"Mike, what are we doing today? Are we playing Go or computer games?"
It was another morning, and after Connie left after breakfast, Paige looked at Mike, who was tidying up the dishes in the kitchen, and asked with interest.
Three days had passed since the little girl arrived, and being already familiar with the environment here, she quickly adapted to her new boarding life.
And it seemed the little girl also really enjoyed her time alone with Mike.
"I have plans today…" Mike, tidying up the kitchenware, said, "You go play with Missy at the Cooper family's place for a while, and I'll come find you when I'm free."
Occasionally looking after a child was interesting, but Mike didn't have the leisure to constantly be with a child.
So, compared to discussing academic problems and playing intellectual mini-games with Paige, Mike preferred to play adult games with Cady and Lina.
Therefore, he had arranged for Cady and Lina to come over to relax today.
Paige had already met Cady and Lina the past two days. With her intelligent mind, she immediately understood Mike's plan for today.
So, the little girl glared at Mike, who was busy in the kitchen, but finally, she sensibly said, "Alright, I'll go find Missy now. I won't stay here and disturb your good time. Have fun!"
With that, the little girl left the house haughtily.
"This… why do I feel a bit guilty now…" Mike, of course, saw the little girl's resentful look as she left, which made him feel a bit uneasy.
After all, he had promised Paige's parents that he would take good care of her.
And putting everything else aside, Paige was indeed very likable in terms of being sensible and cute.
But soon, Mike shook his head vigorously, shaking out the extra thoughts in his mind.
One could only say that in the face of sexiness and happiness, cuteness was not worth mentioning.
After all, Mike was not a saint.
Next, after tidying up the dishes, Mike waited for Cady and Lina to arrive.
Not long after, the three of them did what they loved to do in the room.
…
"What do you two want for lunch?" Mike asked after tidying up the battlefield.
After some exercise, it was almost noon.
"I want beef stew with potatoes…" Cady said languidly.
"Then I'll choose scrambled eggs with tomatoes. It's sweet and sour and delicious…" Lina, with a blush still on her face, licked her lips and chose an appetizing dish.
Through this period of intimate contact, the two girls' eating habits were already showing a tendency to be assimilated by Mike.
"Alright, you two rest for a bit. I'll go prepare something for you to eat…" Mike, still full of energy after the exercise, said with a smile.
As the [Moonlight] characteristic continuously exerted its power, Mike had now truly become a little Superman.
Although he hadn't specifically tested attributes like strength and speed, in terms of physical stamina, simultaneously tilling several fields was no longer a burden.
And just as he was about to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch, there was a knock at the door.
"Is that you? Are you coming back for lunch?" Opening a crack in the door and seeing Paige standing outside, Mike let her in.
"No, it's Sheldon. He needs your help." Paige said, her peripheral vision glancing at the two girls behind Mike.
Although the little girl was young, her extremely high IQ made her very precocious.
The radiant appearance of the two girls at that moment also confirmed to the little girl what Mike had been doing in the room earlier.
Although she had been mentally prepared, this discovery still made her involuntarily pout.
"Sheldon, what trouble has he gotten into now?" Mike asked with a calm expression, his feet not moving.
Compared to the beginning, the wool Sheldon could contribute now, both in quantity and quality, was very limited.
Given this situation, Mike had unconsciously become less "enthusiastic" about Sheldon than he was at first.
"It's a long story, but in short, Sheldon really needs your help right now…" Paige, seeing Mike didn't move, said while consciously looking towards the two girls behind him.
Cady and the other girl were also very perceptive. After exchanging glances, they said, "Mike, since you have important business to attend to, we'll leave first. The day after tomorrow is the start of school, so we'll see you then."
As the start of school approached, the two girls certainly had many things to prepare.
"Alright, see you at school—" Seeing that the two girls were determined to leave, Mike bid them farewell.
The two girls also said goodbye to Mike again, then friendly greeted Paige before leaving the room together.
Without considering other circumstances, Paige was actually quite popular with the girls.
Who told her she was so cute and endearing?
However, Paige, who looked like a little angel, couldn't help but slightly curl her lips after seeing the two girls leave as she wished.
This made her look a bit smug, like she had successfully pulled off a trick.
"Alright, now you can tell me what exactly happened with Sheldon, can't you?" After watching the two girls leave, Mike asked again.
At the same time, he also sensed a different kind of scent.
"It's… it's the refrigerator. Sheldon dismantled the refrigerator at home and can't put it back together…" Paige explained with a hint of guilt.
As a super child prodigy, Sheldon's senses were much more sensitive than ordinary people's.
For the past two days, his super-sensitive hearing had allowed him to hear a high-frequency, piercing ultrasonic wave coming from their refrigerator.
This high-frequency sound wave had been tormenting Sheldon, giving him headaches and preventing him from sleeping well at night.
So, he protested to George and suggested a major repair of the refrigerator.
However, apart from Sheldon, no one else in the Cooper family heard the extra noise from the refrigerator.
Therefore, George rejected the suggestion to repair the refrigerator.
And Sheldon, who had endured several days of sound wave torture, finally reached his limit.
So, taking advantage of his parents being out today, he decided to fix the refrigerator himself.
It's just that the ideal was very full, but Sheldon overlooked one point: his terrible hands-on ability.
"Alright, let's go take a look…" Mike, understanding the cause and effect, was idle anyway, so he decided to go to the Cooper family's place to see.
Upon arriving at the Cooper family's house, one could immediately see the refrigerator already installed in the living room. However, some screws and other small items were still left on the floor nearby.
One had to admit, Sheldon really was a "genius."
"I heard you need help?" Mike asked, looking at Sheldon, who was frowning in thought in front of the refrigerator.
"No, I can handle it myself. Just give me a little more time…" Sheldon replied stubbornly.
Clearly, he hadn't actively sought Mike's help. Bringing Mike over was entirely Paige's own decision.
Mike, understanding the key to the situation, glanced at the little girl beside him, but in the end, he didn't say much.
"Sheldon, you should just give up. You've been tinkering with it all morning…" Georgie, who was watching Sheldon make a fool of himself in the living room, suggested with a hint of smugness, "How about you beg me? For just one hundred dollars, I guarantee I'll clean up this mess for you."
"No, you wish—" Hearing Georgie's fee, Sheldon immediately rejected his suggestion.
One hundred dollars, for a child with no income, was not a small sum.
"Whatever you say, but when Dad gets back, you won't be so lucky." Georgie said indifferently, "Calling a professional repairman will cost at least three hundred dollars…"
A small refrigerator like the Cooper family's, buying a new one probably wouldn't exceed one thousand dollars.
Buying a used one would only cost three to five hundred dollars.
However, household appliances couldn't be calculated that way.
Georgie indeed wasn't lying; to repair the Cooper family's original refrigerator, including the on-site service fee, three hundred dollars truly wasn't expensive.
Listening to Georgie's incessant calculations, Sheldon angrily snapped, "Shut up—"
Clearly, Sheldon also realized that what Georgie said was true, so his emotions were somewhat irritable.
A repair fee of three hundred dollars was still a considerable expense for the Cooper family at the moment.
It was imaginable that when George and his wife returned and saw the state of the refrigerator, they would certainly give Sheldon a good lecture.