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The whole body was shaking from the cold wind, Qiao Yichen tried to divert his attention, trying to forcefully suppress the thought that shouldn't exist.

Didi two horns sounded not far away.

Turning his head, a light truck with a familiar logo was parked on the side of the road.

The strange robot saw its maker get off the car, and immediately looked at itself viciously.

"You really are a liar!"

It struggled to get up, staggered two steps in the snow, and finally lost power and fell in front of itself.

"I don't want to go back, I want to find my brother...you are not my master at all, only brother... only him..."

Qiao Yichen stood where he was, looking coldly at the malfunctioning machine that kept making unnecessary efforts, leaving a deep winding mark on the pure white snow.

***

The store manager is hiding something.

Following him to the store, Qiao Yichen found out.He deliberately avoided his gaze, and his words flickered.

Date of repair is unknown.He just asked himself to go back and wait for the news.Of course Qiao Yichen could see that there was a problem, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The assumption in my heart should be pretty close to everyone.

then it...

Qiao Yichen secretly comforted himself, no.Must be too pessimistic.

Insisting on waiting in the store until midnight, Qiao Yichen was coaxed and coaxed out by the boss.Asked if he couldn't fix it, the boss put on an awkward smile and said something he would never say normally.

"Who do you think I am, how is it possible?"

Seeing that he couldn't figure out why, Qiao Yichen was determined to go home.After tossing around for such a night, my whole body is as exhausted as if it has fallen apart.But that's not the point. The point is that he deliberately tensed his nerves, and he will soon be unable to hold on.

Shaking his head and forcing himself to cheer up, Qiao Yichen stepped across the snow-white courtyard.Those tattered mechanical parts were quietly covered under the white snow, as if they had entered hibernation.

"Hey!"

A black figure suddenly jumped out of the gate of the courtyard, Qiao Yichen was startled.

What, it turned out to be Lele.

The immature robot is still innocent.

"Brother Yichen, are you going home now?"

"Yeah." With a forced smile, Qiao Yichen was about to say hello and leave.

"Xiaoba...should be fine."

It seems to emphasize the word "nothing".

Qiao Yichen stopped.

Turning around, the mechanical boy smiled strangely under the faint reflection of the snowy night.

"Don't want to know? What Dad doesn't want to tell you—"

It raised its eyebrows like a successful prank, and the corners of its mouth curled into a sinister arc.

"As the same kind, I know better than anyone."

Even though he knew that this was the temptation of the devil, Qiao Yichen still walked obediently towards the dangerous truth step by step like a puppet controlled by a man.

***

Rolling up its cuffs, the boy robot opened the cover of the power switch.With the light in front of the gray building, Qiao Yichen could barely make out its factory serial number.

ARHHRIII-RDCU-SYL-000021XX

The next few digits have been blurred.In order to prevent him from continuing to read, the boy closed the lid impatiently.

"Do you know what SYL means?"

it asked disdainfully.

Of course Qiao Yichen couldn't know.Facing his own silence, the robot chuckled as if looking at a fool:

"It is to study the name of our project. The question comes again, do you know what this project is for?"

Its smile became stronger and stronger, as if it was waiting for some good show to start.

"..."

"It is to develop a robot that is exactly like a human being!" It almost laughed out loud, "So we are almost indistinguishable from human beings except that we cannot reproduce—"

Whispers of demons sounded in my ears.

"Including feelings..."

I groaned in my heart.

"Then those old guys from the Administration Bureau didn't know what was wrong, and one day they suddenly asked all robots not to install emotional programs. Haha, those of us who have emotions when they leave the factory, what can we do, you know?"

Its expression finally became ferocious.

The robot held its own neck with its backhand and stared at Qiao Yichen who was trembling all over.

"If you love humans, you must die."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

It laughed hysterically.

"You wayward humans, you willfully made us human, and you willfully decided that we will never be human."

The laughter drew commotion in the gray building.

"This is retribution!"

The door of the second-hand store was knocked open suddenly, and the owner of the store came out panting, panicked: "What nonsense are you talking to him?!"

"Why, Old Xu, am I wrong?"

The robot looked coldly at the person who had called Dad affectionately.

The store manager was at a loss for words, but still tried to dissuade him.

"People don't have that kind of meaning to it. What do you do when you call people like that?"

"It doesn't mean that?" The robot sneered, "Look at his face, isn't this evidence that you humans have done it for yourself?"

The store manager looked at himself in embarrassment, but said nothing.The robot obviously thought that this was not enough, walked straight to Qiao Yichen, and said loudly:

"Hey, do you really understand what's going on?!"

"Your sweet Georgia, never coming back!"

"It triggered the emotional prohibition program and was forcibly deleted by the system. Because it—"

Snapped!

A loud slap.

The cheeks made of steel naturally didn't hurt or itch, but the young man looked like he was about to cry, and with an outrageous smile, he said to himself, "Xu Shenxing, tell me, why did you create us?"

It's obviously a man-made product, but that overly realistic face has a very human-like desperation.

"What do you mean we were born to bring happiness to mankind. Haha, happiness, is this what you call happiness?"

It pointed at Qiao Yichen.

"Is it for happiness or for your ridiculous papers? Scientific research results? Patent fees? Or the poor self-esteem in front of people?!"

The robot poked its hand hard towards the thick snow-covered low slope.Something sharp down there pierced its hand.

"Look, how ironic." It withdrew the palm of the transparent liquid with no expression on its face, "I don't even have blood, how do you think I'm going to confuse the real?"

"Jia Le..." The store manager had a bitter look on his face.

"I'm not Liang Jiale." The robot denied it flatly. "I'm just a poor replica, a machine that can't be repaired. It's the proof of your failure."

"Do not--"

The store manager wanted to go forward, but the robot suddenly set off a large snowfall.The white snow dust flew up, dazzled the eyes.

It dug out the steel shards covered in snow and smashed it hard on itself.Its scratched face, neck, arms, and body gush out transparent circulating fluid.

"Why don't I have blood? No matter how hard I try, I can't become a person with blood and tears..." It pulled its hair tightly nervously, "I'm sorry... Mom, I'm sorry..."

It finally left "tears" in its eyes.Then the nose, ears, mouth...

Circulating fluid was being lost at an alarming rate.The robot wanted to continue to harm itself, but was grabbed by the store manager and couldn't move.

It can't stop like a mad beast, even if its movements gradually stiffen until it can't speak coherently.

The store manager picked up a piece with a sharp blade and scratched his arm hard.

One drop, two drops.

The dazzling crimson dripped on the snow.

It finally quieted down.

Quietly, curled up in the snow, like an abandoned fawn.

"Why... you don't... destroy me, Dad... Dad..."

The man hugged it tightly.

"I... I'm obviously... a lunatic... There's something wrong with my brain... Why... I can't fix it... and it always hurts you..."

It lay distressed over his bloody arm.

"why--"

"No, you're not sick. You're fine everywhere. I know..."

There was a nasal sound in the man's words.

"Everything is my fault, and you have nothing wrong with it." He kept stroking its head, and whispered in a gentle tone that outsiders would never be able to hear, "Hey, close your eyes and sleep. Wake up After that, Dad will buy you chocolates."

"I don't... like... chocolate... chocolate..."

After saying this, the robot completely lost consciousness in the arms of the store manager.

***

Qiao Yichen was very fortunate that the north wind was cold enough today.Therefore, he could freeze the emotion in his chest that was about to burst in time, so until now, he has not lost his mind.

It's just a hair's breadth away from something called a "crash."But miraculously, Qiao Yichen's mind was clear.I don't know if it's because of the temporary paralysis caused by too much impact, or because of the lag of my own unresponsiveness.He just stared blankly at the blood red in the snow, not knowing what to think next.

The blood-stained shop owner apologized to himself palely, saying that he would find a way to deal with the child, and hurried back to the shop with the unconscious robot in his arms.

Is his injury serious?Do you want to go to the hospital or bandage him up?

Why do I still have time to care about this kind of thing.

That person, obviously already...

"Yo!--"

A well-timed voice interrupted the fermentation of dangerous emotions.The man with a familiar face leaned against the door with a completely unfamiliar expression.

"I said, why are you following me so shamelessly." The unknown personality with factory number 8192 teased himself, "So you had an affair with that guy?" After finishing speaking, it curled its lips in disgust.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the robot strolled in front of him, putting his arm on his shoulder.

"That guy...should be doing a good job." It purposely leaned closer to its ear and whispered, "After all, I'm not built for this size. Isn't it, huh?"

Qiao Yichen, who was in a state of numbness, was finally annoyed by the strange robot who kept saying obscene words.While it was chattering, the resentment gradually burned in his stomach, and finally burned into anger.

"For the sake of your face, I can pretend to be it and do it with you." The robot still said with a shameless face, "I am not a casual person, it is your luck that you catch up with me." .By the way, what type is that guy in bed—?”

Grabbing its collar fiercely, Qiao Yichen raised his fist.

The robot, which closed its eyes tightly in fright, stopped for a while, but did not wait for the expected pain.It narrowed its eyes and found that Qiao Yichen was just panting heavily with red eyes, unable to speak a word.

"Let me just say..." it relaxed its strength, "I look just like your little lover, I'm sorry you are reluctant to do it." After finishing speaking, it broke free from itself "chicly" and straightened its collar pretentiously .

"How about it, do you want to think about it? Anyway, it won't come back, why don't you..."

"Crack" sound.

Something is broken.

Why, he obviously wanted to cover everything up and pretended not to notice.Why does this disgusting thing in front of me tear open the wound over and over again, constantly reminding myself of an unchangeable fact.

It won't be coming back.

Something warm came out of his chest.

Georgia is not coming back.

The sadness in my heart finally burst.All the emotions that Qiao Yichen tried to wrap up with reason poured out along this torn wound.

The vision gradually blurred until it became pure white.

It took a long time for Qiao Yichen to realize that the fragmented crying sound in his ear came from himself.

The author has something to say:

Brother Hao, just do it~~