Honkai Impact: Did you meet the First Herrscher when you first arrived? !

This classic sarcastic remark left Mei speechless. Kiana was staring at her with wide, icy blue eyes, blinking rapidly, which instantly drained Mei of all her strength. She sighed silently, realizing why Li Ming had taken over the dishwashing duties. "It's alright. Paramecium is a kind of creature. Hmm, you'll learn about it later."

"Oh, can't we eat it?" Kiana asked with a hint of regret.

This made Mei feel sweating profusely, but while teaching, Mei discovered that Kiana seemed to have barely listened to anything except for the Chinese class.

I only listened to the Chinese class because I didn't understand it very well, so I treated the Chinese class as the teacher telling stories.

So Kiana isn't just incapable; she's completely helpless because of the language barrier!

And why is it that Kiana is good at geometry even though she can't solve the equations?

"The method for this shape..." Mei had just pointed to a problem about finding the orthocenter of a triangle with equal altitude in a square, and then explained the concept of the orthocenter.

"Oh, I know that!" Kiana thought for a moment, then drew a dot on the diagram with her pen.

Looking at the location, Mei paused for a moment, "It is indeed this one, but how did you calculate it?"

Kiana gestured with her finger on the diagram, first pointing around the sides, then pointing to the triangle in the center. "Well, first this one, I think it should be like this... and then this one, I guess it's this big, anyway, it should be about the same."

"Guess?" Mei was stunned. Couldn't she speak properly? If Kiana had used a diagram to calculate it, Mei would think it was normal. Maybe Kiana didn't know the formula either, so it would be easier to teach her.

But what does it mean to guess, and what methods are used to guess?

Mei's eyes immediately reddened with anxiety. After taking a deep breath, Mei put down the workbook in her hand. She couldn't teach anymore, she really couldn't pass the test.

"Kiana, how do you know this?"

Mei sensed something was off.

But Kiana just tilted her head. "Isn't that right? Although I do feel it might be because this picture isn't very accurate. If it were like this..."

Kiana quickly used chopsticks to form a square, and then used the fallen rice grains to form a triangle.

"This is probably what it looks like!"

Without a second thought, Kiana placed a grain of rice in the center of her heart.

"Um...yes." Watching Kiana's gameplay, Mei didn't know what to say for a moment. Brother Li Ming, I can't teach her anymore. I think Dad should be calling me home for dinner right now.

But seeing Kiana's big, blinking eyes and deep thought, Mei couldn't bear to let Kiana learn on her own.

Mei felt sorry for Kiana when she thought about how Kiana would come home every day, staring at her workbook, racking her brains and not understanding anything.

However, if Li Ming knew what Mei was thinking, he wouldn't be able to help but laugh. After all, if Himeko didn't have time to tutor Kiana, Kiana would spend most of her time playing with her pair of [Lunar Guardian] weapons, since new guns need to be broken in.

"Hehehe, I'm a genius!" After closing the kitchen door and washing the dishes, Li Ming secretly peeked at the two children through the crack in the kitchen window.

As for Uncle Ryoma, Li Ming said that was no problem. He would call Uncle Ryoma right away. As a fan of Kia, he said that children should be raised from a young age.

This might seem a bit childish to Raiden Ryoma, but it's just right for him as an adult.

"Hey, Uncle Ryoma, oh right, I wanted to talk to you about the special fund for the establishment of the Mikoyan Industrial Laboratory. Yes, that's it. Do you need to come over? No, no, we can talk about this online. Should we invite Cocolia? Oh, it's okay, I can decide this myself. Yes."

The quick-witted Li Ming said, "Uncle Ryoma, why don't you go to your meeting first? I'll take care of Mei, she'll be fine!"

However, if Raiden Ryoma knew that Mei was currently at the apartment with Li Ming, this old father of mine would probably come running over in a frenzy.

Don't mention the meeting; none of that matters!

"Hmm, my nose is itchy." Cocolia, far away in Siberia, rubbed her nose, feeling itchy. Her left eyelid seemed to be twitching, and she wondered if it was because she hadn't been getting enough rest lately.

What Cocolia didn't know was that her base at the bottom of Lake Baikal was about to receive a very unexpected wave of investment and reinforcements. However, she didn't have time to worry about that at the moment, because she needed to deal with some things that she hadn't handled well before.

Seeing the figure holding a black umbrella despite the fairly nice weather, Cocolia put on her signature fake smile. "So it's Mr. Gray Snake of the World Serpent. What can I do for you?"

"...just a small matter...but it's perfect timing, it reminded me of our collaboration...so I'm checking in to see how my former partner is doing."

Gray Snake spoke slowly, word by word, as if on a cassette tape.

But Cocolia was already used to it. "Mr. Gray Serpent is joking. It's always been like this in Siberia."

"Yes, it has always been like this here... perpetually covered in snow, concealing its past..."

The gray snake seemed to be sighing, thinking that Mr. Gray Snake seemed a little too sentimental today.

Cocolia, however, didn't seem to care. After looking at Gray Snake and sighing, she finally spoke up, "Mr. Gray Snake, don't you have anything else to say?"

"These are the materials you requested. Of course, they are not comprehensive, but they are only for your part. This is sufficient."

A USB drive was handed out from Gray Snake's hand. Although his face was completely covered by a thick black mask, Cocolia had a feeling that the guy in front of her was smiling.

Taking the USB drive from Gray Snake's hand, Cocolia asked habitually, "What do you need?"

Normally, after Cocolia receives the information, she decides whether to give corresponding resources or exchange some intelligence in return. However, Gray Serpent gave it very readily, which surprised Cocolia greatly.

Gray Snake actually laughed out loud this time, "Hehe, I almost forgot, Jackal said you guys have been researching quantum singularities a lot lately, and she said she's very interested in it."

"You guys seem interested in everything," Cocolia remarked, but this was still a condition she could agree to, since Mikoyan Industries had been involved in a lot of research on quantum singularities, so they had the relevant information here.

Hearing Cocolia's complaint, Gray Serpent just smiled. "We are very interested in anything related to the Lord... As for Ms. Cocolia's recent mindset, her style of dress has also become much younger."

Cocolia didn't react to Gray Snake's complaints, indicating that they were much better than Li Ming's.