Chapter 44: You are getting closer to the truth, you can try it.

After Tang Ji finished speaking, almost the entire room fell silent, so quiet that one could hear the sound of the wind blowing through the window.

The bubble of "Jiang Chen loves him" in his fantasy was forcibly burst by him, catching everyone off guard. They had to stop what they were about to do and digest all the information contained in this sentence.

"Ah?" Jiang Chen stared in disbelief and uttered a single word of questioning sound, then retreated back into Xiao Ji's arms, his back pressed against his chest.

"Aren't you jealous of Yao Jinling and I getting engaged a year ago, and that's why you're here to question me?"

Tang Ji thought that the little girl's thoughts had been revealed, so he pretended to be shy and couldn't believe it, and asked questions.

Jiang Chen's mind raced through something she would never dream of in her life - did Tang Ji think she loved him?

Those incoherent conversations suddenly became clear.

For the questions she asked, every answer Tang Ji gave could branch out into explanations related to another aspect.

The self-righteous reasoning just now turned into a pool of foam in an instant and was washed away, leaving nothing behind, as if she had never asked.

Where you can hear a pin drop, the only sound is human breathing.

Xiao Ji's fists were clenched tightly, and the wires on his body were almost bulging like human veins due to the excessive fluctuations in simulated emotions, making people think that they were about to explode in the next second.

If there were only the two of them left in this place, it would definitely throw away the "do not harm humans" written in the underlying code without hesitation and punch him hard.

This despicable human being actually wanted to steal its name.

So what's next? Is he still going to fight for his spot next to Jiang Chen?

He didn't even think about it.

"..." Jiang Chen felt a lump in his throat, and it took him a long time to utter a question. His hands waved in the air incredulously. "Excuse me, why should I be jealous of your marriage to Yao Jinling?"

"Because you love me, Jiang Chen, you don't have to act anymore, I know everything."

Tang Ji deliberately ignored the hateful looks Xiao Ji kept giving him, and thought Jiang Chen's pale face was due to excessive excitement.

He sat on the sofa opposite Jiang Chen, with his arms outstretched, his legs crossed, and his back reclined on the sofa cushions.

Xiao Ji clenched his fist, but the mechanical fingers exerted too much force, causing a "crunching" sound of friction.

Jiang Chen has only formally said "I love you" to it so far.

Tang Ji actually said here that she loved him?

The veil that Xiao Ji pretended to be gentle in front of Jiang Chen was about to be lifted.

It was certain that if this person continued to provoke it with another word, it would rush up and do something regardless of the consequences to stop him from speaking.

"What do you know..."

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he wanted to slap his mouth madly with his hands, begging himself not to continue this stupid topic and not to follow Tang Ji's train of thought.

"Of course I know how much you love me."

"You came to the villa to find me that night, regardless of the risk, and cooperated with my actions."

"In order to see me more often, you even joined Chen Yinchuan's experiment."

"Later, I allowed you to make one request. You only asked for the information of the people around me, not for my family's property."

"After I rejected you, you went to the bar to get drunk, and later even mustered up the courage to negotiate with my fiancée."

"Except for grandpa, I've never seen anyone love me like this."

"But since you've gone this far, as a man I can't pretend not to see it anymore."

Jiang Chen saw Tang Ji talking endlessly about his touching feelings.

If she was not the person involved, she would almost think that the girl in the story was hopelessly in love with Tang Ji.

But there was nothing she did specifically for it.

Xiao Ji's expression also became more and more relaxed from nervous.

It has these memories, and everything that happens is caused by it.

It was too much, it didn't care about the anger, but more about the heartache that surged up and tried to drown it.

I feel sorry for Jiang Chen's journey and the hardships he has gone through every step of the way.

"I think you misunderstood, Master Tang."

Jiang Chen smiled, a smile that was almost relieved, the kind of smile that looked back from the present.

She doesn't regret anything she has done.

"What? You don't have to pretend. It's okay. I won't laugh at you."

At this moment, Tang Ji still thought that Jiang Chen was being stubborn and too shy to admit it. Halfway through his words, he blushed, lowered his head, and his voice became weaker. He even threw logic aside and ignored it.

"That's good, you're good."

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, and the feeling of playing the lute to a cow became stronger and stronger.

She pulled Xiaoji's arm with one hand and held it tightly. It bent down a little to allow her to lean her head on its shoulder affectionately.

"This is my lover, his name is Xiao Ji. Although he and I still have many unresolved issues, I am sure that if I spend the rest of my life with him, he will be the one I love."

Xiao Ji tried to concentrate all his senses on Jiang Chen's heart.

She spoke this passage fluently, but her heart was beating like a drum, and it unconsciously tuned its heart to resonate with hers.

"You're looking for an excuse." Tang Ji's relaxed posture tensed, not even leaning on the cushion. He straightened up with a serious expression, "Jiang Chen, in order to prevent me from discovering the fact that you are in love with me, you actually use a random robot as an excuse."

This human is so difficult that he can't understand what people are saying.

How could such a simple right or wrong question of "love or not" take so long?

He has been clearly marked wrong, but now he is still shamelessly claiming that the examination was a mistake. Should I call him naive or stupid?

"I'm not making an excuse." Xiao Ji raised his eyes and said coldly, "I've tolerated you for a long time."

Tang Ji ignored Xiao Ji's words and still believed that no one could fall in love with artificial intelligence. This was just Jiang Chen's shy excuse.

He opened his mouth, but then felt that there was no point in arguing with an artificial intelligence. Instead, he lowered his status in front of Jiang Chen. He snorted, "Do you believe that I can let Chen Yinchuan destroy you?"

"You can try."

Seeing the two of them talking like this, they were about to start quarreling in the next second.

Jiang Chen quickly tried to smooth things over, let go of Xiao Ji's arm, and stood between them.

Her progress on today's questions was zero. She had just wasted too much time and now she had to hurry up and catch up. "So, didn't Miss Jinling tell you why we came?"

Tang Ji shook his head, taking in Xiao Ji's distraught movements as he tried to grab Jiang Chen's loosened arm.

He looked unhappy: "No."

Jiang Chen: "Did you and Dr. Yao Jinmu call her a year ago, on the day she died?"

"Yao Jinmu? Why are you asking her?"

Jiang Chen wasted no time asking one question after another: "Just tell me if you have it or not."

Although Tang Ji was puzzled, he saw Jiang Chen's serious expression and could not be faked. He frowned and replied seriously: "No, Sister Jin Mu and I are very familiar with each other, but she definitely did not look for me that day."

"Are you sure? There's no chance of misremembering?"

Jiang Chenyi asked back, and Tang Ji really thought about it for a long time.

"Really? How could I possibly remember something so wrong? On the day Sister Jin Mu passed away, if I had received a call from her and hadn't been able to save her in time, I would have felt guilty to death."

The expression on Tang Ji's face was sincere, and it didn't seem like he was acting.

Jiang Chen didn't believe it completely. He just unlocked the phone on the coffee table, found his call record, and held the phone in front of him to show him.

"The last phone call she made before she died was to you. Did you see clearly? The time you called is written on the back, accurate to the minute and second. I also have the record of your call, but I just can't believe it. So I came here specifically to confirm whether I have wrongly accused you and to listen to your story and see if it matches the call record I heard."

It was another familiar trick of coaxing and deceiving.

Xiao Ji tilted his head to look at her, and the corners of his lips finally rose slightly.

"It's impossible that I called Sister Jin Mu! I remember it very clearly!" Tang Ji was really panicked this time. He wanted to get up and take the phone that Jiang Chen was holding tightly in his hand to take a closer look.

"Don't move, just sit there and watch."

Jiang Chen looked down at Tang Ji who was sitting on the sofa.

Xiao Ji cooperated with her tacitly. He pressed Tang Ji's shoulder with one hand, and the force was enough to prevent him from getting up, making it easier for Jiang Chen to continue questioning.

Tang Ji's eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"I really haven't called Sister Jin Mu..."

Jiang Chen didn't think Tang Ji's acting could be so amazing that there was no trace of acting at all.

What if he really didn't lie?

Or his memory has been tampered with and he has forgotten this memory.

Or someone else used his phone to make the call.

An acquaintance, or a hacker?

The possibility of memory tampering is very small, so Jiang Chen decided to verify the following possibility first.

"Who could have access to your phone, unlock your password, and make a call?"

Jiang Chen put his phone back and looked directly into Tang Ji's eyes, trying to find a flaw.

The mobile phone password is a private thing, especially since Yao Jinling mentioned it before she came out. This is Tang Ji's personal number, not a work number.

That's even less likely to know the password.

Basically, a range can be initially locked.

Tang Ji was still recalling, and it seemed that after searching his brain for the words, the words that were about to come out were stuck in his throat. He temporarily changed the sentence and blinked guiltily: "No."

It's really as simple as expected.

It seemed that someone was able to use his mobile phone at that time, and he had a guess as to the answer.

Jiang Chen now understood why Yao Jinling had never considered the possibility of this person, and he could also confirm that every word Tang Ji said was true.

He is not a liar at all.

Everything is written on his face, and he is more perceptive than her.

Jiang Chen glanced at Xiao Ji, and it nodded at her.

The man and the machine understood each other tacitly, and she knew it almost instantly, which reminded her to attack Tang Ji's weak point.

This young master really values ​​feelings.

She is considered a rare gem among wealthy families.

"If you consider the two Yao sisters to be your friends, please tell me the truth. Do you really want to protect that person?"

Jiang Chen threw the difficult problem to Tang Ji and let him make the decision.

Should he find out the truth about his past friends, or protect the "friends" he is currently talking about.

"He's a good man."

Tang Ji stammered for a long time before he spoke incoherently to refute the person he had guessed.

"So you should tell me and let me find the truth, which will also clear your friend's name, right?"

Jiang Chen bent down and looked Tang Ji in the eyes patiently.

In just a second, Xiao Ji behind her secretly poked and tickled her palm, reminding them to keep their distance.

Jiang Chen also felt that she should give Tang Ji some time to think. She stood up and prepared to leave: "Think about it carefully. I'll wait for your answer."

Tang Ji listened to Jiang Chen's footsteps getting farther and farther away, and when she reached the entrance, he still called her loudly.

"Only one person knows my password."

"It's my grandfather."