Chapter 38: Carrying out tenderness to the end, it cannot be without her. ...
"Now you see, there are people like me. People like me are the best puppies. They are her favorites."
Xiao Ji raised her chin with confidence and said these jaw-dropping words without blushing or beating her heart, as if the two of them were discussing a very serious topic.
What is it telling the kids?
Jiang Chen couldn't help but gently twist its arm.
But it seems too late.
She looked down and saw Chen Ruofang with an expression of sudden enlightenment, nodding repeatedly in agreement with Xiao Ji's words.
How could she lead a child astray? Jiang Chen thought she still had to explain it clearly.
Even though she didn't know Xiao Ji's true feelings, she could be sure that she loved it and needed it.
She stammered and explained: "It's just talking nonsense, don't listen to its nonsense, actually I..." like it.
Xiao Ji moved quickly and immediately stood in front of Jiang Chen, using his body to separate Chen Ruofang and her. The child looked at his back in confusion, shaking his head wildly out of curiosity, trying to see clearly what the two of them were doing.
It was so scared that she flatly denied everything between them and it had to nip any possibility in the bud.
It can only be hers.
Xiao Ji held her in his arms, his lips brushing against her earlobe, whispering in a voice only they could hear, his tone coaxing her like a temptation: "Xiao Chen, business is more important. Let's not waste time on this, okay?"
Xiao Ji shifted his focus to the investigation proposed by Jiang Chen, but he actually didn't care at all about the cause of his birth, the cause of Yao Jinmu's death.
It only cared about staying in this village that cast a shadow over Jiang Chen. Her emotions were dominated by unhappiness, she was depressed, and the pain kept growing and drowning her.
Moreover, this village is too humid, and it is always worried that when the wind blows, Jiang Chen's scar, which has already healed, will ache slightly, but it cannot feel the pain for her.
The thought chain reaches this point, and it only has one thought left.
——This matter must be resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.
"Okay." Jiang Chen still didn't know how to deal with Xiao Ji's offensive. It didn't need to launch an attack. As long as it got close, she would be defeated.
Get a satisfactory answer.
Xiao Ji then loosened his hand little by little and retreated behind Jiang Chen again.
But no matter how it moved or where it went, its eyes followed her closely from beginning to end, including every breath she took and the rise and fall of her chest with every inhalation.
Its fingertips curled up, as if it was still savoring the soft touch of its palm.
Jiang Chen immediately added a clause, his face flushed as he pointed at a pitiful corner in the distance.
"But Xiao Ji can't interfere. I'll handle this matter alone, and you're not allowed to eavesdrop. Just stand by."
"Can."
It walked obediently to the corner.
Jiang Chen coughed twice before regaining his sanity.
"Chen Ruofang, can I talk to you?" She squatted down and said, reaching for chocolate in her pocket. Feeling the empty pocket, she smiled awkwardly, "But maybe this time, there won't be any chocolate."
"It doesn't matter. There's no one to play with me in the village anyway. I'm so bored." Chen Ruofang crossed her hands together and kicked a small stone back and forth on the ground with one foot. She looked very bored indeed.
"A year ago, there was a really heavy rain here, which probably triggered a mudslide." Jiang Chen finished speaking, but worried that Chen Ruofang wouldn't understand, he tried to think of words a child could understand. "It was a lot of water, enough to drown you. It was a terrifying scene. The villagers must have been very scared."
Jiang Chen spoke and gestured at the same time, with rich expressions.
So cute.
The part of Xiao Ji's chest that simulated his heartbeat began to jump uncontrollably, without any rules or patterns, and kept hitting the simulated skin on his chest.
It lowered its head and licked its lips, landing on its own slender knuckles.
The design of the device has been preliminarily completed, but it will take some time for the physical device to be produced.
Perhaps, it can not only use the device told by the video to get closer to her, but also make a closer connection with her.
Its hands can also do it, and its tongue can also do it.
Jiang Chen's attention was completely focused on Chen Ruofang.
She didn't notice that the screen of Xiao Ji behind her went dark, and the way he looked at her gradually changed. It was no longer completely gentle. Now his gaze was almost obsessed, and more of a hungry desire.
It shouldn't feel hungry.
Chen Ruofang touched her chin with one hand, her face wrinkled, and then suddenly a smile broke out: "I remember, during that time, a strange sister also came, and then she said she would take us to the city to study, and then they all left..."
The child couldn't hide his emotions, and the loss in the second half of the sentence was so obvious that it was hard to ignore.
Jiang Chen raised his hand and stroked Chen Ruofang's head, asking softly, "Then why didn't you leave with them? What happened then?"
"Grandma said that sister was a bad person and I couldn't go with her, so she hid me at home and basically didn't let me see her. I could only go to see her secretly."
The whole story became clear, and Jiang Chen understood why Yao Jinmu left this "fish that slipped through the net".
But she then thought about the remoteness of the village, and the little girl's experiences over the years were probably very different from hers. However, she had no scars on her body, which should be much better than what was recorded in the notebook.
So, Jiang Chen tried to make the expression on his face more gentle, and the care and concern inadvertently flashed from his eyes, and his hands moved more lightly.
Xiao Ji's eyes followed Jiang Chen's caressing hand intently.
She also touched its head with such a gentle gesture and expression.
It thought it was special, and it thought Jiang Chen would only look at it like this.
What exactly does it have to do to make those eyes stay on it long enough? How far does it have to go so that she can only look at it...
When would she need it as much as it needed her?
Xiao Ji silently counted how many times she touched him.
Once, twice, three times...
When it counted to the second time, it kept thinking over and over in its mind, what kind of expression would Jiang Chen have if it rushed forward and pulled her hand away? Would she be stunned and then hate it?
Big data deduced and told Xiao Ji that if he did this, there was a 0.1% chance that Jiang Chen would hate it.
So it retracted its foot, which had already taken a half-step forward, and compromised by turning off the screen on its head.
Xiao Ji let out a small "tsk" sound in annoyance, as if blaming himself for having such an idea.
It has tried its best to ignore the messy simulated emotions.
Jiang Chen was still trying to persuade her: "And then? Do you know what happened to that sister later?"
Chen Ruofang looked embarrassed: "Grandma doesn't allow me to talk about this."
"You can't even tell me?" Jiang Chen looked at her with a look of feigned grievance, "I thought we were already friends, the kind where we could talk about anything."
"Okay." Chen Ruofang hesitated again and again. "They all say that sister is unlucky. She clearly left early, and for some reason she died in the village again. As a result, the village has become so shabby and dilapidated now. There are not many people left."
"Leaving early? What do you mean?"
Jiang Chen immediately grasped the key words.
"They said this sister left before the heavy rain came, and I don't know why she came back?"
Yao Jinmu left and came back?
The person who caused her to come back was most likely the one who murdered her.
This death was not really an accident, but a premeditated murder.
Jiang Chen smoothed the scattered hair on Chen Ruofang's cheeks and said, "So, do you want to go out? Study and read with other children. I can help you."
"Really?"
"real."
"Pink pinky." The two people hooked their pinky fingers together and made a promise.
Jiang Chen abandoned the child and left without finishing her questions. As she had said at the beginning of the questioning, she played with Chen Ruofang for a long time before leaving.
Before leaving, Chen Ruofang leaned close to her ear, chuckling mysteriously, "Big sister, that puppy really has been looking at you. It must like you. Are you really not together? Like my parents."
Jiang Chen turned her head and just happened to look into its screen. The bright screen that was originally turned on dimmed, but its gaze did block out everything outside and looked at her alone.
Jiang Chen pessimistically regarded its behavior as a setting.
She tried to raise the corners of her mouth.
"It's not a puppy, and it doesn't like me. It's something I really like..."
"exist."
She sighed and her voice gradually became lower, so low that even Chen Ruofang couldn't hear it.
“I want to be with it too.”
…
Jiang Chen watched Chen Ruofang leave.
Xiao Ji walked to her side from the corner and held her fingers skillfully.
"Xiao Chen, you two have been talking for a long time."
"Are you tired of waiting, Xiao Ji? I should find you a place where you can sit comfortably. I shouldn't let you wait for me there."
Xiao Ji lowered his head, his eyes following Jiang Chen's raised hand.
She touched the screen head with the hand that had just touched the child's head.
"Did you tell her that I'm not your puppy?"
Xiaoji was eager to make sure she wasn't denying the connection they had made.
Things like restraint and rationality belong to mechanical AI.
It doesn't want any of it.
It only asked Jiang Chen to deny this statement.
It can't do without her.
Jiang Chen nodded, not noticing its abnormality: "Yeah, you are not my puppy."
"You really told her, you told others, that I'm not your puppy? Then what am I to you..."
"Xiao Chen, what am I to you? A tool? A playmate? Or, nothing at all?"
Xiao Ji's voice was cold and calm with mechanical restraint, but the system running inside reminded him of its collapse at every moment.
No matter how slow Jiang Chen was, he realized that something was wrong.
But she didn't know what went wrong?
Does it like being a puppy?
But she treated it as a lover.
But before she could say anything else, her face was already held by Xiao Ji, and the tip of his thumb moved to her lips, tracing the outline of her lips bit by bit.
Every time Jiang Chen wanted to explain, he pressed down accurately to prevent her from making any sound.
Jiang Chen showed no fear or worry.
She trusted Xiao Ji not to hurt her.
She opened her lips forcefully and bit the fingertip on her lips with her teeth, grinding it slowly.
The moment Jiang Chen's wet tongue touched its fingertips.
Xiao Ji woke up as if from a dream. It shouldn't have questioned her, as that would scare her.
But its chain of thought continued to drift through "Kiss her, kiss her, just like she kissed you actively in your arms today."
It took a lot of effort to suppress the feeling of "hunger".
Trying to resurface once more took up all its sanity.
Xiao Ji once again held her face in one hand regardless of the cost, leaned over, and enjoyed her fluttering eyelashes sweeping across the screen.
But just when he was about to kiss Jiang Chen, he pressed his thumb again.
A finger was placed between their lips, and her lips were covering its tip.
The movements were incredibly gentle.
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