Guo-ge

The second day after the military training ended, Friday, the weather was still scorching hot. According to the weather forecast, there was no possibility of rain in Jingcheng within the next seven days.

After half a month of military training within the school campus, the freshmen who hadn't left the school gates for half a month formed groups of three or five to go shopping, under the guise of "familiarizing themselves with the living environment around the school."

Mo Jingchun didn't live in the dormitory building and didn't have roommates, so naturally, no one invited him to go out and have fun. Coupled with the hot weather and a little tag-along, Mo Jingchun had no interest in going out at all.

Was the air conditioning in the bedroom not cool enough, or was the sun outside not scorching enough?

In the Apartment Building, Mo Jingchun, who hadn't stepped out of the door, was writing code on his laptop. It wouldn't be long before the code for the first custom library would be completed. By then, some of the algorithms for the smart butler could be taken out and used.

On the bed, the little one, who was sleeping with her eyes closed, occasionally moved her eyelashes. The little one had been sleeping since noon, and it had already been over two hours. Mo Jingchun, who noticed his sister's sleep time, planned to wait for another hour, around three o'clock.

If his sister still hadn't woken up by then, Mo Jingchun was prepared to use a summoning spell to forcibly wake the little one.

It wasn't that Mo Jingchun didn't want his sister Candy to sleep. The problem was that if she slept too much during the day, the little one would be full of energy at night and wouldn't sleep until the middle of the night.

He had to help his sister Candy develop a biological clock, otherwise, both of them might not get a good night's sleep in the future. By then, they wouldn't have energy for classes, and wouldn't they fail the final exams? Although even with self-study, he wouldn't fail, what if there was an accident? That would be quite embarrassing.

In the quiet and comfortable bedroom, the rhythmic tapping sound on the laptop keyboard was like music, helping one sleep.

In such an environment, Candy, with a tuft of hair sticking up, slept especially peacefully.

An hour later, Mo Jingchun stood up and stretched, twisted his sore neck, and walked to the window to look into the distance.

In less than a minute, Mo Jingchun felt that his originally sore and somewhat swollen eyes had improved significantly.

Turning around, looking at Candy on the bed who showed no signs of waking up, Mo Jingchun shrugged helplessly.

"Hope she doesn't cry."

Walking to the bed, Mo Jingchun first gently patted Candy's shoulder a few times with his hand.

"Candy? Candy? Wake up."

"Get up!"

"Hey, hey, wake up, little lazy bug."

What made Mo Jingchun laugh and cry was that after calling for a long time, the little one just pouted, showing no intention of waking up and opening her eyes.

"Get up, get up, get up."

"Candy, get up."

"Hey, hey, hey, stop pretending to be asleep, hurry up and get up."

Under Mo Jingchun's repeated forced summoning spells, the little one finally rebooted.

Candy, who was woken up by Mo Jingchun, opened and closed her eyes, her face full of confusion.

Mo Jingchun picked up his still somewhat confused sister Candy from the bed and went to the bathroom. After a while, Mo Jingchun carried his fully awake sister back to the bedroom, and then Mo Jingchun started playing with small toys with his sister.

"Ding ding ding, the little train is about to depart."

"Mmm~" The little one extended her chubby little hand and took the little train from Mo Jingchun's hand. After playing for a while, the little train was thrown aside by Candy, and she started playing with the Little Yellow Duck that squeaked when squeezed hard. As for the little train she had just held in her hand, it had been completely forgotten by Candy.

"Guo-ge~" Mo Jingchun shook the rattle drum, trying to attract his sister Candy's attention.

"Hmm."

"Guo-ge."

"Hmm."

"Guo-ge."

"Yi ya."

Mo Jingchun patiently taught his sister Candy to call him Guo-ge over and over again, but each time the little one would only respond with an "hmm" to Mo Jingchun.

He didn't know if Candy could say "hmm," or if "hmm" was just a sound, and as for what "hmm" meant, the little one had no idea.

"Candy, why can't you talk yet?"

"Didn't the internet say that babies start making overlapping sounds when they're six months old?"

Candy, whose eyes were only on various toys, eventually stopped paying attention to Mo Jingchun altogether and just played by herself.

While playing, she would sometimes inexplicably laugh for a while, leaving people completely bewildered.

At dinner time, Mo Jingchun, holding a bowl of Millet Porridge, looked at his sister in the stroller with her eager eyes and had a sudden idea.

"Candy, if you call me Guo-ge, I'll feed you, how about that?" Mo Jingchun looked at his sister Candy with anticipation.

"Since you didn't refuse, then Guo-ge will take that as a yes."

"Come, learn with me, g~e, ge, Guo-ge."

Candy in the stroller frowned, opened her mouth, and couldn't understand why there was no delicious food.

"g~e, ge, Guo-ge."

After a long while, the anxious Candy held it in for a long time and finally made a sound, "Guo."

Mo Jingchun raised an eyebrow, feeling a little surprised in his heart. It really worked. Although the pronunciation wasn't accurate, compared to only making "yi ya yi ya" sounds before, it was already a very obvious improvement.

"Yes, yes, yes, keep learning with me. g~e, ge, Guo-ge."

The anxious Candy restlessly looked around, and in Mo Jingchun's anticipation, finally called out the overlapping sound.

"Guo-guo."

Mo Jingchun, who was happy, quickly nodded and said:

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

At the same time, he didn't forget to feed his sister Candy the Millet Porridge.

At this, the little one seemed to understand, smiling and clapping her little hands, calling out "Guo-guo."

Having tasted the Millet Porridge again, Candy's eyes became even more determined, and she began to call out "Guo-guo" over and over again.

At night, Mo Jingchun experienced the dual feeling of happiness and annoyance.

As soon as the little one needed something, she would definitely call out "Guo-guo," and no matter how Mo Jingchun corrected her, the little one would still call out "Guo-guo" instead of the correct pronunciation "Guo-ge."

After tossing and turning until past nine o'clock at night, his sister Candy finally quieted down, lying peacefully on a pillow towel. Mo Jingchun gently patted his sister Candy's chest, softly humming a song.

"Only mothers are good in this world, a child with a mother is like a treasure."

"Thrown into Mom's embrace, happiness is endless."

"Without Mom, it's the most painful; a child without a mother is like a blade of grass."

"Leaving Mom's embrace, where can happiness be found?"

"Where can happiness be found..."

As he hummed, the room fell silent. Under the light, a glimmer seemed to flash in Mo Jingchun's eyes, incredibly beautiful.

With the click of the switch, the room plunged into darkness, save for a faint light that snuck in through the gap in the curtains.

Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, Mo Jingchun wasn't asleep, nor was he sleepy. He just lay there quietly, lost in thought.