Chapter 44 Is there a new guest in the second scene?
"Tonight's dinner is egg fried rice."
He Yuezhe arranged the dishes and brought the fried rice out from the kitchen.
"Egg fried rice?" Chen Shu seemed to have changed the channel and sat on the carpet. "What is that?"
"It's a dish made by mixing cooked rice and scrambled eggs with seasoning." He Yuezhe put down the rice and stood aside. "It's delicious and full of energy."
"Oh." Chen Shu's answer was perfunctory.
She picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful and put it in her mouth.
Although it wasn't obvious, He Yuezhe could still see that she didn't seem to like this... fried rice.
"Host, you are a catering robot, right?" The system obviously discovered it.
He Yuezhe ignored it, squatted down, and asked, "Excuse me..."
“Dongdong——”
"Hello, I'm here to deliver food. Is anyone home?"
Beside He Yuezhe, outside the door, a robot's voice was heard asking questions.
This didn't seem like the way a food delivery robot knocked on the door, but He Yuezhe didn't say anything. She turned slightly and looked through the small window on the door.
"...Didn't you see the words on the sign?" Chen Shu put down the spoon, stood up and walked to the door.
He Yuezhe stepped aside and saw out of the corner of his eye that the person outside the small window was flashing with a different kind of energy fluctuation.
Seems familiar?
"Sorry, so I don't need to deliver food to you anymore?"
The robot bowed slightly. "If that's the case, please indicate that on the sign."
Chen Shu was silent, then turned to look at He Yuezhe: "Shi Liu, your cooking is really terrible, why don't you hire someone to deliver the food?"
"Host, she actually said your cooking is terrible!" the system screamed in horror, "You were clearly a first-rate catering robot before!"
Shouldn't I tell it that fried rice isn't a food robot's recipe? He Yuezhe thought, but wouldn't that be like admitting that my cooking is terrible?
"It's okay. Everyone has different tastes. I'll make a bowl for you next time, okay?" He Yuezhe asked expressionlessly.
The system quickly "agreed": "Uh uh uh uh, uh!? Host, don't be so modest."
As for whether to hire a food delivery person...
He Yuezhe said: "You decide."
She couldn't just tell Chen Shu that there was something wrong with the robot outside their door, right?!
If that person heard it and rushed in, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Host, this can actually be considered a speed-passing method for completing tasks," the system said sinisterly.
"Forget it, just give me today's meal first. I won't have to come again." Chen Shu sighed and pressed the button next to the door. "By the way, where is the person who delivered the meal to me before?"
Outside the door, the robot's voice became louder and softer as it moved.
"I'm sorry, I don't know the whereabouts of other robots. However, you are one of the few employers I've met who would chat with a robot."
Soon, a box protruded from the flat wall, pitch black.
Chen Shu opened the lid of the box and took out the lunch box.
"Really?" She pushed the box back.
"Yes, then I'll leave first. Enjoy your meal!" The robot's voice sounded.
He Yuezhe saw its figure leave through the small window, but the energy still remained at the door.
Maybe I should find an opportunity to go out for a walk.
…
"...Shi Liu, do you know that person?" Chen Shu sat back on the carpet, opened the lunch box she had been ordering, and asked casually, "You were just peeking at it."
He Yuezhe shook his head and helped close the small window on the door: "I don't know. I have never seen a robot like it."
There are no windows in the house built with black stone, and all the light comes from the lights above the head.
Chen Shu handed the lunch box to He Yuezhe under the light.
"You eat it." She smiled rarely.
"Host, why did this robot also deliver fried rice?" the system asked in confusion.
He Yuezhe was also silent.
But why did I make fried rice?
"Robots don't need to eat." He Yuezhe replied, "Master, just eat by yourself."
"Oh." Chen Shu withdrew his hand somewhat unhappily and continued to eat alone.
The movie playing on TV was always flashing with snowflakes, several balloons of different sizes were flying in the air, huge fireworks exploded, and the sky seemed to be torn open.
"Host, this—"
^
"Going out shopping?" Chen Shu was lying on the sofa reading a book, wearing a teddy bear pajamas. He tilted his head and asked when he heard this.
He Yuezhe nodded. The mirror at the door made her tall figure look a little shorter. "Yes, because we need to store food."
"Do you have money?" Chen Shu asked again, "My money is in the second cabinet next to the bed in the bedroom."
He Yuezhe: ???
Do you look poor?
"...Yes," He Yuezhe said with great enthusiasm after a pause of doubt, "The factory gives us varying amounts of tokens every month, which is enough to cover our daily expenses."
"Then go quickly and come back soon."
"Yes, Master!"
^
"Uh, hey? Is this a new guest? Why are you so tall..."
"Host, this is the first time I've experienced this kind of commanding feeling!"
The light spot transformed by the system was resting on He Yuezhe's shoulder. He was very surprised to see the pedestrians around him who were more than two heads shorter than him.
"Three-section legs, of course it's tall." He Yuezhe said with a smile, but his steps were a little unsteady.
Because household robots are generally much taller than catering robots, the person in charge installed another leg on He Yuezhe to prevent Chen Shu from noticing the difference.
…even if three-section legs would be incredibly weird.
Ignore the various job advertisements posted on the door, such as "Recruiting Models" and "Recruiting Couriers".
"Boss, do you have instant soup?"
He Yuezhe walked into a store called "Department Store" and found the man who had just commented on her height.
When He Yuezhe was still a catering robot, she often came here to hang out.
Firstly, the environment here is antique and it is very comfortable to stay here;
Secondly, the things here are very comprehensive, basically covering all daily necessities;
Third, the boss is very powerful. He can do all kinds of acrobatics and will perform martial arts scenes in front of the store whenever he has time.
"Hey, instant soup... it's here! Which kind do you want to buy?" The boss had a sign hanging on his chest with his name on it.
He led He Yuezhe to the third row of shelves on the right side of the store.
"Vegetable soup, right?" He Yuezhe said.
She thought about it and realized that every time she sent Chen Shu a lunch box with meat, there was always a lot left over.
"Vegetable soup, vegetable soup..." Boss Yang looked at them one by one, moving quickly.
"Hey! Xiao Jin!!"
"Why is this batch of instant soup all meat broth?! Where's the vegetable broth?!" Boss Yang yelled at the young man standing at the door greeting guests, "Didn't you check the goods when you unpacked them?!"
The boy's name is Yang Jin. He is the son of Boss Yang and is responsible for greeting customers and stocking the store on a daily basis.
"I didn't expect that they still haven't recruited any workers after so long." He Yuezhe sighed.
Yang Jin seemed to be dozing off. Upon hearing this, he turned around abruptly: "I, I checked everything! No, Dad, didn't you say that all this batch needed broth?!"
"What! Hey, how could I possibly say that!!" Boss Yang's eyebrows knitted together. He snorted, "Hmph! Forget it, I won't argue with you!"
"Well, sir, please wait here for a moment. I'll go and see if there's any leftover instant vegetable soup for you." After saying this, Boss Yang started searching quickly on the shelves again.
…
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"Host!"
"what?"
The light flew towards the store entrance: "This young man named Yang Jin will also have a lot of energy after his salvation!"
"Maybe we can fill the energy gap left in the last world!"
"Tell me about it." He Yuezhe leaned against the pillar in the middle of the shelf.
"Yang Jin, the second son of Boss Yang."
"His eldest brother died suddenly on his coming-of-age day, and the entire family's responsibilities fell on him."
The system brought up a panel and filled it in while speaking.
"The rest of his life was thus 'locked' in this small shop. But his heart was not filled with resentment, but with sadness."
"Host, you should have noticed that there are so many robots on the streets, but there isn't a single one in Yang Jin's house. Everything is done by humans."
"Yang Jin was also very confused about this, but everyone he contacted avoided talking about the "robot" issue."
"As long as you can resolve Yang Jin's doubts and fulfill his wishes, you can liberate his soul."
The system transformed into a point of light that flew into Yang Jin's head. "And this soul is extremely painful and extremely sad. It is filled with pure white energy."
"No, that's not right! Host, I discovered something..."
^
"Oh, sorry for taking you so long. I'll give these to you for free."
Boss Yang rejected the token in He Yuezhe's hand: "Don't be embarrassed, this is what we should do."
He Yuezhe had no choice but to withdraw his hand and nodded to Boss Yang: "Thank you."
"You're welcome, please come again next time." Boss Yang smiled and saw He Yuezhe out the door.
“Ding Dong—Welcome to visit us next time!”
He Yuezhe glanced at Yang Jin who was sitting on a rattan chair at the door. The boy looked back at her with unconcealable excitement in his eyes.
"Hey, why are you still sitting there? Now that you've woken up, get up and see the guests off." Boss Yang patted Yang Jin lightly, signaling him to see He Yuezhe out.
"Oh oh oh, welcome, welcome back next time!! I'll see you out!" Yang Jin stood up and staggered forward two steps.
…
There is a long corridor between the entrance and the middle of the department store, where many different flowers are planted, swaying slowly with the energy fluctuations.
The faint light shone down, barely enough to illuminate the path beneath their feet.
Yang Jin's hand, which had a slightly strange texture, reached out to He Yuezhe's "arm". He exclaimed softly, "Wow, this arm is really that hard!"
"...Host, if I'm not mistaken, he should be touching your middle leg, right?" The light spot was silent for a moment and then spoke.
Because he is a robot, He Yuezhe's vision is also very good in the dark.
She looked down at the short boy and reached out to touch his head: "My hand is here."
"Ah? Then this is..." Yang Jin was stunned, and he squinted his eyes, "You, you have three legs!!"
"That's so cool! Do all robots have three calves? Are they as hard as yours? But are three calves comfortable to walk with?" Yang Jin asked a series of questions, frowning as if thinking.
"No. Not like it. Not good." He Yuezhe answered his questions one by one, walking with difficulty.
Yang Jin chuckled after hearing this and used his arm to barely "support" He Yuezhe's body: "Then let me support you?"
"Um."
For the first time, He Yuezhe felt like he could break someone's arm with just two fingers.
She felt Yang Jin pulling her arm, so she quietly lowered herself.
"thank you."
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