Chapter 34 Silent Confession This is not her heartbeat.

Jiang Chen focused all her attention on the face of this entity. She had a strong premonition that this entity must be Xiao Ji.

She reached out her hand and slid her fingertips back and forth across its computer-like head, her movements tender and compassionate.

In the end, it fell on the mouth of the only thing it had in common with humans.

She repeatedly traced the shape of its lips, and even felt an urge to pry open its lips with her fingers, as if she was supposed to do so.

Originally, the torso that Xiao Ji cleaned with clean water last night should not have any smell, whether it was its own smell or contaminated by other things, and it should have been eliminated by flushing.

Jiang Chen felt that her whole body was wrapped in the rich fragrance that belonged only to Xiao Ji, which tempted her to pry open his lips with two fingers, but she still did not dare to go deeper.

Jiang Chen and Xiao Ji did something similar.

Xiao Ji didn't expect this, because she never thought that Jiang Chen would open the valve of her desire when she was in this state.

Doesn't she hate this head that's so different from a human's? Doesn't she find it disgusting and scary?

It unilaterally defined her based on her past reactions, a definition it felt could not be changed - Jiang Chen would not like its current appearance.

And maintain this idea steadfastly.

Jiang Chen lowered her head even deeper, and her breath completely fell on Xiao Ji's screen, causing a layer of white mist to float on it. When she slightly raised her head, it quickly dissipated and returned to its original state.

This face, completely different from that of a human, did not cause her physical fear like the large piece of iron she had seen in Chen Yinchuan's laboratory some time ago.

Instead, it made her heart tremble, and waves of emotion kept rippling.

She recalled her description of the kiss, and she could not deny that she had an indescribable desire for Xiao Ji, which was burning more and more fiercely and could not be extinguished.

The same goes for Xiao Ji.

The output of the code started to be garbled.

Jiang Chen was too close to it, and its instinct reminded it that it should cater to its users...

And now, how do its users want to treat her? What do they want it to do? How do they want it to react...

"Jiang Chen, what are you doing?"

Chen Yinchuan's voice suddenly came from behind her.

He was trying his best to monitor Xiao Ji's movements. Just at that second, he saw one of Jin Mu's hidden codes flash by, but before he could decipher it, it disappeared again.

Jiang Chen subconsciously shuddered all over and quickly retracted his hand that was about to do something wrong: "No, I just want to see the entity."

Xiao Ji automatically closed his lips with a hint of regret.

It seems that some expectations were dashed at the critical point.

It has been rigorously analyzed that if no one disturbs Jiang Chen's actions, she may take the initiative to lower her head and kiss him after ten minutes. At first, it will probably be a light taste, with awkward lips touching lips.

It was estimated that in another five minutes, her tongue would invade its system with moist heat like a water snake.

It was still wondering how it should justify itself at that time, and how an AI that was not activated could kiss back.

All of this was interrupted and completely ruined by one person's sudden whim.

Chen Yinchuan grabbed Jiang Chen's arm, pulled her up, squatted down, and imitated her, trying to find some pattern in the fluctuations. "What did you do just now?"

Xiao Ji's code ran steadily, and the code simulating emotions lost its "temperature" and dropped to freezing point. The cold and rational computer secretly observed Chen Yinchuan's funny movements on it through the miniature camera installed on its body.

“I didn’t do anything…”

Jiang Chen looked at Chen Yinchuan's random touches on Xiao Ji's body, and could no longer bear it, so he pressed his hand down forcefully, "If I'm not mistaken, your actions now seem like you are harassing a poor, inactivated AI." "I'm experimenting." Chen Yinchuan met Jiang Chen's gaze for a few seconds, wanting to retract his hand, but he had no way to explain that he was breaking Amu's code.

"You're no longer needed." Jiang Chen checked the time. "Miss Jin Ling and I will find another researcher who is more professional than you."

"But what if it's on the way..."

Chen Yinchuan still tried to use the lame excuse from last night.

"Of course, we attach great importance to your professional opinion, Dr. Chen Yinchuan." Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and took a few steps, standing in the middle, separating Chen Yinchuan and Xiao Ji.

Chen Yinchuan glanced at them from top to bottom.

"Jiang Chen, I'm the only one here with a professional research team."

"That's exactly what happened yesterday."

Hearing Jiang Chen's answer, Chen Yinchuan had an inexplicable bad guess: "What do you mean?"

"Literally, Yao Jinling contacted her team last night, and it should have arrived by now."

After he finished speaking, as if he had telepathy with Yao Jinling, a car stopped and a group of people with equipment came towards them in a mighty procession.

Chen Yinchuan's manpower is far less than the number of people Yao Jinmu called this time.

He assessed the situation, walked up to Yao Jinling, and his tone was no longer cold.

"Let's study together. Afterwards, I will share with you the research results that Amu has left behind over the years."

Although Chen Yinchuan did not give up everything in his hands, this was still a big compromise. I don't know if it was for Yao Jinmu's hidden code or something else, but he was willing to bow his head and put down his noble face.

"Okay." Yao Jinling looked at the person in front of him and smiled playfully.

As the tools became more complete and there were more researchers, two groups of people began to work and conduct research at the same time.

But the entity still could not be activated at all. It just lay there motionless, but no one could find out what the problem was.

Some people suggest that disassembling and reinstalling can solve 80% of the problems with technological products.

Jiang Chen, who had crouched down beside the robot again at some point, gently touched Xiao Ji's hand. "You can't disassemble it. Are you absolutely sure it can be activated after disassembly? This is a robot left behind by Dr. Yao Jinmu. Who among you can bear the responsibility if it breaks?"

After Jiang Chen said this, she was surprised. When did she become someone who used information to "threaten" others?

He must have been led astray by the encouragement and education of some bad AI.

Xiao Ji noticed that Jiang Chen's fingers were cold and trembling slightly when he touched it.

She was in such a hurry to go out in the morning that she didn't put on more clothes.

It suppressed the movement of raising its hand to comfort her.

Xiao Ji's code was spinning, and it was making a difficult decision: should it be like the foolish Xiao Ji in the past and hold her tightly at all costs, even if she would be afraid, it would be happy to do so.

"Xiao Ji, I know you are here." Jiang Chen was not comfortable at all with her sideways posture, and the muscles in her waist gradually became sore.

She adjusted to a more comfortable position, poked Xiao Ji's chin with one hand, and continued to speak in a low voice in Xiao Ji's ear.

"I noticed you move. I used to not understand why you could always tell me every little thing I did. Now I understand, it's because you were watching me the whole time, right? I was watching you the whole time today too. If I was watching you the whole time, how could I not know?"

"So, Xiaoji, you don't want to wake up? It's okay, I'll stay with you. I won't let anyone tear you apart."

Xiao Ji didn't have a real heartbeat, but at that moment, it compiled a pulse with almost no hesitation and placed it at the "heart" position on its torso, changing the rhythm with the frequency of each word Jiang Chen said.

Excluding the chattering of background researchers, the air where the two of them were together was so stagnant that it couldn't accommodate any existence other than them.

In the silence without any response, they were too quiet and too close.

Jiang Chen's heart was beating faster and faster beside his eardrum.

She covered her heart and pressed down, but it had no effect. Instead, the rhythm of the knocking became more and more regular, wrapping her up in a three-dimensional way, making her unable to move.

She took a deep breath in frustration. Why was her heart so uncontrollable? The beating was so deafening that Xiao Ji would definitely hear it.

The researchers' overly excited cheers pulled Jiang Chen out of the one-person-one-machine environment filled with heartbeats.

"The background detected the machine's activation fluctuations!"

Xiao Ji was not surprised by the researcher's surprising feedback. When he decided to rewrite the program, he knew that if he changed the program, there would be a high possibility of being discovered under the current strong surveillance.

Because there is no time to rewrite it, the human eye can capture it in one second.

But when its camera was focused on Jiang Chen's face, it did not regret it, and even felt that it was worth it.

"What activates the wave?"

Jiang Chen stood up and asked.

One of the researchers patiently explained, "We just observed a brief, one-second activation wave in the backend. Although it was fleeting, it was recorded. This proves that our activation was effective. We've accomplished something that even a top researcher like Dr. Chen Yinchuan couldn't. This is another accomplishment for my resume!"

Jiang Chen looked at the researcher immersed in joy and did not disturb her fantasy. He squatted down and buried his head low, his tone aggrieved, and his voice seemed to be muffled by the quilt.

"Xiao Ji, you're willing to let others discover that you've woken up, but you're not willing to get up and see me? Hmm? Can you please tell me something in secret?"

Xiao Ji made his heartbeat louder, as if to prove that this was not the case.

It just hadn't figured out how to meet her? How to meet her in the most perfect way? How to face her with this terrible look? How to respond to her possible disappointed look?

Xiao Ji felt that now was not the right time. He would definitely choose a good day to face her with the most perfect appearance.

It must be good weather, at least the kind of weather Jiang Chen likes.

It must be a good place, at least a place that Jiang Chen likes.

It must have a good appearance, at least completely consistent with the human appearance that Jiang Chen likes in reality.

That must be...

Jiang Chen covered her ears with one hand. She couldn't understand why, even at this point, she was so anxious to get an answer, but her heartbeat only got louder.

But when she put one hand over her ear, the sound became quieter...

It is obvious that the sound of your own heartbeat will only be clearly amplified when you cover your ears.

Jiang Chen looked around the environment. In the small place where she was standing, there were only her and Xiao Ji lying there.

She held her breath and tentatively raised her other hand.

Most of the heartbeats were blocked out.

This was not her heartbeat.

It’s Xiao Ji’s.

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The author has something to say: A certain AI just made a silent confession [dog head holding a rose] and didn’t even realize it was a confession