Chapter 161 How embarrassing!
It was extremely hot in City C at the end of July.
Shi Yanchen and Pei Song's flight landed at noon. As soon as they got off the plane, they had no time to rest and plunged into their busy work.
It was ten o'clock in the evening before they packed up their desks and prepared to go home.
In the elevator, Pei Song leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to rest. Shi Yanchen reached out and rubbed his temples for him: "I'm too tired today."
Back in Heguangli, it was exceptionally quiet the moment I opened the door.
"I'm really not used to it." Shi Yanchen put on his slippers and looked at the empty entrance, "There's no furry guy to greet us."
Pei Song bent down to pick up the toys that MAX had left at the door. "It went to the countryside with my dad and Aunt Zhang for a short stay. I guess it's having a lot of fun playing with it now."
"What do you mean?" Shi Yanchen raised his eyebrows.
"Aunt Zhang said MAX follows the village dogs around the mountains every day and has learned to catch rabbits." Pei Song put the toy into the box. "My dad said it is very wild now. It doesn't want to go back to the house to sleep at night and insists on playing with other dogs in the yard."
Shi Yanchen smiled and handed him a glass of water: "It sounds like he had a lot of fun. But it's good, let him relax."
"Yes." Pei Song took a sip of water, his eyes a little dazed, "I remember when I first adopted it, I didn't dare let it run too far. Now I feel relieved, knowing that it is very sensible and can take care of itself."
The two of them tidied up briefly, took a shower and lay down on the bed.
Pei Song turned over and habitually touched the place at the end of the bed where MAX often lay: "With MAX not here, the house feels empty."
Shi Yanchen chuckled: "You just spoil it too much."
"Same here." Pei Song poked his chest, "Someone is the same. Every time MAX acts like a spoiled child, he can't do anything about it."
Shi Yanchen placed a kiss on the top of his head: "It's like our first child."
Pei Song was stunned for a moment, then punched him in the chest: "What nonsense."
"It is." Shi Yanchen held his hand, "It witnessed our time together and our marriage. Along the way, MAX was by our side like our child."
Pei Song was silent for a while, then burst out laughing: "Actually, I've always considered MAX my brother, hahaha."
Shi Yanchen was speechless when he heard this, but he couldn't help but laugh at Pei Song's childish tone.
"Why do you think so?" He ruffled Pei Song's hair.
"I saw it while watching a short video." Pei Song held up his phone to show him, "Look, this family's dog saved their son who fell into the water. The parents felt that the dog was a benefactor, so they asked their son to kowtow to the dog and worship the dog as his godfather. Now they allow the dog to sit at the table during meals and treat it like an elder."
He said, his eyes sparkling: "So it's not too much for me to treat MAX as a brother."
Shi Yanchen laughed: "Your train of thought is really peculiar." He tapped Pei Song's forehead, "But you're right, MAX is indeed very similar to you, both of you love to act like a spoiled child."
"How could I be acting like a spoiled child!" Pei Song pouted unconvinced.
"Look, she's acting like a spoiled brat now." Shi Yanchen couldn't help laughing, "Exactly the same as when MAX is angry."
Pei Song glared at him and said, "That's because you're so annoying." Then he shrank back into the quilt and said, "I'm not going to pay attention to you anymore."
"Okay, okay, I won't say any more." Shi Yanchen pulled the man back into his arms, "Whether he's a child or a brother, MAX is our most important family member.
On Friday night, the lights in the SNK Building were still as bright as day.
Pei Song was communicating with the team on the project progress in the conference room. Shi Yanchen went downstairs to wait for him after finishing his work.
Shi Yanchen took the robot dog for a walk in the open space in front of the building.
The silver robot dog followed him nimbly, sometimes jogging a few steps, sometimes stopping to look around, its movements as smooth as a real dog.
The midsummer evening breeze blew gently, blowing up the corners of his clothes.
"Sit down." Shi Yanchen said softly.
The robot dog immediately sat down obediently, its tail wagging gently, its blue electronic eyes flashing with a smart light.
Shi Yanchen looked down from time to time, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
Colleagues who had finished overtime came out of the building one after another and stopped to watch when they saw this scene.
"Wow, is this a robot dog? It's so lifelike!" When Lin Lin approached, the robot dog tilted its head to look at her and gave a crisp "woof".
"Oh my god, it can still bark!" Lin Lin squatted down in surprise, "Mr. Shi, can I touch it?"
Shi Yanchen nodded.
The robot dog stretched out its head obediently and rubbed Lin Lin's hand.
Lin Lin was amazed by the soft touch of bionic hair.
"What does this say?" She noticed the text on the screen.
Hao Yan took out her phone and looked it up: "It seems to be German." She quickly found the translation, "'Always with you, even in a binary world.' Oh my god, is it so romantic?"
The robot dog seemed to understand their conversation. It wagged its tail even more happily and circled around Shi Yanchen, making the colleagues watching laugh.
At this time, Jiang, the technical department supervisor, also got off work. When he saw the robot dog, he immediately came over with surprise and said, "The finished product is good!"
The robot dog seemed to recognize him and immediately ran over and rubbed his trouser leg affectionately.
"Manager Jiang, did you design this?" a colleague nearby asked curiously.
"It's not me, it's Manager Pei's work." Manager Jiang smiled and patted the robot dog's head. "He came to me to ask for some technical details, but the main design and programming were done by himself."
The colleagues who were watching finally reacted and started to make a noise:
"So it was a gift from Manager Pei to Mr. Shi!"
"My cat is not as well behaved as this one!"
"Manager Pei is really good at coming up with a binary confession."
Seeing the smile in Shi Yanchen's eyes, everyone became bolder.
"No wonder Mr. Shi has been walking around so proudly."
"No need to eat supper tonight," someone joked, "I'm full of dog food."
"Look at the president's proud expression. It's obvious that he is enjoying it."
"Boss, you are secretly showing off your affection."
Just as everyone was laughing, Pei Song came out of the building after a meeting and saw this scene from afar.
It took him a few seconds to react and he quickly realized what was happening.
Hearing everyone's joking voices, my cheeks felt like they were gently singed by flames.
So embarrassing!
He quickly covered his forehead with his hands and quickly went to another entrance of the parking lot.
"Hey, Manager Pei!" someone shouted.
Pei Song pretended not to hear, quickened his pace and disappeared into the night.
Shi Yanchen looked at his fleeing back, and the smile in his eyes deepened.
He patted the robot dog's head gently and whispered, "It seems your owner is shy."