"So, this afternoon you not only encountered a mysterious Propagation Swarm King, but also a bad woman, and this bad woman even taught you a skill?"
Little Wangshu, do you think Lady Jingliu is stupid? No, wait, Little Wangshu shouldn't be this smart.
"It was a man..." Wangshu corrected feebly.
Although Shuhu is often described using 'It', in the plot, he was indeed referred to as 'he' by Jingliu. In other words, that fellow whose authenticity was hard to distinguish might really be male.
Jingliu shook her head seriously, her small expression written full of 'I have experience': "The good-looking ones are all bad women."
Wangshu: ...
He looked at Jingliu acting like a little adult and nodded sensibly: "You're right."
The two returned to the stall. The batter was already bottoming out; they could get off work early today. Jingliu rubbed her small belly, feeling a tiny bit of melancholy in her heart—she didn't get to see Little Wangshu at his busiest.
Subsequently, she glanced back as if sensing something. At the Academy entrance, her good friends were staring blankly at her; they hadn't even gone to the canteen to eat!
Jingliu's face heated up slightly, but before turning her head to face Wangshu, she quickly stiffened her small face, cleared her throat, and admonished him in all seriousness:
"Little Wangshu, you must remember, when walking outside, you have to learn to 'Guard Your Countenance'."
"Guard Your Countenance?"
Wangshu repeated it. It sounded like some kind of ancient teaching or etiquette of the Xianzhou, quite high-class.
"It means don't smile at everyone you see; it's easy to get scammed that way," Jingliu explained.
Wangshu was silent for a moment, then gave a soft 'oh'. He thought there was some high-class explanation, but it turned out to just be 'don't smile too foolishly'.
The Academy was slightly crowded at noon. By the time the two returned home, the time was already approaching 12 o'clock. After arriving home, Little Jingliu hopped directly off the small cart, her blue-and-white hair tracing an arc in the sunlight.
"Do you have any other plans for the afternoon?" she asked while pushing open the courtyard gate.
Wangshu thought for two seconds and spoke very pragmatically: "Mix new batter, replenish the consumed ingredients, and additionally... I want to go to the bookstore to see if there are any books regarding the Swarm or the anecdotes of the Ancient Kingdom."
He had to understand what kind of concept a Swarm King in this world actually was; what he had seen and heard in the game previously was ultimately not clear enough.
Truly a simple and steadfast plan, Jingliu thought. He looks so honest; no wonder he was deceived by my future self.
Thinking of this, Little Jingliu felt the sense of responsibility in her heart rise again. She stood on tiptoe and rubbed Little Wangshu's head.
"I've decided, I'm going to sign up for this year's Adult Qualification Exam!"
She needed to obtain a formal identity as soon as possible to better protect Little Wangshu, who looked very easy to deceive.
Jingliu was essentially a character who couldn't stay idle. Although she liked lying in bed when home alone, right now there wasn't just one person at home, after all... She had to find something more constructive for herself to do.
Wangshu looked at Jingliu, who didn't even reach the height of his shoulder and whose face still carried the childishness of a young girl. He hesitated, gesturing at her height, but in the end, he swallowed back the sentence 'You look completely like a minor'.
Lunch was still cooked by Wangshu. Although Jingliu could cook, and although the little one always spoke beautifully, the moment it involved actual matters, Jingliu instantly lost her steam.
"Did you cook at home in the past too?"
Jingliu stirred the soup. She was suddenly somewhat curious about how her future self got along with Wangshu.
Wangshu nodded gently: "But most of the time we ordered takeout; it was more convenient. Cooking alone at home is really troublesome. Two people are okay; at least there's motivation to cook."
"I didn't often accompany..."
Oh, I asked before. Her future self indeed didn't often accompany Little Wangshu. Little Wangshu probably waited bitterly at home every day. In the end, Little Wangshu was alone, lacking even the motivation to cook... Honest people are just easy to bully, she imagined.
"Then I will come back every noon to keep you company from now on."
Little Jingliu made an arbitrary decision, her small face full of loyalty. Although her future self was bad, that was the future; the current Jingliu was not a bad child.
Wangshu looked at her serious appearance, his heart softening. He smiled and responded: "Alright, I will look forward to it."
He was speaking from the heart. Staying alone was indeed prone to boredom; with two people, even if they just quietly did their own things, the air seemed to have more warm vitality.
After eating, while Wangshu was still washing the dishes and chopsticks with the sound of rushing water, Jingliu found a bicycle from some unknown corner.
Even though it had been left in the corner for so long, the bicycle still didn't have any aura of age or decay. Jingliu casually wiped it down at the end.
"Little Wangshu, do you know how to ride a bicycle?" She pointed at the bicycle, her crimson eyes shining.
"Is there anyone who doesn't know how to use this thing?" Wangshu retorted subconsciously.
And do you Xianzhou people really have a use for bicycles?
Jingliu tilted her small face up, righteous and confident: "Yes, I don't!"
You don't, so why did you push it out... Oh!
Wangshu, realizing what was happening, understood instantly. He discovered that although Little Jingliu looked like a child on the outside, she was indeed 18 years old. Anyway, not a childish kid, even though she was indeed somewhat childish in individual matters.
"Then I'll take Jingliu to school this afternoon; that way we don't have to worry about traffic jams on the road."
Although Cangcheng rarely had traffic jams, it did have a population of tens of billions after all. At certain prosperous intersections or specific locations... for example, the Academy intersection, there was always some congestion.
Right, that's how it should be. Jingliu put her small hands on her hips, her expression triumphant.
Although there was a suspicion of 'inheriting a finished account', it was her future self after all, and her future self was a scum woman to boot. Lady Jingliu was not the type of character who couldn't even accept such a small matter.
...
On the other side, inside the Xuling.
Achoo!
Sigh. Jingliu sighed, yet did not ask Wangshu why he was using her power again.
That little brat would definitely answer as a matter of course: Because Little Jingliu thinks it's cool!
Anyway, with Shuhu transmitting the teachings, there was indeed no need to worry about the issue of Propagation offspring. Indeed, Shuhu really racked his brains to destroy Cangcheng.
And Wangshu... relying on that naive past version of herself, he really did whatever he wanted! Evil little brat!
*[Promising Future Chat Group]*
Asta: "I have a question. Is 'Talent' really an unavoidable topic in this universe?"
Jingliu: "...Why do you have this kind of doubt?"
Asta: "Because when I borrowed your power, Senior, I never felt the call of Propagation."
Wangshu: "Actually, the reason might be very simple. It's because in your era, the Propagation remains had already been dug up by Senior Jingliu."
Obtaining the answer, Asta instantly exposed her objective: "So, if we utilize the cross-spacetime characteristics of this chat group properly, do we effectively possess the resources of two universes right now?"
Jingliu: ...
Wangshu: ...
Wangshu: "What do you want to do?"
Asta: "I was thinking, if I send the knowledge of the Herta sequence to her in advance, will Madam Herta save dozens or hundreds of years of research effort?"
Wangshu: "Leaving aside whether it will work, are you sure Herta agreed?"
Asta: "This is exactly what Madam Herta asked me to ask."
Jingliu: "Smooth."
Wangshu: "+1"
So you trust Herta that much, to even tell her about the chat group!
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