Chapter 41
"Where would you like to go? I can take you anywhere, or perhaps you would like to visit my estate?"
Jian Qiu's attitude was very gentle; he didn't seem overly ingratiating nor cold, acting just like a well-bred, mild-tempered man.
In this situation, it was easy for people to let down their guard, let alone a robot who supposedly understood nothing of worldly wisdom.
Qiu Chi did not speak; she simply walked beside him as if she truly trusted him.
Jian Qiu continued speaking. First, he introduced the surroundings, then asked, "Has your customizer brought you out before?"
Qiu Chi finally spoke, "In the past, yes; now, no."
"The outside world is beautiful and colorful. You should come out more often. You can speak to your customizer about it."
Qiu Chi fell silent again.
After walking for a while, Qiu Chi stopped and said, "I want to go back. Goodbye."
After saying this, she turned and left without hesitation.
Jian Qiu watched Qiu Chi return to the estate, said goodbye to her, and then returned to his own estate.
Thinking of how Qiu Chi looked when he met her, he couldn't help but frown in deep thought.
Based on the information his assistant sent yesterday, combined with seeing Qiu Chi today, perhaps Alice really had changed, leading to Jian Yu's difference yesterday?
It was said that custom robots could develop independent consciousness. So, had Qiu Chi already developed autonomy?
Thinking of this, Jian Qiu couldn't help but feel somewhat happy.
A robot with autonomy could no longer be considered the exclusive property of the customizer. She could choose to follow someone else. However, robots with autonomy were too rare; if discovered, they would be sent to the research institute for study.
Thinking of this, Jian Qiu frowned again. He could not accept others researching his robot.
So, Jian Yu still had to die.
Jian Yu locked her in the estate all day; she shouldn't have much affection for Jian Yu. Even if Jian Yu died, she probably wouldn't be in pain. If he treated her a little better, she would likely be willing to follow him willingly.
At this moment, Jian Qiu already regarded Qiu Chi as his possession, and had even planned out their future.
It was just as well that Qiu Chi didn't know the ridiculous thoughts in his mind, otherwise she would definitely beat him up and tell him to stop daydreaming!
After Jian Yu went out, he mingled with his bad company.
Once Jian Qiu realized that Qiu Chi had very likely developed autonomy, he wanted Qiu Chi to quickly grow tired of Jian Yu, thereby leading to Jian Yu's death.
He arranged for women to appear around Jian Yu more frequently, all of whom bore some resemblance to Alice.
Every time Jian Yu saw these people, he would fall into a trance. But in the end, he would ill-temperedly drive them all away and tell them to go get plastic surgery.
For several days, Jian Yu did not return to the estate. The women appearing around him looked more and more like Alice. How could Jian Yu not see that someone was playing tricks behind the scenes? He just couldn't be bothered to deal with that person.
Although Jian Qiu's current behavior seemed a bit eager for quick success, the continuous bombardment on Jian Yu over the past few days was actually effective.
Because finally, after getting drunk once, he held a woman who looked seventy percent like Alice in his arms. What happened next was self-evident.
Jian Yu wasn't actually drunk. He just felt drunk, and then simply gave up on himself.
Because over these few days, he had discovered a terrifying fact.
He seemed to have fallen in love with Alice.
He had fallen in love with a robot. It was truly too terrifying. He couldn't accept it, so he abandoned himself to despair.
He returned to the estate again, bringing that woman with him.
When Qiu Chi saw them, she didn't have much of a reaction. After all, the woman resembled Alice, not her.
Plus, Qing Yue's disciple looked sixty percent like her, and she hadn't said anything about that either.
She was just disgusted by men who sought substitutes, and annoyed by women who looked for trouble.
If this woman behaved herself, naturally Qiu Chi wouldn't do anything to her.
But how could the woman behave herself?
From the moment she saw Qiu Chi, her eyes were filled with unfriendliness. She held onto Jian Yu's arm, frowned slightly at Qiu Chi, and said in a voice that was gentle yet carried a hint of pettiness, "Darling, why is there a robot here that looks so much like me?"
Jian Yu looked at Qiu Chi and didn't speak.
Seeing that Jian Yu's gaze was entirely on Qiu Chi, the unfriendliness in the woman's eyes deepened. She lifted her head and said, "That robot, we haven't had lunch yet. Go make us some food."
Qiu Chi was reading a book. She had only glanced up when they returned; for the rest of the conversation, she couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.
Seeing that Qiu Chi ignored her completely, the woman felt stifled and angry. "Darling, say something. You were so amazing last night, and I'm still hungry now. Are you just going to watch me starve?"
Jian Yu actually wanted to order Qiu Chi around, but that required Qiu Chi to be willing to listen.
He was almost certain that if he dared to open his mouth to give an order, Qiu Chi would dare to throw a punch at him. He still wanted to save face.
His lips pressed into a tight line as he said, "There is already a robot cooking; it will be ready soon."
The woman, who had wanted Jian Yu to order Qiu Chi around, was dumbfounded. She glared at Qiu Chi, then threw herself into Jian Yu's arms, standing on tiptoe to kiss him directly.
Jian Yu had originally intended to refuse, but seeing Qiu Chi reading seriously out of the corner of his eye, he felt suffocated in his heart, so he allowed the woman's actions.
He had actually done this kind of thing in front of Alice before, but at that time, he didn't feel anything was wrong.
But now, he kept watching Qiu Chi out of the corner of his eye. Seeing her lack of reaction, he couldn't describe what he was feeling.
A bit aggrieved, a bit uncomfortable, and a bit guilty.
He now felt that this was bad, but seeing Qiu Chi ignore him made him feel particularly dissatisfied. Acting this way now was actually just to attract Qiu Chi's attention.
But in Qiu Chi's eyes, Jian Yu was just being cheap and disgusting.
In the past, when Alice was wholeheartedly devoted to him, he showed no reaction.
Now that she was cold to him and didn't put him in her eyes, he started pretending to be deeply affectionate.
She really found Jian Qiu more and more pleasing to the eye now.
Although his mind was full of little schemes and he might also be sick in the head, at least he didn't do these disgusting things and appeared normal on the surface.
As for whether Qiu Chi knew this was actually Jian Qiu's design? Naturally, she knew.
But Jian Qiu's design didn't mean Jian Yu couldn't refuse.
After all, some things required mutual consent. With Jian Yu's status, if he wasn't willing, who could forcefully coerce him?
System: 【Mmph mmph mmph!】 Hurry up and let me speak, I have something to say!
Qiu Chi lifted the System's mute ban. Immediately, she heard the System speak with righteous indignation: 【Jian Yu is really too excessive! Why don't you hit him? And that woman, one punch and she'll be honest!】
Qiu Chi: "...Did you forget about following the plot?"
System: 【Uh...】 Awkward. Who would have thought you would actually honestly follow the plot...
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