Chapter 562 - 361: Flying Through the Air (Part 2)
Su Mo urged, "Give it a try, just think of it as gaining experience. Imagine, if you have experience in taking care of kids, wouldn’t you have more topics in common when chatting with married women in the future?"
With that said, Chu Nanyi’s eyes lit up: "Hey, makes sense! I’ll give it a try!"
Su Mo opened the door and brought out Su Motong, saying, "Motong, I’m going out for a while, is it okay if Uncle Chu Nanyi takes you to play?"
Su Motong looked at Su Mo, then at Chu Nanyi, thought for a while, and obediently nodded: "Okay!"
Chu Nanyi waved his hand: "Let’s go, little one, Uncle will take you to the park nearby for a walk."
You have to admit, this playboy’s talkative nature appeals to everyone, from eighty-year-old ladies to three-year-old little girls, without exception.
While waiting for the elevator, Chu Nanyi already told Su Motong several interesting jokes that kids could understand, making her laugh heartily.
Seeing the two chatting and laughing as they entered the elevator, Su Mo felt a bit relieved.
Su Mo finished his errands and returned to the Edge Mansion by dusk.
When he found Su Motong in the entertainment area, she was watching TV, while Chu Nanyi was playing pool with KK not far away.
Su Motong sat quietly, neither running around on all fours like a cat nor sweating profusely from being overly active, looking perfectly normal.
This delighted Su Mo to no end.
Who would have thought that the most dependable person turned out to be the usually least serious Chu Nanyi?
Su Mo casually picked up a lollipop from the pile of snacks, unwrapped it, and popped it in his mouth, sitting next to Su Motong to watch TV with her.
Just then, Su Motong suddenly turned her head to stare at him.
"Hey, you," she spoke unexpectedly.
Su Mo was taken aback and looked at Su Motong in confusion: "Huh?"
Su Motong got up, walked to Su Mo, and without any preamble, snatched the lollipop from his mouth and put it in her own.
Then she pressed a hand on Su Mo’s shoulder, flipped her bangs, and in a domineering tone said, "Darling, give me your phone number."
Su Mo was so shocked he couldn’t close his mouth; after collecting himself, he yelled, "Chu! Nan! Yi! You idiot, what have you been teaching Motong?!"
Chu Nanyi finished a shot, raised his head in confusion: "I didn’t teach her anything, just took her for a walk in the park."
Su Mo questioned, "Then where did she learn all this?!"
Only to see Su Motong eating the lollipop, with her mouth curled in a mischievous smile that resembled a city’s rogue king.
Chu Nanyi scratched the back of his head, suddenly remembering something, and thoughtfully said, "Oh... now I recall... there was a beauty with a 36F sitting on a bench by the lake eating a lollipop, and I asked her for her phone number."
Su Mo: "... I really want to punch you right now!"
He quickly smoothed out Su Motong’s mischievous grin and softly advised her, "Motong, don’t learn these random things, they’re just bad influences for kids, alright? You need to be a good girl."
Su Motong tilted her little head, seemingly processing Su Mo’s words, then obediently nodded: "Okay!"
With more errands to run later, Su Mo was worried about who to ask to look after the child.
Looking around at a bunch of misfits, who should he turn to?
Suddenly, a thought struck Su Mo: "Got it."
He took Su Motong to the underground laboratory, entering Qi Ling’s exclusive hacker room.
Qi Ling didn’t have many leisure activities, apart from walking Pipi and occasionally gaming with Dongdong and the others, she spent most of her time in the hacker room analyzing the Black Extinction Virus.
The Black Extinction Virus had previously shown its power in the relics of constructs, but it was not complete, holding even more potent capabilities that Qi Ling was gradually uncovering.
Su Mo actually didn’t want to disturb Qi Ling, as her work was quite important, which was why he’d refrained from seeking her help.
But having tried everyone else to no avail, he could only turn to Qi Ling now.
Qi Ling heard the door opening, turned to look, "Mo Mo."
Upon seeing Su Motong following behind, she broke into a happy smile, clapping her hands and sweetly saying, "Hee~ come to mommy, little darling!"
Su Motong obediently ran over, being held on Qi Ling’s lap, her petite figure resembling an adorable doll.
Su Mo tentatively asked, "Ling, are you busy lately? If not, could you help take care of the kid?"
Qi Ling smiled and said, "Sure, leave it to me, you go handle your stuff."
After speaking, she turned her chair with Su Motong and took a piece of paper from the table, writing while gently guiding, "Motong, let’s play a math game."
"Look, there are many rows of numbers, some boxes are empty, the rule is that each row, column, and outlined box must contain numbers from 1 to 9 without repeating. So what numbers should fill those empty boxes?"
Despite still being a child, Motong’s cognitive speed as a construct is evidently faster than humans, instantly responding, "Here goes 6, here goes 3, and here goes 7."
"Good job, you’re so smart~" Qi Ling gave Su Motong a kiss on the cheek, "Now let’s try some harder ones, if you can solve them all, I’ll take you to play, how about that?"
Su Motong clapped her hands happily: "Okay okay okay!"
The two hunched over the table, chuckling and solving problems one after another.
Seeing this scene warmed Su Mo’s heart immensely.
If only he’d found Qi Ling sooner, everything would have been settled.
Just look at that! Speaking gently, offering incentives skillfully, setting up various puzzles to boost intelligence, efficient yet entertaining, this is how childcare should be!
Su Mo took one last glance at the harmonious scene between Qi Ling and Su Motong, leaving contentedly.
After running his errands and returning, it was already past eight in the evening.
Su Mo went first to the underground hacker room but found no one; upon inquiry, he learned that Qi Ling had taken Su Motong upstairs to play.
Upon reaching the 80th floor, Su Mo saw many people gathered at the sports hall entrance, each looking in intently, with exclamations of surprise echoing occasionally.
Su Mo was somewhat puzzled, squeezing through the crowd: "What’s everyone looking at with such excitement?"
As he squeezed to the front, he saw a temporary jumping platform over twenty meters high built in the center of the gym, with Qi Ling holding Su Motong standing on it, and a large bouncy mat set up on the ground below.
Qi Ling held Su Motong with both hands, lifting her outside the platform...
Then released her.
"Oh oh oh oh oh!" In free-fall, Su Motong let out a long shout, landing heavily on the bouncy mat.
The mat’s material was excellent, absorbing almost all the kinetic energy, and after stretching to the limit, it bounced back, throwing Su Motong back up to the jumping platform, caught by Qi Ling.
Qi Ling laughed: "Darling, did you feel it? That was gravity at work, with a free-fall motion."
"Now I’ll teach you something else, it’s called initial speed. Compared to you just now with an initial speed of zero, with initial speed you’ll land faster. Here you go!"
Qi Ling gathered momentum, hurling Su Motong violently towards the bouncy mat.
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!" Su Motong’s shout grew louder, twirling in the air, landing on the mat then bouncing back up, even higher, soaring past Qi Ling’s head.
Qi Ling caught Su Motong again, changed her stance, grabbing her little ankle, letting her head down and feet up, then slowly said: "In our world, gravity pulls down vertically, but aside from that, there are many forces pointing in different directions, just like this!"
Qi Ling began spinning Su Motong by the ankle, faster and faster, turning into an unbeatable fire wheel, then throwing her out forcefully.
"Yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!" Su Motong transformed into an aerial acrobat amidst laughter, spinning and rolling in a graceful arc, bouncing on the mat endlessly like a pumped-up basketball.
Watching this, Su Mo’s jaw dropped in disbelief, rushing over to scoop Su Motong off the mat, saying with resignation: "No more relying on others! From now on, I’ll take care of the kid myself!"