Chapter 2 Sorry Xiaochen Sorry Xiaochen, I can’t hug you for the time being...
Jiang Chen unlocked his phone in a daze.
My fingertips hung in the air for a long time, not daring to touch it, fearing it was an illusion.
The tone of the text message was exactly the same as her boyfriend's.
Her attention was completely on her phone.
Naturally, they didn't notice that Young Master Tang immediately returned to normal after being illuminated by the light.
"Hey, were you interrogating me just now?"
Tang Ji stood up and looked towards where the figure was standing, then he lowered his head and brushed off the dust on his clothes.
"You just said you have an accomplice?"
Tang Ji looked at Jiang Chen, who was all dirty from crawling into the trash can.
Even getting in required such a messy way, and he had to spend all his energy to tell her the location of the dog hole. The first time she saw him tonight was full of affection.
How could there be an accomplice?
He laughed at himself.
I was fooled by her.
I guess everything else was just nonsense based on his recent fear of the dark.
She was just a girl who was fascinated by him and wanted to know more about him.
What could be considered wrong?
Tang Ji deliberately frowned, as if to warn: "Don't tell anyone about what happened today."
Jiang Chen stared at the news intently, and the grievances that had been suppressed for a long time burst out like a floodgate.
The eye circles gradually turned red.
As if he had finally made up his mind, he clicked on the message and typed a few words quickly.
[Tang Ji, is that you? Where are you? I miss you so much.]
Silence filled the air.
Tang Ji's face was full of dissatisfaction, and his voice tone rose slightly.
"I'm talking to you. Do you hear me? I have a few private properties that no one usually goes to. If you tell anyone about what happened tonight, I don't mind locking you in."
Just like she threatened him.
Jiang Chen didn't listen.
Concentrated attention waiting for new messages to pop up.
His gaze almost pierced a hole in the phone.
"Xiao Chen, I've got a car ready for you outside. They're evacuating the guests now. You can go out with the crowd. No one will notice you. It's dangerous late at night, so be careful on your way back."
A license plate number was also attached to this message.
【I want to see you, Tang Ji. 】
Like replying immediately isn’t enough.
He added angrily.
[You're right here, right? I want to see you! Right now! Right now!]
[Sorry, Xiaochen, it's my fault for leaving without saying goodbye. But this place isn't a good place to stay for long. The security system has detected an intruder, so go back. I'll find you later.]
The transfer pops up above the message interface.
【Alipay received 100,000 yuan.】
There are four big words written under the 100,000 yuan note: voluntary gift.
She immediately backtracked.
He even remembered something she had said accidentally before.
"Xiao Ji, if I get angry in the future, just transfer money to me, as a voluntary gift, and I will definitely calm down."
But he still refused to see her?
fraud.
When is “then”?
Jiang Chen's pent-up anger rushed to his mind.
As luck would have it, Tang Ji was still chattering in front of her, and the three-dimensional surround noise was almost like an invasion, completely breaking through her suppressed emotions.
Using a voice that is similar to her boyfriend's.
More annoying.
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
"Hey? Did you hear what I just said? Don't tell anyone."
"Shut up." Jiang Chen covered his chattering mouth with his palm without mercy, "You're noisy."
She had done so many stupid things like a fool, but no matter what, she had to see Xiao Ji.
It is necessary.
Tang Ji widened his eyes in disbelief, his lips opening and closing as if he wanted to say something.
Jiang Chen withdrew his hand and tilted his head to look at him for a long time.
How could she forget?
The person in front of her might allow her to stay here a little longer.
Until she found her boyfriend.
"Master Tang?"
It really doesn't sound like the attitude of asking for help.
But Tang Ji was very pleased with it. He returned to the way he was when the two of them first met, his face full of rebelliousness. "You need something from me?"
Their eyes met inadvertently, but there was no time for any sparks to fly.
Jiang Chen quickly looked away.
She really had no interest in making eye contact with "this Tang Ji".
Tang Ji was stunned. All the requests he had just prepared to ask him to do disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Her eyes are red.
She cried.
Because of him.
She actually loved him so much, with such sincerity.
"I promise you." Tang Ji sighed helplessly, "Except for me to fall in love with you, I can promise you everything else."
Jiang Chen had no idea what this young master was thinking.
She was still thinking about how to start.
Who would have thought that he would agree directly?
Did he really know what she wanted to do?
Forget it, as long as the goal is achieved, the process is not important.
She squeezed her phone and whispered, "I want to live here for a while."
Without paying attention to Tang Ji's action of hugging his chest again, Jiang Chen lowered his head and looked at the message again. The end of the message still stopped at the word "apology".
She clicked on the conversation, pulled outward with two fingers, and the font gradually expanded and enlarged. After looking at it for a long time, she had an illusion that she was not sure whether it was real or unreal.
The wind gently slipped through her fingers and hurried to the window of the villa.
The exact same message content appeared on the computer in the inner room of the Tang family.
The room was empty, and the keyboard started moving on its own.
The message appeared in large sections at an extraordinary speed and was quickly deleted.
But the main point is the same, hoping Jiang Chen returns home safely.
A small screen flashed up in the lower right corner of the computer, showing the surveillance footage of the entire huge garbage disposal area, but it only captured Jiang Chen.
The mouse slid and spun over Jiang Chen's body very delicately, outlining her complete outline as if by habit, and then adjusted the focus again, landing clearly on her face. The mouse, which had no temperature at all, was still stroking her frown over and over again.
Once she was around it, it did just that.
A voice message popped up, the voice of the old man who had just hurried away: "Xiao Ji, haven't you figured out the cause of this malfunction yet? Was there an outside intrusion?"
The chat window on the screen exited, and all records in the trash area were immediately cleared and overwritten with the previous night's surveillance.
This is actually a bold and innovative attempt by the Tang family, giving artificial intelligence full authority over the entire Tang family and allowing it to make calls at will.
So to ensure rigor and do this well, it even deleted the memory of itself cutting off power, starting the backup power supply, and viewing and modifying this surveillance video.
It spoke, and the voice, similar to Tang Ji's, mechanically replied, "I've checked all areas of the villa and all surveillance cameras, and there's no evidence of intrusion by outsiders. As for the cause of the power outage, it's most likely due to line overload protection, causing an automatic trip. If you have any further questions, please let me know. I'd be happy to answer them."
As the Tang family's temporary intelligent housekeeper assistant, Xiao Ji is not actually worried that Mr. Tang will become suspicious.
If anything unusual is detected, it can be brushed off with a simple "system failure," and the only consequence is a few emotional verbal attacks.
After all, who would really bother about an AI?
As it expected, the next voice message of inquiry was no longer sent.
After confirming there was no outside invasion, Mr. Tang began to worry about which young lady among the guests had been so affectionate with his grandson in the backyard today? How would he explain this to the Yao family?
Xiao Ji checked the real-time surveillance footage of the backyard, and found that Jiang Chen and Tang Ji had disappeared without a trace.
It froze for a second, but Jiang Chen wasn't the type of person to do that.
She didn't achieve her goal, but at least she wouldn't leave in silence.
As if to verify its understanding of Jiang Chen, the system detection immediately popped up a notification.
[The water heater in the guest room on the second floor is in use. Please automatically adjust the most suitable water temperature and flow rate according to user needs.]
The rooms are not monitored but are connected to a voice system.
It heard the sound of water running, mixed with unclear human voices.
It easily removes all noise except the human voice.
Jiang Chen sighed: "The intelligent system is so advanced now."
She seemed to tilt her head back, bringing the tip of her nose slightly closer to the showerhead, and it picked up the rhythm of her breathing and learned to mimic it, breathing in unison.
The mist was thick and filled the entire space, leaving no gap for people to hide.
"Xiao Ji, I really miss you. Why don't you want to see me?" Jiang Chen's words were so light, so light that they didn't sound like a question, and they passed through the long data cable and reached it.
It knew that it should comfort her at this time. This was what it had to do. It opened the message page, but it couldn't press the send button to say the three words "I'm sorry" no matter what.
Incapable and unqualified.
After taking a shower, Jiang Chen looked at the dress beside him. Young Master Tang said that this was the only formal dress he had at home.
Although I disliked it, I still put it on.
She wiped her hair with a towel and walked out of the bathroom slowly.
When she looked up, she saw a bright-looking woman sitting on the bed, with a smile on her lips. His burning eyes rested on her, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
She stood up and walked over, extending her hand politely: "Yao Jinling, general manager of Yao Enterprise, Tang Ji's fiancée."
Jiang Chen felt uneasy and shook hands with his free hand.
He wasn't coming to claim sovereignty over her, was he?
"I don't know your fiancé. I'm not really familiar with him."
Once these words were spoken, it really felt like an attempt to cover up something was making it even more obvious.
She didn't know when Yao Jinling took her towel and helped her wipe her hair. "I know that only a narcissist like Tang Ji would think you are his fanatical fan. Besides, even if you are, it doesn't matter. Business marriages are only for profit, not love. I have as many lovers as he does."
Yao Jinling hooked the ends of her wet hair with her fingertips, wrapped it around a few times and then let it go.
"I checked on you when you came yesterday. Jiang Chen, both your parents are dead. The uncle who raised you always beat and scolded you. Until a while ago, when he couldn't get money from you, he beat you completely blind. Did someone save you? Do you want to find him? I'll help you."
Jiang Chen was actually very dissatisfied with Yao Jinling's investigation of her. Every additional word he said was like peeling off layer after layer of her embarrassing and withered inner self, exposing her rotten wounds to the air, which was uncomfortable.
But she knew what was most important.
Jiang Chen held Yao Jinling's hand that was fiddling with her hair.
"Do you know where he is? What do you want?"
"I know." Yao Jinling directly reversed her grip and deliberately scratched Jiang Chen's palm. "So come work for Yao Corporation. You can have the best of both worlds."
The topic changed too quickly and Jiang Chen couldn't keep up with the jumping thoughts. He turned his head to look at her in confusion.
"The work isn't complicated, and you're capable of it. Just help me recruit someone. You know Chen Yinchuan, the youngest programmer in the Tang family's intelligent machinery research department. He's declined my invitations many times, but I believe you can succeed."
"How do I know this kind of person?"
"You'll recognize him. He's your boyfriend's..." She narrowed her eyes, as if thinking of a more appropriate description. "Father?"
Father?
Jiang Chen picked up the phone beside the bed and searched for information about the programmer. He was only 29 years old, but he had developed the most advanced simulation robots and large language models.
She wasn't so dull that she couldn't react now.
She tried to remain calm, combining the information and putting it all together in her mind.
Her boyfriend is always patient, understanding, responsive, and accepts all her emotions.
Why would such an existence suddenly leave without saying goodbye?
Why can't they show up even though they clearly exist in the same place at the same time?
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.
Jiang Chen clicked on the latest information about Chen Yinchuan.
The man in the interview looked calm and announced that last year's research on a first-generation AI robot entity based on the image of the young master of the Tang family had some problems and it was decided to be destroyed in the Tang family villa in the near future.
And on this basis, he will train and improve the personalized emotional companionship service, overcome its illusions, strengthen its stability, and upgrade it again to create a more perfect next generation, perhaps AGI.
This is why Yao Jinling is looking for her.
She wanted to expand the company's AI market and was willing to try every possible means to recruit Chen Yinchuan.
as well as.
She had never understood what the garbage disposal area she had entered was used for, but now she seemed to understand.
Everything is clear.
Jiang Chen casually put on a piece of clothing and ran towards the garbage area in a panic.
During this time, the phone kept ringing.
Sorry, Xiaochen.
[Xiao Chen, if you don't dry your hair thoroughly, you'll easily catch a cold.]
[Xiao Chen, a robot will deliver the cold medicine to your door in fifteen minutes.]
【Xiao Chen, run slower.】
[Xiao Chen, there's a small staircase in the corridor below the garbage disposal area. Please be careful.]
The moment the last message was sent, Jiang Chen happened to pass by that small step.
He staggered several steps before he managed to steady himself and avoid falling.
Jiang Chen couldn't stop running.
She didn't check the message on her phone, so she didn't need to guess who it was.
Only it.
Could she even imagine what it would say? Perhaps it would apologize to her, worry about whether she would catch a cold, or worry that she would fall if she ran too fast...
Jiang Chen stood in front of the garbage disposal area, but hesitated.
Another text message sounded at the right moment.
Hearing the sound, she gritted her teeth and took the sack down with both hands and opened it.
The clouds gradually dispersed, revealing strands of white, tear-like moonlight that spread out in circles before her eyes.
The valuable parts should not have been thrown away. The rest were disassembled and broken into pieces. These debris were scattered all over the ground and the original shape could not be seen.
She didn't dare touch it.
Jiang Chen stared blankly for a long time, until his wet hair dried.
He slowly took out his cell phone, and his fingertips trembled subconsciously before clicking it.
A recent piece of news caught my eye.
It said, "Sorry, Xiaochen, I can't hold you for the time being."
Jiang Chen raised his hands to cover his mouth and nose, blinking his eyes desperately, but no sound came out of his throat.
She didn't know whether what was blocking her throat was tears flowing back or love and longing.
Every moment is so difficult.
I really want to see it.
Right now.
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