Lu Wanqing froze, the candy in her mouth suddenly losing its sweetness. She turned to look at the red-haired little boy beside her.
"What?" she mumbled. Lu Wanqing's mind was a blank slate. If he called her Mommy, didn't that mean this child was one of her own?
He definitely wasn't Xiao Mu Lan!
There were three other children. Two were girls, and only one was a boy. So, this child was... General Zhong Li Fei Yu's son?
As Lu Wanqing thought, she vividly recalled the appearance of the little one she had met that day.
All the children resembled their father, especially General Zhong Li Fei Yu's son. When the little one was by his father's side, his upright military posture and serious expression made him almost a miniature version of his father, so alike!
Thinking of that child, and then looking at the red-haired boy before her, she felt something was different?
But she had only met that child once before, and under those circumstances, the child might have been nervous, so she hadn't seen his true personality?
"What's your name?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask as she thought.
"Isn't my Mommy amazing? She's the smartest person in the entire galaxy!" Little Harvey ignored Lu Wanqing's question and continued to boast.
Lu Wanqing was stunned, then chuckled, "Not really, she's just... had good luck."
Lu Wanqing felt she truly just had good luck. She should have died over three thousand years ago but was miraculously revived in the interstellar era. And the moment she opened her eyes, she had five children.
Perhaps when she first woke up a few months ago, she had felt uncomfortable about the Federation taking her genes to cultivate children without her consent. But now, she was genuinely grateful to the Federation for doing this for her.
She was an ancient Earthling, inexplicably awakened in the interstellar era. Her past loved ones had died over three thousand years ago. She was alone and without kin here. But with five children, it was different. Whenever she felt lonely, just thinking of her five children would banish the loneliness.
On the contrary, she felt fortunate. She was happy to have five children in the interstellar era. That blood connection made her feel that even though it was the interstellar era, she still had a home and family. Her children were her family.
"No way!"
"My Mommy is the most amazing in the entire galaxy!"
"She's an ancient Earthling, her genes haven't mutated at all, she's the smartest!!!"
Little Harvey became unhappy. He jumped off the stool, glared at Lu Wanqing angrily, and retorted loudly.
Lu Wanqing was suddenly bewildered, her mind going blank.
This child... was defending her so fiercely?
As Lu Wanqing was thinking, the child's figure in front of her suddenly became transparent. Startled and inexplicably uneasy, she instinctively reached out to grab him.
Little Harvey sensed her movement and immediately retreated defensively. But with that step back, his form flickered and then vanished completely.
Lu Wanqing was stunned and rushed forward anxiously. She reached out to grab him, but where the little boy had stood was now just a blank space, with nothing there.
"Child?"
Lu Wanqing was frantic. She instinctively turned to search for the child in the crowd.
"Baby?"
She called out to the child anxiously, but after looking around, there was no trace of the red-haired little boy anywhere. Lu Wanqing had a faint feeling that perhaps the child had gone offline?
But why so suddenly?
And he had flickered just before, which felt quite abnormal!
If this had happened to someone else, Lu Wanqing might not have worried. But that child was very likely her own cub. Thinking of her cub suddenly disappearing under such abnormal circumstances, she felt uneasy. She quickly opened her comm terminal to check for information.
Fortunately, the interstellar network was very convenient. It was easy to query one or two problems. Lu Wanqing soon confirmed that in that situation, the little one had indeed gone offline. However, it wasn't a normal logout, but rather unstable network connection?
Lu Wanqing thought about it and felt that the situation was somewhat like a sudden disconnection in the 21st century, just a bad connection, suddenly unable to connect to the internet, and logged out.
With the reason clarified, Lu Wanqing hesitantly returned to her stool, hesitated for a moment, and then sat down.
But staring at the spot where the little guy had disappeared, she felt something was wrong. It was already the interstellar era, was the network still so poor that it would cause a disconnection!
Lu Wanqing was unsure if the little guy would come back online, and inexplicably reluctant to leave, she sat there waiting. She couldn't help but think, what if the child's network quickly recovered and he came back online?
Unfortunately, time ticked by. Lu Wanqing watched as the interstellar netizens in front of the live broadcast screen came and went, and after several hours, the little boy still hadn't reappeared.
Wouldn't he come back online?
Lu Wanqing thought, feeling a strange sense of loss.
She actually missed her other cubs quite a bit. Especially after spending time with Lan Lan, she had slowly come to accept these children. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder, the children were already four years old, as they grew up, did they miss their Mommy before? Or rather, do they want their Mommy now?
A notification suddenly popped up. It was half-past three in the afternoon, almost four o'clock. She should go offline and prepare to pick up Xiao Mu Lan from kindergarten.
Thinking this, Lu Wanqing stood up. She glanced around, confirming that there was no sign of the red-haired little boy anywhere, then sighed. She picked up the stool, returned it to the shop owner, and finally went offline.
Mu Si Jie was busy with the press conference today and didn't have time to pick up the child, so it was just Lu Wanqing going alone today.
However, upon arriving at the kindergarten, Lu Wanqing clearly noticed that Xiao Mu Lan's smile today was much, much brighter than before. He was radiating an aura of immense happiness.
"Mommy!" Xiao Mu Lan quickly ran out of the kindergarten and hugged Lu Wanqing's leg.
Lu Wanqing ruffled his hair and smiled, asking, "Lan Lan, are you very happy today?"
Xiao Mu Lan immediately nodded vigorously, incredibly happy, "Yes!"
Lu Wanqing said goodbye to the teacher and then took Xiao Mu Lan to the hovercar.
On the hovercar, as soon as Xiao Mu Lan got in, he couldn't help but start chattering non-stop, telling Lu Wanqing about what happened at kindergarten today.
It turned out that as soon as Xiao Mu Lan arrived at kindergarten today, he couldn't wait to brag to the other children about his Mommy making a Super 3S mecha. He also said that their family's Super 3S mecha would have its press conference and officially launch today.
The children in kindergarten were still very young and didn't understand much. But when they heard about the Super 3S mecha, they seemed to understand it all, knowing that the Super 3S mecha was incredibly powerful, even more powerful than a 3S mecha!
Because of the news of the Super 3S mecha, Xiao Mu Lan instantly became the darling idol of the kindergarten. All the children vied to befriend Mu Lan. Some children even wanted to touch the Super 3S mecha and begged Xiao Mu Lan for a long time.
"Mommy, I didn't agree directly. I told them I had to ask Daddy and Mommy's opinion. If Daddy and Mommy both agreed, then I could let them touch the Super 3S mecha!" Xiao Mu Lan had been talking for a long time, his mouth was dry, but he still earnestly said.
He was very happy today, but he hadn't forgotten that the Super 3S mecha was very important. Daddy and Mommy hadn't agreed, so he couldn't casually let outsiders touch it!