Brainoid

Before setting off to the shopping mall, Qi Min checked WeChat and email. After confirming that no one from the department, laboratory, or researcher Zhou Xiaoshan had sent her any urgent messages, Qi Min sent Ke Li a WeChat message: "I have something to do and I can't go to the laboratory today. Could you please help me keep an eye on it... "

This ellipsis represents Wang Xin, Chen Linyou, the more than thirty rats in the animal room, and all other people and things related to her laboratory. In fact, it is also a big responsibility, but Ke Yue should probably be used to it. At the "Nimbus" computing center, researcher Zhou Xiaoshan's laboratory is also on duty on weekends.

Ke Li soon replied with an [OK] emoticon, so Qi Min led Anton and Mimi to the shopping mall with confidence.

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I don't know whether he was used to going to various places by delivering food on a daily basis, or whether he deliberately wanted to act indifferent in front of Qi Min, but Anton didn't take the initiative to speak much along the way. Mimi, on the other hand, found everything new and strange, and kept asking questions.

Qi Min tried to speak Chinese to the little girl along the way, but the little girl's context had not been completely transformed. Even if she understood some, she still responded with English grammar mixed with Chinese words.

This is absolutely devastating. And Anton was watching expressionlessly, probably snickering in his heart. He knew Qi Min couldn't handle children, but who could blame him? She should, who kept her busy doing her bad experiments during the critical stage of Mimi learning to speak.

In the end, Qi Min could only give up temporarily and let Mimi speak in Chinese grammar. She comforted herself in her heart: the language environment is subtle, and Mimi will naturally correct it when she truly integrates into the environment. And now that she is taking Mimi shopping, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal for the little girl to speak Chinese using English grammatical structures.

The subway station leads directly to the second floor of the shopping mall. Qi Min saw Mimi walking with a limp, so he picked her up. But Anton reminded her as if it had nothing to do with her: "Let her go on her own."

"This will make people -" Qi Min was about to say that Mimi's walking posture would be laughed at, but suddenly realized that if he did this every time, Mimi would feel that she was defective, and the psychological harm would be even greater, "Okay Bar."

She put Mimi down, and the little girl immediately ran towards a Chinese women's clothing store.

Even though Mimi is limping, she runs pretty fast. Anton seemed to have made up his mind to see how Qi Min would deal with her, so he stood there and watched. Qi Min had no choice but to chase her daughter by himself.

"Mimi, where are you doing?" Qi Min ran over and took the little girl's hand, saying in English that Mimi could definitely understand, "We are going to the fourth floor."

"Mom, don't you think that's the dress Madam is wearing?" Mimi said, pointing to an improved cheongsam displayed on the plastic mannequin.

After receiving the identity education from Qi Min and Anton, Mimi naturally believed that she was Chinese - although she most likely was not, and she should be ABC even if she had not been abandoned by her biological parents.

"Ah...yes." Qi Min took her little hand and tried to walk back, "Does the skirt look good? But it's too big for Mimi to wear. Let's go to the fourth floor to buy clothes that Mimi can wear, okay?"

However, Mimi still wanted to touch the skirt. Qi Min was afraid that the shopping guide would see it and cause unnecessary communication - God knows she is most afraid of communicating with the shopping guide in public places - so he immediately picked Mimi up and left. .

Anton was still waiting at the elevator entrance. When he saw that Qi Min had no choice but to take action, he couldn't help but smile a little victoriously.

It was also very difficult to buy clothes for Mimi after that.

Because Qi Min and Mimi spoke English to each other, and Mimi looked like a mixed-race child, the shopping guide did not dare to interrupt rashly. And Mimi is not willing to just follow Qi Min's instructions to try on clothes. In the past, Qi Min did not care about anything at home and still spoiled her. As a result, the little girl will not listen to her honestly now.

There is nothing we can do about this. Children of this age are in a stage of barbaric growth. Just like in the period of primitive accumulation of capital, they "will die if they are caught and become chaotic if they are released." Qi Min wanted to give Mimi some clothes to try on, but the little girl played hide-and-seek with her one-sidedly. Qi Min could see her running from one row of clothes hangers to another, but he did not want to catch her in public because of his face.

With nothing to do, Qi Min put down his clothes and turned around to look at Anton, who was sitting on a bench five meters away, taking time to watch them.

Before, Qi Min only knew rationally that it was not easy for Anton to take Mimi with him, but he didn't expect that it was actually so difficult.

After receiving Qi Min's signal to admit defeat and ask for help, Anton stood up and walked over.

Mimi was neither afraid of her mother nor her father, and still scurried between the hangers in the children's clothing store. However, Anton didn't care whether he lost face or not, he pulled the little girl out from behind the clothes rack, said with a low face: "Listen to mom and try on clothes, otherwise you won't have any candy for a week."

Mimi stopped immediately and turned her little head to Qi Min. This time Qi Min expressed his absolute support for Anton with silence. So the little girl had no choice but to take the initiative to pick up the clothes Qi Min put on the chair to try on.

"Here, mommy will help you try on clothes." Qi Min didn't expect it to be so simple.

However, this time Anton finally couldn't bear to let Qi Min and Mimi torture each other: "I'd better go. Come, Mimi, take the clothes and follow dad."

Seeing Anton take Mimi to the fitting room, Qi Min breathed a sigh of relief, switched to Chinese and sighed: "It's really hard work."

It's so cool to curse. Now Qi Min not only can't say such things in front of Mimi, he can't even say it in front of Anton. It's really terrible.

At this time, the shopping guide sister was finally able to interject: "The little girl is very lively."

"I'm so sorry that she's running around here..." Qi Min apologized quickly.

"No, no, we who make children's clothing have seen many children who are naughtier than this." The shopping guide sister smiled, "Oh, no matter what, it is difficult to take care of children."

"Yeah..." Qi Min sighed and said to himself, "Even language is a problem..."

At this time, the shopping guide sister suddenly said: "Girl, you are not her mother, are you?"

Qi Min was a little surprised how she could see it, her eyes were quite poisonous. Although it is normal for a quarter of a mixed race to have a biased appearance, it can still be seen from some stable genetic characteristics that Mimi cannot be the daughter of Qi Min and Anton. For example, Qi Min has straight black hair that is common among Han people, and Anton has black hair with slightly curly hair. However, Mimi's hair color is obviously lighter or wavy. If they were biological children, this would definitely violate the laws of genetics.

It's just that most people wouldn't expect this even if they observe it, so Qi Min and Anton claim that she is their biological child, both to outsiders and to Mimi, and have never been exposed before.

However, just when Qi Min was about to praise the shopping guide for her careful observation, he heard the lady say: "Oh, it's not easy to be a stepmother to a foreign girl."

What? Qi Min found that he seemed to have been misunderstood as a strange identity, and quickly explained: "What are you talking about? This is my daughter."