. This made Mu Si Rui and Mu Sijie both breathe a sigh of relief. But after the movie ended, they both thought of Lu Wan Qing without a word…
"Brother, Lu Wan Qing is a zombie, right?"
"Do you think she's poisonous? Will she bite us?"
Mu Si Rui tugged on Mu Sijie's sleeve, asking anxiously, fearfully, and worriedly.