After opening the backend protection software, Mo Jingchun found its interface extremely crude—even downright ugly, with no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.
But that did not affect its protective capabilities.
After checking the backend logs, Mo Jingchun rubbed his chin, somewhat doubtful that the protection software he had developed was not quite up to scratch.
Otherwise, after Zhang Aijun's USB Drive had been plugged in just now, it should have left something behind on the laptop, or at least recorded the copying of other files.
Mo Jingchun had even prepared fake files, but unexpectedly, nothing had been copied.
Shaking his head, Mo Jingchun stopped thinking about it. Once people started overthinking things, they only got troubled, and all sorts of problems came knocking.
When he checked the time, it was already past ten at night. No wonder the little one who had been fussing in his arms had long since quieted down. With no one to soothe her, she had fallen asleep on her own.
After settling Candy down, Mo Jingchun took a hot shower. By the time he lay down in bed, it was nearly eleven.
He had originally planned to find a vendor that night and buy all the components for the Smart Anti-Shake Spoon, but it seemed the plan would have to be postponed by a day.
As Mo Jingchun switched off the bedside lamp, the bedroom darkened.
With his schoolbag on his back and a canvas bag in hand, Mo Jingchun hung the Teething Stick sterilized with boiling water around the little one's neck again, picked up the cutie from the Baby Carriage, and set off!
"Morning."
"Morning."
"Hey? Mo Jingchun, wait for me. Let's go together." Mo Jingchun turned around and saw that the person calling out to him was Yang Changming, the Sports Committee Member, with whom he rarely exchanged more than a few words.
"What's up, Yang Changming?"
Yang Changming smiled, then pulled an apple from his coat pocket and stuffed it into Candy's hands.
"I was in a hurry this morning, so the apple hasn't been washed yet."
After saying that, Yang Changming continued, "You took leave that day, didn't you? I announced something in class that day. You should be the only one who doesn't know yet."
"The Sports Meet?" When it came to something the Sports Committee Member would announce, the first thing that came to Mo Jingchun's mind was the Sports Meet.
"Exactly, exactly, the Sports Meet. The school will hold its annual Sports Meet at the end of this month. Do you want to participate? It's all about taking part."
Mo Jingchun gave an awkward smile and refused.
"Forget it. You can see for yourself—I've always got a tagalong with me."
Mo Jingchun could only use his little sister Candy as a shield. He could hardly confidently tell Yang Changming that he, Mo Jingchun, was not good at a single sport.
After Mo Jingchun turned him down, Yang Changming's expression stiffened a little.
Yang Changming was suffering bitterly inside. Of all the class officers, the Sports Committee Member had the easiest time normally, but whenever the school's Sports Meet was about to begin, Yang Changming realized just how painful it really was.
There were barely any students in the class who volunteered to sign up for the Sports Meet.
Otherwise, Yang Changming would not have gone looking for Mo Jingchun, who had to take care of a child every day.
During the lunch break, Mo Jingchun was browsing stores and searching for the materials he needed. Just as he was checking the product details for a Linkage Device, he heard Candy crying, even though she should have been sleeping.
When Mo Jingchun turned around, he was completely stunned. He was so shocked that he even forgot to blurt out a single bit of Essence of the Nation.
Don't ask why the little one had suddenly started crying. The answer was that she had made herself cry.
She had really gone all out. She had grabbed her own hair and pulled until it hurt so much that she cried, yet she still refused to let go.
She was truly ruthless—even to herself!
"Come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come. Let go. Release it."
Mo Jingchun tried to pry open the little hand gripping the hair while soothing her.
But the little one's hand was clenched far too tightly, and he could not pry it open at all. On top of that, Mo Jingchun did not dare use too much force on those tender little fingers.
"Oh dear, Candy, let go."
"Waaah!" Candy cried her eyes out, but she simply refused to let go.
"Let go, let go."
"Ah, hm-hm-hm-hm~"
Mo Jingchun did not know whether to laugh or cry. This was truly a situation that left him at a loss between laughter and tears.
In the end, Mo Jingchun used the Teething Stick to get the little one to release her chubby right hand, which had been pulling hard on her hair.
It looked like the little one would not be sleeping again during lunch.
Mo Jingchun filled a basin with water and washed the little one's face, which was streaked with tears. He wanted to prevent the cold wind from making her adorable little face peel when they went out in the afternoon.
"You little fool, why did you pull your own hair?"
"You used all the strength you have for drinking milk."
"Did you think it wouldn't hurt?"
Mo Jingchun was just like a mother. As he took care of the little one, he kept nagging without pause.
In a usually quiet three-courtyard Courtyard House within Beijing's Second Ring Road, things were especially lively today. The entire extended family had returned from all over the world.
It was all because today was Old Master Li ZhengBang's seventieth birthday!
In the courtyard, Li Na sat on an old wooden bench, holding her phone in front of her still-charming mother.
"Mom, Mom, look quickly. Isn't this baby adorable?"
"Mom, I'm telling you, Candy is just too cute, especially those big eyes."
Tang Xiaomei looked at the adorable baby on her daughter's phone, feeling extremely envious. But when she thought of her daughter's circumstances, she could not help sighing.
"Daughter, don't count on me anymore. I really can't find anyone suitable to introduce to you."
"You really were something. Which girl in the whole country was as mischievous as you were when you were little? You flicked every young master in the Capital City on their little worms, and they all ended up traumatized. Not to mention arranging blind dates for you—whenever they hear your name, they run."
Li Na waved her hand. "Mom, I was too young to know better back then. Besides, I'm not in a hurry."
"I just think children are so adorable. Mom, don't you agree?"
"Look, you don't even urge my little brother. He's been married for a year already, but he still hasn't had a baby for you to look after."
Li Yuanfang, who had been cracking sunflower seeds and sitting with his wife while watching his older sister's misfortune, abruptly froze with a smile on his face.
How had the subject suddenly shifted to him? As the younger brother, he was already married. Shouldn't the most urgent matter now be getting his older sister a partner and married?
Li Yuanfang and his wife thought alike. They both wanted to enjoy another couple of carefree years before having a child.
"That's right. When are you two planning to have a child?"
The moment Tang Xiaomei said this, the aunts nearby joined in and began urging them to have a baby.
"It's been over a year already. It's about time you two had a child. Is our Lao Li family too poor to raise one or something?"
"Your mother thinks about looking after a baby every day."
Li Yuanfang's scalp went numb from all the talking. He said quietly, "Isn't my sister still unmarried? There's no rush."
"When will your sister get married? If she never marries in this lifetime, are you going to never have children either?"
"Exactly, exactly." Li Na felt no shame about it. Instead, she took pride in it and raised both hands in agreement with her eldest aunt.
Yet no one actually retorted against Li Na, because everyone had resigned themselves to reality. They would never arrange another blind date for Li Na, even if it killed them.
"Work has been very busy lately. Once the company gets through this busy period, I'll discuss it with Xue Er."
P.S. Thanks for the tips, Xingchen and Diandian! (๑`･ᴗ･´๑)
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