2030 was a very special date.
On this day, Su An was struck by a stroke of Great Fortune — the kind that hit like an elbow to the gut — and her body might have even been dragged away by wild dogs.
Back home, with a whole afternoon ahead, Gu Yu did not rush to play with An’an.
Instead, she went upstairs to handle some work first.
This CEO was quite diligent.
After dismissing Jing Jing, Su An took off her shoes.
Her feet, clad in White Silk Over-Knee Socks, stepped onto the soft sofa as she curled up and browsed the internet using her Smart Wristband.
‘2030, 2030…’
Nothing extremely important happened that year.
Everything she found was just irrelevant trivia and minor incidents.
However, there was a milestone event in 2031: the Miracle of Blue Blood.
A materials scientist from Dongda named Luo Jie had accidentally created the original prototype of Blue Blood while conducting chemical experiments in a biology lab.
This led to a sudden explosion in bionic technology, kicking off the Great Bionic Era.
He later won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2039.
“Luo Jie, born April 2, 2000. Resident of Chaoyang, Dijing. Graduated from Suningyi University of Technology. Currently number nine on the Forbes List…”
To be honest, Su An seriously suspected he possessed a Great Fortune Gu.
He had stumbled upon something by sheer luck, patented it, and then didn’t have to do anything else as he ascended directly to the peak of his life.
But that was an event in 2031.
Could she have misheard?
Su An closed her eyes, recalling the last words of the Deviant Android.
‘I didn’t mishear. It was definitely twenty and thirty. Could the entire sentence be a code?’
She converted all the words into pinyin and tried to decode them.
She even attempted calculations using every possible cipher key, but she found no hidden information.
Su An figured she had already tried simple classical ciphers.
Anything harder would be beyond the computational capacity of a minor Android like her.
She shrugged.
‘No, maybe I’m overthinking it. Were her twenty and thirty just simple numbers?’
But after thinking for a long time and even searching online, she still had no clue besides some nonsensical fortunes.
‘After excluding all impossibilities, the remaining probability is likely the answer.’
Su An took a deep breath.
‘Assuming she recognized I am an Android and even knew the date of my death as a premise…’
‘What was she trying to tell me? What was she trying to warn me about? Is that why she used the number 2030 — a number whose meaning only I know?’
For the moment, she stopped wondering how the other woman knew.
Su An felt that line of thought would lead to a terrifying answer.
‘Memory! Review!’
This was the best part about being an Android compared to a human: she could clearly playback her memories.
‘The first Android.’
[He broke into Ms. Gu’s office and was preparing to start work when the sensitive Ms. Gu immediately destroyed him.]
‘The second Android.’
[This one was even more casual. He was just normally pushing a small cart when the sensitive Ms. Gu called for him to stop. He didn’t stop steadily, and a small blue glass bottle…]
‘Wait! That small blue glass bottle?’
Su An paused and zoomed in on the image in her mind.
‘The physical trajectory is normal, but why place a small glass bottle filled with blue liquid in such a precarious spot?’
‘Unless he intentionally wanted that glass bottle to break! Or to fall out!’
Su An slowed down every frame, inspecting it closely.
‘What is this? Blue Moon Super Detergent? It makes sense for it to be here.’
‘What’s that small black strip on it?’
Zooming in further, the black strip slowly revealed its true form: a barcode.
Instinct told Su An that she only needed to scan this barcode to bring everything to light.
But how could she scan it?
This was just a scene in her memory.
She couldn’t export it to scan with her Smart Wristband.
‘But I can…’
Su An opened her eyes and looked at her fair, smooth hands.
‘Draw it!’
She needed a piece of paper and a pen!
These two things should be easy to find in a normal home, right?
Su An cautiously rummaged through drawers and wardrobes like a thief.
Actually, she could just tell the housekeeper, Jing Jing, but Su An felt that wasn’t safe or discreet enough.
The first floor consisted of the living room, kitchen, bathroom, storage room, and a few places she didn’t recognize, but Su An didn’t think paper and pens would be there.
Without putting on her shoes, she stepped lightly onto the second floor in her White Silk Over-Knee Socks.
Fun fact: the sound of walking in socks is quieter than walking barefoot or in shoes.
The first things that came into view were the master bedroom and several guest bedrooms.
But those places were unlikely to have what she needed.
Su An was looking for a study.
‘Is it here?’
Su An carefully opened a door and poked her head in to observe.
She saw white canvases and easels, with rows of paints in various colors stacked up.
‘It’s an art studio. What a pity, it’s not a study…’
Thinking this, Su An prepared to close the door.
‘Oh, wait! An art studio works too!’
Her eyes lit up, impressed by her own cleverness, and she left the door slightly ajar.
Bright sunshine poured in through the window, providing excellent lighting.
The window was open, offering a view of the river reflecting the white clouds in the sky, dotted with a lush, vibrant green forest.
At a glance, it was clear someone knew how to enjoy life.
Everything was neatly arranged.
There were no messy spatters or smears of paint, which didn’t quite match Su An’s image of an unconventional painter.
On second thought, Gu Yu didn’t look like the type to paint either.
This was probably just an interest group her parents signed her up for as a child.
Su An speculated as she began searching for a brush and black paint.
“Huh?”
While looking for a brush, she suddenly spotted a crumpled ball of drawing paper in a corner.
It looked very out of place in the tidy studio, naturally piquing Su An’s curiosity.
She picked up the paper ball and slowly flattened it on the table.
Although the creases wouldn’t go away, she could still see the clear, beautiful face of the person drawn on the paper.
Su An was so shocked she covered her mouth with her hands.
This was truly startling.
The woman in the drawing was someone Su An knew very well.
The Shuttle Queen! The Triple Crown Champion!
And… her daughter.
Su Ruxue.
Photos of Su Ruxue were all over the internet.
If one put their mind to it, drawing a portrait wasn’t difficult.
But this drawing was different!
Completely different.
Su An subconsciously bit her lower lip, her face flushing with anger.
She knew!
She should have known!
Why did the rising Xiao Xue leave the GLG Club?
For a sky-high contract renewal fee?
No!
Su An might not know Xiao Xue that well yet, but she knew her wife, Ye Rufeng.
She would never raise Xiao Xue to be the kind of person who would betray others for a bit of profit!
From the beginning, Su An didn’t believe Xiao Xue would betray her teammates and coach for a massive contract fee.
There must have been another reason forcing her to leave!
After all, the price offered by the club she was currently signed with wasn’t much higher.
Now, Su An was certain who the culprit was behind Xiao Xue being forced away!
It was her!
Su An’s eyes were filled with the rage of an old father as she spoke through gritted teeth.
“Gu Yu!”
At this moment, she wanted nothing more than to tear this paper to shreds.
However, her rationality as an Android quickly calmed her down.
Venting her anger now was useless and might even expose her.
Taking a deep breath, she regulated her emotions and crumpled the indecent drawing back into a ball.
If the drawing had been of anyone else, Su An would have surely exclaimed, ‘These rich people really know how to play,’ before storing it in her memory.
Perhaps her Sexual Knowledge stat would have even increased by 1.
But it wasn’t!
This was a scene a father could not tolerate!
“Unspoken rules…”
Su An ground her teeth.
She remembered the speculations from some media outlets.
She had thought they were just nonsense, but now, she had found concrete evidence.