"Whoosh!"
Another arrow shot out. Little Zhong Li Yi's eyes widened, staring intently at the bird on the tree ahead. Would he hit it?
The arrow flew through a gap in the branches. The bird on the branch suddenly spread its wings and flew away.
Little Yi took a deep breath, knitted his brows, and stared at the tree with a look of profound bitterness.
Why couldn't he hit it?
Mommy could always shoot them down!
Thinking of this, little Zhong Li Yi, holding his bow and arrow, turned his head to look at Lu Wan Qing. At that moment, he saw a familiar person.
"Dad?" Little Zhong Li Yi looked at Zhong Li Fei Yu. The hand holding the bow and arrow unconsciously hid behind his back, tense.
Zhong Li Fei Yu noticed the child's action of hiding the bow and arrow. He hesitated for a moment, recalling the small gesture Lu Wan Qing often made, rubbing the top of the child's head when interacting with him. He also raised his hand and gently rubbed Little Yi's head.
"It's okay. If you like playing, you can come up and play for a while occasionally in the future," Zhong Li Fei Yu said.
Little Zhong Li Yi's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes erupted with wild joy: "Really?"
Seeing Little Yi's excited expression, Zhong Li Fei Yu suddenly realized that perhaps he had been too strict with the child in the past?
"Mmm," Zhong Li Fei Yu nodded slightly.
Little Zhong Li Yi instantly smiled. The corners of his mouth curved uncontrollably. He was so happy.
Thinking of this, little Zhong Li Yi turned his head, took Lu Wan Qing's hand, and said happily, "Mommy, Dad said I can come up and play for a while occasionally from now on!"
Lu Wan Qing smiled and nodded: "Mmm."
Little Zhong Li Yi couldn't help but giggle foolishly, happy.
Lu Wan Qing opened her optical computer and glanced at the time. It was already half-past six. No wonder Zhong Li Fei Yu had come online. She had been practicing archery with Little Yi and had lost track of time.
"But we should go down now. It's dinner time, time for dinner," Lu Wan Qing reminded him.
Little Zhong Li Yi paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay." He was very happy.
"Do you want to buy some of the fish we caught and the birds we shot?" Lu Wan Qing asked Little Yi.
This was the first time she and Little Yi had come up to play. Although the harvest wasn't much, buying a little to take home would have a different meaning, right?
Little Zhong Li Yi looked at her, nervous: "Can we?"
Zhong Li Fei Yu saw the anticipation in Little Yi's eyes and said, "Let's buy them."
"Mmm," Lu Wan Qing nodded with a smile.
However, she didn't buy all of them. One fish was enough, and one bird was enough. They could try the taste first. There would be plenty of time in the future, and she could bring Little Yi up to play again. For next time's results, they could order again, keeping the taste fresher.
Lu Wan Qing placed the order, then left "Barren Star" with Zhong Li Fei Yu and Little Yi. They went offline!
In the room, Lu Wan Qing emerged from the star net pod and immediately went to the next room to check.
In the adjacent room, little Zhong Li Yi also emerged from his star net pod. Seeing his mother, his eyes lit up. The child was happy: "Mommy!"
Lu Wan Qing smiled, incredibly happy. Little Yi called her Mommy again. The child had accepted her!
"Mmm!" Lu Wan Qing nodded with a smile.
"Come on, let's go downstairs for dinner," Lu Wan Qing held out her hand to Little Yi.
Little Yi immediately ran out of the room and extended his small hand, placing it into Lu Wan Qing's palm.
Lu Wan Qing held the child's hand and they went downstairs together to the dining room.
The Marshal was still not home. In the dining room, there were only Lu Wan Qing, little Zhong Li Yi, and Zhong Li Fei Yu.
As dinner was about to be served, Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but ask, "Is the Marshal not coming back for dinner today?"
"Grandpa usually eats at the military headquarters," little Zhong Li Yi suddenly chimed in.
Lu Wan Qing was surprised that Little Yi had spoken up voluntarily. She smiled at his words and turned to look at him, saying gently, "Mmm-hmm, Mommy knows."
"Let's eat!" Little Zhong Li Yi said again, actively inviting Lu Wan Qing to eat.
Lu Wan Qing looked at Little Yi, her heart warming, feeling very happy. "Mmm, let's eat together!"
Lu Wan Qing ate first, and Little Yi followed suit. Watching Mommy eat, he felt that the food tasted even better and he ate with more joy.
Zhong Li Fei Yu watched from the side, his feelings a little complex. Although he had known that Lu Wan Qing's arrival might make Little Yi more lively, seeing it happen made him feel a little... sour.
Zhong Li Fei Yu also started eating. As he ate, his mind couldn't help but ponder Lu Wan Qing's earlier words. Had he truly been wrong?
Dinner was over quickly. In the interstellar era, there was no need to clean the table; the domestic robots would handle everything. Lu Wan Qing sat down on the sofa with Little Yi. After all the commotion, it was time to rest.
Zhong Li Fei Yu also sat down not far from them. He operated his optical computer a few times, and a screen projection instantly appeared on the living room wall.
Lu Wan Qing curiously raised her head and looked over.
Zhong Li Fei Yu habitually switched to the interstellar news channel and began to watch.
Lu Wan Qing watched for a while, then couldn't help but ask, "Is this television?"
Zhong Li Fei Yu turned his head at her words and met Lu Wan Qing's bright eyes: "Television?"
Lu Wan Qing quickly nodded: "Yes, it's television. In our time, the country also had dedicated televisions. What you're showing now is called the news channel, which broadcasts news from all over the country, and even the world."
Zhong Li Fei Yu thought for a moment, then chuckled and nodded: "You could say that."
"How is there something like this here? I didn't know before," Lu Wan Qing said again.
When she was at the Mu family's, she had mentioned television, but Mu Si Jie and Little Mu Lan seemed to have little recollection, which led her to mistakenly believe that there was no television in the interstellar era.
"Are there other channels?"
"Like romance dramas, idol dramas, martial arts dramas, Xianxia dramas?"
Looking at the "television" on the wall, Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but ask a series of soul-searching questions.
Zhong Li Fei Yu was completely amused by her. He said with a laugh, "I projected it using my optical computer. If you want to watch something, you can use your own optical computer to search for what you like, then click to project it, and project your optical computer screen."
Lu Wan Qing: "???"
Lu Wan Qing looked at Zhong Li Fei Yu suspiciously, suspecting he was teasing her.
Although she was an ancient Earthling from over three thousand years ago and didn't understand much about the interstellar era, she had been in the interstellar age for a year. She knew what projecting from an optical computer looked like.
Zhong Li Fei Yu explained with a smile: "The living room wall is different. This wall is made of special materials that can magnify and refine projections."
Lu Wan Qing: "So... it's that high-tech?"
Zhong Li Fei Yu said: "Do you want to try?"
"Okay," Lu Wan Qing said without politeness. Such high-tech things, she wanted to play with them, right?
Zhong Li Fei Yu raised his wrist, operated his optical computer a few times, and turned off the projection. Then he looked at Lu Wan Qing and asked, "Do you know how to operate it?"
"I'll try," Lu Wan Qing said quickly, a little excited.