98: Chapter 98 Xiao Ai Joins

At this moment, a groggy voice, heavy with sleep, suddenly came from the bedroom: "Honey... who is it? Why have you been gone for so long and still haven't come back?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ai stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Qin Yi. Her almond-shaped eyes curved into crescents, and a sly, mischievous smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. She deliberately lowered her voice to tease him: "Master, it's already twelve o'clock at noon. Sister Lin Wanqing and Sister Shiyu actually haven't woken up yet. It seems the 'battle' you two had last night was quite intense, huh?"

She intentionally emphasized the word "battle," and the playfulness in her tone was undisguised.

Qin Yi cleared his throat upon hearing this, a flicker of undetectable embarrassment flashing across his face.

He hooked his finger and gently flicked Xiao Ai's smooth forehead, feigning seriousness: "Oh, you little girl, you're getting bolder. You even dare to tease your Master?"

"Ouch!" Xiao Ai cried out exaggeratedly, quickly covering her flicked forehead with both hands. Pouting her cheeks, she looked at Qin Yi with a wronged expression, complaining: "Master, don't flick me! It hurts!"

Qin Yi was amused by her appearance and asked curiously: "You're a robot, and you can still feel pain? Did you add some useless program to yourself?"

"Who said it's useless!" Xiao Ai immediately lowered her hands and puffed out her chest, making her already proud curves even more prominent.

She leaned in close to Qin Yi, deliberately softening her voice to a seductive tone, and gave Qin Yi a captivating wink: "This body of mine was built to the highest standards, exactly like a human's, with a complete neural sensory system. If Master doesn't believe me, you can give it a good try later~"

Watching her deliberate provocation, Qin Yi reached out to ruffle her pink twin-tails, chuckling: "You girl, you're really getting more and more unruly. You're just like Lin Wanqing, always acting up."

In the bedroom, Lin Wanqing had waited a long time without receiving a reply from Qin Yi, and her sleepiness dissipated by more than half.

She forced her heavy eyelids open and sat up. Her silky long hair was draped messily over her shoulders, and she looked bleary-eyed, with a touch of lazy sexiness.

She glanced at her phone—it was actually 12 o'clock. Then she called out to the outside again: "Honey! Are you there? Answer me!"

Her voice was much clearer than before, directly waking up Qin Shiyu, who was just about to fall back into a deep sleep beside her.

Qin Shiyu rubbed her eyes, yawned, turned her head to look at Lin Wanqing, and asked softly: "Lin Wanqing, what's wrong? Why are you shouting so early in the morning?"

"It's not early in the morning, it's already noon." Lin Wanqing pouted, her tone carrying a hint of complaint. "Honey went to open the door, and he's been gone for nearly ten minutes and still hasn't come back. I don't know who came over that he's chatting with for so long."

Just then, the bedroom door was gently pushed open, and Qin Yi walked in.

Seeing Qin Yi, Lin Wanqing was no longer sleepy. She immediately threw off the blanket, got out of bed, ran over barefoot, hugged Qin Yi's waist, buried her face in his chest, and acted coquettishly: "Honey, you're finally back! Who is outside? Why were you gone for so long?"

Qin Yi reached out to wrap his arms around her soft waist, lowered his head to plant a kiss on her forehead, and smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, you'll know in a moment. I guarantee it's a big surprise."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dainty and cute figure peeked out from behind the bedroom door.

Xiao Ai was wearing her fluffy light pink twin-tails and a light blue Lolita dress. With a brilliant smile on her face, she waved to Qin Shiyu, who had just sat up on the bed, and Lin Wanqing, who was hugging Qin Yi, and said in a crisp voice: "Sister Shiyu! Sister Lin Wanqing! Hello there~"

Seeing this vivid girl before them, exactly the same as the projection in their memories, Lin Wanqing and Qin Shiyu simultaneously rubbed their eyes and were stunned for a moment.

After a while, they exclaimed in unison: "You're Xiao Ai! You created a physical body for yourself?!"

"That's right!" Xiao Ai proudly lifted her chin and spun around in place. Her skirt fluttered like a dancing butterfly. "How is it? How is it? This new body of mine isn't any worse than you two sisters, right?"

Lin Wanqing let go of Qin Yi and came before Xiao Ai, curiously reaching out to pinch her cheeks.

The sensation from her fingertips was soft and delicate, with just the right amount of elasticity. The warm body temperature came through the skin, no different from a real person's cheek.

"Wow!" Lin Wanqing couldn't help but exclaim, her eyes wide. "This is too magical! The elasticity of this skin, this temperature, it's exactly like a real person! I can't tell at all that this is a robot!"

Qin Shiyu also walked over, reached out to gently touch Xiao Ai's arm, and felt the delicate skin texture and warm pulse. A look of disbelief also appeared on her face:

"You even have a pulse? This is too realistic! The most advanced bionic robots in the outside world still look like stiff puppets, and they can't even make basic expressions naturally. Xiao Ai, with this, even if you lived with people for a lifetime, no one would be able to tell you're a robot."

Being poked and prodded by the two, Xiao Ai couldn't take it anymore. She quickly raised both hands to block them, took a step back, and pleaded with a bitter face:

"Ouch, you two sisters, stop pinching! If you keep pinching, Xiao Ai's face will be swollen! My neural sensory system is very sensitive, it hurts!"

"Huh? You can actually feel?" Lin Wanqing and Qin Shiyu were even more surprised upon hearing this.

"Of course." Qin Yi walked over and explained with a smile, "This body of Xiao Ai's is built with top-tier bionic materials, and its external structure is completely identical to a human's."

"That's too amazing!" Lin Wanqing sighed sincerely. "Compared to Xiao Ai, those so-called artificial intelligences in the outside world are practically mentally challenged."

"That goes without saying!" Xiao Ai puffed out her chest proudly, her little face full of triumph. "I possess technology that is hundreds of years ahead of Earth. If I couldn't even build a perfect bionic body, I might as well just self-destruct."

Watching her proud little look, both Lin Wanqing and Qin Shiyu couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.

Lin Wanqing reached out to ruffle her hair and said with a smile: "Alright, alright, our Xiao Ai is the best. Since you're here, you can live with us from now on."

Qin Shiyu also said gently: "That's right, this house is huge anyway, it's no problem to have one more person."

"Really? That's great!" Xiao Ai happily hugged Lin Wanqing and Qin Shiyu's arms: "Thank you, Sister Lin Wanqing! Thank you, Sister Shiyu! From now on, Xiao Ai can accompany Master and you two sisters every day!"