Chapter 11

He immediately turned his head, and sure enough, he saw Ling Mo slowly sit up, his eyes slightly narrowed, half asleep and half awake, looking harmless and cute.

At this time, Qu Yun sneezed again. Ling Mo turned his head and looked at him, “Your snot is running, so disgusting.”

Qu Yun was about to wipe it with his hand, but Ling Mo grabbed his wrist, “Please use a tissue, do you want to get it on the blanket?”

Qu Yun said shamelessly, “My blanket fell off… You didn’t even cover me with a blanket last night…”

Ling Mo let go of Qu Yun’s hand and calmly climbed down from the other side of the bed.

“I can cover your face with cling wrap.” His voice was cold, very refreshing and invigorating.

“… No need, you keep it for yourself!”

Ling Mo went to the bathroom first. As soon as he went in, he saw that Liang Ru had already prepared a toothbrush and cup for him.

“Auntie, thank you.”

Qu Yun listened to Ling Mo’s voice and twisted his mouth. This guy is completely different when he’s with me and when he’s with Mo Qing and Liang Ru!

What is this? This is being two-faced and hypocritical!

“What are you thanking me for? Come here often, I’ll keep the toothbrush and cup for you.” Liang Ru smiled.

When Ling Mo returned to Qu Yun’s room to call him, he found that the two blankets had already been folded into tofu blocks.

Ling Mo stood next to Qu Yun, looking at the two tofu blocks, and suddenly called out, “Qu Yun.”

“Ah? What?” Qu Yun turned his head.

At that moment, he realized that his name here was Mo Xiaobai, not Qu Yun.

He had accidentally said the wrong name that day, but he didn’t expect Ling Mo to still remember.

“Do you call yourself Qu Yun or Mo Xiaobai?”

He looked at him, his eyes deep and bottomless, but it was as if in that moment, he had entered Qu Yun’s mind and seen all his secrets.

Qu Yun immediately remembered that before entering Ling Mo’s world, Dr. Jiang Cheng, who was in charge of the project, had told him that Ling Mo was a person with a strong sense of self-defense, which was also the reason why many elites who had entered Ling Mo’s mind before had failed.

“My grandpa gave me the name Mo Xiaobai… Don’t you think it’s very ordinary? If I had younger brothers or sisters, would they be called Mo Xiaodong, Mo Xiaoxi? So since I was little, I’ve imagined many names for myself. The one I liked the most was Qu Yun.”

“What Qu? What Yun?” Ling Mo asked again.

“Qu for music, Yun with the sun radical and a uniform.”

“Does it have any meaning?”

“Nothing, I just like those two characters.”

“So stupid.” Ling Mo walked past Qu Yun, seemingly not caring.

Qu Yun secretly let out a sigh of relief, luckily Ling Mo didn’t care too much.

“Hey, are you going to brush your teeth or not?” Ling Mo stood at the door, turning his body sideways to ask.

“Coming, coming!”

He’s still asking if I want to brush my teeth, that means he doesn’t want to kill me!

Qu Yun quickly went to brush his teeth.

When he sat down at the desk, he was dumbfounded.

The breakfast Liang Ru usually prepared was already extravagant enough, but today, it covered the entire table.

“Mom – are you trying to make a full Manchu-Han banquet?”

“It’s Ling Mo’s first time eating breakfast at our house, of course, I have to show off my top-notch skills!”

“I’m going to burst!”

“You’re not the one who will burst! Here, Ling Mo, try this, it should all be delicious!”

“Auntie, there’s really too much… We won’t be able to finish it, it’ll be a waste, I’ll feel guilty.” Ling Mo said seriously.

“It won’t be a waste, Xiaobai can finish the rest.”

Qu Yun was stunned… I’m not a trash can!

“Eat first, the morning is the most important part of the day.” Mo Qing spoke.

Qu Yun and Ling Mo lowered their heads to eat breakfast together.

“Xiaobai, are you sick?”

“Yeah.” Qu Yun said in a muffled voice. This time, Mom should feel sorry for him, right?

“Last night, I wanted to see if you two could sleep together. As soon as I opened the door, I saw you sleeping sprawled out, and Ling Mo was pulling the blanket for you. Can’t you sleep properly?”

“Ah?” Qu Yun looked at Ling Mo in surprise.

Didn’t this guy say he was going to cover him with cling wrap? So… he pulled the blanket for him?

But Ling Mo’s expression was indifferent, which made Qu Yun suspicious.

“Mom, you’re peeking at me, I’ll lock the door next time I sleep!”

“You’re still feeling good about yourself!” Liang Ru rolled her eyes at him.

After finishing breakfast, Mo Qing drove Qu Yun and Ling Mo to school.

In this era, there were still very few people who had cars.

Mo Qing was a senior engineer, he often had to travel between important engineering projects, so he had a Jetta.

Mo Qing drove while talking about how Ling Mo should come and live at their house whenever he has time.

Qu Yun thought, this is how you build trust through long-term interaction! I can’t let this opportunity slip away!

“Dad, you don’t know, Ling Mo is so amazing! I can’t do the questions I don’t understand, but he just says a few words and I get it! Dad, let Ling Mo live with us all the time!” Qu Yun shook Mo Qing’s chair back and forth, acting like a child.

Mo Qing rarely smiled, “Ling Mo, you see, Xiaobai has become more studious after being with you. Stay at our house whenever you have time, don’t make Uncle worry.”

Ling Mo turned his head and looked at Qu Yun, as if he had seen through Qu Yun’s little thoughts.

When Mo Qing parked the car at the school gate and got out with the two children, many parents and students looked over.

After all, most people ride bicycles to send their children to school. Everyone was guessing Mo Qing’s identity.

“Dad… why did you come too?”

“I’m going to talk to your teacher about your study situation.”

Qu Yun’s face fell. He walked up the stairs to the teaching building with Ling Mo.

“I’m done for… Teacher Ding is definitely going to focus on the fact that I got 35 on my test…”

“Next time, you just need to try to get 40 or more, right?”

Ling Mo put his hands in his pockets and walked forward leisurely.

Qu Yun stopped and looked up at Ling Mo, who had already walked to the top, “40 or more, and 35, don’t you think they’re all idiots in your eyes?”

Ling Mo stopped and turned around to look at Qu Yun, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

“You still know this, your brain has evolved.”

Chu Ning, the English class representative, just happened to walk past them. She looked at Ling Mo in surprise.

Because Ling Mo not only talked to Mo Xiaobai, that silly fat guy, but he even smiled at him?

What’s going on?

When they got to the classroom, they put down their bags, and the class representatives started collecting homework. It was the first time Qu Yun was so sure to hand in his math homework.

Someone poked him from behind, “Mo Xiaobai, did you finish your math homework?”

“Yeah, I finished it.” Qu Yun nodded.

“Wow! The last question was a bit difficult! I always feel like the answer I got is wrong! How did you solve it?”

“It’s…” Qu Yun almost said that Ling Mo taught him, but at that moment, he received a warning look from Ling Mo, and immediately changed his words, “Someone at home taught me.”

“Is it your dad? I saw your dad drive you to school this morning!”

Qu Yun smiled and didn’t say anything more.

At this time, Li Yuanhang came in. He glared at Ling Mo the first time he saw him.

But Ling Mo’s gaze glanced over him indifferently, then he propped his chin and looked out the window.

This kind of ignoring made Li Yuanhang angry.

Last night, Li Yuanhang didn’t have the mood to do his homework at all.

Of course, he couldn’t do those questions in the first place, but he still had to find a way to hand in his homework. So during the reading class break, while the math class representative went to the bathroom, Li Yuanhang went directly to his seat. The first thing he saw under the desk was Ling Mo’s homework notebook. He flipped it open and started copying frantically without hesitation. Although the other classmates were unhappy, they didn’t want to provoke him.

Li Yuanhang didn’t believe that the homework Ling Mo handed in could be wrong.

The whole time, Qu Yun was watching.

He thought Li Yuanhang’s cheek was really thick. He had just been punished by the teacher for copying Ling Mo’s homework, now he dared to copy again?

Qu Yun subconsciously looked in Ling Mo’s direction and found that the other person’s expression was very calm. He was propping his chin, looking at his textbook, gently flipping to the next page.

Scratching the back of his head, Qu Yun suddenly felt that Ling Mo was the real martial arts master. It was like the words of Jin Yong, the great writer, “He is strong, let him be strong, the breeze blows across the mountain. He is horizontal, let him be horizontal, the bright moon shines on the great river.”

At this time, Mo Qing had already arrived at Mo Xiaobai’s head teacher, Teacher Huang’s, place.

After chatting with Teacher Huang about his son’s grades, Mo Qing expressed his intention to take care of Ling Mo.

Teacher Huang sighed and said, “I really want to let Ling Mo apply to revoke Chen Li and her husband’s guardianship. But first, they have Ling Mo’s mother’s deathbed request, and they are relatives. Second, they want to stay in Ling Mo’s house. If we insist on applying, I’m afraid they will make a fuss. It’s a difficult case for an upright official to judge family affairs, and if we go through the process for months, it will ruin the child’s studies and life.”

“So I’m asking Teacher Huang to help pay attention. If anything happens, please notify my wife, Liang Ru. She will come to the school to pick up Ling Mo.

Right now, we don’t have an absolute advantage. After all, Chen Li and Ling Mo are the only relatives with blood ties. If Liang Ru goes too far, I will persuade Ling Mo to give us custody. We still have Ling Mo’s father’s handwritten letter from a long time ago, proving our friendship.”

Teacher Huang let out a sigh of relief.

Looking at Mo Qing, wearing glasses, a shirt and slacks, he was obviously a knowledgeable intellectual.

He was willing to help Ling Mo, even if it was just a little, it was very important for the child.

After greeting Teacher Huang, Mo Qing left.

During the first class break in the morning, Qu Yun went to Ling Mo’s desk and whispered, “Aren’t you angry that Li Yuanhang copied your homework again?”

Ling Mo, who had been propping his chin and looking at the math problem book, actually raised his head and looked at Qu Yun.

“Why?”

Ling Mo raised his chin slightly, and Qu Yun immediately leaned closer, thinking that Ling Mo was going to whisper something to him.

“You don’t even know your own math teacher, no wonder you can’t learn math well.”

“Oh…” Qu Yun was about to get up and leave, but something brushed against his ear.

It quickly and lightly brushed along his earlobe, gently tapping his earlobe.

With a hint of teasing, mockery… and closeness.

Qu Yun’s little heart fluttered inexplicably. He looked at Ling Mo, and found that the other person had already lowered his head and continued studying math.