In the end, Xin Hexue did not go through with dismantling the bionic man’s external reproductive organ.
Because from a normal person’s perspective, it should be a very horrifying thing. However, even if Xin Hexue had done it, it wouldn’t have meant he was different from ordinary people…he was just curious.
Cats were very curious by nature.
K judged this way.
He could only patiently persuade the host: [Don’t be curious. Bionic people might not be disinfected when leaving the factory
K was well aware of his host’s love for cleanliness. His words made Xin Hexue give up even the thought of dismantling an arm to try.
Xin Hexue took two steps back to put some distance between them and crossed his arms in front of his chest to show a reserved attitude, completely different from his earlier excited demeanor. He said coldly, “You can put your clothes on.”
Taking off the butler’s uniform had been effortless, but putting it back on took some time.
Especially since this bionic man’s movements seemed slow, and he dressed so carefully that he didn’t seem like a properly tested and qualified product.
Just as Xin Hexue suspected that Xi Zhengqing had thrown a discarded defective bionic man onto him, there was a sudden “zzzzzip” sound in the air;
The light-colored shirt tore into two halves in the bionic man’s hands.
The tall bionic man stood there expressionlessly, at a loss, and faintly revealing a sense of awkwardness and uneasiness.
Poor bionic man, even the clothes he came with from the factory were this low-quality?
It seems bionic manufacturing companies are really unscrupulous.
Xin Hexue frowned and cursed Xi Zhengqing in his heart.
Xin Hexue lifted his eyelids and asked coolly, “Can you take a shower?”
He worried the bionic man might not be able to touch water.
The bionic man looked at him, and for some reason, stared at him for a long time before slowly nodding.
Xin Hexue: “Go to the second floor, take the hallway on the left, second room on the right. There are clothes inside you can choose from freely. There’s a shower room. Clean yourself and change.”
That was Pei Guangji’s dressing room. Anyway, there were so many clothes and he couldn’t wear them in the ICU, so it was perfect to put them to use.
Xin Hexue was worried that the bionic man wouldn’t clean properly, so he hurriedly added a time limit, “Come find me in half an hour.”
The bionic man nodded.
When he completed the third command he had received after activation and returned, Xin Hexue was curled up on the sofa knitting a sweater. He was blinking sleepily, and there were faint traces of tears gathering at the corners of his eyes.
Seeing him come down, Xin Hexue waved his hand, “Come here.”
The bionic man’s size was similar to Pei Guangji’s, with broad shoulders and a slim waist. The shirt and vest fit perfectly.
Xin Hexue: “What’s your name?”
The bionic man shook his head.
It seemed that no name had been set during production, probably left for the owner to choose.
While Xin Hexue was thinking, the mechanical cat pounced and bit at his sleeve again. The woolen cardigan was made of pure lamb’s wool, and its natural elasticity allowed the mechanical cat to stretch out a curve, revealing a slim, fair wrist.
“Don’t move around.” Xin Hexue patted the mechanical cat’s head, stopping its mischievous behavior, and casually said, “Then you’ll be called Number One.”
Xin Hexue’s naming skills were very average, as could be seen from the fact that the mechanical cat was named “Little Dog”, the gardener robot was named “Number Two,” and the floor-sweeping robot was “Number Three”.
“Do you know how to knit a sweater?” He asked Number One.
Number One slowly shook his head.
Wasn’t it said that his functions were comprehensive, that he could do everything?
Xin Hexue pursed his lips in slight dissatisfaction.
However, he had recently read some materials on bionic manufacturing.
At the current stage, there were two modes of artificial intelligence simulating human brain thinking. One was through symbolic operations and logical expressions, a top-down reproduction of human thinking logic. The other was by replicating and mimicking the operation of the human nervous system, a bottom-up mode.
The former required a built-in database, making decisions through extensive searching and retrieval; most of the ordinary robots on the market belonged to this type.
The latter was closer to the human learning method, improving future behavior through the accumulation of experience.
Perhaps Number One’s behavior model was the latter, needing post-production learning and improvement.
Xin Hexue showed him an online tutorial on knitting sweaters. Although Number One was clumsy at first, his learning attitude was very serious. Therefore, Xin Hexue felt at ease handing over the half-finished pet sweater to him.
He stretched lazily and went upstairs to rest.
When he turned away and could no longer be seen, Number One slowly raised his head, his inorganic eyes gazing at Xin Hexue’s back.
Until the figure disappeared around the corner of the stairway.
Number One lowered his head again and continued clumsily learning to knit the sweater, even as the mechanical cat kept biting at his pants leg in disdain.
In the past, he had no name. Only a codename given after joining the Huozhong Organization.
Because of the scorpion pincers he possessed that could cut through any materials, he was called the Cutter.
Now, he had a name.
Thinking of this, Number One’s massive shadow could not help but reveal itself, the long tail with upright bone spurs swinging rapidly.
The mechanical cat reflexively jumped away in fright.
………
“You asked me out. What’s the matter?”
Xin Hexue asked coldly, his drooping eyelashes reflecting an indifferent, even faintly resistant attitude.
Across the dining table, the Alpha’s grey eyes were visible behind the lenses.
The flawlessly crafted artificial eyes made him seem no different from a normal human, even though human eyes normally did not have the function of taking photographs.
After hastily leaving the villa a few days ago, Xi Zhengqing had not seen Xin Hexue again due to his chaotic emotions that needed sorting out.
Instead, after finishing work each night, he returned to his dark room filled with collectibles.
The gemstones and porcelain gathered from all over, no matter how bright and sparkling they were, no longer interested him.
Xi Zhengqing stayed in front of the new photo wall all night.
He discovered that just seeing the young man’s photos would inexplicably cause his heart rate to speed up. He arranged for several examinations, and results from three different institutions all confirmed there was no problem with his pacemaker or artificial heart.
Xi Zhengqing was sure he had no masochistic tendencies, nor any other peculiar hobbies. Then why was he so obsessed with the games of desire he played with Xin Hexue, even willingly placing himself in a position to be tamed?
His heart started racing again.
The first time had been when they first met in the villa’s garden.
The last time his heart rate reached one hundred and eighty was when Xin Hexue leaned over and gave him a light kiss, so fleeting it disrupted Xi Zhengqing’s rhythm like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water.
He realized that compared to anything else, even the previous desire games, nothing had thrown him off balance like this.
It wasn’t even a real kiss, just a simple touch of the lips.
Xi Zhengqing suddenly understood that love and desire were far more torturous emotions than pure lust.
Like his eldest sister, he had hopelessly fallen into a Beta’s trap. What was even more pathetic was that he was pretending to be another Alpha.
This time, Xi Zhengqing had asked Xin Hexue out using his own identity.
The location was the same immersive restaurant where he had previously gathered with Zuo Yongyan and the others. He had checked online reviews and found that besides being popular for gatherings between friends, many couples liked coming here as well.
The current theme was Dreamy Eden. The holographic projection created a vintage texture, making people feel as if they were walking inside an oil painting.
Red roses could be seen everywhere, and the classical Doric columns were adorned with exquisite relief carvings.
Xi Zhengqing originally thought, based on what he had discovered in the study drawer, that perhaps Xin Hexue’s feelings toward Pei Guangji were not that deep. After all, the contract he found was a completely unequal lover’s contract.
Before asking Xin Hexue out, he could still deceive himself into thinking Xin Hexue’s relationship with Pei Guangji was merely transactional.
But now, he realized that Xin Hexue might indeed have some feelings for Pei Guangji.
Because Xin Hexue’s attitude toward “Pei Guangji” and toward “Xi Zhengqing” was completely different.
The cold expression instantly created a vast distance between them.
After Xi Zhengqing went through great efforts to have the restaurant staff arrange several romantic scenes, and even spent more than ten minutes picking out every bit of scallion from the dish because Xin Hexue didn’t eat scallions, Xin Hexue stood up. His voice was clear and cold, “Mr. Xi, if there’s nothing urgent, I’ll leave first. You’re Guangji’s friend, today’s behavior is very inappropriate. I think it’s better for us to maintain an appropriate distance.”
The light fell on the now empty seat across from him.
Xi Zhengqing took a deep breath.
He just couldn’t continue intimate interactions with the young man under the guise of “Pei Guangji” any more. For a moment, Xin Hexue’s different attitudes toward Xi Zhengqing and Pei Guangji made him feel a sharp sense of disparity. Unable to adjust, he completely lost his footing, which was why he had acted so rashly today.
After all, to Xin Hexue, Xi Zhengqing was still just a “boyfriend’s childhood friend”.
There would be other ways…
After all, Pei Guangji was now nothing more than a living corpse. Even his own younger brother was eyeing the heir position greedily. What did Pei Guangji have to compete with him?
Although he thought this way, Xi Zhengqing couldn’t help but feel jealous of him.
[Xi Zhengqing Heartbreak Value +3]
………
Xin Hexue left Xi Zhengqing hanging for a while, during which the other party’s love value slowly climbed to fifty on its own.
He knew very well what Xi Zhengqing was struggling with, so much so that “Pei Guangji” didn’t return to Nancheng to see him recently.
This was exactly the development Xin Hexue had planned.
He looked at the movie playing on the screen.
It was a film he had found online, one that the previous “Xin Hexue” had acted in at the age of fourteen.
Xin Hexue’s understanding of this movie had originally only stayed at the level of the plot summary. However, considering there was another target bearing the title of “Genius Director”, he dug out this movie.
Before the host staff entered a world, the characters were blank puppets automatically completing their background settings. Once the staff entered the world, they would become the character itself. All memories generated by people who had interacted with the blank puppet, as well as the life traces left by the puppet, would automatically be replaced with the staff’s appearance.
Xin Hexue watched the scenes in the movie. It was indeed his appearance during his teenage years, but perhaps because the blank puppet’s acting was poor, it lacked a certain aura and appeared more stiff and lifeless.
His communicator received a message from Pei Ying.
[Pei Ying: At the beginning of next month, the Pei family is planning to hold a belated coming-of-age banquet for me. The invitation should be delivered to the villa tonight. Can you come?]
Xin Hexue was slightly surprised. To him, this news was no different from someone delivering a pillow when he was sleepy.
He had already been stringing Xi Zhengqing along with the cold treatment method for some time.
He took a screenshot of the message and sent it to “Pei Guangji”.
[Xin Hexue: Guangji, I want to attend Pei Ying’s coming-of-age banquet. Can you come pick me up that day? But I seem to not have a suitable formal outfit…]
After sending the message, Xin Hexue placed the communicator face down.
While waiting for Xi Zhengqing’s reaction, Xin Hexue propped his head with one hand and continued watching the movie.
But soon, he could not resist the sleepiness brought on by boredom. His head nodded little by little, his thin eyelids closed, and he fell asleep on the sofa.
K sighed and was about to reveal his form when Number One walked out from the corner and picked up the young man slowly and carefully.
K: “…”
He felt like a useless husband whose position had also been stolen!
