Becoming a life winner from infancy

"How, how can this not be okay?"

"You haven't finished your fruit!"

Xia Nuo seriously said, "Kids who have played house know that you are a guest in my home right now, and leaving without accepting the host's kindness is very impolite behavior. You have to finish it all before you can do the next thing."

"But, but there's so much fruit, I can't finish it..."

"Even if you can't finish it, you have to force yourself to eat it. That's the etiquette you need to follow when you're a guest in someone else's home, isn't the adult world all dark and cruel like that?"

"You, you don't need to know about the darkness of the adult world, okay!"

It was then that Meng Qing slowly realized that this special training had meaning after all.

I, I need to be patient!

In the end, Meng Qing suppressed the urge to vomit and cleared the fruit plate.

"Alright, now that I've finished eating..."

Meng Qing held her swollen little belly, "Now... can I help you with your homework?"

"Sure, come on up!"

Xia Nuo took Meng Qing's hand and walked up the stairs. "Before we start the homework, let me give you a tour of my room!"

"Ah... that—"

Meng Qing wanted to outright refuse, but upon seeing Xia Nuo's bedroom which she showed her, she immediately opened her mouth in astonishment.

"Wow... Is this really all your own room? It feels so spacious!"

Meng Qing excitedly admired all the cute dolls and ornaments in Xia Nuo's bedroom, aside from the spaceship models, it was truly a dream boudoir for millions of girls in the country, with pink dreamy cartoon decor, various life-sized cute dolls and figures, a princess bed with curtains, and a dome decorated with stars.

This was the generous handiwork of the great dad Xia Anyang, who always tried to fulfill his daughter's room design wishes at the earliest opportunity.

Xia Anyang had thought that any blood-and-thunder boy of the same age would shy away from such a cute room.

However, the unusual Emperor Youyou still pushed on, completely lacking the sense of shame and gender awareness that boys his age should have.

If he knew that he had even shared a bed with Nuo Nuo, who knows what kind of expression would be on Xia Anyang's face?

Of course, that's a story for another time.

Right now, Meng Qing lingered in Xia Nuo's bedroom, feeling almost as if she were wandering in a fairyland.

"Can, can I try sitting on this bed?"

"Sure! Don't be shy! Go ahead!"

So, Meng Qing slowly sat down at the edge of Xia Nuo's bed.

So, so soft!

The whole bottom sank in!

Only in such a cozy and dreamy room could a girl as elfin, lively, cute, and filled with fairy-tale princess charm like Nuo Nuo be cultivated, right?

Meng Qing couldn't resist such softness and lay straight down on Xia Nuo's bed.

Then Xia Nuo also lay down next to her, watching Meng Qing's excited face from the side.

Before Xia Nuo could speak, Meng Qing began to tell her about herself on her own initiative.

"I've never had my own room, I've always shared with my sister, and later, I lived in a dormitory. My sister and I shared bunk beds, you know, the kind where there's a bed on top and a bed below. I've always slept on the top bunk, but I really wanted to sleep on the bottom; the top bunk feels so unsafe..."

"That's alright! I've slept on the top bunk too."

"When, when did you?"

"Mmmm... I can't tell you right now! It's a secret!"

Xia Nuo put her finger to her lips in a hushing gesture, smiling as she asked Meng Qing, "Meng Qing, if you really like my bed, why don't you spend the night and sleep here with me tonight?"

"Can, can I... That would be so embarrassing..."

"It's fine, my mom and dad are really nice, they'll let you sleep with me as long as I explain the situation!"

"Then, then I'll..."

Meng Qing was just about to accept, when she suddenly heard what seemed to be a devilish whisper from a boy echoing in her ear.

"If I can't meet the special training target by five o'clock, I'll have to punish you—"

"No, no, no, no! It's not time to rest yet!"

Meng Qing sprang up like a carp leaping out of water, "It's, it's time to do homework, Nuo Nuo!"

She's like a devil, this child.

Always making me fall into her traps without realizing it.

But—

Living in such a comfortable room, sleeping on such a comfortable bed...

To say Meng Qing wasn't tempted would be impossible.

But there are more important things to do right now.

I'm sorry, master...

I was still doubting your choice.

Only now do I truly understand the painstaking care you took!

If one can't focus on the task at hand, nothing can be accomplished.

Meng Qing finally got down to business, preparing to properly tutor Xia Nuo in her studies.

Though Xia Nuo had become much smarter, she still had an obstinate attitude toward homework.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Ah, why do we have to do homework every day, I don't want to write!"

"Eheh... Look at my Ayu-class Glory Battleship, and here's the Ling Nai-class Light Frigate."

"Nuo Nuo, you can't draw there, focus on writing your diary."

"Come on, there are only these math problems left."

"Why does six times six have to be thirty-six? Why can't it be thirty-seven?"

"You see... suppose there are six strawberries in this basket, and there are six baskets in total, two baskets make twelve, and three baskets would make—"

"Why do six plus six have to make twelve? Why can't it be thirteen? Why does one plus one have to equal two?"

Meng Qing, somewhat helpless, responded to Xia Nuo, who tilted her head and asked:

"There are not so many whys, that's just the way the world works, you just need to remember it."

"Rote memorization might make it easy to remember, but it feels so boring."

Yawning, Xia Nuo stretched with a big lazy yawn, "I like things that are a bit more special, knowledge that I've explored and discovered on my own."

"Meng Qing, since you're a college student, do you know the value of the cosmological constant?"

"Ah... let me think, which constant are you talking about in the formula..."

"It's 42, the cosmological constant."

"Why is it 42?"

"Right, you're also puzzled about why it's 42, aren't you?"

Wearing a self-assured smile, Xia Nuo claimed, "You've become suspicious, and then you want to explore the answer, that becomes your own thought, and I think knowledge gained in that way is the most useful..."

That actually seems quite reasonable... No, no!

Meng Qing glanced at the clock and saw it was already four-thirty, with the time fast approaching for her master to punish her, she didn't have the luxury to chat and waste time. Her tone grew earnest:

"Nuo Nuo, my dear Nuo Nuo... I understand what you're saying, but can we discuss these issues later? Right now, Meng Qing really hopes that you can focus and finish these problems... Once you're done, I promise to do anything you want!"

"Then..."

With pen in hand, Xia Nuo tapped her head, "After I finish my homework, can you teach me a few martial arts moves?"

"I want to learn a few in secret... and then give You You a surprise!"

"Ye-, yes, of course!"

It seemed Meng Qing finally saw a glimmer of victory.