Chapter 111: On space camp mascots.
After lunch, Mei Mei pulled Mingzhe and his soldiers into helping her with the tree planting. Their speed was much faster than that of the ten part time workers the government office had found her on short notice.
The soldiers were treating it as a game, they had formed pairs, challenging each other to see who would plant the most trees. The rate at which they were going, Mei Mei was sure that she would have the mission finished before seven days elapsed.
At 3p.m sharp, she decided that enough planting had been done. It was time to head home because Mingzhu would soon be back from school. The school was so flexible and parent friendly to the extent that the child would be dropped off wherever the parent was in the capital.
Mingzhu could either be dropped off at home or the camp, depending on Mei Mei’s choice.
She took the same sky float as Mingzhe back to the main building, planning to take her third bath of the day.
As they entered the building, she noticed a group of at least ten toddlers being brought in three teachers. They looked no older than four years old. All were cute but she had no idea what they were doing in her camp. Weren’t they a little too young to be climbing asteroid walls, swimming and dodging flying balls?
The three teachers spotted Mei Mei and they waved at her with smiles. She raised her hand, smiled back and waved.
"Its the Imperial commander." One of them shouted.
Mei Mei’s hand froze mid wave, she turned to her brother and glared at him. Mingzhe was a thunder thief!! When they were standing together, she was always in his shadow. If she did not love him so much, she would be avoiding him like a plague.
"I hate you." she said.
"I know you don’t mean it." He laughed, turned and escaped before any toddler decided that they wanted to stick to him with the sticky fingers.