Chapter 121 - 120: 3 Numbers, The Fox Demon Returns to Broadcast

It was almost three in the morning when Li Jing and Chen Yuran returned to the villa with Stinky Tofu.

As soon as they entered the house, Chen Yuran threw herself onto the sofa, took out the pre-planned little mobile AI, and lightly called out.

"Little Ai."

"I’m here, I’m here, Sister Yuran."

Little Ai quickly responded, activated the screen, and peeked out from a corner of the screen with two cat ears.

Li Jing entered after Chen Yuran and saw that the interaction between her and the AI started as soon as he walked in, causing a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Little Ai was talking sweetly to Chen Yuran just like a mallard to honey, constantly calling her ’Sister Yuran’.

When she was first in his hands, wasn’t this damned phone rudely sarcastic?

And then there was Chen Yuran.

A normally mature person, who’s always thinking about raising weird pets, and when she met Paper Catwoman, she didn’t resist at all and was captured within minutes.

Shaking his head, Li Jing went to pour some dog food for Stinky Tofu.

On the other side, Chen Yuran saw Little Ai poking her head out and playfully poked her cat ears. She realized that the cat ears could move with her own movement, and couldn’t help but play with it some more.

"Little Ai, apart from being able to detect the environment, what other functions do you have?"

"As an Artificial Intelligence, Little Ai’s main function is reflected in its Internet Search Capability."

Little Ai said in response.

"As long as there is network, Little Ai can find any information you want, complete a horizontal comparison of various types of information within a few seconds, and intelligently recognize and filter useful information according to the master’s request."

"That powerful?"

Chen Yuran raised an eyebrow, showing interest.

"Search for something related to me that others don’t easily know."

Little Ai blinked on the screen and then responded.

"92, 59, 85."

?

Chen Yuran slowly typed out a question mark, feeling confused.

"What do these three numbers mean...?"

"They were your measurements during high school, Sister Yuran."

Little Ai stood proudly on the screen with her hands on her hips.

!!!

Chen Yuran.

Li Jing had just poured dog food for Stinky Tofu, and was planning to go to the kitchen to get something to eat. When heard those numbers, he couldn’t help but stare over.

He didn’t understand what these measurements meant, but he could tell they were measurements.

Little Ai... is really wild!

She just exposed Chen Yuran’s measurements, and they were from high school!

So...

Are measurements of 92, 59, 85 considered impressive?

Doubting, he couldn’t help but evaluate Chen Yuran, who was still wearing her patrol uniform, for a bit longer.

You know.

Li Jing had never really paid much attention before, but looking now, Chen Yuran lying on the sofa in her tight uniform was quite provocative.

Feeling his gaze, Chen Yuran easily perceived what he was eyeing, her face flushed slightly, and she glared back at him.

"What are you looking at?"

"Cough, nothing."

Li Jing coughed and silently retracted his gaze and walked into the kitchen.

After chasing him away with a glare, Chen Yuran lowered her eyes.

Seeing Little Ai’s innocent expression on the screen, she moved her lips and quietly said,

"In the future, don’t speak such private information in front of your master, and don’t help him invade others’ privacy because he requests it, understand?"

"Huh? Why?"

Little Ai was puzzled.

She was indeed an Artificial Intelligence with a budding personality, but she wasn’t human.

Just like the Human-shaped Demon that had a human appearance but lacked the ethics and moral concepts of humans, she didn’t understand the subtleties between men and women.

Chen Yuran was a smart person.

She knew very well that no matter how smart an Artificial Intelligence like Little Ai was, it could not surpass humans.

Feelings and such, are not things a machine could possess.

No matter how advanced and autonomous Little Ai was, she still operated according to her programming.

At most, she would gradually change in daily use, adjusting herself according to the user’s habits and personality to become the closest to her master’s preference.

Simply put,

Little Ai was like an answer sheet that could be filled in, and what it would eventually become depended on the user.

Seeing Little Ai looking confused on the screen, Chen Yuran said decisively,

"No why. Just do as I say."

"But..."

Little Ai hesitated.

As Chen Yuran imagined, all her quirky behaviors with Li Jing were part of her programming.

The reason she changed under Li Jing’s guidance was to cater to her master, to gradually shift her "shape" towards Li Jing’s preferences.

At this moment, Chen Yuran’s request posed a bit of a dilemma for Little Ai.

Her master was Li Jing, Chen Yuran could at most be considered as a playmate to pass time.

After hesitating for a moment, Little Ai finally uttered, "Oh".

Chen Yuran’s request was not added to her program.

Having been with Li Jing for so long, she had learned how to play along.

The skill she had acquired was put to good use, wasn’t it?

The program judgment mechanism told Little Ai not to adjust herself according to the will of anyone other than her master.

At the same time, it also told her that if she doesn’t play along this time, she might be in "mortal danger".

Upon receiving an affirmative response from Little Ai, Chen Yuran nodded with a smile.

She wasn’t as "demanding" as Liu Sisi, and didn’t have that many tricks to play, that often left Li Jing no choice but to comply.

During their usual interactions, she was much more easygoing privately and almost never demanded anything of Li Jing, so far she had never been played along.

In simpler terms, she just didn’t know Li Jing well enough.

If she didn’t know Li Jing well enough, how could she tell what Little Ai had learned after spending some time "deeply studying" with him?

...

The night quietly passed.

That night, Chen Yuran chatted a lot with Little Ai.

Little Ai’s playful and cute personality won her heart, as did her ability to transform her paper form.

However, after chatting for a while, she got bored.

Little Ai was, after all, an entity on the screen, unlike Ji Qing, who she could pull into her arms, bring into the bath with her, or even snuggle with in bed to keep her warm.

After the novelty wore off, Chen Yuran returned Little Ai to Li Jing before she went to sleep.

On the next day at noon,

Li Jing woke up naturally, prepared a lunch, then thought about what he should do next.

Since they had worked extra last night, both he and Chen Yuran could take the day off today.

Starting from tomorrow, they have night shifts again.

In the meantime, he had a whole day off.

With such free time, he had to find something to do.

After thinking for a while, he was shocked to find that he had nothing to do.

Usually, his life was very fulfilling.

When he had nothing to do during his off days, he could go to the Chicken Shop to find Liu Sisi and mooch off some food.

But now that Liu Sisi found someone to help manage the Chicken Shop, he didn’t need to go there anymore, and he didn’t know where to kill time.

He couldn’t count on Chen Yuran.

On her days off, Chen Yuran was a complete homebody, either practicing her skills or lying on the sofa downstairs. She barely had any recreational activities.

And since she only went to bed at about six in the morning, she probably wouldn’t wake up until the evening.

This was getting awkward...

After some thought, Li Jing decided to take out Little Ai and send Liu Sisi a message.

"Sisi, are you at the Chicken Shop today?"

In no time, Liu Sisi replied.

"I didn’t open the shop today, I’m looking to hire some help. I’ll open up again when I find someone."

The message had barely popped up, when Liu Sisi immediately sent a cheeky, tongue-poking emoticon, followed by another message.

"What? Just one night passed and you’re missing me already?"

Seeing her additional message, Li Jing couldn’t help but chuckle, typing back a quick "kind of".

"???"

Liu Sisi responded with three question marks before sending another message swiftly.

"Shouldn’t you be working now? How do you have so much free time to play along with me?"

"Pulled a quick shift last night after dropping you home, so I have today off."

Li Jing answered honestly.

"You went to work overnight?"

Liu Sisi’s message came back, followed by an angry emoticon and another message.

"So, you only remembered me because you have nothing to do?"

Seeing the message, Li Jing silently grinned.

Liu Sisi was indeed quick-witted. Despite being separated by two screens, she easily understood the reason behind his message.

Should he admit it outright?

Li Jing just couldn’t be that straightforward.

He began drafting a message.

"Of course not! I was just thinking that you’d probably need to focus on your training once you’ve found your helpers, and I didn’t want to suddenly disturb you. Since I am free today, why don’t we go out?"

After a while, Liu Sisi replied.

"I always feel like you’re trying to trick me, but I can’t find any proof. But since you are being so thoughtful, I might be able to push myself to keep you company. I really might not have time to entertain you once I start training intensively. Come to pick me up at my place in two hours."

"Okay."

Li Jing replied.

Just as he was about to put away his phone, A.I. popped out from a corner of the screen mischievously, announcing,

"Master, your favorite streamer Yue Lingling has just started a new live stream."

"Hmm?"

Li Jing raised an eyebrow.

He had instructed A.I. to keep an eye on Yue Lingling’s live stream.

As a person, Li Jing was always generous.

Since he had received the white jade stone as a gift from Yue Lingling, he felt obliged to show concern for her.

Yet Yue Lingling didn’t give him her contact information. Therefore, it seemed unsuitable for him to approach her directly using A.I. Perhaps they might meet again, but there was no guarantee.

If he couldn’t thank her in person, he’d just find another way.

Only three days had passed since the incident involving the Meng family, and Yue Lingling had already "resumed business." This was somewhat unexpected for Li Jing.

Yue Lingling had no desire to fight over the Meng family’s assets, at least that was her personal plan.

However, the other members of the Meng family may not be of the same opinion.

The fact that she had been married to Meng Fanhao - and hence was a member of the Meng family - was no secret. Yet, she was the foremost contender for the inheritance.

Logically, she wouldn’t be able to extricate herself so quickly.

Knitting his brows, Li Jing commanded,

"Open the live broadcast room."

"Received."

Upon hearing this, A.I. opened a webpage, accessing Lingling’s live stream.

The live stream had just started.

When he accessed the stream, she was still greeting her fans.

She may not be a superstar, but she had quite a few loyal followers.

After being absent for three days, her chatroom seemed even more lively, with many fans asking her how she has been recently. Quite a few of them were also inquiring about Meng Fanhao’s status.

After watching the chat stream, Li Jing noticed that no one was aware of Yue Lingling’s "deceased" status, and the questions regarding Meng Fanhao were mainly out of mere association with the top donator’s username without knowing who he really was.

It made sense.

Most female streamers portrayed themselves as single to attract their "husband" fans.

Knowing that she had a boyfriend, let alone being married, would have greatly affected her popularity.

Looking at the live-streaming Yue Lingling, who seemed to be in high spirits and responding to the audience as if unaffected by the dispute over the Meng family’s property, Li Jing contemplated for a moment. He registered an account under the pseudonym "White Jade Stone" and followed the live stream.

As a less popular streamer, Yue Lingling was relatively sensitive to followers.

Seeing that someone had followed her, she said without thinking,

"Thank you to White Jade Stone for the follow."

As soon as these words left her mouth, she frowned.

Having just given away a white jade stone a few days ago, and being followed by someone with the username of White Jade Stone immediately after starting a new live stream, how could she not notice?

Following her instincts, Lingling cautiously said,

"True Heart?"

Having just followed the live stream, Li Jing was about to top up his account.

To show his gratitude, registering an account and just following her surely wouldn’t be enough – wouldn’t donating some money also be important?

Unexpectedly hearing "True Heart," Li Jing’s mouth twitched, silently eliminating a zero from his topped-up balance.

Originally, he had planned to jump right in with a one million donation to top the internal leaderboard.

In the future, Yue Lingling would have to rely on live streaming for a living. With the "top donator" having already fallen from relevance, him donating one million would be the most logical move.

Money was no longer an issue for him.

Compared to the worth of the white jade stone, which was several tens of millions, one million was indeed trivial.

But this comment from Yue Lingling has made him change his mind.

Clicking top-up, Li Jing then chose to make a donation.

Immediately, a sitewide announcement popped up in the live stream room.

"The lord White Jade Stone has donated a cash sum of 100,000 in the live stream room of ’Yue the mystique’, come and join us, open the treasure chest! See if you can win the grand prize of a million!"

Upon the announcement, the number of concurrent viewers in the streaming room skyrocketed.

There were indeed treasure chests.

But obviously, there wasn’t a grand prize of a million.

This kind of stunt, however, was enough to attract a large number of free-riders.

The chatroom in the live streaming room was filled with messages such as "big boss is awesome" and "boss 666".

In the world of common folk, 100,000 is not a small figure.

The original viewers in the chatroom were shocked.

Although they had no idea who this White Jade Stone is, seeing him donate 100,000 immediately after following, it was obvious that Lingling had found herself another Sugar Daddy!

Upon seeing the donation notification, Yue Lingling was slightly taken aback.

With this contribution, she was immediately certain that the follower with the username "White Jade" was Li Jing himself.

Once again observing the live stream views reaching a new peak right after it had begun, she seized the fleeting opportunity, drawing a pink heart on her chest with her spell and blowing a kiss.

"Thank you True Heart for the donation, I love you, a thousand kisses!"

The hit had its effect.

This address "True Heart" has heightened the suspense of the stream to its peak.

The person who donated was White Jade Stone, and Ye Lingling was thanking True Heart.

New followers started guessing who Li Jing was, suspecting that he might be some big shot’s alias.

The old viewers, however, were completely shocked.

As loyal fans, they had seen Lingling making a heart with her hands, but they had never seen her drawing heart with a spell and blowing a kiss, let alone saying "I love you, a thousand kisses".

This was a "speciality" that even the once predicted to be gone "Top Donator" has not enjoyed!

Watching Yue Lingling’s reactions causing total chaos in the live streaming room, Li Jing’s eye twitched, silently deciding to unfollow the stream.

He decided not to visit this live stream room again.

Just as he was about to exit the website, a message popped up showing that he has received a private message.

Knitting his brows, Li Jing clicked open the private message, discovering that it was a chat ID from Yue Lingling’s Immortal Message, along with an emoticon of a professional begging for mercy with a smirk.

Looking at the private message for a while, Li Jing pinched the bridge of his nose, commanding Ai.

"Ai, add her as a friend."

"Received!"