Chapter 145 From now on you will be my grandson!
The stars win again.
It opened its eyes and saw Qi Nan's familiar but more vicissitudes of life face. It stretched out its stiff and cold little hand and gently placed it on Qi Nan's skinny wrist.
"grandfather."
The little robot sat up from the "bed" with no change in expression, still as innocent and harmless as before.
However, Qinan stared at it deeply for a long time.
Xingxing tilted her head in confusion, "Grandpa?"
Qi Nan asked coldly: "Did you expose yourself on purpose during the live broadcast that day?"
When he asked this question, he thought about many different reactions of the stars.
She might pretend innocently that she doesn't understand, or she might change the subject, or she might try every possible excuse to give him a reasonable explanation.
But Qi Nan never expected that as soon as he finished speaking, the little robot in front of him smiled with its eyes curved and admitted it without hesitation...?
"That's right~" Xingxing nodded, and then gave the surprised old human a good smile, but did not defend his behavior, but told him: "But Grandpa, don't be afraid. You can sell me to anyone, and use the money from selling me to buy you a place in the safe zone, or a chance to leave this exile planet."
As if afraid that he would not be tempted, the child emphasized to him very seriously: "Grandpa, I am very valuable. If you sell me, you can live a normal life."
“……”Qi Nan felt that the little robot in front of him seemed crazy.
If it is not crazy, it is most likely that it has been damaged many times, so some of the built-in system data is disordered, causing problems with logical operation, computing power, etc.
Otherwise it would be hard to explain why it said such crazy words.
Sell it?
...Facing the little robot's clean eyes that even contained a hint of smile and expectation, Qi Nan was not moved at all. Instead, he felt a little angry in his heart.
But before the anger had time to grow, it quickly turned into the familiar powerlessness.
In this little guy’s mind…how bad is he?
Qi Nan didn't know and didn't want to know.
He sighed dejectedly, looking even more exhausted. His mechanical eye slowly and feebly turned to look at the star, and said to it: "Don't be afraid, I won't sell you. I... I'm not the kind of person who is obsessed with money and is awful."
In the end, he couldn't help but defend himself.
“But once you are found, you will have to hand me over.” Xingxing had at some point stopped her obedient smile and squatted on a small old bed, wrapping her little hands around her knees, calmly exposing the strength that humans pretended to have.
It didn't wait for Qinan to answer.
Instead, he continued:
"Grandpa, I am not your kind. We do not have the same interests and destinies."
"I am not your friend. We have never been friendly and long-term together before, and there are no happy memories worth remembering."
"I am not your relative either. What flows in my body is energy, and what flows in your body is bright red, warm blood. We are not bound by any blood relationship."
"Hand me over and sell me at a high price, Grandpa. This is the best and fastest way to get rid of me."
"Otherwise, for some reason, I will always be suspicious of your every intention."
Xingxing raised her eyes to meet Qi Nan's. Ignoring the surprise in his eyes, she pursed her lips and said very seriously, "I doubt if you will abandon me for your kind, I doubt if you will hurt me for your friends, I even doubt if you will use my relatives as an excuse to guide and deceive me."
Qi Nan was stunned for a long time.
It’s not because of the sharpness and harshness in the little robot’s long speech.
But he saw with his own eyes that when the little robot said these words, there was no concealment of sincerity and frankness on its face and in its eyes.
What does it look like?
Like the kitten on the roadside that bares its teeth fiercely at humans, its fur standing on end and showing its claws, but is always easily tricked by humans and carried away by the scruff of the neck.
Maybe it's not a stray kitten.
It's more like... a kitten that was very well protected, carefully cared for, but accidentally got lost, wandered outside for a short period of time, and was scolded and driven away by humans.
Qinan felt that he might have gone crazy, or the eye in his soul had also become old and blind.
Otherwise, how could he ignore the sharp spikes all over the little robot at this moment, and then vaguely suspect that he saw the soft little grievances of the little robot hidden under the spikes?
Kittens that leave home and wander around always suffer.
And I...seem to be causing it injustice.
Qinan felt that he was really crazy.
Not only did he compare a dangerous intelligent life to a soft and harmless kitten, but he also felt remorse and guilt because of this abrupt hallucination.
He even wanted to apologize!
But what did he apologize for?!
He took the little robot home, repaired it and woke it up, allowed the little robot to use his optical brain, rummage through his pile of materials, and almost drank the little robot's deadly dark food.
In addition, you can make clothes for the little robot's mechanical doll, teach it to assemble the doll step by step, and even give the little robot's mechanical doll two of your treasured sapphires as eyeballs!
He doesn't even feel wronged!
He has lived for so many years, but... just two days ago when he saw the cubs in the captain's family and was asked by Xingxing if he had picked up a new brother, he felt guilty for a second or two.
Besides that, Qi Nan thought he lived an honest life! He never schemed, never bullied the weak, never...
Why should I feel guilty now?
Is it really true that people become too soft-hearted as they get older?
After all, it’s probably because this little robot is too good at pretending and acting to win human sympathy!
This is dangerous!
Therefore, I can't hand over this little robot that can act and pretend to be pitiful to those fools in the Federation who only know how to research but not how to be on guard!
So, Qi Nan's face quickly turned cold, and he stared at the stars and said seriously: "I'll say it again, I will never sell you, nor will I hand you over. Since you call me grandpa so many times, I have to take on the responsibility of being your guardian. From now on, you are my grandson, and even the masters of the major planets will be of no use!"
Star:"……"
For the first time, two identical blue symbols clearly appeared in the little robot's eyes:?
Xingxing felt that he had made himself very clear.
I don't trust this human being, I won't give my trust to this human being, and I won't invest my feelings in this human being.
If Qinan was a smart man, he would agree to the suggestion of selling himself.
Selling himself in exchange for a large sum of money could even buy him the chance to escape from the Exile Star and enter a more vast universe. Relying on his ability to repair and transform god-level mechas with his bare hands on the Exile Star, he would never be inferior to others again.
At that time, whether he wants to help his former teammates or the captain's children, it will become easy.
But Qinan doesn't seem to be a smart person.
He refused.
Not only did he reject me, he also insisted on being my grandfather.
Xingxing was stared at by the seemingly fierce and serious look in his mechanical eyes. The question marks in his eyes slowly disappeared. Then he called Qiuqiu over, and together with it, they scanned the body of the human in front of them from top to bottom and inside and outside.
In the end, I didn’t find any results related to “intellectual impairment”, “concussion”, “brain nerve disorder”, etc. in the pile of data marked in red and endangered.
On the contrary, the test results showed that the brain of this human being was abnormally active and his IQ was extremely high, making him very suitable for work or even research that required brainstorming.
"Son, he is really not stupid!" Qiuqiu read the test results over and over again.
Xingxing pinched her cold fingers, and as Qiuqiu muttered to herself, she said to Qinan with a stern face, "Humans are hard to raise."
Qi Nan's serious expression relaxed silently, his facial muscles trembled, and a gentle smile that could be described as kind flashed across his face.
He did not perfunctorily respond to the little robot's words, but answered it with the same carefulness and seriousness: "I know, because you are not my kind, nor are you my friend or relative."
"But I was exiled by my own kind, I was betrayed by my friends, and I have no blood relatives anymore."
This was the first time that Qi Nan confessed his own affairs. He did not explain in detail, but just lowered his head and looked at the little robot. Then, under its clear and focused gaze, he stretched out his cold hand made of mechanical metal to it and said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, we can become a family."
The elderly disabled man sat in a wheelchair and slowly extended his right hand towards the young and worn-out robot.
This is a signal of invitation, but also a silent wait.
Qiuqiu was watching this scene in mid-air and felt it was extremely weird.
Why?
Why has the bright star repeatedly asked humans to give it up, but humans not only did not give up, but instead insisted on becoming its guardian?
Could it be that this Qi Nan is not the same Qi Nan from the previous life?
That’s not right... Qi Nan’s soul is very compatible, it’s impossible for him to be possessed by someone else or to travel through time and space and be reborn.
Then why are there completely different attitudes and results in the previous life and this life?
"Why?"
Xingxing also asked this question at the same time.
It didn't stretch out its hand, but hid its hand behind its back, and asked doubtfully: "Why don't you sell me? Is it for more benefits? So that I can play a greater role in the future?"
Qi Nan: “…”
The "doubts" that Xingxing had just mentioned emerged in his mind.
Less than two minutes after he finished speaking, she actually began to doubt him.
He should have retorted that this was malicious speculation, but... Qinan found that he really could no longer treat this little robot as an ordinary intelligent life.
Not only could he not help but think of the stars as children, he also always had some strange associations.
For example, now, Xingxing, who was alert with her hands hidden behind her back, suddenly turned into a kitten backing away step by step, trying to hide in the bushes.
Qinan began to wonder if there was something wrong with his brain or if he was affected by some kind of radiation.
But the broken brain still seems to be functioning well.
In the illusion, he heard himself answering in a slower tone: "I may not be trusted by you for the time being, but time will tell. A family member who is truly recognized will never be trafficked or used."
"I will protect you until the day I die."
Xingxing frowned.
“I saw the maintenance man die.”
"I died on the day when life consciousness was born."
Along with Qi Nan's words, Jixing's initial lie in a cold tone appeared.
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