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A sound came from the front door.
Da Qiao had just showered and come downstairs when she saw Xiao Qiao walk in, exhaustion written all over her face.
"You're back?"
The two sisters exchanged a look across the room.
Xiao Qiao took off her coat and tossed it on the floor, threw her bag aside, then collapsed weakly onto the couch without a word. Her latest experiment had failed again.
She was in a terrible mood.
Da Qiao bent down to pick up her clothes. She had expected this. "I told you, your reasoning was wrong. That approach is dangerous. The CR Medicine-"
"Shut up," Xiao Qiao snapped.
The two of them were always arguing over these theories.
Da Qiao paused and said nothing, simply setting the things beside the couch.
Xiao Qiao worked through her emotions on her own.
A message suddenly came through her Wristband. Thanks to a special setting, A-Ku's voice played aloud immediately. "Mom, Mom! I saw Man-Eating Flowers at school today! They were eavesdropping outside the classroom!! Then the teacher let them in!"
The little boy was always chattering away.
Xiao Qiao sat up listlessly, composed herself, and spoke in the soothing tone she used with children. "All right. Go straight back to the Research Institute after school. Don't wander around outside. Grandpa Ji and the other aunts and uncles will worry, understand?"
Although she had adopted A-Ku,
Xiao Qiao really had no time to look after the little boy. She was doing her best to give him the best she could.
Since she didn't feel comfortable leaving him alone,
A-Ku spent most of his time living at the Research Institute.
There were people at the Research Institute around the clock.
There were also rest rooms upstairs.
The cafeteria was right downstairs.
Xiao Qiao