Chapter 133 Family "Welcome home."
Ji Mingxue met Shen Qingzhu's two "fathers" on a sunny afternoon.
Shen Qingzhu's Omega father is named Shen Xian, an Omega with black hair, black eyes, beautiful appearance and gentle temperament.
When she first saw him, Ji Mingxue thought she saw a more mature version of Shen Qingzhu.
Because Shen Qingzhu is so similar to him, especially in temperament, they are exactly the same.
However, soon, Ji Mingxue sensed a strong gaze next to "Chen Xian".
Ji Mingxue then looked at Shen Qingzhu's father "Atel", and immediately met a pair of emerald green eyes that were very similar to Shen Qingzhu's.
It’s just that Shen Qingzhu’s eyes are softer and more beautiful, they are standard time-wind eyes, and he always smiles when he looks at people. "Etel"’s eyes are colder and sharper, and his facial features are also rather harsh, making him look a little difficult to approach.
But Ji Mingxue could see that "Aether" was not deliberately targeting him, nor did it dislike or hate him, it was just his personal temperament.
Shen Qingzhu had told him this in advance.
Shen Qingzhu and "Chen Xian" are both people with good personalities and will not easily let the atmosphere become stalemate.
After introducing each other's identities, "Chen Xian" quickly suggested that everyone go to the holographic world to play ball together - after all, "he" and "Etel" have no entities in reality.
A group of four went to the holographic badminton court, "Chen Xian" and "Etel" in one group, and Shen Qingzhu and Ji Mingxue in another group.
"My father's physical strength is not very good and he can't do strenuous exercise. In order to let him move more, my father would often play badminton with him."
Before the game started, Shen Qingzhu whispered to Ji Mingxue.
Ji Mingxue looked at "Etel" who was carefully adjusting the headband for "Chen Xian" and smiled softly, "It can be seen that the uncles have a good relationship."
After saying that, Ji Mingxue also stepped forward to adjust the wristband for Shen Qingzhu. His beautiful and focused profile when he lowered his eyes made Shen Qingzhu's heart move, and he suddenly wanted to kiss him.
But the fathers are still there.
Shen Qingzhu turned slightly, stood in front of Ji Mingxue unnoticeably, and gently kissed his snow-white and soft hair.
Then, when Ji Mingxue raised her eyes and looked at him, she winked at him mischievously.
Ji Mingxue's heart was warmed by seeing this, and she wished she could immediately hook her arms around his neck and kiss him hard.
But the two elders are still there.
Ji Mingxue could only snort softly, temporarily suppress the impulse in his heart, turn around and return to his position, ready to receive the ball.
This is obviously not a competitive football game, but just a process in which both sides go from strangers to familiarity.
Most of the balls were received by "Chen Xian" and Ji Mingxue, while "Etel" and Shen Qingzhu were mainly responsible for filling the gaps.
Ji Mingxue was very curious about "Chen Xian" and "Etel".
Ji Mingxue had seen many artificial intelligences that were taught by real people before, so he knew very well that most simulated human intelligence required a lot of time and effort to input and debug.
The more details that are input, the more the intelligence will resemble the trainer himself.
But for most people, very few people will spend so much time debugging artificial intelligence during their lifetime. At most, they will record some clips and let the AI run by itself.
Or maybe after those people passed away, their relatives missed them so much that they used their own memories or photos or videos to let AI automatically generate the relatives they remembered.
However, due to insufficient sample size, most of these human-like AIs will have some stereotyped behaviors, such as only repeating similar words or only being able to perform specific actions.
But Ji Mingxue could not see any incongruity at all between Shen Qingzhu's two "fathers".
Whether it is "Chen Xian's" slightly red cheeks due to exercise, the occasional dripping of sweat, or the dynamic direction of his body muscles, they are all exactly the same as the real person.
The expressions of "he" and "Etel" were also very lively, especially "Etel". Every time Ji Mingxue saw Shen Qingzhu, his "father", his eyes would definitely fall on "Chen Xian".
This was apparently the norm when these two elders were still alive.
They obviously also entered a lot of data from their playing together into the AI, otherwise it would have been impossible to present such a realistic effect.
This made Ji Mingxue sigh once again. The relationship between these two elders when they were alive must have been extremely good, otherwise it would be impossible for them to leave behind such a highly realistic artificial intelligence.
After playing ball for an hour, "Chen Xian" felt a little tired.
"He" smiled and talked to Shen Qingzhu and Ji Mingxue for a while, and then let "Etel" take him to rest.
Shen Qingzhu and Ji Mingxue also quickly logged out of the holographic star network.
Ji Mingxue looked around the bamboo building and did not see the two elders, so he leaned over behind Shen Qingzhu and asked him, "Will the uncles show up again?"
Shen Qingzhu smiled and said, "If you still want to see 'them'."
Ji Mingxue was curious about the two people. Upon hearing this, she shook Shen Qingzhu's neck and said, "I want to meet you."
Shen Qingzhu told him, "Fathers often appear by the lake in the backyard."
Ji Mingxue's eyes lit up, and after that, she would go to the backyard from time to time to peek at her two uncles.
He did not disturb "Chen Xian" and "Ether", but just watched from afar every time.
Later, "Etel" couldn't stand it anymore, so he found Shen Qingzhu and asked him to ask Ji Mingxue what she was looking at.
If there is something wrong, you can just go and talk to "them" directly.
Once, Shen Qingzhu caught Ji Mingxue peeking at his fathers and asked him with a smile, "Ji Xiaoxue, what are you looking at?"
Ji Mingxue was still looking at Chen Xian and Etel on the other side of the lake, and said excitedly, "The uncles have such a good relationship. I have never seen a couple with such a good relationship."
Shen Qingzhu vaguely understood what he meant.
When his father came to ask him again, he smiled and said to "Etel", "He is probably talking about the couple you and dad are together."
After hearing this, "Etel" was speechless. After returning, he took "Chen Xian" and disappeared. He did not appear for several days.
For this, Ji Mingxue felt very regretful for a while.
But to be honest, "Chen Xian" and "Etel" really opened the door to a new world for Ji Mingxue.
Before this, Ji Mingxue had never seen an AO couple with such a good relationship.
It's a feeling that's hard to describe.
Because she had witnessed the extremely shameless appearance of the Dog A Emperor when she was young, and had seen too many marriages in the powerful families that were in name only and not in harmony while growing up, Ji Mingxue had always found it difficult to imagine what a long-term and healthy relationship was like.
Even in the Ji family, most of the marriages of the elders are where A is strong and O is weak. In a few cases, O is strong and A is weak, and there is always one party that overwhelms the other.
Every time Ji Mingxue saw these, he would feel awkward and uncomfortable, always thinking that he would never be like that in the future.
After differentiating into an Omega, Ji Mingxue became more prepared to remain single until old age because she had a better understanding of the basic base of the Empire's Alphas.
Because he simply didn't want to develop into the kind of suffocating relationship he had seen over the years with anyone.
However, later, after meeting Shen Qingzhu, Ji Mingxue quickly fell in love.
This was the first time in Ji Mingxue's life that she fell in love with someone.
Shen Qingzhu is indeed a very good partner. When Ji Mingxue is with him, she always feels as if her soul has been healed.
Because of this, Ji Mingxue likes Shen Qingzhu more and more every day.
This kind of liking will breed greed, making people want to indulge in such pleasant and satisfying happiness forever.
But Ji Mingxue discovered that he didn't know how to maintain a relationship for a long time.
Because as he grew up, he had never seen a model of a truly happy and long-lasting relationship.
He had seen only quarrels, disagreements, angry outbursts or hatred, especially among married couples, which almost inevitably fell apart over time, some unable to maintain even the most basic decency.
Shen Qingzhu's fathers were completely different.
Ji Mingxue had read the information about Shen Xian and Etel, so he knew that these two uncles were nearly a hundred years old when they died in accidents.
It had been nearly eighty years since they had been married.
But in their projections, Ji Mingxue could not see a trace of perfunctory and impatience towards each other, only tender care and deep love revealed in every tiny movement.
"Chen Xian" and "Etel" do not have the feeling of one strong and one weak like most AOs. Even though they have been together for such a long time, they still respect and care for each other.
Whenever she sees "them", Ji Mingxue's imagination of happiness becomes clearer and fuller.
I also want to walk into such a happy future with Shen Qingzhu.
…
"It seems that the uncles rarely go into the bamboo house."
At dinner that day, thinking of the phenomena he had observed recently, Ji Mingxue couldn't help but ask Shen Qingzhu.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhu quickly put down the spoon in his hand and said to Ji Mingxue in a gentle voice, "If I hadn't taken the initiative to suggest it, they really wouldn't have come in."
"Because they know that they are not real people, but just a piece of artificial intelligence left by my fathers."
"Like right now."
"If they were here, I might subconsciously invite them to eat together, and then suddenly remember that my real fathers are no longer alive."
"And if they were here, I didn't call them to eat, it must be because I remembered their true identity."
“They were afraid I would be sad.”
"I'm also worried that I won't be able to distinguish between virtual and reality."
"That's why I never come into this small building on my own initiative."
His tone was apparently calm, but Ji Mingxue suddenly felt a surge of sadness in her heart.
On the one hand, I understood the good intentions of Shen Qingzhu's father, but on the other hand, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Shen Qingzhu.
Because she often saw "Chen Xian" and "Etel" these days, and "they" looked so much like real people that Ji Mingxue sometimes forgot that "they" were just projections of Shen Qingzhu's fathers.
Shen Qingzhu's fathers had obviously anticipated this, so they made such a smart move. On the one hand, they retained their companionship and love for Shen Qingzhu, while on the other hand, they did not forget to remind Shen Qingzhu not to indulge in such illusions.
It was not until then that Ji Mingxue remembered again that Shen Qingzhu no longer had any real family.
…
As the New Year is approaching, Shen Qingzhu begins to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Because Ji Mingxue brought a piece of very good quality ham this time, and there is also a large green bamboo forest within the Shen family's territory, where there are always fresh bamboo shoots popping up, Shen Qingzhu ordered a portion of pickled pork with preserved vegetables in the New Year's Eve dinner.
When Ji Mingxue was too busy to go for training, Shen Qingzhu picked up a small basket and went to the bamboo forest to dig out a lot of bamboo shoots.
When he came back, it was already dark.
From a distance, Shen Qingzhu saw a person standing in front of his small building.
It’s Ji Mingxue.
Although there is a constant temperature system within the Shen family's home, it is the middle of winter outside the Shen family. It seems that in the blink of an eye, the sky is completely dark.
The lights in the small building were all on.
Whether it was the warm lights on the first and second floors, or the red lanterns hanging everywhere on the small building, they all lit up with bright lights.
Just like the scene Shen Qingzhu saw when he was a playful child and played in the bamboo forest until dark, and then returned home.
At that time, his father would always stand in front of the door, smiling and calling him to go home quickly.
Although because of the existence of an intelligent system, the lights in the small building would always be on when Shen Qingzhu returned home alone, but there would no longer be anyone waiting for him at the door.
Because of this, Shen Qingzhu was a little dazed when he first saw Ji Mingxue waiting at the door.
Seeing Shen Qingzhu suddenly stop a few steps away, Ji Mingxue blinked in confusion.
But he didn't ask anything. He just quickly stepped forward, opened his arms, hugged Shen Qingzhu, and said with a smile, "Welcome home."
A white elk appeared quietly and took away the full bamboo basket in Shen Qingzhu's hand.
After it left, Shen Qingzhu gradually relaxed his straight back, slowly hugged Ji Mingxue, who was like a warm stove, rubbed his soft white hair that exuded a faint fragrance, and whispered with a sigh, "I'm back."
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