Chapter 4: Green and Healthy Edition for Teenagers

“How should I prove that I am a real person?”

Su An asked, feeling a bit irritable.

She didn’t dare say it out loud for fear of being treated as a Deviant Android and disposed of immediately.

The villa was a three-story duplex, and the rooms were on the second floor.

She tiptoed out of the master bedroom but then realized she was being a bit sneaky.

Straightening her posture, she began to explore the house openly.

“Is this what a rich person’s villa looks like?”

Those gradient blue eyes shimmered as she committed the exquisite and elegant interior of the villa to memory.

There were quite a few things she didn’t even recognize.

“Hello, Ms. An’an.”

“Ah!”

Su An jumped like a startled cat.

“My apologies. I did not intend to frighten you,” a spherical object floating in the air said in a synthesized female voice.

“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jing Jing, and I am Ms. Gu Yu’s residential housekeeper. Welcome to the family. Together, we will create a better living environment for Ms. Gu Yu. If you require any items, such as food, toys, and the like, you may inform me, and I will coordinate the purchase.”

“Oh, I see. Okay, I understand.”

Being stared at by a flying, eyeball-like sphere made Su An feel uneasy, as if she were being monitored.

“Very well, Ms. An’an. I shall take my leave now.”

With that, the fist-sized sphere flew out of the window, seemingly to patrol the villa’s yard.

An’an went down to the first floor and sat on the soft sofa, letting out a sigh.

‘How can I prove I’m human?’

She still had no clue.

To prove she was human, she had to provide evidence, and her only evidence was her memories, which could not be disproven.

But how could she ensure that Gu Yu wouldn’t just think An’an was experiencing AI hallucinations and making things up?

Could she kidnap Gu Yu and run to her original house to prove herself by sharing specific details?

Su An couldn’t help but chuckle at the absurdity.

It was now 2050, exactly twenty years since she had been hit in 2030.

Twenty years… whether her house still existed was a question in itself.

Su An curled up on the sofa and hugged her white-stocking-clad legs.

It had to be said—they were indeed smooth and felt great to the touch.

And then there was her wife, her daughter…

Su An’s gaze gradually became firm as she stood up from the sofa.

‘That’s right! I still have a wife and a daughter!’

Twenty years had passed; a house might have been torn down and rebuilt long ago.

But people were different!

Her beautiful wife, who had been in her twenties, would be in her forties now.

And her three-year-old daughter should be around twenty-three.

‘Xiao Xue, Daddy is so sorry. Daddy missed twenty years of your life. But Daddy will definitely make it up to you!’

Her daughter might not recognize her anymore since she was only three when he died, but Su An was certain that her wife—her childhood sweetheart—would definitely recognize her!

Even though twenty years had passed…

‘Escape!’

Countless longings converged into one firm thought.

She had to find her wife!

Her daughter!

She was human; she wasn’t some Companion Android!

Driven by emotion, Su An jogged to the villa’s exquisite front door.

This door wasn’t complex and could be easily twisted open from the inside.

Su An tried to reach out, and then…

Her body instantly froze.

The world in her vision seemed to dim, and a red virtual wall appeared in front of her.

Several large words were highlighted in red on it.

[OUTING IS NOT PERMITTED!]

This was Base Logic.

This was a preset program.

Su An couldn’t do it.

She couldn’t resist.

Even though opening the door only required a simple twist, this virtual wall carved an unbridgeable chasm between her and the outside world.

‘As expected,’ Su An thought regretfully.

She had anticipated this; she was only testing to see if she could bypass the program.

Unfortunately, she currently could not.

‘Xiao Xue…’

Su An’s mood felt a bit low.

However, she quickly patted her cheeks to cheer herself up.

‘There will be a chance! No rush, no rush. Even if I went out now, I’d be like a headless fly. I need to find their location first.’

Understanding that she couldn’t avoid Gu Yu no matter what, Su An began to brainstorm how to prove she was human rather than a Deviant Android.

‘Slow and steady.’

Haste makes waste; she currently knew too little about Gu Yu.

At first, she thought Gu Yu was a cold, overbearing female CEO.

In the car, she felt Gu Yu was a lewd female hooligan.

“Companion Android.”

It sounded nice, but in reality, wasn’t it essentially just a vessel?

Su An felt a bit lost.

To be honest, she didn’t feel Gu Yu was a bad person, but she couldn’t rely on feelings alone.

She couldn’t gamble.

She didn’t dare bet that Gu Yu was a good person who would patiently help her verify her identity after she explained the situation.

If Gu Yu didn’t believe her or lacked patience, what then?

With a simple phone call, she would be hauled off to the Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau.

How would they dispose of her?

The news didn’t say, but Su An’s intuition told her it wouldn’t be anything good.

‘No rush, slow and steady. There will always be a way.’

Su An patted her cheeks to cool herself down.

‘First, I need a channel to get information from the outside world. For example…’

‘A phone!’

Su An’s eyes lit up.

“A phone? That’s quite an archaic term. Very interesting and humorous,” Jing Jing teased.

“Is there anything similar? Anything at all!”

Su An pressed.

“There are. The mainstream options on the market right now are optical computers, wristbands…”

“I want one, can I…?”

Despite her reluctance, Su An subconsciously struck a cute pose due to her settings.

Of course, her cuteness had no effect on the housekeeper.

It calmly stated, “My apologies, Ms. An’an. Given your special status, you are not permitted to connect to the external network.”

“Huh?”

Su An was stunned.

So there was such a rule.

After interrogating her Local Model, Su An suddenly found a linguistic loophole and hurriedly denied it.

“It’s not a connection! I mean, I want to use the network like a human does. After all… I am Master’s companion. I want to experience her life so I can better serve… look after her.”

To increase her persuasiveness and prevent suspicion, Su An had to bite her lower lip and voluntarily say those embarrassing words.

An android wanting to go online for no reason?

That would arouse suspicion.

But a Companion Android wanting to understand humans to better serve its master?

That was perfectly reasonable, as it might even be a default setting from the company.

Jing Jing fell silent for a moment.

Su An waited for its reply.