“No, the efficiency of collecting sunlight value right now is way too low!”
Mark knew he had to make a change.
Otherwise, with Daphne keeping such a close eye on him, who knew when he would be able to continue upgrading his Super Brain.
“Waaah…”
Mark started crying loudly.
“Little Mark, what’s wrong? Do you need to pee?”
Daphne immediately walked over, gently picked him up from the stroller, and headed towards the bathroom.
When Daphne placed Mark on the potty, Mark didn’t pee.
He pushed hard against the floor with both legs and stood up just like that.
“Tap, tap, tap…”
Swaying his body, he staggered out of the bathroom.
“Oh god! Mark, can you actually walk?”
Daphne widened her eyes in shock.
Normally, babies needed to be at least 10 months old to learn how to walk.
Yet Mark was only seven months old now, which exceeded Daphne’s understanding.
In fact, when a baby was six months old, their leg bones had already developed enough to support their own body.
It was just that ordinary babies hadn’t learned how to control their body’s balance yet, which was why they couldn’t walk.
Mark naturally didn’t have such a problem.
Originally, he didn’t want to act too abnormal either.
But in order to collect sunlight value faster, he had no choice but to push the envelope a little.
“Rosalie, this is simply amazing! Come over and take a look, Mark has actually learned to walk!”
When Rosalie got off work and came home, Daphne immediately told her the news.
“Ma—ma—”
Moving his little legs, Mark wobbled toward Rosalie while calling out indistinctly.
Of course, he could have spoken much earlier; he had just kept it hidden and hadn’t shown it.
“Oh, good heavens! The baby can even call me Mommy!”
Rosalie shed tears of excitement.
She hurriedly went forward, squatted down, hugged Mark tightly, and kissed him on the face.
She felt that all her hard work over the past half year was worth it at this moment.
“Little Mark has even learned to speak! His intelligence far surpasses other infants of the same age. Could he really be Tony Stark’s child?”
Daphne was also startled, unable to help crying out in surprise.
“Daphne! So you didn’t believe before at all that Mark was Tony Stark’s child, and thought I was lying to you?”
Rosalie raised her head and glared at her angrily.
“Uh…”
Daphne turned her head awkwardly, not daring to meet Rosalie’s gaze.
She truly hadn’t believed it before, especially after San Fernando Valley Entertainment News published its apology statement.
It was just to avoid provoking Rosalie that Daphne had pretended to believe it.
To ease the awkward atmosphere, she quickly changed the subject: “Rosalie, Mark can walk now, so it’s no longer appropriate for him to keep sleeping in a stroller.”
Rosalie nodded in agreement.
She and Daphne soon made a small bed for Mark on the bedroom floor.
The sharp corners of tables, chairs, and other places in the room prone to bumps were also carefully wrapped with soft pads by the two of them.
After learning to walk, Mark’s range of activities increased drastically.
He always took advantage of when Daphne wasn’t paying attention to walk to the window where the sunlight could shine in and absorb sunlight value.
“Little Mark! You child, why are you out sunbathing again? Didn’t I tell you that ultraviolet rays will sunburn you?”
Daphne walked over with a helpless look and scooped Mark back once more.
She found that this child was good in every way—he didn’t cry or make a fuss ordinarily—he just always liked to run under the Sun to bask in it.
Fortunately, she didn’t find any traces of ultraviolet burns on Mark’s face or body; his skin remained fair and tender.
This put Daphne somewhat at ease, and her control over Mark’s behavior wasn’t as strict anymore.
This time, it only took Mark a month to absorb 400 sunlight value, upgrading his Super Brain to Level 3.
[Super Brain LV2 → LV3]
Mark could clearly feel that his brain’s computing power had once again received a massive boost.
“9,852 multiplied by 7,926 equals… 78,086,952.”
He casually thought of a not-too-large number and obtained the accurate answer almost instantly: “Tsk tsk, if I had a brain like this in my past life, getting into Tsinghua or Peking University would have been a breeze!”
“The next upgrade will require 800 sunlight value! Staying just in the room limits the efficiency of absorbing sunlight value too much; it would be best to have a chance to go out and walk around.”
Mark thought to himself.
Even without Daphne’s obstruction, sunlight could only shine into the room for three or four hours a day.
If possible, Mark naturally wanted to stay outside for longer periods.
And the opportunity he was waiting for arrived very soon.
That night, Rosalie, who was sitting in front of the computer taking orders, had her eyes light up.
“Lisa’s Milk Powder Company is preparing to film a milk powder commercial, requiring a mother actress and a baby boy under one year old. Interested parties please come to Tenda Commercial Company for an audition within three days!”
“The mother actress’s remuneration is $1,000, requiring a beautiful appearance and a gentle temperament; the baby boy’s remuneration is $2,000, requiring a chubby, fair, lively, and cute physique capable of cooperating with the director’s filming.”
Rosalie turned her head to look at Mark, who was sitting on the floor behind her with his eyes locked on the computer, and instantly felt her heart flutter.
Usually, when she worked as an extra on film crews, a single scene only netted her $200 to $500, and she had to work non-stop from morning till night.
But filming this commercial this time, if she and Mark performed together, they could earn $3,000!
For Rosalie, who was urgently in need of money, this was quite a temptation.
And compared to other competitors, she also had a huge advantage, which was Mark!
Mark was no longer the wrinkled-looking baby he was right after birth.
Today, his chubby cheeks were extremely fair and tender, and his pair of azure eyes were like the starry sky, perfectly inheriting the appearance genes of Rosalie and Tony Stark.
Such a baby had an irresistible charm towards any adult.
Rosalie had absolute confidence in winning this opportunity with Mark.
Her only worry was that Mark was still too young.
“Mark, would you like to go film a commercial with Mommy?”
Rosalie stared into Mark’s eyes and asked in a gentle tone.
She hadn’t originally expected Mark to understand and give a response.
But after hearing her words, Mark’s eyes instantly lit up: “Go! Go with Mommy!”
For Mark, who wanted to go out, this was undoubtedly a rare opportunity, and naturally he wouldn’t refuse.
Early the next morning, Rosalie told Daphne about her plan to take Mark to shoot a commercial and asked for her opinion.
After all, Daphne was a professional infant caregiver; if she disagreed, Rosalie would have to give up her original plan.
“Hmm… Mark is eight months old, and his body has always been very healthy, so he can indeed be taken outside.”
“However, you must pay attention to Sun protection, wind protection, and keeping warm. You cannot let outsiders touch Mark or talk to him at close range.”
After a brief moment of thought, Daphne gave her advice.