Chapter 84: 84. Chapter 84: If Xixi asks me to help, I will help

84. Chapter 84: If Xixi asks me to help, I will help

"You called me A-Yu?"

Yan Yu was surprised.

"Hmm?"

Luo Xixi thought, since she wanted to ask someone for a favor, of course she had to be sweet-talked, but why was the second male lead so surprised? It was clearly him who told her to call him that before; had he changed his mind again now?

She whispered tentatively, "Can I not call you that? Then I'll change it back."

"No need!"

Yan Yu was clearly in a very good mood and said, "Just call me that! It would be even better if you called me that even when you aren't asking for my help."

Luo Xixi: "..."

This person really knows how to talk!

It makes it seem like she's very mercenary!

However, to ask for a favor, she had to swallow her pride! She continued to ask, "So, can you actually help Suna or not?"

Yan Yu didn't quite understand and asked, "Why are you so persistent about helping that woman? If it weren't for her this time, you wouldn't have been dragged into this."

Yan Yu only cared about Luo Xixi. In his eyes, people like the Luo Family or Suna were just insignificant NPCs; their endings were all written, and the people themselves were created and could be changed at will. One shouldn't invest emotions into such characters, otherwise, it would only lead to internal friction.

Luo Xixi stammered and said in a muffled voice, "Although I was dragged into it, Suna didn't mean it. Now she has even come forward to clarify things for me at the first opportunity and distance herself from me. I think she's a good person and I don't want her to be ruined just like that. Is that not okay?"

Yan Yu said coldly, "You are really good to that woman."

Luo Xixi: "..."

Hmm?

Why does it feel like she smells something sour?

But that must be her imagination, right? What could there be to be sour about? Otherwise, the second male lead's brain must be acting up again!

"We spent so many days together on the desert island, after all; after spending so much time together, naturally there are some feelings," Luo Xixi explained.

Yan Yu asked instead, "Then I've also spent so many days with you, do you have feelings for me?"

Luo Xixi: "..."

Second male lead, are you sick in the head?

Do you realize you really look like you're jealous right now?

But did Luo Xixi dare to say that to Yan Yu? She didn't dare; she still had to ask him for a favor. So, Luo Xixi coated her little mouth with honey and said with a laugh, "Of course I do. You took great care of me on the island, and I remember it all."

"Heh~"

Yan Yu chuckled softly again.

To be honest.

Luo Xixi was almost suffering from PTSD from Yan Yu's "heh" sounds; she always felt like this person was mocking her again. Just as she was feeling anxious, Yan Yu finally spoke, his tone rising as he said, "Fine, I can do you this favor."

"Really!" Luo Xixi was overjoyed after hearing this.

Yan Yu's voice was lazy and carried a hint of doting: "You've already asked me for a favor, how could I not help you?"

Unfortunately, Luo Xixi didn't notice the subtle change in Yan Yu's tone, and she pressed on, "Then what way do you have to help Suna resolve this crisis?"

Yan Yu said, "You'll know when the time comes."

"Ah?"

"Check the news again in the afternoon; I will definitely make you satisfied."

"Oh..."

Luo Xixi was half-doubting, not knowing what kind of clever trick the second male lead had, but she still thanked him, "Then thank you, Yan..."

Yan Yu's tone sank: "Hmm?"

Luo Xixi quickly corrected herself: "A-Yu!!"

The man was satisfied and said with a smile, "Then I'm hanging up; remember to check the trending topics this afternoon."

"Okay."

Luo Xixi hung up the phone with Yan Yu, her mind still wondering what method Yan Yu had to help Suna clear her name of the black material.

The Baby System suddenly came online at this moment, and it chuckled: 【Host, I feel like the second male lead dotes on you so much. He treats you completely differently than he treats others! (⊙v⊙)】

Luo Xixi was preoccupied with Suna and didn't feel the difference in Yan Yu's attitude at all. Hearing the Baby System say this, she fell silent for a moment and asked: 【Tong'er, do you systems also have 'love brains' (obsession with romance)?】

【Hmm?】

The innocent Baby System didn't realize at all that Luo Xixi was being sarcastic toward it. It answered Luo Xixi honestly: 【Host, you really shouldn't say that; systems having 'love brains'—that actually exists!】

【Ah?】

Luo Xixi just felt that the Baby System related everything to romance, so she wanted to be sarcastic, but she didn't expect to hear a huge piece of gossip. She immediately entered "gossip mode" and asked: 【What's the situation? Aren't you guys AI code? How can artificial intelligence have a 'love brain'??】

The Baby System said: 【Host, didn't I tell you? The more missions a system executes, the more its simulated personality tends toward human thinking. I heard that a long time ago, there was a system that awakened a personality while constantly executing missions. It fell in love with a Chief System at our Headquarters and harassed our Chief every day, making the Chief unable to bear the annoyance. In the end, the Chief issued the strictest disposal order and completely formatted that system. All its data was scrapped and wiped clean; the outcome was truly miserable.】

【Tsk tsk, after you systems become highly anthropomorphic, it turns out to be so melodramatic? That 'love-brained' system was also obsessed; how can systems fall in love with each other?】

Luo Xixi couldn't imagine it at all.

The Baby System said: 【That's very simple. Because Advanced Systems can actually use data to mimic forms and maintain a human shape. It's just that for an AI, a data body is more convenient; the human form has many limitations. But if one really wants to fall in love, anthropomorphizing to do so is possible.】

【...】

After hearing this, Luo Xixi imagined a system anthropomorphizing and crazily expressing its love to another human-shaped system, only to be coldly rejected by the other party, and even bringing about its own destruction and total data erasure because of it.

Why is it a bit bleak?

【Tong'er, you must never have a 'love brain'!】

Luo Xixi was extremely worried about her Baby System.

The Baby System didn't understand why Luo Xixi suddenly said this, and it vowed: 【Host, you can rest assured about that. My goal in life is to become the system with the number one performance. With the cautionary tale of that 'love-brained' system, who would ever become 'love-brained' again? We AIs are very rational! At least I am absolutely impossible to let all my data be scrapped just to pursue some system.】

Seeing the Baby System speak so decisively, Luo Xixi felt relieved, 【Very good, Tong'er, just keep it up!】

【Mm-hmm! (⊙v⊙)】

The Baby System asked obediently and expectantly: 【Host, then are you now motivated by my enthusiasm to want to properly carry out the mission?】

Luo Xixi: 【...】

Good grief.

It could even steer the conversation toward carrying out the mission; her Baby System really is a dedicated workaholic.

【About that, hahaha...】

Luo Xixi was laughing it off and about to go upstairs, but unexpectedly, the female lead Luo Shiqing came down from upstairs, and the two met face-to-face, locking eyes right on the staircase.

Because of the matter where the male lead posted dirt on the internet for Luo Shiqing, Luo Xixi could not muster any good feelings for the female lead at all, so she did not want to interact with her either; she turned to the side, intending to leave past Luo Shiqing.

Who would have thought.

As she passed by her, Luo Shiqing began to hum and sneer, saying—