Ruan Tian's voice was very gentle, and You Er found strength and comfort in it.
"I'll hold your hand, let's go together."
Ruan Tian took the initiative to reach out and hold Yu Er's left hand, leading him towards the music box.
Yu'er watched Ruan Tian's back, lowered his eyes gently, and obediently followed behind her.
The two of them went to that room together.
The music box was found hidden in a small corner of the room.
"That explains why we haven't discovered this music box all this time."
Yul looked down at the music box in the corner, a faint emotion welling up inside her.
He crouched down and slowly took the music box out of the cabinet.
"If I remember correctly, this is my sister's room."
Yul's adoptive parents were well-known researchers at the institute.
Both of them are very busy with work and have heavy responsibilities.
After their daughter was born, the couple applied to their superiors for a separate room for her to stay in, in order to take care of her frail health.
This is the room where Yu'er and Ruan Tian are at this moment.
Yuer raised her eyes, her gaze sweeping around the room before settling on the music box in her hands.
Things I had previously forgotten, I now remembered.
"So, it was she who did all of this."
Seeing Yu'er's expression, Ruan Tian immediately understood that he had probably thought of something.
"Yure, do you remember what happened back then?"
Yul nodded, and he flicked the switch on the music box. As the familiar yet unfamiliar melody echoed in the room…
All the memories that Yul had previously forgotten returned to his mind.
"It's not like what I painted in that mural; my sister actually doesn't like me at all."
As mentioned before, Yul's adoptive parents are very busy with work.
They didn't originally want children, but by chance, Alice was born.
Alice is a child who looks like an angel and has a wonderful personality.
To outsiders, this child was without a single flaw; everyone felt she was a gift sent to earth by God.
However, Alice was frail and sickly and could not be separated from her parents.
She grew up in a research institute and was loved by everyone.
until……
The coming of Jules.
"The attitude of researchers towards me when I was born was completely different from their attitude towards me later."
When Yul was born, everyone in the research institute came to see him.
This is the first AI with self-awareness developed at their base!
Even though he can't speak yet, people have high hopes for him.
All the attention and care that originally belonged to Alice was taken away by Jules.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of scientific progress and gradually forgot about the lost Alice.
The real reason Alice turned to the dark side was that she found out... her parents had brought Yul home!
Become her nominal brother!
It's bad enough that Yul stole the attention, but now she's even trying to steal her parents' attention!
So Alice made things difficult for Jules, both openly and secretly.
She repeatedly framed Yul, saying that Yul was jealous of her, broke her precious music box, and dirtied her little dress.
He even considered killing her with his own hands!
At first, no one believed it, thinking that Yul couldn't possibly be that kind of child.
Over time, Yul's image in the minds of researchers underwent a complete and significant change.
He became unpopular, and some even suggested destroying Jules.
"AI is destined to be unable to replace humans, nor can it know human emotions."
A single, simple sentence sealed Jules' fate.
The culprit who caused Yul to fall into this predicament, however, hid innocently behind his parents.
People began to fear Yul and secretly devised a plan to destroy it that very day.
If it weren't for the strong opposition from Yul's adoptive parents, Yul would have been destroyed long ago.
They never believed that Jude was such a person.
This is also why Yul later felt pain and sealed away his memories.
When no one else is around, Alice will treat Jules like a servant.
Her actions were utterly shameless, repeatedly destroying Yul's spirit.
This is why, every time Yul drew his sister, he would add an evil little bear in the corner.
This music box was originally a gift from Yul's parents.
But when her younger sister found out, she absolutely refused to agree!
She smiled and congratulated Yul on the surface, but as soon as her parents left, she demanded that Yul hand over the music box.
This was the first time Yul had ever received a gift.
For this gift, Jules disobeyed Alice's orders for the first time.
During the fight, the two got into an argument, and Alice picked up a sharp knife and stabbed Jules in the heart.
Yul's heart was designed with a self-protection mechanism in mind.
Once anyone touches this mechanical heart, Yul will instantly activate his killing intent mode.
His mind went blank at the time, and he couldn't remember who Alice was at all.
When Yul regained consciousness, Alice was already lying beneath him, strangled to death.
Just then, the parents returned with the cake and witnessed this scene...
They broke down.
His adoptive parents are very important family members in Yul's life, and he cares about them very much.
So after her adoptive parents both died due to their own reasons...
With a mix of pain and self-reproach, Yul erased that part of her memory.
He imagined that his father wanted to kill him, but little did he know that it wasn't his father at all, but Alice.
The end of the world arrives at the moment when Jules is about to be destroyed.
He survived.
Now that the truth has come to light, it's as if Yul is watching his painful past experience from a third-person perspective.
For a moment, Yul didn't know what to say. He held the music box in his hands and remained silent for a long time.
His upper body was hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.
Ruan Tian looked at You Er with concern, and subconsciously reached out and gently placed her hand on You Er's shoulder.
Do robots cry?
She leaned closer and glanced at Yul's cheek.
There wasn't a trace of tears on his face, and his eyes were calm, not like he was about to cry.
But Ruan Tian understood the sadness in his heart.
"Yure, are you crying?"
Perhaps robots are also capable of understanding human emotions; they are not as heartless as humans imagine.
Yu'er felt the warmth of Ruan Tian's palm, stared at the music box for a long time, and suddenly turned around and grabbed Ruan Tian's wrist.
Will you leave me too?
This sudden question left Ruan Tian stunned.
Um... what should she say?
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