Chapter 39
“You, come here.”
Jian Yu pointed at a woman in a pink dress.
The woman obediently came forward and squatted before Jian Yu. Her docile appearance was even more like Alice’s, leaving Jian Yu in a bit of a daze. He raised his hand to touch the woman’s bright eyes; at that moment, they reflected only him.
The woman suddenly smiled, her eyes curving as well. At this very moment, she looked even more like the Alice from before, and Jian Yu fell deeper into his daze.
Just as the woman thought she could successfully stay by Jian Yu’s side, his expression suddenly darkened. The hand that had been touching her eyes suddenly covered them. Then, with a cold face, he looked at the manager beside them and said, “I don’t like her eyes. Arrange for her to have cosmetic surgery on them.”
Such words would never have come from the Jian Yu of the past. Not only were his cronies beside him stunned, but even the manager was slow to react. As for the woman, the smile that was still on her lips had completely frozen.
Her face was a little pale, and her voice trembled slightly. “No, I don’t want to. I don’t want plastic surgery.”
Plastic surgery was actually very common in this era, and the technology was already quite advanced. The woman’s reaction was a bit extreme, and no one present could quite understand it.
The manager finally reacted and hurried forward. “Lily, don’t make a scene. It’s just a bit of plastic surgery. Since Young Master Jian doesn’t like them, just get them done the way he likes.”
The manager had just finished speaking when Jian Yu said, “I don’t want to see her again.”
The woman, who had still held a sliver of hope, was now completely devoid of it.
Jian Yu spoke again, telling someone to drag the woman away, but she clung to his leg and wouldn’t let go. “Young Master Jian, you can’t do this to me! I clearly didn’t do anything. You’re making me get plastic surgery for no reason at all. This face is mine, and these eyes are mine. I don’t agree!”
Jian Yu looked down at the woman and sneered, “Are those eyes really yours? Are you sure you didn’t approach me on purpose? It’s already generous of me not to settle the score with who’s behind you. If you keep pestering me, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
After these words were spoken, it wasn’t just the woman whose expression changed. His cronies all wore different expressions.
In the end, the woman was still dragged away by the manager.
One of Jian Yu’s cronies said, “Hey, Brother Yu, don’t let that person ruin your mood. There are so many others here. Take your time and pick one, Brother Yu.”
But at this moment, Jian Yu was no longer in the mood. “You guys choose for yourselves. I want some quiet time alone.”
He couldn’t quite describe what he was feeling right now. In the past, that woman might have indeed been to his liking. Even if he knew she might have been sent by someone to get close to him, he would have gone along with it and kept her by his side.
But he didn’t know what was wrong today. Just as he was about to keep the woman by his side, the image of Alice suddenly flashed through his mind.
The Alice from before, whose eyes were always full of him, and the current Alice, who had completely changed.
Although Qiu Chi had told him her name, and he had accepted it on the surface, in Jian Yu’s heart, she was still Alice, his exclusively custom-made robot.
Even though this robot had changed, had become very unfamiliar, she was still his robot.
If it were the Alice of the past, even if he brought this woman back, her eyes would still be full of him. She would still revolve around him.
But this Alice… if he brought this woman back, she would probably have a face full of scorn, right?
This Alice was arrogant and domineering. If she saw someone who looked like her, she would definitely be very unhappy, right? Perhaps she would even beat the person up. After all, she even dared to hit her own customizer.
And the Alice from before? She would surely feel unhappy too, but given her old personality, she definitely wouldn’t have said it out loud.
But… Alice was just a robot. Although a robot’s settings included happiness and unhappiness, those were just settings, right?
Why was he thinking about such absurd things?
Jian Yu frowned, feeling extremely irritable. He downed one glass of alcohol after another.
His cronies didn’t dare to go up and disturb him. Each with a woman or two in his arms, they were also drinking. Occasionally, someone would glance up at Jian Yu, but no one went over to bother him.
Meanwhile, the woman who had been dragged out by the manager was already being sent to the hospital as per Jian Yu’s instructions.
On the way, she made a phone call. “He found me out. He’s sending me to the hospital for plastic surgery now, saying he doesn’t like my eyes. But these eyes were clearly done according to the photo you gave me. Why wouldn’t he like them?”
The person on the other end said something, and the woman’s voice suddenly rose several octaves. “I didn’t do anything! He just saw my eyes and said he didn’t like them, and even covered them up. You can’t blame me for this. You’re not thinking of going back on the payment you promised me, are you?”
“Fine. See you at the hospital then.”
When Jian Qiu heard about this from his assistant, he raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. “He said he didn’t like them?”
The assistant nodded.
But Jian Qiu didn’t believe it. “There must be more to it. Go to the hospital, see her, and ask about his exact reaction at the time.”
After the assistant acknowledged the order and left, Jian Qiu tapped his fingers on the desk, lost in thought.
Exclusively custom-made robots also cost money. The higher the requirements, the more they cost. He had high standards, but in the past, he didn’t have that much money, so naturally, he didn’t have an exclusively custom-made robot.
Now he had money, but he still hadn’t gone to get one custom-made.
And the reason was that he and Jian Yu were truly brothers; even their tastes were similar.
He had never seen Alice in person because Jian Yu hid her very well. He heard that Jian Yu used to take her out, but unfortunately, he wasn’t part of the Jian family back then, so he had only seen photos.
He saw Alice’s photo at the old Jian family residence. It was his first time there, and he saw the photo hanging on the wall at a glance.
The photo was the large group portrait that the main Jian family replaced every year. Alice was in it. Although she was facing the camera, her attention was entirely on Jian Yu. Her gaze was always fixed on Jian Yu from the corner of her eye.
That photo made Jian Qiu remember Alice instantly. She was the perfect image of his ideal custom-made robot, but someone had beaten him to it and already owned her.
Even before he had formally met Jian Yu, Jian Qiu had developed malicious thoughts toward him.
He was not a good person. He never had been.
Although robots were said to be exclusively custom-made, that didn’t mean they couldn’t become someone else’s.
But now Jian Yu was saying he didn’t like those eyes. Jian Qiu refused to believe it, no matter what.
So, what interesting things had happened without his knowledge?
Perhaps he should find a way to meet that robot he had always wanted to make his own.
Jian Yu called her Alice.
But he wanted to call her—Angel.
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