CHAPTER 136: CHAPTER 136 INTELLIGENT ROBOT KEKE

"Are you two a married couple?" the principal asked with a smile.

Su Xingwan quickly shook her head, "No."

She had expected they would be mistaken when enrolling in the kindergarten. Usually, it’s the children’s mom and dad who bring them, or at least the grandparents. Rarely does an aunt and uncle bring them like this.

"Oh, is that so? Then who are you?" asked the principal.

The two little ones looked up, "Principal Auntie, this is our aunt and uncle!"

The principal was a little taken aback and clearly hadn’t expected such a family arrangement.

She then smiled and said, "Miss Su, Mr. Lu, is there anything you would like to know about our kindergarten?"

Su Xingwan thought for a moment, looked at the two little ones, and asked, "Can these two join the middle class?"

The principal hesitated, "The middle class? These children seem to be only four years old, isn’t it too early for them to join the middle class?"

Before waiting for a reply, she looked at another child of Miss Su and asked, "And what about this one? Does he join the small class?"

Su Xingwan smiled, "I want Little Su Yan to join the big class."

The principal was surprised.

"Miss Su, why is that? Won’t putting these three kids directly into middle and big classes make it difficult for them to keep up with the other children’s learning pace? And there’s also the matter of getting along with others; what if..."

"To be honest, Principal, these three kids are quite smart, especially my little Yanbao, who already knows many characters at his age."

The principal misunderstood and said, "While your children might be quite smart, they might not necessarily keep up with the learning pace at our kindergarten. You walked around this morning and saw that we teach a lot of things here."

"Actually, the need for character recognition in kindergarten is minimal. Our kindergarten mostly focuses on arts, entertainment, and interest classes, and most children sent here are quite smart."

Being a prestigious kindergarten, children enrolled here come from wealthy or distinguished families and often learn much at home before enrolling.

Moreover, affluent families place more emphasis on education, competition, and networks. Their children start early, aiming to get a head start, and are often much smarter at a younger age than those from regular families.

Su Xingwan understood what the principal meant.

But she insisted, "My three kids are different; they are really talented. You can test them if you want. Even though they don’t understand much about musical instruments or robots yet, they’ll learn quickly with their intellect."

Upon hearing this, the principal thought for a moment and suggested, "How about this? Miss Su, why don’t you temporarily place them in the small class for a while so our teachers can observe? If they indeed show potential for the middle or big classes, we can adjust accordingly, how about that?"

Su Xingwan nodded when she heard this, "That’s fine."

The principal also suggested, "Earlier, you looked around in a bit of a rush; would you like to take another tour? We still have many things in our kindergarten that haven’t been introduced yet."

"Sure, I’d like to take a closer look."

"Auntie! We want to see the talking robot!" the two little ones said.

Su Xingwan smiled, "Alright, Auntie will take you to see it in a bit."

When they arrived at the robot classroom, there were many small, detachable robots. Su Xingwan noticed these were something only the big class kids would play with.

At that time, a cute little intelligent robot slowly moved over.

"It’s Keke!" The two little ones’ eyes lit up.

They were very fond of this auto-talking robot.

The principal said with a smile, "The future is the AI era, so we’ve introduced this kind of artificial intelligence into our kindergarten. According to experts, this Keke robot has the intelligence of a six- or seven-year-old and knows a lot. It can chat with kids and is like an encyclopedia."

Su Xingwan was surprised.

At this moment, the Keke robot extended its mechanical hand to greet the three little ones.

"Hello, kids! You’re back again!" Keke’s mechanical voice sounded youthful.

"Hello, Keke!"

The two little ones mimicked her greeting.

After a few seconds, Keke said, "Why are you imitating me?"

Then an expression of shyness appeared on her screen.

Earlier, they hadn’t carefully looked at this cute robot due to their hurried tour. Now, seeing Keke naturally interacting with the two little ones surprised Su Xingwan.

Though whenever the two little ones asked Keke a question, Keke would pause for a few seconds before answering, but ignoring her pile of metal, she indeed seemed like a little girl.

The two little ones curiously asked her, "Keke, where did you come from?"

Keke replied, "I came from the factory."

The two little ones were puzzled: ?

"Where is the factory?"

After a few seconds, Keke answered.

"It’s the place where I was made!"

The two little ones didn’t quite understand and continued to ask, "Keke, why do you look different from us?"

After a few seconds.

Keke answered, "Of course, I’m different! I’m a robot, not a human."

Little Su Yan gazed curiously at the robot Keke in front of him but remained silent.

Then, the two little ones chatted with Keke for quite a while. As long as they asked her questions, Keke would always respond.

In the kindergarten, not only the kids liked her, but the parents dropping off their kids liked her even more

because no matter what question they asked or how they teased her, Keke never got angry and was very cute.

After touring, Su Xingwan gained a lot from this trip.

She immediately went to handle the enrollment procedures.

The principal smiled as she glanced at them, "Miss Su, Mr. Lu, will it always be you two bringing the three little ones to school in the future?"

Su Xingwan smiled, "Unless something unexpected happens, usually it will also be their Uncle Ye."

The principal then ventured to ask, "And what about their parents?"

Lu Yun replied, "Their parents aren’t around, and as for the future... we still have to see."

"Oh." The principal briefly understood then explained the school timings to them.

Afterward, Su Xingwan and Lu Yun took the three little ones back home.

Since it was still early, Lu Yun stayed for dinner with her.

The two little ones were very happy, as being with their little uncle was nice, even without Uncle Ye.

Nowadays, the two little ones weren’t as afraid of their little uncle because they realized he only looked fierce but was actually quite gentle.

Especially gentle with them.

No, their little uncle was also gentle with their auntie.

The two little ones pulled on their little uncle’s fingers.

"Little uncle, little uncle, come to our room, we have something good to show you!"

Busy in the kitchen, Su Xingwan noticed how rarely Lu Yun had the chance to spend time with the three little ones.

"What do you want to show me?"

"It’s a secret; you’ll know when you come in!" Little Su Hua said.

Then, Lu Yun followed them inside.

Little Su Hua rummaged through a drawer in the bedroom.

Little Su Luo had already taken out his large skyrocket to show his little uncle.

Lu Yun laughed.

It was usually Ye Yixing who played with them like this; he hadn’t had the chance before.