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"What do I want to do? Yan, I thought you knew everything. If this is just a test, there's no need."
"You overestimate me..." Mu Qingyan lowered her head in dejection. She looked at her palms, not knowing how to vent the feeling of powerlessness surging in her heart. "Kins, I always thought I knew you well enough, but now——"
"You know."
A piece of white cloth was placed on the palm of his hand, covering the bleeding area. It was the handkerchief that Kins always carried with him. This habit came from Professor Qi.
Mu Qingyan endured the slight pain, and then, another pair of hands came over her, and her fingers were gently kneaded, which brought a strange and unfamiliar itch. She forced herself not to retreat, but soon, a shadow fell in front of her eyes.
“Yan…”
With three fingers pinching her chin and lifting it up, Mu Qingyan could only lean back on the chair, but even so, she could not avoid the other party's approach.
"You understand, you just don't dare to admit it. Or, we can talk about what happened the night we last met."
There was only one person's figure in the light brown optical mirror. She was completely accustomed to this before, but since when did she occasionally confuse them with another pair of identical eyes, and then become so panicked that she dared not look them in the eye again.
Was this the first time he'd nearly gone into emotional overload because he was worried about her?
Or is it that he is hiding this from her even though his body's recovery speed has gradually returned to normal?
Or is it the strange rejection and hostility towards Kinsley again and again?
Even though he knew that she had a conflict with Kinsley because of her disappearance, he still didn't let York tell her that Kinsley was seriously injured.
At that time, she naively thought that York did that because he was afraid that she would worry.
Later, she thought that all the messages she sent had fallen on deaf ears, but when she met Xiao Yin later, she found out that he had replied to every one of them - although because he was angry, each time he replied with a simple "Yeah", "It's okay", "I've eaten", "Not bad"... and all the other party's replies were secretly deleted by Kins.
——As long as Kins wants to do it, she can't catch any trace at all.
And that night...
The robot's brain has both the rigor of mathematical logic and the fuzziness of neural networks to ensure that it can only perform "execution" rather than "judgment", otherwise big problems will arise.
When Mu Qingyan was a child, his teacher talked about a theory: the cognitive simulation of robots will gradually improve and one day it will develop into a model close to the spiritual structure.
In layman's terms, as long as the program continues to iterate and upgrade, if it eventually reaches the complexity of a human-like system, the robot is likely to develop self-awareness.
Life will find its own way and robots will evolve naturally. This is not a fantasy.
But theory is just theory, and Mu Qingyan never took it seriously.
However, with the teacher's abilities and his attitude of treating robots as another form of life, Kins' intelligence level is completely incomparable to those of ordinary advanced autonomous robots. Even Dustin was surprised by the complexity of its internal structure.
So, is she going to admit that Kins might really...
"Where's Xiao Yin? Is he okay now?"
Knowing she couldn't escape from this laboratory, she could only avoid the topic.
"he--"
"Let me see him."
The unquestionable tone was enough to express Mu Qingyan's attitude, and it was obvious that the other person was not happy about it.
Kins' expression changed, and he slowly let go of her, taking a few steps back to a safe distance.
"Yan, I'm right in front of you, and you're still thinking about that useless Qi Yin?"
Mu Qingyan frowned, but she knew that now was not a good time to say anything, so she responded in silence.
After a while, the man waved his hand.
The wall on the right suddenly became clear and transparent.
Kinsley was still sitting in the wheelchair, but this time he wasn't crying or looking at her with disappointment.
He was completely restrained in a wheelchair, with the lower half of his face completely covered by a small silencer. Only his eyes expressed anxiety and panic. The next second after he saw Mu Qingyan clearly, he struggled violently.
"Yan, he is—"
Kins was about to say that this time it was real, but it was obvious that Mu Qingyan didn't need to do that at all.
"Xiao Yin! Xiao Yin, are you okay? Are you okay?"
His fist hit the transparent wall but it had no effect at all, not even leaving a scratch on the coffee spoon in his hand.
The person standing behind the wheelchair received an order from somewhere, took out a thin needle, and pierced Kinsley with an expressionless face.
Mu Qingyan's fear reached its peak. She opened her eyes wide and couldn't make a sound.
Fortunately, the medicine was not what she was worried about. The syringe was retracted, and the chain and silencer were untied. Kinsley immediately struggled to stand up, but he was obviously in poor physical condition. He walked unsteadily and almost fell in front of the glass wall.
"Yanyan! Yanyan! Why are you here? Go! Where's my second sister? Where's Dustin? Ask them to rescue you!"
Kinsley was too busy to care about the joy of seeing his beloved. He was shaking all over, but he was hitting the glass with all his strength.
The voice that came over was very real, as if it was spoken in his ear, so Mu Qingyan could feel the worry and fear even more accurately.
She used her eyes to depict the face that was so close to her: eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth... no disguise could replicate it. This was the look she had encountered countless times and would never mistake.
"Xiao Yin... shh... don't worry, I'll be fine... just listen to me first..." The voice was gentle and soothing enough, "check yourself first. Are you injured anywhere? Or are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? That needle..."
She choked with sobs and didn't dare to ask any further.
"I'm fine... I'm fine... Yanyan... Can you please leave here... You clearly... You clearly..."
Mu Qingyan had instinctively guessed what he wanted to say.
——Lawrence Bedford has already told him, you clearly gave up on me for someone else...
——And just now, you clearly wanted to find that robot first, and gave up on me again...
So why did you come here...
She wanted to explain until she heard what Kinsley said next—
"Yanyan... I know how much you've suffered here... You finally managed to escape, so why did you come back..."
In fact, when she stepped into this land, even Mu Qingyan herself forgot that she was revisiting an old place. The laboratory scenes that flashed through her mind and the memory of her teacher hiding her in a special waste drug disposal box and taking her out no longer aroused her attention as before.
But someone still remembers her...
Before the tears fell, the glass separating the two of them changed again. Kinsley's figure gradually disappeared, and even his voice could no longer be heard.
"Yan, get up, you see, he's fine..."
A pair of arms wrapped around her shoulders, trying to pick her up. Mu Qingyan, who had calmed down, came back to her senses little by little. When she saw the familiar face clearly, she raised her hands and waved with all her strength.
“Pa——”
A very solid slap.
"If anything happens to Xiao Yin, I will never forgive you."
The look she gave him finally lost the trust and reliance she had before, leaving only a cold warning.
"Yan..." The man who was beaten was stunned for a moment, but soon the expression on his face turned into confusion. "You have already made a choice just now. You will come to me first, right? In your heart, who is more important to you, me or Qi Yin?"
His doubts didn't seem fake. After Mu Qingyan understood the question, she almost wanted to laugh at his sense of humor:
"I don't know why you think this way. In my opinion, there is no comparison between you and Xiao Yin."
"But Yan, I've been with you much longer than he has, and I've done much more for you than he has. What about him? Has he done anything useful besides making you worry?"
"He did..."
"What?"
"I say, he did a lot more than you think."
Mu Qingyan lowered her head, and although her voice was soft and calm, she answered without hesitation.
Those things were so long ago, before the Kins were created.
She has been in BI's laboratory since she was born. As far as she can remember, every day she has been drowsy and in pain. It has been like that for a long time, and she has become accustomed to it.
But on an ordinary day, when she woke up, she saw a small figure that was completely different from those people in white clothes.
"Sister, are you feeling unwell? This is the candy Dad gave me. I'm giving it to you. You'll be happy if you eat it!"
Later, she would see the child every once in a while, and there would always be a candy like that in the palm of his hand.
After leaving the laboratory, the teacher took her and Xiao Yin to hide everywhere. Because of her poor physical condition, the teacher always stayed up all night to watch over her, and later, it was Xiao Yin who watched over her.
Although the child was a few years younger, he was also white and chubby at the beginning. After not eating or sleeping well for a long time, he became even more pale and thin than her.
She had never learned anything in the laboratory, so it was Xiao Yin who taught him how to speak and write, and made her laugh.
She had previously told Xin Yuqing that her teacher had taken her and Xiao Yin to a LIANGSHE. banquet, but the teacher didn't have much money, so even for dessert, they could only order the cheapest one or two items. And every time, Xiao Yin would say, "I don't like this. Just order what you like."
So Xin Yuqing guessed correctly. Kinsley always knew what she liked to eat. On the contrary, even though Mu Qingyan later had enough money to buy hundreds of LIANGHSHE, she never knew what Xiaoyin liked to eat.
——And many, many things...
Mu Qingyan didn't know whether Kins could understand these things. She was of course grateful to Kins for saving her and staying with her after the teacher and Xiao Yin left, but why should she be ranked higher between the two?
She looked at Kins, who was standing a few steps away with the light behind him. He seemed to be immersed in his own thinking and logic, and her expression could not be seen clearly.
After a long time, the man spoke again.
"Yan, you really want me to let Qi Yin go, right? How about we play another game?"
"What did you say?"
Under Mu Qingyan's alert gaze, a girl walked in with two men in white coats holding her shoulders.
"Yan, you should know who she is, right? As far as I know, she sent a message to Dustin. Oh, and she gave you your coffee spoon, right?"
Everything was under the other party's control, and Mu Qingyan was not surprised.
"She's just trying to help me, don't make things difficult for her."
Compared to Mu Qingyan's anxiety, the girl remained calm, gave her a faint smile, and slowly shook her head.
"Yan, you know a lot about humans and robots, so I'd like you to guess: is this person a robot or a human? You have three chances. If you guess wrong, I can't guarantee what the consequences will be for Qi Yin."
Mu Qingyan sneered: "What's that? Why should we involve others in the matter between you and me?"
Kins just spread his hands and said, "By the way, Yan, I almost forgot to tell you, you have to hurry up, because in the next room, if Qi Yin doesn't get the antidote on time, he may die. You just saw it, that injection is not for decoration."
Mu Qingyan instantly became nervous. She knew that this "game" had to be played.
Although she was very worried about Xiaoyin's condition, her brain was already working rapidly, and she recalled her contact with the girl in front of her bit by bit.
When she was chatting with someone halfway around the world, she had wondered if the person on the other end was a robot. After all, that kind of logical speed was not something an ordinary person could achieve.
But when he handed her the spoon just now, the funny wink he made didn't seem like a human-like gesture that a robot could make.
What other clues are there...
When Dustin showed her the photo before, she always had a strange feeling that the person was very familiar. Why was that?
"Yan, do you need me to help you?"
"What?"
Mu Qingyan was still searching in his mind palace for where he had seen this girl before. While he was distracted, Kins somehow found an experimental knife in his hand.
He stabbed the girl hard in the thigh.
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