No sooner had the door been pushed open than a young lady with two long braids was seen lying on her stomach in front of the Young Master, propping up her chin with both hands as she asked:

“Kai Ge, why do people always seem to be fighting, and why are there always countries at war? Can’t everyone just smile and work hard to make money and live their lives?

The world is so beautiful, and life is so short—why can’t we spend our limited lives on meaningful things instead of fighting to the death?”

Gang Zi: …

What kind of ridiculous question is this?

What strange and bizarre questions does that little brain of hers keep churning out? All day long, she’s like some kind of questioning robot.

She’ll start by asking why flowers are red and grass is green, then move on to why it takes two people to have a baby—can’t one person do it alone? Then she’ll ask why sows can’t climb trees, why there are stars and oceans, and how this bustling world came into being.

In short, she’s full of questions all day long.

He can’t answer any of them—and he doesn’t even want to.

Yet the Young Master has such patience; no matter what the little girl asks, he answers carefully, and if he doesn’t know the answer himself, he quietly jots it down, looks it up, and then comes back to give her the answer. But by then the little girl seems to have already shifted her focus and started asking new questions, so the Young Master just smiles, furrows his handsome brow, and bravely begins answering her fresh queries.

Now, hearing his sister asking these odd and peculiar questions again, Gang Zi quickly dashed over, clapped a hand over her mouth, and said apologetically to Ming Kai, who was already looking tired:

“Young Master, I’m sorry—I didn’t know Meimei had come back. Please don’t worry about her; I’ll take her back to her room to rest, and you should get some rest too!”

“Brother, what are you doing? You’re killing me! Kai Ge hasn’t said a thing—why are you yelling like that?” Meimei bit her brother’s hand right off, then propped up her chin again and looked at Ming Kai across from her.

Gang Zi tried to assert his authority as an older brother and rein in this clueless little sister, but she glared right back at him with fierce determination.

Ming Kai watched the sibling banter and for some reason thought of his own younger brothers and sisters. He smiled wistfully and stopped Gang Zi: “It’s no big deal. I’m not sleepy yet—let’s finish answering Meimei’s question first!”

“Young Master, please don’t spoil her—she just makes a fuss and her head is filled with all sorts of nonsense. She doesn’t even listen properly after you answer, so answering her is just a waste of time!” Gang Zi tugged on his sister’s arm.

Meimei immediately fought back: “That’s not true! Brother, you’re so annoying—Kai Ge is much better. Just go away already; you’re driving me crazy!”

“You’re not listening, are you? Want me to spank you?”

“Am I afraid of you? If I can’t beat you in a fight, can’t I at least bite you? If you’ve got the guts, go ahead and try!”

The two siblings started squabbling again.

Only when Ming Kai stepped in did they finally calm down temporarily. Then he said to Meimei: “Meimei, before Kai Ge answers your question, first go observe ten cases of arguments. You don’t need to categorize them specially—just watch any argument quietly, see why they’re arguing, how they’re arguing, and what the outcome is. Can you do that?”

“Um…” Meimei thought for a moment, then asked Ming Kai, “Does Kai Ge have a time limit?”

Ming Kai gently shook his head. “No, whenever you’ve finished observing, come find me and we’ll sort it all out together, okay?”

End of Chapter 176: Counterattack 102