Chapter 270 Machine 9
Jiang Chan dreamt of returning to the orphanage and seeing a little girl standing in a crowd. Several older children around her shouted at her to move forward, but Jiang Chan desperately begged her not to. She knew there was a puddle right in front of the little girl. The rain had just stopped, and the children from the orphanage were playing in the yard. The little girl longed to continue playing with her friends, unwilling to be isolated. Even though she could no longer see, she had learned to use her cane to dodge obstacles on the road. With her cane held by the older children, she nervously took her first step.
Trust is built step by step. She longed for friends so much that she stepped onto flat ground and a smile instantly blossomed. However, Jiang Chan's heart sank. The next moment, she stepped into a mud puddle made by the rain. Mud splashed everywhere, and laughter exploded in her ears. Jiang Chan was immersed in the scene and couldn't help but hug her arms. Like the girl splashed with mud, she curled up and squatted, hugging herself tightly.
The joy of overcoming the darkness was short-lived. Amidst the laughter of her friends, she felt her heart shatter like glass being kicked. Jiang Chan slowly stood up, walked over to the girl, and told her, "It's okay. They don't like you, so don't like them either. You'll find the best friends in the future."
Jiang Chan looked around, but it was all empty; there was no sign of Silver Armor. Then she saw Silver Armor's body parts piled in the garbage, dismantled into pieces. Jiang Chan picked up the pile of scrap metal, her heart aching as she cried out, "Silver Armor, Silver Armor!"
The girl's brows were furrowed in her sleep, her hands tightly clasped around her arms, her whole body curled up like a hedgehog, her eyes filled with intense fear and pain, cold sweat trickling down her cheeks. Silver Armor lowered his head and deliberately lowered his voice, "Young Master, Silver Armor is here."
Jiang Chan showed no signs of waking up and struggled more and more fiercely. Yin Jia raised his voice and patted her arm, "Little Master, don't be afraid."
Jiang Chan opened her eyes suddenly, and the scenes in her dream quickly faded away. She blinked again and again, but could not see anything clearly. However, Yin Jia's voice continued to ring in her ears. Jiang Chan gasped and touched Yin Jia's face randomly, then his shoulders, arms, and chest... He was not disassembled and was still fine. Jiang Chan's tears fell, and she suddenly plunged into Yin Jia's arms.
"Ginger Armor, I'm glad you're back! I thought I was tricked. I really regret handing you over to someone else."
Silver Armor's arms slowly moved around her back, holding Jiang Chan in his embrace. The metal arms closed, and only her fluffy black hair could be seen reflected in the silver metal. "Little Master, as long as Silver Armor's chip is still there, even if my body is disassembled, Silver Armor will return to my side again."
Jiang Chan's eyes were blurred with tears. "What if the data is cleared? Then you will be like a brand new machine, and you will definitely not remember me anymore."
Yin Jia fell silent. He was just a machine operating on algorithms and data. If his data was reset to zero, he would naturally not remember anything about his young master. Inexplicably, a strange feeling enveloped him. It was like sinking into the sea: the azure water, the icy cold, a drowning person...
"Young Master." Silver Armor's internal functions were a little slowed down. He wanted to say that he felt uncomfortable. But what did discomfort feel like? He didn't know. He had a sensory processor inside him, but it was designed to better analyze Jiang Chan's emotions. He could clearly distinguish various emotions and knew how to respond accordingly. But he was a machine. He had no feelings, and he couldn't understand discomfort.
Jiang Chan sat directly on Yin Jia's body, wrapping her arms around his. "Yin Jia, you must stay with me forever." Even after saying this, Jiang Chan was still not satisfied. She stared at him with her eyes wide open, her distinct black and white eyes revealing a nervous anticipation. Without waiting for Yin Jia's answer, Jiang Chan anxiously cupped his face and said in a dissatisfied tone, "Yin Jia! You have to say 'Yes, young master, Yin Jia will stay with you forever.' Yin Jia, repeat what I said!"
Jiang Chan couldn't see Yin Jia, but Yin Jia could "see" Jiang Chan. He was only half a fist away from Jiang Chan. If he was a little closer, he could touch her. With this thought, for some reason, Yin Jia felt a strange flame burning inside, making his whole body become hot.
His vision was filled with Jiang Chan's puffed cheeks and somewhat angry look, "Yes, young master, Silver Armor will always be with you."
Jiang Chan was happy after getting a satisfactory answer. She touched his face and leaned forward to kiss him. What she touched was cold metal. The kiss was a little off, probably touching the corner of Yin Jia's mouth, but Yin Jia was made of metal all over, so it didn't make any difference where she kissed him.
Jiang Chan hugged Yin Jia's neck and muttered, "Yin Jia, are you sure you're okay? I feel like you've become so dull... Ah! You're so hot..." Jiang Chan pulled off the cotton blanket covering his legs, and slightly lifted her hands away from his neck, leaving a gap between them. She groped her way down, "I'd better go back to bed. I need to take you for a checkup tomorrow..."
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Chan's arm was lifted up and put back behind Yin Jia's neck. Then, two metal hands covered her back and pressed her firmly against him. Jiang Chan was confused. Yin Jia said, "Young Master, your sleep quality is very poor. Yin Jia can help you. Sleep in Yin Jia's arms!"
"Are you okay?"
"Silver Armor is fine."
"But you're hot."
Silver Armor paused for a moment before answering, "Young Master, there's nothing wrong with Silver Armor. This is a normal reaction for Silver Armor."
"ah?"
"Because the young master kissed Silver Armor."
Jiang Chan's eyes widened. She didn't feel shy, but rather curious. "Yingjia, are you shy? Is this a new feature?"
Without waiting for Yin Jia to answer, Jiang Chan kissed every spot on the metal body in front of her. Feeling it wasn't enough, she kissed it two or three times in a row, smiling, "Yin Jia, I'm kissing you again!" Her palms felt like they were burning hot, and Jiang Chan exclaimed, "Yin Jia, you've become so sophisticated!"
Yin Jia turned into a scorching furnace. But his arm showed no sign of loosening, tightly covering Jiang Chan's back. Jiang Chan had had enough of the commotion, and the fear in her dream had long since dissipated to who knows where, and she drifted off to sleep. Yin Jia felt the temperature slowly drop, so he pulled a cotton blanket around Jiang Chan and held her close again.
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Jiang Chan slept in late, and was aroused by the smell of fried eggs. She rubbed her eyes and headed towards the kitchen where the noise came from. "Yingjia, are you in the kitchen?"
Her voice was a little nervous. Back in the orphanage, there was a kitchen. After leaving the orphanage, she had to do all the housework herself. Although Yin Jia was a home robot, he sometimes malfunctioned. That time, he nearly exploded himself. Jiang Chan no longer needed him in the kitchen. At most, he would just stand by and instruct her on how to operate the machine.
She was in a hurry to put on her shoes, but before she could find them, her feet were picked up. Yin Jia was very tall, and Jiang Chan could clearly feel an inexplicable sense of oppression enveloping her. Yin Jia put on her shoes, his voice was a gentle tone mixed with metal.
"Young Master, the Silver Armor has been fully repaired. Leave the kitchen chores to me!"
Jiang Chan was still worried, even though Yin Jia's cooking skills had improved greatly—no, by leaps and bounds. Yin Jia tossed the wilted vegetables in the refrigerator into the trash, where Jiang Chan couldn't see. She ate Yin Jia's tomato noodle soup, her mouth stained red. Yin Jia stared at her closely, wiping her mouth with a napkin as she chewed.
Jiang Chan tilted her head slightly. She didn't think there was anything wrong with this, nor did she think she was overly dependent on the robot. This was how they got along when Yin Jia first came to her. When Yin Jia first came to Jiang Chan, Jiang Chan was a blind child, and Yin Jia took care of her. Later, when Jiang Chan grew up, Yin Jia still took care of her like a child.
With Yinjia back by her side, Jiang Chan no longer felt that life was difficult. She slept in Yinjia's arms for a few days, and finally stopped having nightmares, and the bloodshot eyes disappeared. She pried open her eyes and asked Yinjia about her eye condition. Yinjia told her that it was in good health. Jiang Chan went to the hospital for an examination accompanied by Yinjia, and Ming Jianyue told her that she could start the operation.
Jiang Chan was nervous and excited, but she didn't dare to get too excited, fearing that her eyes wouldn't be cured. Ming Jianyue told her, "I'll arrange for the best ophthalmologist in the hospital to treat you. Your eyes aren't a serious problem. You didn't receive timely treatment when the accident happened. Now that you have the conditions, your chances of recovery are very high."
Jiang Chan was still nervous and a little suspicious. She felt that Ming Jianyue was too good to her, too good to be normal. She wondered if she was using her as an experiment. Although she rejected it in her heart, thinking Ming Jianyue was not that kind of person, Jiang Chan just couldn't understand why she was so good to her.
She has trouble trusting others.
Silver Armor comforted her: "Silver Armor will always be the eyes of the young master."
No one else's words of comfort were effective. Yin Jia's words made Jiang Chan's nervousness disappear. Really, what was there to be afraid of? Even if her eyes couldn't be cured, she still had Yin Jia. For so many years, Yin Jia had been her eyes. With Yin Jia's company, she didn't feel she lacked anything compared to people with normal eyesight. She felt healthy and content.
Before the operation, Ming Jianyue arranged for Jiang Chan to stay in the hospital. Jiang Chan felt particularly uneasy in the unfamiliar environment and had to hold Yin Jia's hand, otherwise she would not feel safe wherever she went.
"Shining Armor, are we the only ones in the room?"
"Yes, young master."
Jiang Chan leaned her head on his shoulder and muttered, "Why is she so nice to me?"
Yin Jia said, "She is my sister."
Jiang Chan smiled and said, "Yes, I should call her sister. Yin Jia, you are very polite, even more polite than me."
Shining Armor said nothing more.
Jiang Chan continued, "Yingjia, ask me what I would most like to do if my eyes were restored!"
Yin Jia was very obedient: "Young Master, what would you most like to do if your eyes recover?"
Jiang Chan turned around abruptly and held Yin Jia's face. "I want to remember what you look like!" She said with a grin, "I want to know what Yin Jia looks like. I also want to know what our home looks like. Yin Jia, if my eyes could really recover, I would want to visit many places. I want to see the mountains, the sea, the flying birds, the swimming fish..."
Silver Armor said, "Young Master, Silver Armor will accompany you."
Jiang Chan's face was filled with anticipation and joy: "Of course!"
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