Chapter 148: Taken for a Ride!

"You brat, still playing these games with me?"

Shen Zhiyuan did not get angry but laughed instead, his eyes filled with the shrewdness of someone who sees through everything. "Since this 'twins' plan was something you and the two daughters of the Yang Family came up with together, they must have a trump card to back you up. Am I right?"

Shen Huai's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to remain calm on the surface: "What trump card? Dad, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"Don't play dumb with me here,"

Shen Zhiyuan tapped his fingers lightly against the railing and said unhurriedly, "If I'm not mistaken, that person who looks exactly like you must be your trump card, right?"

Shen Huai thought to himself that this old fox was indeed not easy to fool. He feigned surprise and asked: "I... I don't know what you're talking about."

Shen Zhiyuan sneered: "I told you to stop pretending."

"For some time now, I have been investigating the Yang Family's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory overseas. I heard that a while ago, that guy Yang Huo successfully developed a very impressive Robot.

I have always wanted to see it with my own eyes, but he always gives me the runaround. It must have to do with this 'Clone'."

"Now, it really is a case of 'finding something after a long search, only to realize it was right under my nose'."

What? Shen Huai was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't expected Shen Zhiyuan to have had people watching Yang Huo's research progress all along.

As expected, Shen Zhiyuan's insistence that he win over the Yang Family's daughter must have been related to this.

All his guesses were now confirmed.

It's just that...

How was he supposed to tell Shen Zhiyuan that this woman, Yang Lan, was not as obedient and docile as they imagined?

Just as the father and son were at a stalemate, a gentle voice came from deep within the corridor: "Uncle Shen? Why didn't you say something in advance when you arrived? I could have gone down to pick you up."

Yang Lan appeared, wearing a champagne-colored evening gown, walking gracefully from the other end of the corridor.

Every gesture she made displayed the demeanor of a young lady from a prestigious family.

As soon as Shen Zhiyuan saw it was Yang Lan, the anger on his face immediately dissipated, and he squeezed out a flawless smile: "Haven't seen you in a few days, Lanlan, you've become even more beautiful."

Listening to Shen Zhiyuan's tone of constant praise, Shen Huai felt as if the person beside him had been possessed.

Hearing this, Yang Lan smiled sweetly.

She walked up to the two of them and said lightly: "Thank you, Uncle Shen."

"Since you're already here, why are you still standing in the corridor talking? Come, let me take you inside to sit for a while."

As Yang Lan spoke, a playful smile curled at the corners of her mouth. She took the initiative to reach out and hook her arm through Shen Zhiyuan's, leading him toward the very end of the corridor.

"Ah, that was exactly my intention." Shen Zhiyuan was overjoyed and followed her inside.

Watching the backs of the two as they walked further and further away.

Shen Huai was speechless.

Fine, fine, fine, everyone here is playing dumb while knowing the truth, right? With this posture, someone who didn't know better would think they were a real father and daughter.

Even though he was reluctant, Shen Huai had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow them.

"Uncle, we're here." Yang Lan smiled mysteriously and gently pushed open the private room at the end of the corridor.

The indoor lighting was soft, incense curled in the air, and an atmosphere of quiet comfort rushed toward them.

Right in the center of their line of sight.

"Shen Huai" was sitting quietly on the sofa, smiling at everyone at the door.

Shen Zhiyuan's eyes lit up in an instant.

He was completely captivated.

He walked up quickly, greedily and excitedly sizing up the person before him who looked exactly like Shen Huai, his voice even trembling slightly: "This, this is..."

Yang Lan walked to the side of the sofa, gently patted "Shen Huai" on the shoulder, and said softly: "A-Huai, this is your father. Go ahead and greet him."

"Father." "Shen Huai" slowly raised his head and gave Shen Zhiyuan a polite smile.

"Good, good, good!" Shen Zhiyuan said the word 'good' three times in a row, his excitement overflowing, "This, this is truly incredible! He is exactly the same as A-Huai!"

He couldn't wait to walk in front of "Shen Huai" and examine his facial features carefully.

He reached out and touched his cheek lightly; the texture was no different from a real person! "Yang Lan, is this really that legendary Robot your father recently developed?" Shen Zhiyuan asked excitedly, unable to hide the greed in his tone.

Yang Lan smiled slightly and nodded: "Yes, Uncle Shen. This Robot incorporates my father's latest research results. Not only can its appearance be indistinguishable from the real thing, but also..."

She paused deliberately, observing Shen Zhiyuan's reaction.

Shen Zhiyuan was indeed hooked, and he asked eagerly: "But what?"

Yang Lan smiled mysteriously and lowered her voice: "And he possesses extremely high learning and independent thinking capabilities. Simply put, he is like a real human being; he can communicate with people, he can learn, and even..."

"Even what?" Shen Zhiyuan was completely drawn in by the powerful functions of this Robot and couldn't wait to know more.

"Even possess emotions."

Yang Lan said the last word, "emotions," very softly, but it struck Shen Zhiyuan's ears like a thunderclap.

He widened his eyes in disbelief and muttered to himself: "Possess emotions? This, how is this possible?"

"With current technology, how could Artificial Intelligence evolve so quickly?"

"Nothing is impossible, Uncle Shen,"

Yang Lan said confidently, "The development of science and technology always exceeds people's imagination. My father's goal is to create a Robot that is no different from a human, and this Robot is the most important step he has taken toward that goal!"

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyuan stopped speaking and just repeatedly stroked the humanoid Robot in front of him with his hands.

The excitement in his eyes was evident, and his hands were even trembling slightly.

Shen Zhiyuan simply dared not imagine it.

If this technology could be used by his Shen Corporation, or even mass-produced.

Then he would become the leading figure guiding the world.

The Shen Family would completely hold the future of the globe in their hands!

"Yang Lan, your father is truly great. He will definitely become a legend of this era!" Shen Zhiyuan excitedly grasped Yang Lan's hand, praising her with his mouth while his inner calculations were already ringing loudly.

Yang Lan smiled sweetly and said with feigned shyness, "Uncle Shen, you flatter me. My father, he is just..."

She paused suddenly at this point, a look of hesitation appearing on her face.

Seeing this, Shen Zhiyuan hurriedly asked, "What is it? Is there some difficulty?"

Yang Lan bit her lower lip, as if having made a great decision, before saying in a low voice, "Actually, my father agreeing to let me use Shen Huai's appearance for this Robot, he also... he also has some selfish motives..."

She did not continue, but what kind of person was Shen Zhiyuan? Having been in the business world for a long time and having seen countless people, he naturally saw through Yang Lan's intentions at a glance.

He gave Yang Lan a meaningful look, then looked at Shen Huai, who was standing to the side with an already unsightly expression, and immediately understood in his heart.

This Yang Huo is truly calculating; to think he had this idea in mind! After only a few seconds of hesitation.

Shen Zhiyuan shoved Shen Huai toward Yang Lan with a slap! "Ah Huai, look at Yang Lan, what a good girl she is—gentle, virtuous, and understanding. You must get along well with her in the future, you hear?"

Before Shen Huai could react, he was left bewildered by this move from Shen Zhiyuan.

What does this mean? You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child?

To think he had just had a hallucination about Shen Zhiyuan's fatherly love; this slap from Shen Zhiyuan instantly slapped him back to reality! He looked at Yang Lan with a guarded expression.

Yet he saw the other party winking at him, a triumphant smile on the corners of her lips.

He froze for a moment.

Only then did Shen Huai realize.

Damn it, he had been tricked!

(End of this chapter)