Zhao Jinsi hurriedly shook her head, "I'm not a monster, I'm your lover."
Hearing it squeaking, Gu Junyi's brow furrowed tightly. This thing wouldn't spread any viruses, would it? Thinking of this, he immediately put on a mask.
"You're not a monster, then do you have any special abilities?"
Zhao Jinsi gestured frantically, her claws pointing at Gu Junyi sometimes and at herself at other times.
Gu Junyi took another step back in disgust, "It's related to me?"
Zhao Jinsi immediately nodded and wrote the word "love" with her claws, wanting to express their relationship.
Gu Junli had a good memory. He remembered the shape of Zhao Jinsi's strokes from beginning to end, but when combined, he didn't recognize what character it was.
"Is what you drew a charm? What's its purpose?"
Zhao Jinsi then remembered that they couldn't communicate in writing. She was so anxious that she darted around. This greatly startled Gu Junyi, who thought the mouse was going to attack him.
"I'm warning you, don't mess around."
Hearing Gu Junyi's somewhat hurried voice, Zhao Jinsi quieted down. Damn it, how could she lose control of her body and frighten Junyi.
Gu Junyi couldn't understand what she was squeaking in defense, but seeing the mouse waving its paws and shaking its head eagerly, he thought the mouse was apologizing to him.
"I forgive you. Do you have any special abilities? What's good about staying by my side?"
"He thinks of me this way, thinking I'm looking for him for profit. Why is he like this? We loved each other so much before, how could he mistake me."
Thinking of this, Zhao Jinsi's tears fell. Gu Junyi found it strange, why was this mouse crying? Was it preparing to unleash a big move?
"I'll have someone come and teach you some basic knowledge tomorrow. You are to stay here and not run around."
Gu Junyi left with these words and hurried away. He only breathed a sigh of relief after returning to his bedroom.
After taking a bath, he carefully recalled what had happened. The world was truly full of wonders, and he was so insignificant.
That mouse should have been trying to please him. There shouldn't be any problems for now. He would see it when they could communicate.
Zhao Jinsi was surrounded by "a, o, e" every day. She learned them after watching them twice.
However, the staff didn't pay any attention to it. The boss had instructed them to teach it elementary school knowledge. Although they found it strange, they were all there to earn money and didn't ask many questions.
They didn't know if the mouse had learned anything, nor did they care. So, they bought discs and played them on time every day, with subjects to study for each stage.
"What do you think Mr. Gu is doing, teaching a mouse knowledge? Can that thing understand?"
"Hahaha, every time I go in to check, the mouse looks listless. It must be as tired of studying as we humans are."
"I wasn't good at studying when I was a child. Now, with these number songs and alphabet songs playing on repeat every day, I feel like I already know them."
"Yeah, many things I learned before have also been forgotten. I've picked them up again recently, hahaha."
"If that mouse really learned it, how amazing would it be?"
"I think Mr. Gu is just bored. Although that mouse is a bit clever, how could it possibly understand human culture? It's a question whether it can even understand those songs."
"I think so too, but if it really learned it, maybe it would be another breakthrough in biology."
"Who knows? Then I would also be a researcher, after all, I contributed, right."
"Hahaha, dream on."
Butler: "What are you two chatting about? You're laughing so happily. It's working hours now."
The two were startled and quickly separated.
Zhao Jinsi's study room was not a place that could be entered casually, so Zhao Jinsi was moved to another room for teaching.
The butler opened the door and walked in, tiptoeing to observe Zhao Jinsi. Seeing it curled up and fast asleep, he became angry.
How could it be so lazy? Mr. Gu kindly let it learn, but it didn't know how to cherish it.
Mr. Gu had inquired about the situation today. Every time he came, it was sleeping. It definitely hadn't learned anything. How should he report back?
He hit Zhao Jinsi hard with a stick and muttered to himself:
"You lazy mouse, get up and study. You're always slacking off when I'm not paying attention. If you continue like this, when Mr. Gu's experiment fails and he doesn't need you anymore, I'll skin you alive."
Zhao Jinsi reluctantly got up and glared at the old butler. Junyi hadn't visited her for many days. When she saw him, she would definitely ask him to fire this old fellow.
Didn't he have anything better to do than to stare at her all day? He even hit her. It was too much. How could there be such a malicious person in this world?
The old butler saw it looking like this and hit it a few more times. What kind of thing was this, daring to bare its teeth at him?
Could it jump up and hit his knees? He could crush it with one hand. Ugly things are indeed cheap; they need to be taught a lesson to behave.
"Hurry up and learn."
After saying this, the butler felt a bit speechless. Could this stupid thing understand human language?
Never mind whether it could understand or not. As long as it was awake, it was good. That way, when Mr. Gu wanted to tease him, he wouldn't have any reason.
Thinking of this, he turned up the volume again and moved the cage where Zhao Jinsi was kept closer.
Before leaving, the butler said fiercely, "If you're still lying down when I come in next time, don't blame me for being impolite."
Zhao Jinsi felt like her head was going to explode. Why was this body so weak? Junyi, hurry up and come see me.
...
Xie Anmu's days were going wonderfully. The great immortal... pfft. Sister Jiuli's assistant was so useful, knowing everything.
And cute, and super good to pet, she wished she could take it everywhere. Thus, the Xie family company saw an extremely funny scene.
The young CEO would always be accompanied by a "squirrel" adorned with precious jewels, with a small green snake on its head.
That snake was very obedient, didn't run around, and looked very beautiful. No one felt scared when they saw it because the snake seemed half-asleep and didn't move at all.
During this time, Xie Anmu hadn't taken on any acting roles. She was diligently studying company management.
The shadow of the Xie family's bankruptcy from her previous life still lingered in her mind, and she was determined to become strong and protect the family business.
She also kept a close eye on Gu Junyi's condition, fearing he might have an episode. Whenever she didn't understand something, she actively asked. Shuǐwá knew everything and answered everything, and Xie Anmu now called Shuǐwá an encyclopedia.
"Hahaha, Mu Mu, look at Zhao Jinsi's despondent look. It's hilarious. I think that butler is so frustrated with her, he's really going at it."
Shuǐwá laughed uncontrollably on the sofa, handing the tablet to Xie Anmu. In its hands, it was a small electronic screen, but when it was in Xie Anmu's hands, it would enlarge.
The person and the system discussed heatedly, both looking for more fun methods.
"Why is Sister Jiuli so quiet? Is Er Gǒu's body not working well?"
"You don't need to worry about her. She's just being lazy now, or thinking of bad ideas to prank people."
"Don't say that. Sister Jiuli must be contemplating life. Big shots also have worries."
"I'll tell you a secret, she seems a bit silly and very easy to fool."
Xie Anmu's eyes widened. Just as the two were about to engage in intense whispering, Shuǐwá felt a chill down its spine and immediately shut its mouth and acted cool.
"Go study quickly. This system has other things to do, and I won't have time to teach you later."
Xie Anmu: "Uh..."
She silently thought, what a coward.