"Oh, right, Mengmeng, come say hello to your brother."
As if something had occurred to him, Bai Guoshan slapped his forehead and, chuckling, pushed the somewhat bashful little girl with twin ponytails out from behind him and in front of Bai Yi.
"Mengmeng, haven't you always complained that you never get to see your second brother?"
Bai Yu chuckled beside them, then added a little encouragement.
"Didn't you prepare a gift for your second brother, too? You can give it to him now."
At her father's and eldest sister's words, Bai Meng's already flushed face grew even redder.
"Hello... Second Brother..."
"I'm... Mengmeng... Nice to meet you..."
Bai Meng lowered her head and murmured quietly. Her little eyes stole a glance upward, and when she saw Bai Yi's faint smile, she ducked her head again and hurriedly brought her hands out from behind her back.
"Hello, Second Brother! Hello, Second Brother!"
Bai Yi raised his brows slightly. On Bai Meng's cupped palms, a mechanical parrot covered in pink armor plates flapped its wings merrily.
Its flickering optical eyes shone with something resembling emotion.
"Hello, Mengmeng."
"Did you make this parrot yourself?"
Taking the mechanical parrot, Bai Yi bent down and smiled as he patted Bai Meng's little head.
"Mm-hmm!"
"Little Nine is the ninth intelligent mechanical entity Mengmeng has made, and Mengmeng's most amazing pet!"
At the mention of the mechanical parrot, Bai Meng's nervous shyness vanished. She puffed out her chest and nodded firmly.
"Then Mengmeng really is amazing..."
Hearing her confident answer, Bai Yi felt a little surprised.
With his discerning eye, he could tell at a glance that his little sister's actual bone age should be no more than six.
Her spiritual roots were also like his had once been: merely ordinary four-element spiritual roots.
However, for