Chapter 16: I Don’t Eat Beef

“Ah? Me?”

Zhang Jiwei, an employee from the Logistics Department, looked utterly bewildered.

The android safety officer stood by, gloating.

He suppressed a laugh from an angle where Gu Yu couldn’t see; it seemed the two of them knew each other.

“I am so sorry, President Gu! That order did indeed come from me! I was muddled and filled in the 23rd Floor instead of the 22nd Floor!”

Zhang Jiwei hadn’t believed it at first, but after glancing at the logs, he began to doubt his own memory.

‘Could I really have slipped up and filled it in wrong?’

He was doubting himself, but he still apologized sincerely.

Since the instruction had come from his account, there was no mistaking it.

It was better to admit fault first; President Gu wasn’t an unreasonable person.

Gu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

“As long as it isn’t a Deviant Android, then it’s fine. I was just being paranoid. You two handle this, and then head back.”

“Yes, Ma’am!”

the two replied in unison.

Hearing Gu Yu walking back, Su An hurriedly closed the door gently and sat back down on the bed.

“Ugh! This is terrible. I’ve gone and left such a bad impression on President Gu.”

Zhang Jiwei was carrying the cleaning android’s feet.

The safety officer, Jiang Yiyun, was carrying the upper body.

He said pityingly, “That’s what you get for being careless.”

“I was careful! I knew 22 and 23 were close, so I specifically checked it two times!”

“Huh? Then why did you admit to it?”

“Ahem, it’s hard to say. Mostly, I was slacking off and playing games at the time, so I might have actually been negligent.”

Zhang Jiwei scratched his head.

“If President Gu checks the surveillance and sees that I was not only careless but also slacking off, she’ll definitely dock my performance bonus.”

“Damn it, your problem is so serious, yet you only get a bonus deduction, while I’m facing termination!”

Jiang Yiyun said indignantly.

“Shut it. Isn’t this your actual job? You didn’t act like this when you were bragging to me about how idle and bored you were.”

“Haha.”

***

It was just a very ordinary misunderstanding caused by an employee’s carelessness.

Nothing more.

But for some reason, Gu Yu felt a bit uneasy and rubbed her temples.

‘I feel a bit overstressed. Is it because I haven’t been resting well lately?’

Exhaling, she reached out and pulled An’an into her arms.

She desperately needed to replenish her Little Angel energy.

Only by holding her did she realize that An’an was much more petite than imagined; she could easily be carried for a long time.

Su An wrapped her arms around Gu Yu’s neck, hanging onto her like a sloth while her backside was supported.

Her white silk socks were still in Gu Yu’s pocket, but Gu Yu didn’t seem to have any intention of returning them, so her little feet were bare and exposed to the air.

As mentioned before, An’an was a culmination of many design peaks, especially in her modeling.

Her feet were naturally no exception.

Flawless perfection went without saying.

Gu Yu’s hand stroked them with the mindset of appreciating a work of art.

Just as she was about to feel the softness, Gu Yu’s gaze suddenly froze.

On such a perfect spot, there was a bit of frictional resistance—a few specks of dust.

Though insignificant, they appeared extremely jarring on a perfect masterpiece.

She glanced at the floor.

Since she had fallen out with that person, she basically never entered this place; it was normal for some dust to settle.

An’an had the Sunlight Trait and moved around the room, which was also normal.

However, the germaphobic Gu Yu quickly returned to her desk, pulled a few wet wipes from a drawer, and began to wipe them clean.

Su An sat obediently on the desk as if she were merely a doll for someone to dress up, letting Gu Yu clean her.

One hour later.

Su An was so bored that she lay down on the desk, using her Smart Wristband to continue scrolling through some videos about Su Ruxue.

She didn’t even realize that in this posture, her dress could hardly protect her privacy.

From Gu Yu’s angle, she could see perfectly.

Her eyebrows twitched slightly, but she didn’t provide a reminder.

She glanced at the remaining work; all of it could be handled back home.

There was no longer any need to stay at the company.

“Let’s go. We’re heading back.”

“Oh, okay.”

Su An put away her Smart Wristband.

Gu Yu pulled the white silk socks, which had long since lost their warmth, out of her pocket.

She slid them back on, firmly enveloping the delicate skin.

She had never worn them herself, so some wrinkles were normal, but Su An adjusted them herself as if she had practiced putting on stockings countless times.

Finally, she tucked the white “popsicles” into the small black leather shoes.

Mmm, mission accomplished.

Su An instinctively wanted to jump down, but Gu Yu stopped her and opened her arms.

Su An had no choice but to jump into her embrace.

Gu Yu nodded with satisfaction, packed up, and prepared to go home.

Su An was somewhat speechless and confused.

If she let her down to walk, was she going to run away or something?

But looking at it from another perspective, if Gu Yu viewed Su An as a toy or a pet, it seemed perfectly natural to enjoy carrying her.

‘Toy, pet…’

Thinking of this, Su An’s mood grew increasingly dejected.

She recalled that cleaning android who had been dealt with so nonchalantly.

Her life was worth little more than his.

Just like toys and pets that could be replaced at will.

Su An had also kept some small animals when she was a child, but none lived for long.

The average lifespan of the ornamental fish was only one week, the rabbit died, and the puppy was given away.

What about her?

How long would she be kept in Gu Yu’s hands?

Su An’s eyes were filled with confusion.

There was a high probability it would only be for:

One day.

Tonight, she would have to undergo an inspection by the Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau.

Could she pull off the deception?

Su An had no confidence at all.

As they slowly descended in the private elevator, Su An watched the numbers gradually return to one.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened.

There were very few people around.

Gu Yu carried Su An, preparing to leave.

Carrying such a petite Little Angel was indeed eye-catching, both in terms of beauty and the behavior itself.

But Gu Yu didn’t care; she liked holding her.

It gave her a sense of security, or rather, a sense of possession—as if the Little Angel was completely under her control.

As she walked toward the main entrance, Gu Yu’s sharp gaze suddenly caught a figure.

It was a cleaning android pushing a small cart.

The orange attire was exceptionally striking in her peripheral vision.

Gu Yu only took slight note of it without much concern; she went about her own way.

she wouldn’t go so far as to target these cheap tools.

However…

The orange figure in her peripheral vision was getting closer and closer to her.

Alarm bells instantly rang in Gu Yu’s mind.

She stopped abruptly, pulled a small “flashlight” from her pocket, and barked coldly:

“Stop!”

The orange figure froze, but under the sudden braking, the small cart wobbled.

A medicine bottle suddenly fell out.

Gu Yu’s pupils shrank.

Without the slightest hesitation, she pressed the trigger.

Ping!

Bang!

The sound of the glass bottle shattering on the ground and the orange figure collapsing rang out one after the other.

All of this happened in just a few seconds.

Before Su An could even react, Gu Yu had casually crushed this cleaning android.

In the distance, employees stopped to stare.

Several human security guards hurried to the scene, armed with Stun Batons and Electromagnetic Pulse Guns.

“President Gu, what happened?”

“Contact the Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau,” she said coldly.

“Yes, Ma’am! Right away!”

A short while later.

The safety officer, Jiang Yiyun, arrived at the scene.

Once again, he let out a sharp, internal scream.

‘My job!’

***

Su An felt cold inside.

Gu Yu’s body temperature couldn’t provide her with even a trace of warmth.

She had just witnessed the scene of Gu Yu casually killing a “person.”

It was simpler and more heartless than crushing an ant.

It was more arbitrary and unreasonable than someone picking a fight for no reason.

At least other people might give an excuse.

But Gu Yu?

She shouted for it to stop, and the person stopped, yet she killed them anyway.

Gu Yu’s cold gaze fell upon An’an.

In her eyes was unmasked wariness.