With Jiang Ning's help, Mengmeng finally finished the jigsaw puzzle.
A lively image of a little girl appeared on the wooden board.
"Uncle Jiang, look, I finished it!" Mengmeng danced with joy.
"Uncle Jiang, can you mess it up again? This time, don't help me. Can I do it myself?" Mengmeng said confidently.
"Sure, then Uncle Jiang will mess it up, but you can't peek, okay?" Jiang Ning teased on purpose.
"Mmhmm, I won't look, I won't look." Mengmeng said, covering her eyes with her hands, but there were gaps between her fingers, and her big eyes occasionally peeked at the puzzle board in Jiang Ning's hands.
Jiang Ning naturally wouldn't mess it up completely; if the child couldn't finish it, it would be easy for Mengmeng to lose confidence.
So Jiang Ning deliberately turned it a few times, and the little girl's body and clothes were randomly turned a few times.
And under Mengmeng's watchful gaze, Jiang Ning felt that Mengmeng would quickly piece it together.
"Alright, Mengmeng, you can take your fingers off now," Jiang Ning said with interest.
"Okay."
Mengmeng quickly removed her delicate hands, eagerly grabbing the puzzle, her mind replaying the order that Uncle Jiang had just scrambled.
Five minutes later.
The original scrambled puzzle, the little girl, reappeared on the puzzle.
"Yay, Uncle Jiang, look, I finished the puzzle! Uncle Jiang, am I amazing?" Mengmeng said proudly.
Jiang Ning couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise her, "Yes, our Mengmeng is the best."
"Again, Uncle Jiang, one more time. This time, Uncle Jiang, scramble it up a bit more."
Mengmeng said, covering her eyes with both hands. She still peeked through her fingers, revealing her adorable big eyes and staring intently at Jiang Ning as he scrambled the puzzle, afraid of missing even a tiny detail.
Watching all this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but chuckle. This time, he made it even more complex than the last.
At the same time, he felt that playing with this clever little Mengmeng wasn't as tiring as he'd imagined; it was actually quite fun!
"Alright, let's go. Let's see if the amazing Mengmeng can complete the puzzle this time." Jiang Ning couldn't resist gently stroking Mengmeng's head.
Time passed bit by bit.
Jiang Ning and Mengmeng happily played for over an hour.
"System, I want to ask, how can I continue to improve my thinking to the Grandmaster level?"
System: "Host, when you play mind games with Mengmeng for 30 hours, you will level up to Grandmaster. There are still 28 hours and 35 minutes until you reach Grandmaster level."
"Still so long?"
Jiang Ning thought about it. If they kept playing this puzzle game, Mengmeng would definitely get bored in a couple of days.
If he wanted her to keep playing, he would have to buy some mind-related toys, or things like Rubik's cubes and Legos later.
However, what surprised Jiang Ning was that every time he increased the difficulty.
Mengmeng actually completed the puzzle.
Although there was a suspicion of peeking, Jiang Ning found that Mengmeng had an excellent memory.
And what Jiang Ning didn't know was that while he and Mengmeng were having a great time...
Su Meng at the door would sneak down every half hour to take a peek.
She was still a bit worried about Jiang Ning; after all, a big guy doing the "nanny" thing.
Just the thought of it made her feel that he couldn't possibly do it with patience.
Especially young people these days, everyone was restless.
If it weren't for her younger brother Su Che's strong recommendation, she definitely wouldn't have agreed.
Seeing Mengmeng having fun, her worried heart finally relaxed a lot.
"Mengmeng, you play for a while, okay? Uncle Jiang will get you a glass of water to drink," Jiang Ning said with a smile, looking at Mengmeng who was concentrating on the puzzle.
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Jiang." Mengmeng didn't raise her head, focused on the puzzle.
Jiang Ning stood up and went downstairs.
What was strange was that when he came downstairs,
there wasn't a single housekeeper on the first floor?
Logically, such a large villa should have housekeepers.
How could Su Meng and her daughter be the only ones living here?
Jiang Ning didn't dwell on it and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of warm water.
He looked at the refrigerator, which was stocked with everything.
Hmm, I'll make some snacks for Mengmeng later. I wonder if the top-tier cooking skills the System gave me are any good.
Jiang Ning was a little eager to try, after all, he hadn't tested the culinary effect of the novice gift pack the System gave him yesterday.
"Wow, Mengmeng is so amazing, she's almost finished the puzzle! Only the head and arms are left." Jiang Ning, holding a glass of water, couldn't help but exclaim.
He knew that this time, the sequence he had disrupted was five times more complex than the first time.
Yet in just a short while, Mengmeng was almost done with the puzzle.
"Hehe, Uncle Jiang, Mengmeng is very good, you know." Mengmeng's eyes curved into crescents as she laughed.
"Yes, my Mengmeng is the best baby in the world, come on Mengmeng, have some warm water first." Jiang Ning said admiringly.
"Uncle Jiang, I don't want to drink plain water, I want to drink a beverage, I want orange juice." Mengmeng shook her head and refused.
"Mengmeng, no, you have to drink plain water; babies shouldn't always drink beverages, it's not good for your health."
"But, plain water doesn't taste like anything, and it isn't sweet," Mengmeng continued to protest.
"Mengmeng, if you drink a lot of drinks, you will become stupid very quickly. If you drink more plain water, your body will become healthier and healthier, and you will become more and more amazing," Jiang Ning said helplessly, patiently persuading her.
"Why?" Mengmeng still didn't understand and asked.
"Because warm water can detoxify, invigorate blood, quench thirst, and nourish the cell babies inside Mengmeng."
"Is that so? Then do the cell babies inside Mengmeng like to drink plain water?" Mengmeng asked innocently.
"Yes, when Mengmeng feels thirsty, it's because the cell babies inside Mengmeng want to drink warm plain water. If Mengmeng drinks orange juice or other drinks, the cell babies inside Mengmeng will feel uncomfortable and get sick."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Then Uncle Jiang, I'll drink it right now. I want to make the cell babies inside me as smart and amazing as I am." Mengmeng took the cup and slowly drank it.
Seeing that Mengmeng had finally drunk the plain water, Jiang Ning felt a little embarrassed.
It seems being a qualified stay-at-home dad isn't easy at all.
Soon, it was almost noon.
Jiang Ning had even forgotten to make Mengmeng a snack.
He felt a little bad, this was his first time as a stay-at-home dad, and he'd already made a mistake.
He couldn't let this happen again tomorrow.
"Mengmeng, are you hungry?"
"Mhm, Uncle Jiang, a little bit."
"Alright, Mengmeng, you play here, and Uncle Jiang will go make you a table full of delicious food."
"Yay, yay! Mengmeng wants to know if Uncle Jiang's cooking is delicious?" Mengmeng clapped her hands happily.
Jiang Ning came to the kitchen.
He opened the refrigerator; vegetables and meat were all there.
Then, Jiang Ning started to get busy according to the information the System provided.
When he picked up the kitchen knife to chop vegetables, he felt as if his knife skills were at the level of a senior chef with more than a decade of experience, extremely skilled.
Moreover, he was particularly sensitive to the nutrition and the matching of seasonings for the dishes.
Which part of the vegetable was best to use, how much seasoning to use, and when to add it, etc., he knew all of it in his heart. The dishes he cooked would definitely be great.
Su Meng had already sent him a list of Mengmeng's favorite and least favorite dishes.
Regardless of whether Mengmeng liked to eat it or not, he believed that she would definitely enjoy the dishes he cooked.
Half an hour later.
The rice was cooked, the soup was ready, and the three dishes and one meat dish were neatly arranged on the dining table.
A tempting aroma wafted up to the second and third floors.
Mengmeng, who was playing a jigsaw puzzle on the second floor, and Su Meng, who was practicing calligraphy on the third floor, were both invigorated.
Their stomachs couldn't help but "gurgle" with hunger.