CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 34: DEPARTURE, SETTING OFF_3

She really likes Ke Lian.

She’s fallen in love with Ke Lian.

Du Xixi worries about Ke Lian, feels happy for Ke Lian, and believes her life has become incredibly beautiful because of Ke Lian... If this isn’t love, Du Xixi thinks the word "love" perhaps has lost its meaning.

Ke Lian seemed to be in a daze, holding onto Du Xixi for a long time without coming to his senses, but if you look directly at Ke Lian, you’ll find his whole face is red, as if drenched in a layer of red paint.

Du Xixi couldn’t see Ke Lian’s flushed face, but she could sensitively feel that the Ke Lian holding her seemed warmer, so she curiously let him go and looked up to see Ke Lian as red as a baboon’s behind.

Du Xixi: ...Is this shyness? Or is this shyness?

"Xixi, I love you too," Ke Lian returned to his senses and said softly to Du Xixi, a little embarrassed, but in his heart, he was actually quite excited and happy.

From the first encounter, he felt a good impression of Du Xixi, which is why he wanted to spend his days well with her. Du Xixi was surprised at how quickly she fell in love with Ke Lian, but wasn’t it the same for Ke Lian?

Moreover, it took Ke Lian only a second to fall in love with Du Xixi.

It was one morning when Du Xixi stood in the yard, in front of a cluster of newly-bloomed wildflowers that seemed to grow naturally and bloomed with wild beauty.

But at that time, the simulated sunlight favored not only the wildflowers but also Du Xixi, making her every frown and smile seem like a masterpiece carefully crafted by God.

Ke Lian was completely captivated by just one glance at the more delicate Du Xixi, and with each passing day, he felt his love for Du Xixi deepen.

He had seen the elegant and graceful Du Xixi, the exasperated and jumping Du Xixi, and the tearfully sad Du Xixi... He loved everything about Du Xixi, every side of her.

Ke Lian was leaving the next day, and Du Xixi was very reluctant, but she didn’t stop him. Instead, she sensibly said, "He’s going to protect everyone, and our little home, I will take good care of."

This was Du Xixi’s promise to Ke Lian, and also the vow she made to herself.

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On the morning of the next day, Du Xixi habitually went downstairs to look for Ke Lian’s figure, but suddenly realized that Ke Lian had already left. He didn’t even let her hear the words "goodbye" because he feared disturbing Du Xixi’s rest when he left in the morning.

With one less person in the house, Du Xixi found it exceptionally dull. When Rob came to the Ke Family again to deliver fresh ingredients, Du Xixi said to it, "Please go back and tell my brother everything I said today, I’m counting on you..."

What Du Xixi wanted Rob to convey at this moment was just her hope that Chen Yin could let her go early to the Primitive Planet—that original planet of Blue Star.

After Rob went back, it conveyed all of Du Xixi’s words to Chen Yin. Chen Yin pondered for a while, then picked up a pen to reply, and sternly said to Rob, "For the time being, I’ll assign you to accompany Xixi. Are you willing?"

Rob was originally a mecha, just extremely human-like, but after all, it was a robot with robotic thinking, knowing it would never go wrong by listening to its master. Its master wanted it to follow and protect Du Xixi, the master’s sister, so Rob naturally nodded responsibly and said, "Of course, Rob will protect the young lady well and never let her get hurt!"

Chen Yin was very satisfied with Rob’s attitude, allowing Rob to deliver this reply letter to Du Xixi. Just as Rob could now go directly to adapt to a new environment and a new daily routine with a different master.

But just as Rob was about to step out of the palace gate, Chen Yin suddenly thought of something and called Rob, "Wait a moment!"

"Master?" Rob thought perhaps Chen Yin had forgotten something, so it turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Chen Yin stood up, walked to Rob’s side, gave Rob’s shoulder a firm pat, and then quietly said, "When you get to Xixi’s place, you need to pay attention to a few things."

"First, don’t disobey Xixi!"

"Second, don’t let anyone hurt Xixi!"

"Third, don’t get into conflicts with Xixi’s housekeeper robot and make Xixi angry!"

Chen Yin only said these three things, but Rob very intuitively felt that what Chen Yin feared most was the last point, so it curiously leaned in to ask, "Why would I get upset with 2569?"

Chen Yin smiled knowingly and said to Rob, "You know that the 2569 at Xixi’s house is an obsolete version of a housekeeper robot. It wouldn’t be able to get into the Ke Family if it weren’t for its cute appearance."

"Though it’s been modified and corrected, it is still too old, and sometimes its circuitry can’t keep up. If it short-circuits, things can go wrong."

"You must not argue with it just because you disagree!"